JP2003248419A - Learning support system and learning support method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support an effective learning by utilizing teaching materials customized for every learner making use of existing teaching material contents such as a video. <P>SOLUTION: A learning state presenting section presents learning progress state and learning history. A learning preparation section, managing existing teaching material contents as reusable parts and selecting partitioned teaching materials in accordance with user's requisition or learning progress state, generates customized teaching material contents and sets up user's learning schedule. A learning support section controls the learning in accordance with the learning schedule and manages evaluation of the teaching material learned by the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a learning support system and a learning support method which provide a place for learning such as school education, correspondence education, in-house training, and outside training, and support efficient learning. The present invention relates to a learning support system and a learning support method that support efficient learning using digitized teaching material contents.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a learning support system and a learning support method for providing a learning material and a learning means to a learner who accesses through a network, and particularly, to a learning support system according to the progress status of the learner. The present invention relates to a learning support system and a learning support method for supporting efficient learning by preparing for learning and presenting a learning situation.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Learning is learning new knowledge and techniques based on past experience. Broadly speaking,
It refers to the acquired development of the body. In modern society,
For various purposes such as personality formation and skill acquisition, people are provided with a place of learning throughout their lives. Examples include school education, distance learning, in-house training, and external training.

[0004] For example, in an organization composed of a large number of users such as a company or an organization, each person has different knowledge and skills regarding work. Therefore, learning and education are important for sharing knowledge and equalizing skills within the organization.

Conventionally, schools, cram schools, training centers, classrooms, etc.
The general form of learning was to go to a prescribed facility and receive education and training according to a predetermined schedule and program.

Recently, contents for learning, education, and training have come to be packaged or digitized together with improvement of information processing technology and information communication technology.
For example, it is delivered as a teaching material to learners via media such as videos and DVDs. Alternatively, the teacher / lecturer and the student can be connected by a network to provide an interactive learning environment between remote locations. In addition, the teaching material contents are, for example, HTML (Hyper Text Mar
Web-based learning system (WBT: Web) stored in a form that can be handled in an information search space such as kup Language
Based Training).

The amount and quality of teaching material contents such as videos are becoming more and more abundant. On the other hand, there has been a problem that existing teaching material contents that are substantial in content are buried without being successfully reused, that is, the teaching materials are “disposable” or “dead”.

[0008] This is also due to the fact that the teaching material contents are provided in a push type and cannot meet various needs of individual learners.

Further, since the teaching material contents are generally constructed according to the schedule set up by the editing / provider side, they may not match the schedule on the learner side.

The teaching material contents are produced on the basis of general themes, and are staged in consideration of the degree of difficulty and the average learner's progress such as beginner's course, intermediate course, and advanced course. , Are arranged in time series. Also, within each volume, it is structured in a time series while similarly assuming the progress of learning. However, the structure of such contents does not always match the learning process and learning progress of individual learners. For example, even if you are an intermediate person or an advanced person,
You may personally need some of the material included in the Beginners Edition. On the other hand, even beginners may immediately need some materials for the intermediate and advanced editions in order to perform their duties irregularly or irregularly.

Since the teaching material producer produces new teaching material contents for each production request, the production cost is high, and
Since it takes a lot of time and effort to produce, it is not possible to prepare teaching materials based on the requirements of individual learners.

In addition, the fact that the user side can handle the given teaching material content has a coarse granularity, which is also a barrier to the usage of the content. For example, if the learner is a member of society or the like, he / she wants to use the free time in detail to digest the contents of the teaching material, but if the session that divides the contents is long, the schedule of the learner cannot be meshed well.

The teaching material content generally includes a "component" composed of one or more cases and their explanations, and a "scene" composed of related components.
It is said to have a hierarchical structure such as a "scenario" in which scenes are arranged in time series according to a curriculum.

However, once such a hierarchical structure has been set up on the editor / provider side, the user, that is, the learner side, dynamically reorganizes the teaching material contents, and finely divides individual cases and components. It cannot be reused in units.

The logical scenario that constitutes the story of the teaching material content once assembled on the editor / provider side cannot be partially combined or changed in order with another story, so the teaching material content is partially To use it, a new scenario must be prepared.

In other words, the necessary components and the less-necessary components are inseparably handled, so that the reuse of the teaching material contents is not progressed and, as a result, the path to "dead store" is followed.

[0017]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent learning support system and learning support method capable of supporting efficient learning using digitized teaching material contents. .

A further object of the present invention is to provide an excellent learning support system and learning support method which can provide a learning material and a learning means to a learner who accesses through a network.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an excellent learning support system and learning support method capable of supporting efficient learning by preparing for learning according to the progress status of a learner and presenting the learning status. To provide.

A further object of the present invention is that it is possible to realize a story that logically composes existing teaching material contents and also to reuse a logical scenario corresponding to a script and a logical scene that is a part of the script. To provide a learning support system and a learning support method.

[0021]

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and a learning support system or a learning support system for supporting efficient learning by using teaching materials customized for each user. A support method that manages existing learning material contents as reusable parts and a learning status presentation unit or step that presents the learning progress status and learning history and responds to the user's request and learning progress status. A learning preparation section or step that selects customized teaching material contents to generate customized teaching material content and sets the learning schedule of the user, and controls learning according to the set learning schedule, and A learning support system or a learning support method, comprising: a learning support unit or step for managing evaluation.

The learning support system or the learning support method according to the present invention may further include a personal authentication section or step for inquiring whether or not the user can use the learning support service.

In personal authentication, the user profile information can be obtained from the user when registering a new user, so the user profile information may be managed together. In addition, since the user goes through personal authentication every time the user uses the learning support service,
Since session information can be acquired sequentially,
Charge information for each user's use of the learning support service may be managed together.

In addition, the learning preparation section or step processes the teaching material content into a scene composed of one or more cases and their components, a scene composed of one or more related components, and a plurality of scenes. You may decompose | disassemble into the hierarchical structure of the scenario arrange | positioned in time series according to a predetermined curriculum, and it may be made to manage as a reusable part. In this way, by dividing and managing the stream of existing learning content such as video, it is reorganized according to the needs and learning progress of each user, and it can be re-organized according to the needs and learning progress of each user. Under the environment, it is possible to reuse existing content in units of length and amount that can be viewed even in a relatively short time. For example, media (video, still image, audio, etc.) according to the display capability and processing capability of the information terminal used by the user
Texts can be selected or combined to prepare teaching materials.

That is, the learning preparation unit or step prepares the teaching material contents customized for each user by using the reuse parts, thereby improving the efficiency of the production of the reuse components, the low cost editing of the contents, and the correspondence to the mobile device. While promoting (device-free), it is possible to provide "mini-learning" contents that enhance the learning effect to the user.

