JP2001312203A - Autonomous learning support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an autonomous leaning support system making students perform autonomously learn by grouping the students and giving them a specific subject. SOLUTION: This system has terminals for student 1, a terminal for director 2, a server 3 which is provided with an autonomous learning supporting part 6 and a network 4. The autonomous learning supporting part 6 has a grouping part grouping plural students under prescribed conditions, a learning subject management part which manages processing states of a learning subject for every student by transmitting the learning subject to the terminals for student 1 in groups and the terminal for instructor 2 and by making respective students make reports until a prescribed time limit and a test management part which performs tests with respect to students in the groups and manages their test results and the grouping part reorganizes groups based on processing states of the learning subject and test results and urges a student who does not report the leaning subject until the prescribed time limit to present the report and, also, instructs the urging to the student to other students in the group and the instructor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a self-learning support system applied to schools, preparatory schools, vocational schools, universities, private supplementary schools, corporations, and the like. In addition, the present invention relates to a self-learning support system in which a plurality of grouped students are self-learned while being instructed by a leader.

[0002]

[Prior Art] Conventionally, schools, preparatory schools, vocational schools, universities,
Cram schools, companies, and the like provided collective education to collect and educate students at one place at a predetermined time, and provided distance learning to educate each student by mailing educational materials.

[0003] In recent years, with the development of information and communication equipment, students and instructors have been connected to each other using a personal computer or communication equipment, using a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN).
CAIs (Computer Assisted Instructions) that provide education in both directions by connecting via networks such as twork) have been performed.

[0004]

In the case of collective education, there is a problem that some students cannot participate due to geographical and personal circumstances of the students.

[0005] In the case of distance learning, the above-mentioned restrictions on participation due to geographical and personal reasons are resolved, but only learning materials are sent unilaterally, and the student's learning pace and understanding are ignored. Will be done. Also, even if a question or question occurs, it is not possible to obtain an answer in real time. As a result, the student's willingness to learn is reduced, and in many cases, it does not last long.

[0006] In the case of CAI, there is no restriction on participation due to geographical and personal circumstances, education can be performed according to the learning pace and understanding of students, and questions and questions are answered in real time. Can do it. However, the conventional C
In AI, there was no system to support students by grouping students to give specific learning tasks and motivating them to learn independently.

[0007] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a self-learning support system in which students are grouped to give a specific learning task and self-learning is performed while motivating the students to study. With the goal.

[0008]

A self-learning support system according to the present invention comprises a student terminal owned by a student, a leader terminal possessed by an instructor instructing the student, and a student under the guidance of the instructor. A self-learning support system having a server having a self-learning support unit for self-learning, and a network connecting the student terminal, the instructor terminal, and the server to each other, wherein the self-learning support unit includes the plurality of self-learning support units. A grouping unit for grouping students under predetermined conditions, and a learning task is transmitted to a student terminal of each student in the group and each student is reported by a predetermined time limit, and learning for each student is performed. A learning task management unit that manages the processing status of the assignment; and a test management unit that performs an examination on the students in the group and manages the test results. test Based on the results, the group is reorganized, and if there is a student who does not report a learning task by a predetermined time limit, the learning task management unit prompts the student to submit a report, and And instruct the instructor to urge the student.

[0009] It is preferable that the test management unit manages to give a reward to a student who has an excellent test result, or manages to give a handicap to the student according to the test result so as to perform the next test. .

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a self-learning support system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a self-learning support unit of a server, and FIG. 3 illustrates an operation of the self-learning support system of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a daily report, and FIG.
Is an explanatory diagram showing the status of daily report submission, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing test results.

As shown in FIG. 1, a self-learning support system according to the present invention comprises a student terminal 1 owned by a student, an instructor terminal 2 owned by an instructor instructing the student, and a server 3.
And a network 4 for connecting the student terminal 1, the instructor terminal 2 and the server 3 to each other.

The student terminal 1 and the instructor terminal 2 are information communication devices such as a desktop personal computer and a notebook personal computer, and include input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse, output devices such as a display and a printer, and a network 4. And a communication device for transmitting and receiving information through the communication device.

