JP2002072846A - Education system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an education system in which contact from a lecturer's side to a trainee's side and contact from a trainee's side to a lecturer's side are simultaneously performed and progress like in the teaching in a schoolroom even when teachers and trainees are located at different places or are located at distant places. SOLUTION: When this education system receives information that a candidate for taking lectures wants to take lectures, the system prompt the candidate for taking lectures to select a lecturer out of the list of lecturers by displaying the list on the screen of the terminal provided at the side of the candidate and makes information which are to be transmitted from the candidate to be displayed on the screen of the terminal provided at the side of the lecturer selected by the candidate and also makes information from the lecturer selected by the candidate to be displayed on the screen of the candidate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an education system. More specifically, it relates to an education system using a communication network.
More specifically, the present invention relates to an education system capable of providing individual guidance using a communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional education system using a communication network, an education system using television broadcasting and radio broadcasting is known. On the other hand, there is also known an education system in which classrooms are set up in each region to provide individual guidance to students.

[0003]

However, an educational system using television broadcasting and radio broadcasting is intended for an unspecified number of students, and does not provide individual education to the students. Furthermore, the education provided is one-way from the instructor side, and any contact from the trainee to the instructor, such as a question, must be made by mail or other means. There was a problem that it was difficult to proceed simultaneously by making contact with the teacher and the lecturer from the student side. On the other hand, in an educational system in which a classroom is set up and individual attendees are instructed, it is possible for the instructor to simultaneously contact the instructor and instruct the instructor to simultaneously proceed. However, in the same education system, the instructor and the student must be in the same place at the same time, and if the teacher and the student are located in different places or separated places, the time loss for moving may be lost. In addition, there was a problem that the possible time of the professor was also limited. Alternatively, if the instructor and the applicant are located between remote locations, there is a problem that education cannot be performed in the first place.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when a lecturer who wants to take a lecture and wants to take a lecture and receives information indicating that a lecturer who wants to receive a professor has been designated, a screen of the lecturer selected by the lecturer is selected. The present invention provides an education system characterized by displaying information transmitted from a student who wants to attend a course, and displaying information from a lecturer selected by the student who wants to attend the course on the screen of the candidate.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receipt of information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to take the course, so that the candidate who wishes to take the course is asked to select a lecturer. Education that is characterized by displaying information transmitted from a candidate to be enrolled on the screen of the instructor selected by the instructor, and displaying information from the instructor selected by the applicant to be enrolled in the screen of the applicant to be enrolled. System, provide.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to attend, and the instructor selects the instructor. When the applicant selects a lecturer from the lecturer located at the headquarters, the information transmitted from the student is displayed on the screen of the lecturer selected by the candidate, and the screen of the candidate is displayed. Will display information from the instructor selected by the applicant, and if the applicant does not select an instructor from the instructor located at the headquarters,
A list of instructors who are not located in the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the applicants, and the applicants are encouraged to select an instructor.If an instructor who is not located in the headquarters selects an instructor, it is selected by the applicant An educational system characterized by displaying information transmitted from a student who wants to attend on the screen of the instructor, and displaying information from the instructor selected by the student who wants to attend on the screen of the candidate. provide.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to attend, and the instructor selects the instructor. When the applicant selects a lecturer from the lecturer located at the headquarters, the information transmitted from the student is displayed on the screen of the lecturer selected by the candidate, and the screen of the candidate is displayed. Will display information from the instructor selected by the applicant, and if the applicant does not select an instructor from the instructor located at the headquarters,
A list of instructors who are not located in the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the applicants, and the applicants are encouraged to select an instructor.If an instructor who is not located in the headquarters selects an instructor, it is selected by the applicant The information transmitted from the instructor is displayed on the instructor's screen, and the information from the instructor selected by the instructor is displayed on the instructor's screen. If you do not want to select a tutor from the instructors who do not, you will be prompted to choose whether or not to book a course, and if you receive information that the candidate has selected to book a course, set a course reservation An educational system characterized by the following.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of lecturers located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to take the course. Prompts and displays the information transmitted from the candidate on the screen of the instructor selected by the applicant, and displays the information from the instructor selected by the applicant on the screen of the applicant. Provide an educational system that is unique.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wants to attend, and the instructor selects the instructor. Prompt and display the information transmitted from the applicant on the screen of the instructor selected by the applicant, and display the information from the instructor selected by the applicant on the screen of the applicant. If the applicant does not select an instructor, he / she is prompted to select whether or not to reserve the course, and if he / she receives the information that the candidate has selected to take the course, set a reservation for the course An educational system characterized by the following.