Further, the learning preparation section or step may use a search dictionary for searching a teaching material managed as a reusable part. That is, a dictionary function having keywords, technical terms, concept definitions, etc. may be constructed and incorporated into the component processing or editing processing. For example, by using a dictionary when adding meta-level information to each reusable part obtained by disassembling it from teaching material content, it is possible to make the description of expressions and citation of terms etc. uniform. .

Further, the reproduction media creation support unit or step may newly create or update a logical scenario by changing the combination of logical scenes by adding or deleting logical scenes constituting a logical scenario. Good.

The learning support unit or step may update the learning history and / or the learning progress based on the result of controlling the learning by the user. By managing an accurate learning history and learning progress, the learning status presenting section or step can feed back a more accurate learning status to the user, so that the learning effect can be improved.

Further, the learning support unit or step may manage the comment by the user who has taken the educational material content. By sharing comment information for such teaching material contents among users, for example, when taking learning material content or when selecting teaching material in the learning preparation section or step, reference is made to comment information of other users. Therefore, it is possible to select teaching material parts that are more suited to one's needs. Therefore, it is possible to expect a great improvement in the learning effect.

Still other objects, features and advantages of the present invention are as follows.
It will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention described later and the more detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

[0031]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall structure of a learning support system 1 to which the present invention is applied. Each user can use the learning support system 1 shown in FIG. That is, a user uses a personal computer (PC) or PDA (Person) that he or she uses.
We running on an information terminal such as al Digital Assistant)
b On a browser, you can access a personal page (described later) for learning support that is customized for you from a prescribed portal site.

The learning support system 1 is provided with an advisor / case introduction section 2 and a mini-learning preparation section 3. Each advisor, case introduction, and mini-learning are handled as a community management section as a community on the learning support site. It is managed comprehensively by 4. Further, the user activates a web browser on his or her information terminal to access the learning support space formed by each community. And
On the personal page, a dedicated navigator 5 is used to guide the search for such a learning support space.

The community management unit 4 is provided with a database of user profiles, learning progress, etc., and centrally manages all learners (employees in a company, etc.).
The user profile is, for example, the identification information (I
D), name, email address, work content, work experience,
This includes history such as questions from learners and system answers to these questions. In addition, community management department 4
Periodically or at any time, the content of knowledge of each learner and the progress status of learning are measured, and the learning progress database is updated.

The advisor / case introduction section 2 has a large number of FAs.
It manages a database of Q (questions when accessed by learners) and problem solving cases (answers to questions, learner names, advisor names, references, etc.). The advisor / case introduction unit 2 organizes problem solving support using the FAQ and problem solving case database in response to a request from the user via the personal page, and provides feedback to the personal page via the community management unit 4. To do.

The mini-learning preparation section 3 also carries out learning planning and material selection / creation for individual users, and supports learning on a personal page via the community management section 4. The community management unit 4 manages a database of user profiles and learning progress for each user.

In the present embodiment, the mini-learning preparation section 3
Streams of existing learning contents such as videos are managed by dividing them into parts and reorganizing them according to the needs and learning progress of each user and comparing them at any place (for example, in a mobile environment using a mobile terminal). Prepare teaching material contents, that is, "mini-learning", in units of length and volume that can be viewed even in a relatively short time. For example, the teaching material is prepared by selecting or combining media (moving image, still image, voice, text) according to the display capability and processing capability of the information terminal used.

The main function of the mini-learning is to generate a teaching material, which is originally produced by the content creator and is led by the user in response to the learner's request or learning progress. The mini-learning preparation unit 3 may newly create and edit dedicated teaching material contents, but is basically organized by reusing existing teaching material contents. In order to perform such content processing, the content reuse support system 10 is provided in this embodiment.

The teaching material content generally includes a “component” composed of one or more cases and their explanations, and a “scene” composed of related components.
It has a hierarchical structure such as a "scenario" in which scenes are arranged in time series according to the curriculum (see Fig. 2). The content reuse support system 10 uses such a hierarchical structure of the content to divide the teaching material content into parts, and manages the material in a form that allows easy reuse.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the system outline of the content reuse support system 10.

The content reuse support system 10 improves the efficiency of production of reuse components, low cost editing of contents, by reusing existing contents.
The main purpose is to promote support for mobile devices (device-free). The content reuse support system 10 includes a reuse component processing phase 11 and a mini teaching material processing phase 12.

In the reuse component processing phase 11, semi-automatic creation of reuse components and reuse component conversion support editing are performed. Therefore, the reuse component processing unit 11 captures and digitizes the existing media content input in the form of a video tape or the like, extracts the scene change, and indexes the corresponding meta information ( Disassembly)
Then, clipping (selection) such as adding annotations and correcting meta information is performed. By adding meta level information to a media part, component operation (meaning / intention search, composition, disassembly, alignment, etc.) at the meta level becomes possible.

Reusable component processing The component created from the existing contents in the phase 11 is stored as a reusable component (Archiv).
e) is done. In general, contents such as educational materials are “components” that consist of one or more cases and their explanations, “scenes” that are composed of related components, and “scenarios” where scenes are arranged in time series according to a curriculum. It has a hierarchical structure (see FIG. 2). Each component is stored while maintaining such a data structure in order to facilitate the handling at the time of reuse.

In the mini teaching material processing phase 12, the mini teaching material is automatically generated and the mini teaching material is edited. Therefore, in the mini teaching material processing phase 12, constraint condition input,
Teaching material creation processing such as scenario selection and content creation (G
and editing of teaching materials such as content editing and addition of meta information to content (Authori)
ng). Since the meta level information is added to the media parts, component operation (meaning / intention search, composition, disassembly, alignment, etc.) at the meta level is possible.

In the reuse component processing phase 11 and the mini teaching material processing phase 12, the same dictionary (not shown) is used for component processing. That is, by constructing a dictionary function that has keywords, technical terms, concept definitions, etc., and incorporating it into parts processing and editing processing, when adding meta-level information to media components, objects, etc. Make the citations even.

The mini teaching material generated / edited by the mini teaching material processing unit 12 is stored in the mini teaching material database as structured data, that is, meta information.

The mini teaching material stored in the mini teaching material database is a part that can be searched for and reused in the database. That is, it is retrieved by the mini teaching material search, is delivered to the requesting user as the mini teaching material, and is used as a teaching material providing service such as a mini learning service.

4 and 5 schematically show the main functional configuration of the content reuse service by the content reuse support system 10 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the content reuse service includes a reuse component processing unit 13 that performs a content reuse / index information setting service, a reuse component management unit 14 that manages components for the content reuse service, and a content reuse service. And a reproduction media creation support unit 15 that performs a scene editing / changing service.

The original medium, that is, the content, is configured by hierarchically combining a plurality of existing materials such as components and scenes according to an existing scenario,
For example, it is recorded on a recording medium such as a video tape.