The server 3 includes a server program 5 for communicating with the student terminal 1 and the instructor terminal 2 via the network 4, and a self-learning support unit 6 for autonomously learning the student under the guidance of the instructor. Have.

The network 4 is, for example, the Internet.

The conversation between the student and the instructor usually uses a mailing list, and individual counseling and the like use e-mail.

As shown in FIG. 2, the independent learning support section 6
A network interface 7, a screen control unit 8,
It has an independent learning control unit 9 and a storage unit 10.

The network interface 7 communicates with the student terminal 1 and the instructor terminal 2 via the server program 5.

The screen control unit 8 performs screen control processing of the student terminal 1 and the instructor terminal 2.

The self-learning control section 9 includes a grouping section 11 for grouping a plurality of students under predetermined conditions (for example, academic level, desired school), a student terminal 1 and instruction for each student in the group. A learning task management unit 12 that transmits a learning task to the student terminal 2 to make each student report by a predetermined time limit, manages the processing status of the learning task for each student, and It has a test management unit 13 for performing tests and managing the test results.

The grouping unit 11 regroups the groups based on the processing status of the learning task and the test results.

When there is a student who does not report a learning task by a predetermined time limit, the learning task management unit 12 urges the student to submit a report, and instructs another student or instructor in the group to the student. Direct a reminder to

The test management section 13 manages to give a reward to a student who has an excellent test result, or manages to give a handicap to the student according to the test result so as to perform the next test.

The storage unit 10 is an external storage device such as a hard disk. The storage unit 10 includes the contents of learning tasks (teaching materials), test questions and answers, and various kinds of information (for example, contact addresses,
Phone numbers, grades, schools of interest, etc.). The data in the storage unit 10 is updated as appropriate.

Next, the operation of the independent learning support system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the learning task management unit 12 transmits the learning task data to the terminals 1 and 2 of each student and the instructor grouped by the grouping unit 11 (step S).
1), each student and the instructor receive the data (step S2). The learning tasks are, for example, recitation of a predetermined range of English sentences in a collection of English sentences, and answering of a predetermined range of problems in a collection of mathematical problems. A submission deadline is set for the learning task, and the student needs to report via the network 4 in the form of a daily report shown in FIG.

Next, the learning task management unit 12 checks whether or not the student has reported the learning task before the submission deadline (step S3).

If the student has reported the learning task before the submission deadline, the learning task management unit 12 processes the report result (step S4). Then, an e-mail for urging the user to report is transmitted (step S5). This reminder mail is automatically transmitted to the student terminal 1 under the name of the instructor, but the instructor himself may transmit the reminder mail to the student terminal 1.

Next, the learning assignment management unit 12 checks whether or not the student has reported the learning assignment before the submission deadline after the submission deadline has passed half a day (step S6). Process the result (Step S
4) If no report has been made, an instruction is sent to other students in the group to send a reminder email to the students (step S7).

Next, after one day has passed, the learning assignment management unit 12 checks whether the student has reported the learning assignment before the submission deadline (step S8). Process the report result (step S
4) If not, instruct the instructor to call the student for a reminder (step S9).

Next, the learning task management unit 12
Check whether the student has reported the assignment by the deadline (step S10), and if so, process the report result (step S4). (Step S11), processing of the report result is performed (Step S4).

The daily report submission status of each student (A to D) in the group is organized as shown in FIG.
0 is stored.

In addition to the learning of the above learning tasks, for example, one week
Each time, a quiz is conducted to confirm the level of retention, and motivate the group to compete. The quiz is preferably conducted not at home but in a venue with a trainer or observer.

The test results and rankings of the quiz are managed by the test management unit 13 and stored in the storage unit 10, and are displayed on the screens of the student terminal 1 and the instructor terminal 2 as appropriate, so that the students are willing to compete. Pull out.

It is preferable that the test management section 13 manages such that rewards students who have excellent test results. As the reward system, for example, all the students in the group give out rewards and rewards such as book coupons, and the student who gets the highest score is paid rewards and rewards.