[0010] Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to reserve a course, a list of instructors is displayed on the screen of the participant, and the candidate can select and reserve a lecturer. At the reserved time, the information transmitted from the instructor selected by the instructor is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the instructor, and the information of the instructor selected by the instructor is displayed on the instructor's screen. There is provided an education system characterized in that information can be displayed.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to reserve a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to attend. When the student who wants to attend the course selects a lecturer from the lecturer located at the headquarters, the information transmitted from the lecturer selected by the lecturer is displayed on the screen of the lecturer selected by the lecturer at the reserved time. At the same time, it is possible to display the information from the instructor selected by the applicant on the screen of the applicant,
If you do not select an instructor from the headquarters, a list of instructors who are not located in the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the applicant who wants to attend, prompting the applicant to select and reserve an instructor, and attending from an instructor who is not located in the headquarters When the applicant selects an instructor,
At the reserved time, the information transmitted from the trainee is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the learner, and the information from the lecturer selected by the learner is displayed on the screen of the learner. There is provided an education system characterized in that the display can be performed.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to reserve a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to attend, and the candidate who wishes to attend the course receives the information of the instructor. Prompt for selection and reservation, and at the reserved time,
The information transmitted from the instructor selected is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the applicant, and the information from the instructor selected by the applicant is displayed on the screen of the applicant. To provide an educational system.

Further, according to the present invention, at a pre-reserved time, the information transmitted from the trainee is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the learner, and the screen of the learner is displayed on the screen of the learner. The present invention provides an education system characterized in that it is possible to display information from a lecturer selected by the above.

Further, according to the present invention, upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors who can teach at the time of receiving the information is displayed on the screen of the candidate, and Prompts the instructor to select the instructor, displays the information transmitted from the instructor on the instructor's screen selected by the instructor, and displays the information from the instructor selected by the instructor on the instructor's screen. An educational system characterized by displaying information is provided.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an education system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the education system according to the first embodiment, and an education system according to the second embodiment. 3, which shows the flowchart of the education system according to the third embodiment, FIG. 4, which shows the flowchart of the education system according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 5, which shows the flowchart of the education system according to the fourth embodiment, and the flowchart of the education system according to the fifth embodiment. 6, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 showing the screen of the student, FIGS. 10 and 11 showing the screen of the instructor, and FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 showing the screen of the student. An embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a WWW server;
Is a database server, and 13 is a system operation server. WWW server 11, database server 12,
The education headquarters side server is configured by the system operation server 13. The database server 11 stores information on the instructor and the student. For information about the instructor,
The home university, age, face photo, current operating status, etc. correspond. The current operating state corresponds to, for example, whether another question is currently being accepted and a professor is currently accepted, whether a professor can be accepted, whether a reservation can be made, a one-week class, a class reservation schedule, and the like. The information stored in the database server 12 is constantly updated. The information on students who are students is information on the course, age, grade, whether they belong to an examination course to take a class for students who refrain from taking an examination or to a general course to take a general class. Information applies. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 14 denotes a base server installed for each educational branch office. Reference numeral 21 denotes a head office instructor terminal for an instructor located in the education headquarters among instructor terminals which are instructor clients. The head office instructor side terminal 21 is installed for each instructor located in the education headquarters. The WWW server 11, the database server 12, the system operation server 13, the base server 14, and the head office terminal 21 are connected by a LAN. 31 is a firewall, and 32 is a router. Reference numeral 22 denotes an in-home instructor-side terminal for an instructor who educates in-home at the instructor-side terminal. The in-home instructor-side terminal 22 is installed for each instructor who is at home. Reference numeral 51 denotes a student terminal.
The student terminal 31 is installed for each student where the student is located. Students may be located inside or outside the Educational Headquarters, or anywhere in the country where the Educational Headquarters is located. 41 is a communication network. As the communication network 41, a LAN, the Internet, a personal computer communication network via a public line, or any other wired or wireless network can be used.