The reusable part processing unit 11 indexes reusable parts or components from such an original medium by scene change extraction, meta information extraction, etc., and semi-automatically or manually creates a scenario. By adding meta level information to a media part, component operation (meaning / intention search, composition, disassembly, alignment, etc.) at the meta level becomes possible.

The reusable parts processing unit 13 has a media / file selection unit 13A, a media reproduction unit 13B, a component creation unit 13C, a thumbnail creation unit 13D, a database registration unit 13E, and a message display unit 13F as constituent elements.

The media file selection unit 13A loads a file, that is, a teaching material content from a media server on the local network, for example.

The media reproducing section 13B can freely operate the reproduction, stop, pause, reverse frame reproduction, and frame reproduction of the loaded contents. In addition, playback can be performed from the specified media start time. The designation of the media time can be controlled by a text input or a time axis slider (not shown).

The component creating section 13C can freely create components during playback with the IN and OUT buttons. It also accepts control from text input.

The thumbnail creating section 13D can take out any thumbnail image in the component by the title picture button during reproduction. When creating a new scene or updating a scene, the components can be freely combined by performing a GUI operation such as dragging or dropping the thumbnail of each component. That is, an editing system environment is provided for performing operations such as visually cutting and synthesizing a plurality of reusable components such as components using a mouse (that is, reconfiguring and redefining components) and aligning.

The database registration unit 13E newly registers the input data on the screen in the component table.

The message display section 13F provides a visual feedback to the user via the display screen as to whether or not the registration in the database was successful.

The reusable parts management section 14 manages the components extracted from the original media by the reusable parts processing section as reusable parts. The reuse component management unit 14 includes a scenario deletion unit 14A, a scene deletion unit 14B, a component deletion unit 14C, a search keyword dictionary maintenance unit 14D, and a database maintenance unit 14E as constituent elements.

The scenario deleting section 14A deletes data from the scenario table in response to a request from the user.

The scene deleting section 14B deletes data from the scene table in response to a request from the user.

The component deleting section 14C deletes data from the component table in response to a request from the user.

Search keyword dictionary maintenance unit 14D
Can register a new word in the dictionary or change or delete the dictionary word in response to a request from the user.
By constructing a dictionary function that has keywords, technical terms, concept definitions, etc., and incorporating it into parts processing and editing processing, when adding meta-level information to media components, objects, citations of expressions, terms, etc. Can be made uniform.

The database maintenance unit 14E is
Deletes data from the wscene table in response to a request from the user.

The reproduction media creation support unit 15 takes out the parts necessary for creating the contents of the new scenario from the reuse parts database and integrates them according to the new scenario to construct the reproduction media.

The reproduction media creation support unit 15 includes a scene search unit 15A, a scene creation unit 15B, and a scene update unit 1
5C and the scene / media file creation unit 15D are constituent elements.

The scene search unit 15A accepts input of search conditions on a search condition input screen (not shown). Also, the search result is displayed for each page.

The scene creating section 15B displays the component of the selected scene and reproduces the component. At this time, the thumbnail of the component is displayed on the screen, and the user can instruct the editing of the scene by applying a GUI operation such as drag and drop to the thumbnail of the desired component. That is, the GUI operation on the display screen allows free combination and addition of components of a new scene.
Can be deleted. You can also preview a new scene. The newly created scene data is registered in the scene table.

In this embodiment, there is provided an editing system environment in which a plurality of reusable parts such as components are visually cut and combined with a mouse (that is, the components are reconfigured and redefined) and arranged. Has been built. When performing work such as reconfiguring or arranging reusable parts with conventional authoring tools, even media creators and other specialists need manual work with a lot of man-hours, which increases production costs. However, according to the editing system environment of the present invention, it is possible to realize the same content production work at low cost and in a short time based on the GUI operation.

The scene updating section 15C displays the component of the selected scene and reproduces the component. At this time, the thumbnail of the component is displayed on the screen, and the user can instruct the editing of the scene by applying a GUI operation such as drag and drop to the thumbnail of the desired component. And a GUI on the display screen for freely combining, adding, and deleting the components of the scene you want to change
Perform by operation. That is, an editing system environment is constructed in which a plurality of reusable parts such as components are visually cut and combined using a mouse (that is, reconfiguring and redefining of components) and arranged. You can also preview a new scene. The newly created scene data is registered in the scene table.

Scene / media file creation unit 15D
Cuts out some data from a media file. Then, the new media file is written in the Append mode.

The playback media content created by the playback media creation support unit 15 is distributed. The user can view the playback media on a personal home page, for example.

FIG. 6 shows an outline of a teaching material part production processing flow and a teaching material content production processing flow by the content reuse support system shown in FIG.

The existing teaching material contents are, for example, videos,
It is a library in the form recorded on tape. Teaching material contents are generally called "components" that consist of one or more cases and their explanations, "scenes" that are composed of related components together, and "scenarios" that arrange scenes in time series according to a curriculum. It has a hierarchical structure (see FIG. 2).

In the production process flow of the teaching material parts, the teaching material contents are first captured, for example, MPEG4.
Computerized as a file in the format.

Next, the change of the scene is extracted from the moving image stream, and the meta information is extracted and indexed (decomposed). By adding meta level information to media parts, component operation at the meta level (meaning / intention search, composition, disassembly, alignment, etc.)
Is possible. The moving image data is XML (eXte
Structured using a description language such as nsible Markup Language). XML is a language that describes the structure of a document by using tags, and is characterized in that a user can define a unique tag. Details of the meta information will be given later.

Then, clipping processing is performed, and annotation addition, meta information correction, media conversion, etc. are performed.

The structured data in the XML format and the media content in the MPEG4 format obtained in this way are temporarily accumulated as teaching material parts (Archive).

The accumulated media contents and structured data are retrieved by the teaching material part search (Re
can be trieve). Then, it is possible to correct the meta information and reproduce the media for each teaching material part.

On the other hand, in the teaching material content production processing flow, the stored structured data is taken out, and the constraint conditions are input, the scenario is selected, and the teaching material content is generated (Gene).
ration).

Next, the structured data of the teaching material contents is taken out, and the teaching material editing process (Authoring) such as editing or adding meta information is performed. By adding meta level information to a media part, component operation (meaning / intention search, composition, disassembly, alignment, etc.) at the meta level becomes possible.

The structured data on which the teaching material has been edited is stored again together with the media contents.

The substance and structured data of the accumulated media contents can be retrieved (retrieved) by searching the teaching material contents. Then, the meta information can be corrected and the media can be reproduced.

Note that clipping, search for teaching material parts (R
editing, editing of teaching material contents (Autho)
ring) and search for teaching material contents (Retrie)
In ve), the same search dictionary is shared. By constructing a dictionary function that has keywords, technical terms, concept definitions, etc., and incorporating it into parts processing and editing processing, when adding meta-level information to media components, objects, citations of expressions, terms, etc. To have uniformity.