It is preferable that the test management unit 13 manages the student so as to handicap the student according to the test result so as to perform the next test. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, at the time of the first test, all students are given no handicap, and after the second test, one student is given a handicap at the highest score, and the next test is performed. In FIG. 6, the numbers in parentheses indicate handicap, and the underline indicates the highest score.

The grouping unit 11 regroups the groups so as to obtain the optimum affinity according to the above-mentioned parameters such as the presentation status of the learning task, the test result, and the desired school.

According to the present invention, the self-learning support unit 6 in the server 3 includes a grouping unit 11 for grouping a plurality of students under predetermined conditions, and a student terminal 1 for each student in the group. A learning task management unit 12 that transmits a learning task to the instructor terminal 2 and causes each student to report by a predetermined time limit, and manages the processing status of the learning task for each student; And a test management unit 13 that manages the test results. The grouping unit 11 regroups the groups based on the processing status of the learning tasks and the test results. If there is a student who does not report the assignment by the deadline, the student will be prompted to submit the report, and the other students and leaders in the group will be instructed to do so. Competition among students It is possible to motivate. As a result, even a student who has difficulty continuing and achieving self-directed learning can reliably and effectively perform self-directed learning.

Since information is transmitted and received through the network 4, if the teaching materials are unified,
A large number of students can be batch processed regardless of grade, gender, etc.

Further, it is possible to appropriately increase the types of the teaching materials or to select them.

Further, the examination management unit 13 manages to give a reward to a student who has an excellent test result, or manages to give a handicap to the student according to the test result so as to perform the next test. In addition, competition among students in the group becomes more intense, and the students can be more motivated to learn.

Further, by comparing the test results between the groups, competition between the groups occurs, the unity in the groups is strengthened, and the students can be motivated to learn.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes can be made within the scope of the technical matters described in the claims. In the example of FIG. 1, four students are grouped into one group, but the number of students in the group is not limited to this. Further, a different person may be in charge of the instructor for each group, or the same person may be in charge of the instructor.

[0043]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the independent learning support unit in the server includes a grouping unit for grouping a plurality of students under predetermined conditions, and a grouping unit for each student in the group. A learning task management unit that sends learning tasks to terminals and instructor terminals and reports to each student by a predetermined time limit, and manages the processing status of learning tasks for each student, and for students in the group And a test management unit that manages the test results.The grouping unit regroups the groups based on the processing status of the learning tasks and the test results. If there is a student who does not report the assignment to the student, the student will be prompted to submit the report, and the other students and leaders in the group will be instructed to do so. Competition occurs,
Motivation to learn. As a result, even a student who has difficulty continuing and achieving self-directed learning can reliably and effectively perform self-directed learning.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, competition between students in the group is further increased,
Students can be more motivated to learn.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a self-learning support system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a self-learning support unit of the server.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the independent learning support system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a daily report.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a daily report submission status.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing test results.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Student terminal 2: Instructor terminal 3: Server 4: Network 5: Server program 6: Independent learning support unit 7: Network interface 8: Screen control unit 9: Independent learning control unit 10: Storage unit 11: Grouping Part 12: Learning assignment management part 13: Exam management part

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A server having a student terminal possessed by a student, a leader terminal possessed by an instructor instructing the student, and a self-learning support unit for self-learning the student under the guidance of the instructor. A self-learning support system including a student terminal, a leader terminal, and a network connecting the server to each other, wherein the self-learning support unit groups the plurality of students under a predetermined condition. Department and the learning task to transmit the learning task to the student terminal and the instructor terminal of each student in the group, to make each student report by a predetermined time limit, and to manage the processing status of the learning task for each student. An assignment management unit; and an examination management unit that performs an examination on students in the group and manages the examination results. The grouping unit reorganizes the group based on the processing status of the learning assignment and the examination result. And When there is a student who does not report a study task by a predetermined time limit, the study task management unit prompts the student to submit a report, and prompts another student or instructor in the group to the student. A self-learning support system characterized by: 2. The self-learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the test management unit manages so as to reward students who have excellent test results. 3. The self-learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the test management unit gives a handicap to a student according to a test result and manages the student to perform a next test.