The WWW server 11, the database server 12, the system operation server 13, the base server 14, and the instructor terminal 21 are a firewall 31, a router 32
Is connected to the communication network 41 via. The home lecturer side terminal 22 and the student side terminal 31 are the communication network 4
Connected to 1. In-home teacher terminal 22, student terminal 3
1 may be a terminal connectable to a communication network, or a communication network service by a mobile phone terminal, for example, a so-called i-mode (registered trademark).

A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 2 showing a flowchart of an education system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment, the instructor capable of real-time teaching displayed on the screen of the applicant who wishes to attend gives priority to the headquarters instructor currently located at the education headquarters, then displays the home instructor, and does not select the real-time teaching. In this case, a question reservation is set thereafter, and if no reservation is set, an e-mail question can be set thereafter. First, the headquarters instructor located in the education headquarters logs in. In other words, the headquarters lecturer shifts in advance, logs in to the presentation on the authentication screen on the homepage, and prepares for the student's question. Alternatively, in the case of a home instructor, if there is an operation request from the Education Affairs Division, connect to a communication network such as the Internet from a communication terminal at home, log in with the authentication screen on the homepage, and Prepare for the question. Then
A student who wants to attend logs in. That is, FIG.
The student inputs a user ID and a password on the screen. Next, the student who wishes to attend determines whether or not he / she wants a real-time question right now. When a student wants to ask a real-time question, the student who wants to ask first logs in on the authentication screen on the homepage. That is, according to the screen illustrated in FIG. 8, the user belongs to a subject to be asked, a course of a student, for example, a test course for taking a class for a student who has refrained from taking a test or a general course for taking a general class. Enter information about the course, age, and grade. Further, the subject who wants to take the course is input. Further, the request for the lecturer, for example, the home university and the age group are input. Then, the educational system determines a search for a lecturer who satisfies the condition.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the instructor who is involved in the search and is located at the education headquarters has a photograph of his / her face, a profile of his / her university, age, etc., a subject in charge, and is currently accepting questions. The current operating status, such as whether there is any, whether it can be accepted now, whether it is possible to set a course reservation, and a one-week schedule, is indicated on the indicator.

The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to select an instructor whose class is currently "allowable" from the screen shown in FIG. When an instructor selected as “classes available” is selected, a real-time question is started. That is, on the screen of the instructor, a moving image of a student who is a student is shown in real time on the screen A as shown in the image of the screen of the instructor in FIG. Through the screen B, two-way voice exchange between the instructor and the student is performed in real time. The text chat function is performed by C in the screen. D in the screen is a white board white board, and the white board D provides a bidirectional white board from which text can be read. Similarly, the function of the instructor screen will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 11, E is a lesson start button. When the lesson start button E is selected, the time calculation based on the billing calculation starts. F is a question permission button, which is a speech permission button for asking a student who is a student who wants to ask a question to ask a question. G is a question disapproval button. The question disapproval button G is a button for suspending a question at the discretion of the instructor when a plurality of persons simultaneously ask a question. H is a free question button. The open question button H is a button for giving the authority to freely ask and answer questions. I is a class end button. The class end button I is a button for ending the class and stopping the counting of the time on which the accounting is based.

When a student who wants to take a course selects an instructor who is considered to be able to take classes and starts a real-time question,
The screens shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 are displayed on the student screen. That is, as shown in FIG. 12 showing a screen image of the student side, an image of the instructor appears in J in FIG. 12 in real time as a moving image. The two-way voice exchange between the instructor and the student is performed in real time on the screen K. The text chat function is performed by L in the screen. The screen M is a white board, and the white board M provides a bidirectional whiteboard from which text can be read. In FIG. 13 showing the functions of the student-side screen as a student,
N is a question button. The question button N is a button for indicating that the student wants to ask a question to the instructor, and is a button mainly used when taking a group lesson form. Pressing the question button N results in an image in which the student raises his hand. O is
A question end button for stopping the question. On the instructor screen, a figure that the student who is the student has selected the class of the instructor appears, and the instructor gives the student the right to speak,
Select the button to distribute the video. When the instructor or the student needs to write on the white boards D and M displayed on the terminal screen, it is possible to freely write on the white boards D and M. If the instructor or student wants to read the text, it is possible to read the text data.
This text data can be shared by the student and the instructor's white board, and can be additionally commented on. When the question explanation is completed,
The class ends when you select the mark or select Close from the file menu. The charging for the real-time portion starts when the real-time class starts and ends when the student logs out. Regarding reservations, billing starts when a real-time class or a question is actually made, and ends when the student logs out. For e-mail questions, you are charged by counting the number of questions.