FIG. 7 shows, in the form of a flowchart, a schematic processing procedure of content reuse support executed in the content reuse system 10 according to the present embodiment.

First, media content processing such as capturing and digitizing existing media content input in the form of a video tape or the like is performed (step S1).

Then, it is confirmed to the user whether or not the parts are processed (step S2), and the parts processing is performed in response to the request (step S10). Details of the component processing will be described later.

Then, it is confirmed with the user whether or not the parts management is performed (step S3), and the parts management process is performed in response to the request (step S20). Details of the component management process will be described later.

Then, the user is asked whether or not to edit the parts (step S4), and the parts editing process is performed in response to the request (step S30). Details of the component editing process will be described later.

FIG. 8 shows, in the form of a flow chart, the procedure of the parts processing process for the teaching material contents performed by the reuse parts processing unit 13 in step S10 in FIG. Generally, contents such as teaching materials are
"Component" consisting of one or more cases and their explanations
Has a hierarchical structure (see FIG. 2) such as a “scene” configured by assembling related components together and a “scenario” in which the scenes are arranged in time series according to a curriculum. In this processing routine, scenarios, scenes, and components are registered manually or automatically / semi-automatically, for example, by an instruction from the user.

This processing routine is started by the user selecting the parts processing processing (step S1).
1).

First, it is confirmed with the user whether or not scenario registration is to be performed (step S12), and scenario registration processing is performed in response to a request from the user (step S1).
5).

Then, it is confirmed with the user whether or not the scene registration is to be performed (step S13), and the scene registration processing is performed in response to the request from the user (step S1).
6).

Then, it is confirmed with the user whether or not the component is to be registered (step S14), and the component registration process is performed in response to the request from the user (step S17).

Components, scenes, and scenarios registered as parts according to the processing procedure shown in FIG.
The reusable parts management unit 14 manages the reusable parts as parts that can be used when reorganizing the content according to a new scenario.

FIG. 9 shows, in the form of a flowchart, a procedure of parts management processing for the teaching material content performed by the reuse parts management unit 14 in step S20 in FIG.

This processing routine is started by the user selecting the parts management processing (step S2).
1).

First, it is confirmed with the user whether or not the data is to be deleted (step S22), and the data is deleted in response to the request from the user (step S25).

Then, it is confirmed with the user whether or not the dictionary maintenance is to be performed (step S23), and the dictionary maintenance process is performed in response to the request from the user (step S26).

Then, it is confirmed with the user whether data maintenance is to be performed (step S24), and the data maintenance process is performed in response to the request from the user (step S27).

After the parts are processed from the original teaching material contents and the database is managed as described above, the reproduction media creation support unit 15 reuses the existing parts such as components, scenes, and scenarios to create new scenarios. Reorganize content according to.

FIG. 10 shows, in the form of a flowchart, the procedure of the component editing process performed by the reproduction media creation support unit 15 in step S30 in FIG.

This processing routine is started by the user selecting the parts editing processing (step S3).
1).

First, the user is asked whether or not to edit the scenario (step S32), and the scenario editing process is performed in response to the request from the user (step S3).
5).

Then, the user is asked whether or not to edit the scene (step S33), and the scene editing process is performed in response to the request from the user (step S3).
6).

Then, the user is asked whether or not to edit the component (step S34), and the component editing process is performed in response to the request from the user (step S37).

The playback media content created by the playback media creation support unit 15 is distributed. The user can view the playback media on a personal home page, for example.

FIG. 11 shows the structure of data handled in each processing phase in the content reuse support system 10 according to this embodiment.

Existing video assets such as teaching material contents are stored on, for example, analog format video tapes, or in AVI format (.avi) or Qui.
It is stored as a moving image file in the ckTime format (.mov).

The content reuse support system 10 first collects the teaching material content by a capturing process and converts it into a moving image file of a predetermined format such as MPEG4 having high versatility.

Next, the reusable component processing unit 13 performs scene change extraction, meta information extraction, etc. from the original MPEG4 format medium, and performs indexing (decomposition) and clipping. By extracting the scene changes, the original MPEG4 video stream becomes
It is disassembled into parts such as components and scenes.

These parts are used for moving image files such as MPEG4, image files such as JPEG, and WAVE.
It is composed of a combination of audio files such as. Also, the extracted meta information is configured as a document file in XML format.

This meta information is described in XML format. For example, information about IDs and titles for identifying teaching material components, information such as authors, parts such as moving images, still images, and audio files can be obtained. It contains information necessary for reuse as parts such as file name and file size. By adding meta level information to media parts, component operation at the meta level (meaning /
Intention search, composition, disassembly, alignment, etc.) are possible.

Next, the reusable parts management section 14 manages the components extracted from the original media by the reusable parts processing section 13 as reusable parts. The management of the parts here means database management such as registration, update, and deletion of each part such as components, scenes, and scenarios.

The reuse part management unit 14 manages each part using the meta information hierarchically described using XML or the like. The meta information handled by the reuse parts management unit 14 includes information such as an author and the like, IDs and titles for identifying teaching material components, and information such as authored images, componentized moving images, still images, and audio files that constitute components. File name, file size, and file storage location. The file storage location is described in, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) format.

Then, the component files extracted as reusable parts, the material files such as scenes and scenarios, and the meta information describing the information necessary for reusing in XML format are stored in the reusable part database.

In addition, when deleting or editing a part, the reusable parts database is searched based on the search keyword and the desired part is retrieved. At this time, the summary of the material file, the keyword, and the modification / update date are added to the meta information.

The reproduction media creation support unit 15 extracts from the reuse parts database the meta information of the parts, that is, the components necessary for creating the contents of the new scenario, integrates them according to the new scenario, and creates a new one. Build playback media or content. Here, the structure of the content is described as meta information. When retrieving a part from the reusable parts database, a keyword search based on the input constraint conditions is performed.

The meta information of the teaching material content edited by reusing each component according to the new scenario includes the meta information about the used component and the teaching material component used as the ID or title for identifying the teaching material content, the author, and the part. It consists of meta information of the teaching material content itself such as an ID for identification.

The newly edited teaching material contents are accumulated. After that, the teaching material contents are searched and retrieved,
Each time processing such as editing or updating is performed, information such as the field, level as a teaching material (difficulty, etc.), keyword, summary, learning time, preceding teaching material, display device, etc., and changed / modified teaching material component are identified. A history such as an ID to be recorded is sequentially recorded in the meta information. By adding meta level information to a media part, component operation (meaning / intention search, composition, disassembly, alignment, etc.) at the meta level becomes possible.

The teaching material content is a “component” consisting of one or more cases and their explanations, a “scene” composed of related components together, and a “scenario” in which the scenes are arranged in time series according to the curriculum.
That is, it has a hierarchical structure as described above (see FIG. 2). Further, in the content reuse support system 10 according to the present embodiment, the reuse parts processing unit 13 registers scenarios, scenes, and components manually or automatically / semi-automatically such as instructions from the user.

FIG. 12 shows a data structure of meta information (that is, a scenario table) about a scenario registered as a part in the reuse part processing unit 13. This meta information can be described in XML format. As illustrated, the scenario meta information includes the scenario ID and other attribute information, and configuration information such as a scene list that configures the scenario.

Further, FIG. 13 shows the reusable part processing section 13
3 shows a data structure of meta information (that is, a scene table) about a scene registered as a part in FIG. This meta information can also be described in XML format. As shown in the figure, the meta information of the scene includes I of the scene.
It includes D and other attribute information, and configuration information such as a component list that configures a scene.

Further, in FIG. 14, the reusable part processing section 13 is shown.
3 shows a data structure of meta information (that is, a component table) about a component registered as a part in FIG. This meta information can also be described in XML format. As shown in the figure, the component meta information includes the component ID, other attribute information, and configuration information such as the location of the entity of the component. The full path to the media file is the URL (Uniform
Resource Locator) and other formats.

Further, FIG. 15 shows the reuse part processing unit 13
2 shows another example of the data structure of the meta information (that is, the component table) about the component registered as the part in FIG. This meta information can also be described in XML format. As shown,
ID of the component in the meta information of the component
And other attribute information as well as entity data (binary data) of the component.

Further, FIG. 16 shows a data structure of a dictionary which is shared in clipping, retrieval of teaching material parts (Retrieve), editing of teaching material contents (Authoring), and retrieval of teaching material contents (Retrieve).

As described above, the mini-learning preparation section 3
Learning planning and selection of teaching materials for individual users /
After the creation, the learning support is provided on the personal page via the community management unit 4.

In the present embodiment, the mini-learning preparation unit 3
Streams of existing learning contents such as videos are divided and divided into parts and managed, and reorganized according to the needs and learning progress of each user, and compared at any place (for example, in a mobile environment using a mobile terminal). Prepare teaching material contents, that is, "mini-learning", in units of length and amount that can be learned even in an extremely short time. For example, a learning material is prepared by selecting or combining media (moving image, still image, voice, text) according to the capability of the information terminal to be displayed. Therefore, the mini-learning preparation unit 3 uses the teaching material content divided and divided into parts by the content reuse support system 10.

The main function of mini-learning is to generate teaching materials, which are originally produced by the content creators, by the user's initiative in accordance with the wishes of individual learners, that is, the users, and the learning progress. To do.

From the standpoint of the service provider of the learning support system, the following matters can be mentioned as effects of such mini-learning.

(1) Learning opportunities can be provided in a short period of time. That is, the production time can be shortened by reusing the existing contents, and the learning environment can be immediately abolished and the learning environment can be provided at any time and place, and the learning can be completed in a short time. (2) Learning content can be provided at low cost. That is, by reusing existing content,
The production cost can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to create content that is supposed to be reused. (3) It is possible to provide learning contents with which the learning effect is improved. In other words, it is possible to create and distribute rich contents that are realistic and persuasive by ingenuity through simple editing. In addition, the raw site information collected can be incorporated into the content. Further, it is possible to preferentially create learning content suitable for each user's request from the learning log (progress information). (4) It is possible to draw up and utilize the knowledge and experience within the organization. In other words, knowledge holders, skills holders, and the like possessed by individuals can be shared within the organization by using knowledge holders and skill holders, and can be utilized as advice. (5) It is possible to support the situation of user-led learning culture and the environment for utilizing knowledge by the community.

Also, the user can receive the following benefits from the mini-learning.

(1) It is possible to use a personal learning home page where learning contents suitable for oneself are provided.
On this home page, it is possible to select a content suitable for the request of (business) at that time from the contents matched with the individual attributes such as experience, position, and job type. (2) In a device-free, time-free, and location-free communication environment, learning can be performed without restrictions on time and place, and learning can be interrupted or restarted without stress. (3) In a media-free and network-free communication environment, learning effects can be promoted by using learning contents that are highly realistic. (4) The contents and the learning scenario are updated, and the latest information matching the individual attributes is provided, so that each user can access the important contents and the latest information now. (5) Knowledge holder, skill holder, know-how
Through the holder, you can learn the actual cases conducted in the learning community. (6) A “navigator” that suits each user's preference guides learning in response to user operation. At this time, the user interface such as screens and voices can be made easy to understand, and a character or BGM that encourages learning can be selected as desired. Therefore, the user can enjoy learning easily in a personalized environment.

[0133] Further, the mini-learning has the following merits from the viewpoint of effective utilization of contents for the business operator of providing and providing teaching material contents.

(1) It is possible to provide (digital) learning contents without having an inventory. (2) Buried content can be revalued. (3) Content can be sold out. (4) It is possible to lead the rapidly increasing distribution of digital contents. (5) Content can be distributed without being aware of security. (6) Information such as learner attributes, knowledge, and tasks can be acquired. (7) Market needs can be fed back to learning content production.

Recently, optical fiber, CATV, xD
Wired communication technology such as SL, FWA, IMT-2000
Broadband services utilizing large-capacity data have been realized due to the widespread use of high-speed communication lines of approximately 500 kbps or higher using such wireless communication technologies.

According to the broadband technology, the communication is released from the restriction of the transmission path (network free), and the restriction of the terminal which can handle rich contents easily and which can be used for each medium (device free),
A cross-media environment is realized, and n-to-n distributed information distribution and bidirectionality of P2P usage are expanded (relationship free).

Further, when the restrictions on bandwidth, time, space, and relationships are released, the user has a wider range of choices about what, when, with whom. Then, the structure in which the information provider side controls the media collapses, and reverse media in which the user takes the initiative appears. In addition, broadcasting will shift to asynchronous, storage-type usage. As a result, it is indispensable to create an environment with high "stickiness" in which users unconsciously get stuck, and the appeal of the content is not enough, and personalization is the key.

According to the learning support system according to the present embodiment, rich / learning materials used as teaching materials in fields such as education, medical care, and finance.
By taking in a wide range of content and disassembling, editing and processing the content so that it is useful to individual users, it is possible to improve productivity and added value.

FIG. 17 schematically shows the outline of the mini-learning service provided by the mini-learning preparation unit 3 according to this embodiment. The user can use the mini-learning service by activating a Web browser on a general information terminal such as a personal computer (PC) or PDA. Below, an example of the configuration of the display screen in each operation phase on the mini-learning service is shown, but these can be browsed via a Web browser. Further, the screen transition is also realized by the process of HHTP request / response based on the link reference and movement between pages.

The user has a LOD (Learning On Demand).
You can log in to the mini learning system through the authentication procedure based on the password input on the top screen. FIG. 18 shows a configuration example of this LOD top screen. You can enter the user ID and password on the login dialog.