The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to select the instructor who is currently "classroom available" from the screen showing the headquarters instructors who can currently teach as shown in FIG. If the applicant does not select an instructor who is considered to be "class available", the real-time question is not started. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of operable instructors located at the Education Headquarters, check the status of home instructors, log in if they can accept questions that can be taught, and make the home instructors appear on the instructor selection screen. . Students who wish to attend the class are shown in FIG.
It is determined whether or not a lecturer who is a home lecturer who is currently considered to be “learnable” is selected from a screen representing a headquarters lecturer who can teach at present, as shown in FIG. When a home instructor who is considered to be "classes available" is selected, a real-time question is started between the home instructor and the student. When the home instructor is selected, as in the case of selecting the headquarters instructor, the instructor side screen is displayed as shown in FIG.
0, the screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. Similarly, the screens shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 are also displayed on the student side screen.

When the student does not want the real-time question, the lecturer of the headquarters is displayed, and then the real-time question is selected. If the home instructor is currently unable to respond, "Class available"
If the applicant does not select a home instructor who is considered to be a tutor, the applicant will check the instructor's one-week schedule shown on the instructor selection screen, and select the attendance reservation, which is a question reservation If you want to take the course, choose on the homepage. If the student wants to make a reservation, select the lecturer whose reservation is to be set from the photograph of the headquarters lecturer and the profile displayed as shown in FIG. 9 and specify the time period for which the reservation is to be set in the lecturer's schedule. Reservation setting is made by selecting.

If the applicant does not make a reservation selection of a headquarters instructor who is considered to be able to take classes, no reservation is set. The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to make a reservation setting selection of an instructor who is a home instructor whose class can be set as "class available" from the screen shown in FIG. If the applicant wants to make a reservation for a home instructor, he / she wants to select the instructor whose reservation is desired from the displayed home instructor's photo and profile as shown in FIG. 9 and make a reservation in the instructor's schedule. The reservation is set by selecting the time zone. In other words, if you select a home teacher who is considered "classes available",
A reservation is set between the home instructor and the student. A real-time lesson is performed at the reserved time by logging in the instructor and the applicants at the reserved time.

If the student who wants to attend the course does not wish to make a question reservation, that is, if he or she does not want to make a reservation, the instructor who wants to choose the course is not currently operating, or the instructor who wants to choose the course also wants to select the home lecturer who wants to take the course If the instructor is not currently running, applicants can ask questions by e-mail. In this case, the terminal screen on the participant's side moves to the e-mail question screen, and the participant asks a question by e-mail by inputting the contents of the question in the form. For the e-mail questions, the lecturer of the headquarters will reply by e-mail.

In the first embodiment, it is possible to meet the needs of students who want to take classes immediately and ask questions. The first embodiment is effective in a field where the relationship with the instructor is relatively low, such as questions related to general study.

A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3 which shows a flowchart of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, instructors capable of performing a real-time lesson are displayed on the screen of a candidate who wants to attend in a lump without deciding the priorities of the headquarters instructor and the home instructor. Next, if a reservation is set, and if no reservation is set, then e is set.
Enables setting of e-mail questions. That is, first, the headquarters lecturer and the home lecturer located in the education headquarters log in. In other words, the headquarters lecturer shifts in advance, logs in to the presentation on the authentication screen on the homepage, and prepares for the student's question. For home tutors, if there is a request from the education affairs staff at the Education Headquarters, connect to a communication network such as the Internet from a communication terminal at home, log in on the authentication screen on the homepage, and ask questions of students who are students. Prepare. Next, the student who wants to attend the course logs in. That is, the student inputs a user ID and a password on the screen of FIG. Next, the student who wishes to attend determines whether or not he / she wants a real-time question right now.
When a student wants to ask a real-time question, the student who wants to ask first logs in on the authentication screen on the homepage. That is, according to the screen illustrated in FIG. 8, the user belongs to a subject to be asked, a course of a student, for example, a test course for taking a class for a student who has refrained from taking a test or a general course for taking a general class. Enter information about the course, age, and grade. Further, the subject who wants to take the course is input. Further, the request for the lecturer, for example, the home university and the age group are input. Then, the education system determines a search for a tutor that satisfies the condition.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the instructor and home instructor who are the instructor involved in the search and who are currently in the educational headquarters, which can receive educational questions, are asked to provide a photograph of their face, their home university, their age, etc. The current operating status such as a profile, a subject in charge, whether a question is currently being accepted, whether it can be accepted now, whether a course reservation can be set, a weekly schedule, and the like are indicated on the indicator.

The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to select an instructor whose class is currently "allowed" from the screen shown in FIG.

When a student who wishes to take a course selects an instructor who is considered to be able to take classes and starts real-time questions,
The screens shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 are displayed on the student screen. That is, as shown in FIG. 12 showing a screen image of the student side, an image of the instructor appears in J in FIG. 12 in real time as a moving image. The two-way voice exchange between the instructor and the student is performed in real time on the screen K. The text chat function is performed by L in the screen. M in the screen is a white plate. The whiteboard M provides an interactive whiteboard from which text can also be read. In FIG. 13 showing the functions of the student-side screen as a student,
N is a question button. The question button N is a button for indicating that the student wants to ask a question to the instructor, and is a button mainly used when taking a group lesson form. Pressing the question button N results in an image in which the student raises his hand. O is
A question end button for stopping the question.

The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to select an instructor whose class is currently "allowable" from the screen shown in FIG. If the applicant does not select an instructor who is considered to be "class available", the real-time question is not started. In addition, when the access of the student who wants to attend exceeds the number of operable instructors located at the education headquarters and the in-home instructors, a reservation setting selection screen is displayed.

When the student does not want the real-time question, the lecturer at the headquarters and the home instructor are displayed, and then the real-time question is selected. If you are currently responding to questions, the student who wishes to attend will check the one-week schedule of the instructor shown on the instructor selection screen, and will ask if he / she wants to make a selection to select the appointment for question reservation. Choose on the homepage. If the student wishes to make a reservation, select the lecturer whose reservation is desired from the photographs of the headquarters lecturer and the home lecturer displayed as shown in FIG. 9 and the profile, and set the reservation in the lecturer's schedule. The reservation is set by selecting the time zone. A real-time lesson is performed at the reserved time by logging in the instructor and the applicants at the reserved time.

If the applicant does not make a reservation selection of a headquarters lecturer or a home lecturer for whom "classes are possible", the reservation is not set.

If the headquarters instructor to be selected is not currently operating, and the headquarters instructor to be selected by the student or the home instructor to be selected by the applicant is not currently in operation, the instructor can ask questions by e-mail. It is. In this case, the terminal screen on the participant's side moves to the e-mail question screen, and the participant asks a question by e-mail by inputting the contents of the question in the form. For the e-mail questions, the lecturer of the headquarters will reply by e-mail. Others are the same as the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment, it is possible to solve the problem of compatibility between a student / student and a lecturer. However,
Responding to the need to immediately take a course or ask a question may be inferior to the first embodiment. That is, in the first embodiment, the real-time question class is preferentially set, but in the second embodiment, even if there is an instructor who can accept the real-time question, it is possible for the student attendee to flow to the reservation question setting of the instructor selected by the student student. There is. The second embodiment is effective for counseling applications such as guidance on a course.

A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4 which shows a flowchart of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The third embodiment is limited to question reservation / class reservation and e-mail questions, and the real-time class is not immediately started. With such a limitation, it is possible to limit the number of instructors to be kept at the education headquarters, and it is possible to reduce labor costs associated with the instructor's headquarters restraint. First, the headquarters instructor located in the education headquarters logs in. In other words, the headquarters lecturer shifts in advance, logs in to the presentation on the authentication screen on the homepage, and prepares for the student's question. If the student wants to make a reservation, select the lecturer whose reservation is to be set from the photograph of the headquarters lecturer and the profile displayed as shown in FIG. 9 and specify the time period for which the reservation is to be set in the lecturer's schedule. Reservation setting is made by selecting.