At this time, the user who has forgotten his or her password operates the anchor "Forgot password" on the login dialog to proceed to the password acquisition screen to reacquire the password. FIG. 19 shows a configuration example of the password acquisition screen. In the example shown in the figure, the preset question (my favorite
It is designed to substitute the password by answering (color).

A user who has not yet acquired an account operates the anchor "new registration" on the login dialog to proceed to the user profile input screen and input personal information to obtain a password. You can FIG. 20 shows a configuration example of the user profile input screen. On the personal information input screen, it is possible to set a password used at the time of login for obtaining an account, and a secret key question and a secret key answer that replace the password.

In the mini learning system, a user profile database "usr_profile" is constructed in order to manage each user who owns a regular account. 37 and 38 show an example of the data structure of the user profile information managed by the user profile database. The personal information of the user acquired on the personal information input screen as shown in FIG. 20 is stored in this user profile database.

In addition, in the case where the mini-learning service is charged, the charging information regarding the payment procedure for each user may be managed. In FIG. 39, the billing information "usr_p
An example of the data structure of "ayment" is shown. In addition, the user session database "usr" is used to record session information when each user logs in to mini learning.
_session "is constructed. Fig. 40 shows an example of the data structure of user session information managed by the user session database" usr_session ". Each time the user uses the learning support service, an individual After the authentication, the session information can be sequentially acquired, and the charging information for the use of the learning support service by each user can be managed together based on the establishment and the disconnection of the session.

When the authentication process is successful by inputting the password (including reacquisition of password and new acquisition), login to the mini-learning system is permitted, a session is established, and the screen is switched to the personal page screen. FIG. 21 shows a configuration example of the personal page screen. Also, FIG.
2 shows a screen as a result of scrolling down the personal page screen shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, the personal page screen displays a list of teaching material contents that have already been edited. The teaching material contents are created by recreating existing teaching material contents such as videos into parts such as scenarios, scenes, and components, and reusing them. Each teaching material content is displayed in a tabular format composed of a scene title and a list of components included in the scene. A radio button is provided in the title of each scene, and the user can select one scene alternatively. Further, since the time required for each component is displayed, the user can determine whether or not to study in the scene in consideration of his / her free time.

Further, as shown in FIG. 22, at the bottom of the personal page, buttons for "learning support" (that is, reproduction of teaching material contents), "update learning", and "delete learning" are provided. Therefore, the corresponding process is applied to the scene selected by the radio button by operating the button.

When the "update learning" button is operated on the personal page screen shown in FIG. 22, the screen is switched to the user teaching material change screen. FIG. 23 shows a configuration example of the user teaching material change screen. Further, FIG. 24 shows a screen as a result of scrolling the user teaching material change screen shown in FIG. 23 downward.

As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, on the user teaching material change screen, components constituting the selected teaching material are listed together with check boxes and required times. The user can select one or more components to be changed by checking the check box.

Further, as shown in FIG. 24, "update" and "return" buttons are provided at the bottom end of the user teaching material change screen. When the "Update" button is operated, each component selected in the check box is updated. Also, when the "Return" button is operated, the screen returns to the personal page screen (Fig. 21).

When the "Delete learning" button is operated on the personal page screen shown in FIG. 22, the scene selected by the radio button is deleted from the mini-learning teaching material of the user. Further, the screen is switched to the user teaching material deletion screen as shown in FIG. 25, and the user is notified that the specified scene is deleted.

On the personal page screens shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, the learning history that the user has already taken can be referred to. In this case, the learning history screen is displayed.
FIG. 26 shows a configuration example of the learning history screen. Further, FIG. 27 shows a screen as a result of scrolling the learning history screen shown in FIG. 26 downward.

As shown in the figure, on the learning history screen, the teaching material that has already been taken, that is, the title of the scene, is displayed together with the list of components constituting the scene. Since the last learning time is also displayed for each component, the user can determine whether or not re-learning is necessary based on the elapsed time. Further, since the check box is provided in the title of the scene, the user can select one or more learning materials to be re-learned by checking the check box.

Further, as shown in FIG. 27, "re-learn" and "return" buttons are provided at the bottom of the learning history screen. When the "re-learn" button is operated, re-learning of the teaching material selected by the check box, that is, reproduction processing of the components constituting the scene is performed. Also,
When the “Return” button is operated, the screen returns to the personal page screen (FIG. 21).

When the "learning support" button is operated on the personal page screen shown in FIG. 22, the learning support process for the teaching material selected by the radio button is activated. The learning support mentioned here means that the components constituting the scene as the teaching material are reproduced in the order of the component list. At this time, the screen changes to the learning support screen.

FIG. 28 shows an example of the structure of the learning support screen. As shown in the figure, in the learning support screen, each component that constitutes the selected teaching material, that is, the scene,
The thumbnail images, titles, and additional information such as the last learning time (viewing time) are listed together.
Each component is provided with a check box, and the user can select the component to be viewed or learned by checking the check box.

A “comment reference” button is provided for each component. When the “comment reference” button is operated, the comment list screen as shown in FIG. 29 is displayed, and more detailed comments on the corresponding component can be viewed. By sharing the comment information about the teaching material content among each user, it is possible to refer to the comment information of other users when taking the teaching material content or when selecting the teaching material, which is more suitable for your needs. It is possible to select the teaching material parts that have been used. Therefore, it is possible to expect a great improvement in the learning effect.

When the "learn" button is operated on the learning support screen shown in FIG. 28, "RealPlayer" is displayed.
A content playback tool such as the one described above is activated, and playback processing of the selected component starts. Also, "end"
When the button is operated, learning support, that is, reproduction of the teaching material is completed, and the screen returns to the personal page screen (FIG. 21).

When learning of the teaching material is completed,
The user can input a comment on the teaching material using the evaluation / comment input screen for the teaching material as shown in FIG. The comment entered here is associated with the entered user information and the comment database "sce_comn
41. In FIG. 41, comment information "sce" for managing evaluations / comments of teaching materials from each user is shown in FIG.
An example of the data structure of "_comnt" is shown. Information regarding a user, that is, a commenter registered in the comment database "sce_comnt" can be confirmed on the commenter personal information screen as shown in Fig. 31.
When the commenter's anchor is operated on the comment list screen shown in, the commenter personal information screen is called.

Further, the user can create new teaching materials by himself through the personal page screens shown in FIGS. 21 and 22. That is, it is possible to create learning content that matches one's own attributes and needs, and thus it is possible to expect an improvement in learning effect.

At the bottom of the personal page screen shown in FIG. 22,
When the link reference “new learning” is operated, the learning material search input screen as shown in FIG. 32 is displayed. On this learning material search input screen, search conditions for searching for a desired scene or component can be specified by using input items such as title, content, keyword, audience target, and classification. A dictionary can be referenced to specify the keyword.