If the applicant does not make a reservation selection of a headquarters instructor who is considered to be "class available", no reservation is set. The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to make a reservation setting selection of an instructor who is a home instructor whose class can be set as "class available" from the screen shown in FIG. If the applicant wants to make a reservation for a home instructor, he / she wants to select the instructor whose reservation is desired from the displayed home instructor's photo and profile as shown in FIG. 9 and make a reservation in the instructor's schedule. The reservation is set by selecting the time zone. In other words, if you select a home teacher who is considered "classes available",
A reservation is set between the home instructor and the student. A real-time lesson is performed at the reserved time by logging in the instructor and the applicants at the reserved time. That is, the headquarters instructor shifts in advance, logs in on the authentication screen on the homepage, and prepares for the student's question. Alternatively, if a request for operation is received from the staff in charge of the headquarters, the terminal at home connects to the communication network, logs in on the authentication screen on the homepage, and responds to the student's questions. Others are the same as the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

If the student who wants to attend the course does not want to make a question reservation, that is, if he or she does not want to make a reservation for the course, the instructor who wants to choose the course is not currently operating, or the instructor who wants to take the course also wants to choose the instructor who wants to stay at home If the instructor is not currently running, applicants can ask questions by e-mail. In this case, the terminal screen on the participant's side moves to the e-mail question screen, and the participant asks a question by e-mail by inputting the contents of the question in the form. For the e-mail questions, the lecturer of the headquarters will reply by e-mail.

In the third embodiment, real-time classes are not performed from the present time, limited to question class reservations and e-mail questions. Therefore, it is possible to limit the number of instructors to be kept at the education headquarters, and it is possible to reduce labor costs associated with the instructor's headquarters confinement.

A fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5 which shows a flowchart of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the fourth embodiment, a lecturer and a student who wish to take a course decide a question reception time class time in advance and perform a real-time class or make an e-mail question. Therefore, it is not necessary to use the instructor selection screen. In the fourth embodiment, the student student accesses the instructor in charge at a predetermined time as if he or she attends a one-on-one lesson. For this reason, the problem of excessive access by applicants can be avoided. First, the headquarters instructor located in the education headquarters logs in. In other words, the headquarters lecturer shifts in advance, logs in to the presentation on the authentication screen on the homepage, and prepares for the student's question. Next, the student who wants to attend the course logs in. That is, in the screen of FIG.
Enter your password. Next, the candidate who wants to attend the course selects a lecturer in charge and accesses the lecturer to start a real-time question. Others are the same as the first, second and third embodiments.

A fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 6 which shows a flowchart of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the fifth embodiment, a question class is received by strictly setting the instructor's charge time. Headquarters lecturers are used and home lecturers are not used. However, it is not clear which trainee corresponds to which instructor. In the fifth embodiment, there is more room for selecting an instructor than in the fourth embodiment. In the fifth embodiment, it is possible for a student who wants to attend a course to select a lecturer who wants to take a question, and to reduce a tutoring process such as checking a home lecturer due to excessive access by a person who wants to attend. First, the headquarters instructor located in the education headquarters logs in. In other words, the headquarters lecturer shifts in advance, logs in to the presentation on the authentication screen on the homepage, and prepares for the student's question. Next, the student who wants to attend the course logs in. That is,
On the screen of FIG. 7, the student inputs a user ID and a password. That is, when a student who wants to take a course wants a real-time question, the student who wants to ask a question first logs in on the authentication screen on the homepage. That is, according to the screen illustrated in FIG. 8, the user belongs to a subject to be asked, a course of a student, for example, a test course for taking a class for a student who has refrained from taking a test or a general course for taking a general class. Enter information about the course, age, and grade. Further, the subject who wants to take the course is input. Further, the request for the lecturer, for example, the home university and the age group are input.
Then, an instructor who satisfies the condition is searched.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the instructor who is involved in the search and is located at the education headquarters has a face photograph, a profile of his / her university, age, etc., a subject in charge, and is currently accepting questions. The current operating status, such as whether there is any, whether it can be accepted now, whether it is possible to set a course reservation, and a one-week schedule, is indicated on the indicator.

The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to select an instructor whose class is currently "allowable" from the screen shown in FIG.

When a student who wishes to take a course selects an instructor who is considered to be able to take classes and starts real-time questions,
The screens shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 are displayed on the student screen.

The student who wants to attend the course judges whether or not to select an instructor whose class is currently "allowed" from the screen shown in FIG. If the applicant does not select an instructor who is considered to be "class available", the real-time question is not started.