At the bottom of the personal page screen shown in FIG. 22,
When the link reference “new learning” is operated, the learning material search screen as shown in FIG. 32 is displayed. On this learning material search input screen, search conditions for searching for a desired scene or component can be specified by using input items such as title, content, keyword, audience target, scenario pattern, and classification. By specifying a scenario pattern, even if the search range cannot be narrowed down only by the keyword, the search accuracy is improved by performing the AND condition with the scenario pattern. A dictionary can be referenced to specify the keyword.

When the "search" button is operated after designating the search condition on this teaching material search input screen, the teaching material search process is started. Then, the search results are displayed in a list on the teaching material list screen as shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 34 shows a screen as a result of scrolling the teaching material list screen shown in FIG. 33 downward.

On this teaching material list screen, the components that match the search conditions are sorted and displayed for each scene. For convenience of editing,
The playback time is also shown. A check box is provided for each component, and the user can select a desired component by checking the check box. Here, multiple components can be selected. Of course, it is also permissible to select components across different scenes.

As shown in FIG. 34, "confirm" and "new condition" buttons are provided at the bottom of the teaching material list screen. If the search results shown in FIGS. 33 to 34 are not satisfied, the “new condition” button may be operated to call up the teaching material search input screen shown in FIG. 32 to specify the teaching material search condition again. .

If a satisfactory teaching material can be found in the teaching material list, the "confirm" button may be operated. In response to this, the teaching material registration screen as shown in FIG. 35 is displayed. On this teaching material registration screen, the selected components are sorted according to the original scenes, and a list is displayed together with the required time. Then, when the user inputs a title, a new scene composed of these components can be newly registered as a teaching material. After confirming the input contents, the scene is newly registered by operating the "register" button. The newly registered scene is a customized teaching material customized for each user, and it is expected that the learning effect will be greatly improved.

Radio buttons "Planning" and "Immediately attend" are arranged on the teaching material registration screen. When "Planning" is selected, the newly registered scene is temporarily stored in the holder and can be viewed later. In addition, when “immediately attend” is selected, the RealPlayer is activated immediately after registration and the teaching material is continuously viewed.

For each registered teaching material, the user's learning plan,
In order to manage the content and progress of learning, "usr
There are 3 types of databases, "_courses", "his_courses" and "usr_pgrs".
42, 43, and 44 show the data structures of the teaching material information managed in "courses" and "usr_pgrs", respectively.

FIG. 36 schematically shows the functional configuration of the mini-learning service system 3 according to this embodiment.
The mini-learning service system 3 prepares teaching materials customized for each user to support efficient learning of the user. As shown in the figure, the mini-learning service system 3 includes an individual authentication unit 31, a learning status presentation unit 32,
The learning preparation unit 33 and the learning support unit 34 are included.

The personal authentication section 31 asks whether the user can use the learning support service based on the ID and password input by the user when logging in to the service. A login dialog as shown in FIG. 18 is used for personal authentication. Also, for users who have forgotten their password, a pre-configured question (my favorit
Substitute the password with the answer to e color) (see FIG. 19). The personal authentication unit 31 uses the user profile database "usr_profile" (see FIGS. 37 and 38) for such an authentication procedure.
To use.

Further, the personal authenticating section 31 monitors the establishment and disconnection of the session through such an authentication procedure, and acquires the acquired session information from the session information database "u".
sr_session "(see FIG. 40). In addition, the personal authentication unit 31 uses the mini-learning service for each user.
The billing information for using the system 3 is stored in the billing information database "usr_payment" (see FIG. 39).

The learning status presentation section 32 includes a learning progress presentation section 32A for presenting the learning progress status, and a learning history presentation section 32B for presenting the learning history. The learning progress presentation unit 32A uses the learning progress database "usr_pgrs".
(See FIG. 44). Further, the learning history presenting unit 32B uses the learning history database "his_course" and the learning history screen as shown in FIGS. 26 and 27 to indicate when the user last learned each teaching material content. The learning history is presented.

The learning preparation section 33 includes a new learning setting section 33A.
, A learning schedule setting unit 33B, and a teaching material customizing unit 33
It has C and.

Existing teaching material contents such as videos are hierarchized like scenarios, scenes, components, etc., and scenario tables (see FIG. 12), scenes, and tables (see FIG. 13) are provided as reusable parts.
, And the component table (see FIG. 1).
4 and FIG. 15). The new learning setting unit 33A includes a teaching material selection unit 33A-1 and a teaching material registration unit 33B-2. Teaching material selection section 33A-1
Is input by the user on the learning material search input screen (see FIG. 32) using the search dictionary “usr | dic” (see FIG. 16) provided by the search dictionary providing unit 33D. The reusable parts that match the search conditions are retrieved. The search result is displayed on the teaching material list screen as shown in FIGS. 34 and 35, and the user selects a desired reusable part, that is, the teaching material. Then, the teaching material registration unit 33A-2
35. The selected teaching material is the customized teaching material "usr_course" for the user (see FIG. 42) via the teaching material registration screen shown in FIG.
(See) and register.

The teaching material customizing section 33C manages editing / updating of the customized teaching material content "usr_course". For example, each component constituting the customized teaching material can be updated to the latest version through the user teaching material change screen as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23. Also,
Through the user teaching material deletion screen as shown in FIG. 25, unnecessary scenes and components can be deleted from the parts constituting the customized teaching material.

The learning schedule setting unit 33B sets the learning schedule of the user and stores it as a learning plan. The plate may be provided with a learning plan presenting unit that presents the learning plan to the user.

The learning support unit 34 supports the user's learning by using the teaching material customized for each user. The learning support unit 34 includes a learning control unit 34A and a teaching material evaluation unit 34B.

The learning control section 34A controls learning according to the set learning plan. For example, when a preset viewing time arrives, a RealPlayer or the like is activated to automatically start viewing / playing back the corresponding teaching material. Further, the learning control unit 34A, when the learning of the user, that is, the viewing of the teaching material content is finished, the learning history "his_cou
Update rse "and learning progress" usr_pgrs ".

The teaching material evaluation section 34B manages the evaluation of the learned teaching material. A user who has learned or viewed the teaching material content can input a comment on the teaching material content. That is, the teaching material comment section 3
4C displays an evaluation / comment input screen for the teaching material as shown in FIG. 30 to accept input of a comment from the user. The input comment is stored in the teaching material comment database "sce_comnt" (see FIG. 41).

The learning support unit 34 arranges a comment reference button for each teaching material component on the learning support screen as shown in FIG. 28 (described above). Therefore, it is possible to browse comments entered by other users for each teaching material, which can be used as a reference for selecting teaching materials and scheduling. Further, the user information in which the comment is input can be browsed through the commenter personal information screen as shown in FIG.