If the headquarters lecturer to be selected is not currently operating, or if the headquarters instructor desired to be selected is not currently operating, the trainee can ask questions by e-mail. In this case, the terminal screen on the participant's side moves to the e-mail question screen, and the participant asks a question by e-mail by inputting the contents of the question in the form. For the e-mail questions, the lecturer of the headquarters will reply by e-mail. Others are the same as the first embodiment, the second embodiment, the third embodiment, and the fourth embodiment.

Management of Educational Affairs In an educational system using a communication network, the instructor's teaching attitude is managed as follows. (1) Request for instructor operation When the Education Affairs staff member determines that the number of instructors at the Education Headquarters may be insufficient, the Academic Affairs staff member is not at the Education Affairs Headquarters and stays home. Request the instructor to operate and promptly log into the home instructor. Instructor's attendance check Check the instructor's actual login time and actual operating time, and evaluate the instructor's salary. Check instructor's popularity Check how many instructors were designated as students and students during a specific period, such as one month, by using a database. Conduct training or negative assessments for less instructors. (2) Confirmation of class, professor of students, trainees and instructors Claims information is sent to the staff in charge of affairs by a communication form from trainees, students and their parents, and based on this, training or assessment of instructors is performed. The actual exchange between the student, the student, and the instructor on the whiteboard is performed by storing all the data in the database and checking the contents of the lesson of the instructor who has made a complaint. For instructors' classes and professors who may have problems, the instructor can use the system administrator's password to participate in observers on the real-time screen in the same way as students. In this case, the teacher in charge can confirm the actual exchange between the instructor, the trainee, and the student on the spot, and also can confirm the whiteboard information. It is possible to do this without distinction between home lecturers and headquarters lecturers.

Irregular Processing In an educational system using a communication network, irregular processing is performed as follows. (1) When the line condition is bad, some functions can be stopped in the real-time system. Whether the instructor sends the real-time video or not is determined by the video (V
This is done by selecting "send video" in the (video) menu. By removing this check, it is possible to stop moving image distribution. The real-time electronic whiteboard function and the two-way audio function are not stopped. When the student stops downloading the video, the video (Video
o) The selection is made by selecting "receive a moving image" in the menu. By removing this check, it is possible to stop downloading the moving image. The functions of the electronic white board and the two-way audio are not stopped. (2) Regarding the charge in the case of abnormal termination due to the line condition, the student and the student are not charged for the abnormal termination of the connection in the case where the connection is terminated in a predetermined short time. However, the student connects after the specified time,
This does not apply to abnormal termination due to line conditions on the way after receiving service provision. (3) Even if there is an abnormal termination due to the deterioration of the line condition, the salary calculation for the instructor shall be calculated based on the total time.

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[Effect of the Invention] Even when the teacher and the student are located in different places or separated places, contact from the instructor to the student and communication from the student to the instructor as in a class in a classroom. Provide an educational system that allows simultaneous contact and progress.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an education system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a first example of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a second example of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a third example of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a fourth example of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a fifth example of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a screen configuration on a student side of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a screen on a student side of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a screen on a student side of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a screen on the instructor side of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a screen on the instructor side of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a screen on a student side of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a screen on a student side of the education system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

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 11 WWW Server 12 Database Server 13 System Operation Server 14 Base Server 21 Headquarters Lecturer Terminal 22 Home Lecturer Side Terminal 31 Firewall 32 Router 41 Communication Network 51 Student Side Terminal

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Claims (11)

[Claims] [Claim 1] When a student who wants to attend a course wants to attend the course and receives information indicating that a lecturer who wants to receive a professor is specified, the information is transmitted from the course candidate to the screen of the lecturer selected by the student. An education system characterized by displaying information and displaying information from a lecturer selected by a student who wants to attend the course on a screen of the student who wants to attend. [Claim 2] Upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors is displayed on the screen of the candidate who wishes to attend, prompting the candidate to select a lecturer, and selecting by the candidate. An educational system characterized by displaying information transmitted from a student who wants to attend on the screen of the instructor, and displaying information from the instructor selected by the student who wants to attend on the screen of the student who wants to attend. [3] Upon receipt of information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to attend the course, and the applicant is asked to select a lecturer. When a candidate who chooses to attend the course selects an instructor, the information transmitted from the student who wants to attend is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the candidate, and the screen of the applicant who wants to attend is displayed on the screen of the candidate who attends. If information is displayed from the instructor selected by the instructor, and the applicant does not select an instructor from the instructor located in the headquarters, a list of instructors who are not located in the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the instructor who wishes to attend. Encourage the applicant to select an instructor, and if the instructor selects an instructor from an instructor who is not located at the headquarters, display the information transmitted from the instructor selected on the instructor's screen selected by the instructor With An educational system characterized by displaying information from the instructor selected by the applicant on the screen of the applicant. [4] Upon receipt of information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to take the course, and the applicant is asked to select a lecturer. When a candidate who chooses to attend the course selects an instructor, the information transmitted from the student who wants to attend is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the candidate, and the screen of the applicant who wants to attend is displayed on the screen of the candidate who attends. If information is displayed from the instructor selected by the instructor, and the applicant does not select an instructor from the instructor located in the headquarters, a list of instructors who are not located in the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the instructor who wishes to attend. Encourage the applicant to select an instructor, and if the instructor selects an instructor from an instructor who is not located at the headquarters, display the information transmitted from the instructor selected on the instructor's screen selected by the instructor With In addition, the information of the instructor selected by the applicant is displayed on the screen of the applicant, and if the applicant does not select an instructor from the instructor who is not located at the headquarters, whether to reserve the attendance An education system characterized by encouraging a candidate to select a course and setting a course reservation when the student receives information indicating that a course reservation has been selected. [Claim 5] Upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant, prompting the candidate to select a lecturer, and taking the course. The information transmitted from the instructor selected by the instructor is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the applicant, and the information from the instructor selected by the instructor is displayed on the screen of the applicant. Provide an educational system. [Claim 6] Upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the participant who wishes to attend, prompting the candidate to select a lecturer, The information transmitted from the instructor selected is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the applicant, and the information from the instructor selected by the applicant is displayed on the screen of the applicant. If you do not select an instructor, you will be prompted to choose whether or not you want to book a course, and if you receive information that the student has selected to book a course, you will set a course reservation. Education system, [Claim 7] Upon receiving information from a candidate who wishes to reserve a course, a list of instructors is displayed on the screen of the candidate, and the candidate is prompted to select a teacher and make a reservation. At the specified time, the information transmitted from the instructor selected is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the applicant, and the information from the instructor selected by the applicant is displayed on the screen of the applicant. An educational system characterized in that it is possible to make it possible. [8] Upon receipt of information from a candidate who wishes to reserve a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the candidate, and the candidate can select and reserve a lecturer. When the applicant selected a lecturer from the lecturer located at the headquarters, the information transmitted from the student is displayed on the screen of the lecturer selected by the candidate at the reserved time, , The information of the instructor selected by the applicant can be displayed on the screen of the applicant, and if the applicant does not select an instructor from the instructor located at the headquarters, the student will not be at the headquarters The list of instructors is displayed on the screen of the applicant who wants to take the course, and the applicant is asked to select the instructor and make a reservation.If the instructor who is not located at the headquarters selects the instructor, he / she will take the lecture at the reserved time By applicant In addition to displaying the information transmitted from the instructor on the selected instructor's screen, the information from the instructor selected by the instructor can be displayed on the invitee's screen. Educational system characterized by. [9] Upon receipt of information from a candidate who wishes to reserve a course, a list of instructors located at the headquarters is displayed on the screen of the candidate, and if a professor can make a reservation, the candidate At the reserved time, the information transmitted from the candidate is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the candidate, and the candidate is displayed on the screen of the candidate. Educational system characterized by displaying information from the instructor selected by (1). 10. At a pre-reserved time, information transmitted from the student who wants to attend the course is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the student who wishes to attend, and the screen selected by the student who wishes to attend the course is displayed on the screen of the student who wishes to attend. An educational system characterized in that information from a trained instructor can be displayed. 11. Upon receipt of information from a candidate who wishes to take a course, a list of instructors who can teach at the time of receiving the information is displayed on the screen of the student who wishes to take the course, and the candidate who attends the course receives the information. Is displayed, and the information transmitted from the trainee is displayed on the screen of the instructor selected by the learner, and the information from the lecturer selected by the learner is displayed on the screen of the learner An educational system characterized by the following.