In short, the teaching material evaluation section 34B shares the teaching material comments among the users, so that the learning efficiency can be improved.

[Supplement] The present invention has been described in detail with reference to the specific embodiments. However, it is obvious that those skilled in the art can modify or substitute the embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. That is, the present invention has been disclosed in the form of exemplification, and the contents of this specification should not be construed in a limited manner. In order to determine the gist of the present invention, the section of the claims described at the beginning should be taken into consideration.

[0183]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide an excellent learning support system and learning support method that can support efficient learning using digitized teaching material contents.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an excellent learning support system and learning support method capable of providing a learning material and a learning means to a learner who accesses through a network.

Further, according to the present invention, an excellent learning support system and learning support capable of supporting efficient learning by preparing for learning according to the progress status of the learner and presenting the learning status. A method can be provided.

According to the learning support system and the learning support method of the present invention, the stream of the existing learning content such as video is divided and divided into parts, and managed, so that it can be replayed according to the needs and learning progress of each user. It is possible to organize and reuse the existing content in units of length and amount that can be viewed in a favorite place (for example, in a mobile environment using a mobile terminal) for a relatively short time. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of reusable component production, edit content at low cost, and support mobile devices (device-free), and provide "mini-learning" content that enhances the learning effect for users. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of a learning support system 1 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a general hierarchical structure of teaching material contents and how they are made into parts.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a system outline of a content reuse support system 10.

4 is a diagram schematically showing a main functional configuration of a content reuse service by the content reuse support system shown in FIG.

5 is a diagram schematically showing a main functional configuration of a content reuse service by the content reuse support system shown in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an outline of a production processing flow of teaching material parts and a production processing flow of teaching material contents by the content reuse support system shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a content reuse system 1 according to the present embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing a schematic processing procedure of content reuse support executed in 0.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of parts processing processing performed on the teaching material content by the reuse parts processing unit 13 in step S10 in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of parts management processing for the teaching material content performed by the reuse parts management unit 14 in step S20 in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a component editing process performed by the reproduction media creation support unit 15 in step S30 in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a structure of data handled in each processing phase in the content reuse support system 10 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a data structure of meta information (that is, a scenario table) about a scenario registered as a part in the reuse part processing unit 13.

13 is a diagram showing a data structure of meta information (that is, a scene table) about a scene registered as a part in the reuse part processing unit 13. FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a data structure of meta information (that is, a component table) about a component registered as a component in the reuse component processing unit 13.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing another example of a data structure of meta information (that is, a component table) about a component registered as a part in the reuse part processing unit 13.

[Fig. 16] Clipping, search for teaching material parts (Retri
eve), editing of teaching material contents (Authorin
g), and search of teaching material contents (Retrieve)
It is a figure showing the data structure of the dictionary shared in.

FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically showing an outline of a mini-learning service provided by the mini-learning preparation unit 3 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an LOD top screen.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a password acquisition screen.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a user profile input screen.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a personal page screen.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a personal page screen.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a user teaching material change screen.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a user teaching material change screen.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a user teaching material deletion screen.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a learning history screen.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a learning history screen.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a learning support screen.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a comment list screen.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an evaluation / comment input screen for a teaching material.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a commenter personal information screen.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a teaching material search input screen.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a teaching material list screen.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a teaching material list screen.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a teaching material registration screen.

FIG. 36 is a diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of a mini learning service system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 37: User profile database "usr_p"
It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the user profile information managed by "rofile".

FIG. 38: User profile database "usr_p"
It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the user profile information managed by "rofile".

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of charging information “usr_payment”.

FIG. 40: User session database "usr_ses"
It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the user session information managed by "sion".

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of comment information “sce_comnt” for managing evaluations / comments of teaching materials from each user.

FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of teaching material information “usr_courses”.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of teaching material information “his_courses”.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of teaching material information “usr_pgrs”.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Learning support system 2. Advisor / Case introduction section 3 ... Mini learning preparation section 4 ... Community Management Department 5 ... Navigator 10 ... Reuse support system 11 ... Reuse component processing phase 12 ... Mini teaching material processing phase 13 ... Reusable parts processing department 14 ... Reused parts management section 15 ... Playback media generation unit 31 ... Personal authentication unit 31 32 ... Learning status presentation section 33 ... Learning Preparation Department 34 ... Learning Support Department

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Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. A learning support system for supporting efficient learning using teaching materials customized for each user, including a learning situation presenting unit for presenting learning progress and learning history. Learning that manages teaching material contents as reusable parts, selects teaching materials that are divided into parts according to the user's wishes and learning progress, generates customized teaching material contents, and sets the user's learning schedule The preparation section controls learning according to the set learning schedule, and
A learning support system comprising: a learning support unit that manages evaluation of learned learning materials. 2. The learning support system according to claim 1, further comprising a personal authentication unit that asks whether the user can use the learning support service. 3. The learning support system according to claim 2, wherein the personal authentication unit manages user profile information. 4. The learning support system according to claim 2, wherein the personal authentication unit manages billing information for use of the learning support service by each user. 5. The learning preparation unit sets 1
Decompose into a hierarchical structure of a component that consists of the above examples and their explanations, a scene that is composed of one or more related components together, and a scenario that arranges multiple scenes in time series according to a predetermined curriculum. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning support system is managed as a reusable part. 6. The learning preparation section separates the logical scenario that constitutes the story of the scenario into the hierarchical structure and manages it as physical scenario data that is managed as a reusable component. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning support system can be managed. 7. The physical scene data managed by the learning preparation section as a reusable part by breaking down a logical scene constituting a partial story of the scene into the hierarchical structure. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning support system can be managed separately. 8. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning preparation unit includes a search dictionary for searching a teaching material managed as a reusable component. 9. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning preparation unit searches for a logical scenario as an AND condition according to a search condition input by a user. 10. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning preparation unit searches for a logical scene as an AND condition according to a search condition input by a user. 11. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning support unit updates the learning history and / or the learning progress based on a result of controlling learning by the user. 12. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learning support unit manages comments made by users who have taken the learning material contents. 13. A learning support method for supporting efficient learning by using a teaching material customized for each user, which comprises a learning situation presenting step of presenting a learning progress situation and a learning history. Learning that manages teaching material contents as reusable parts, selects teaching materials that are divided into parts according to the user's wishes and learning progress, generates customized teaching material contents, and sets the user's learning schedule Control the learning according to the preparation steps and the set learning schedule,
A learning support method comprising: a learning support step of managing evaluation of a learned teaching material. 14. The learning support method according to claim 13, further comprising a personal authentication step of inquiring whether the user can use the learning support service. 15. The personal profile information is managed in the personal authentication step.
The learning support method described in. 16. The learning support method according to claim 14, wherein the personal authentication step manages billing information for each user using the learning support service. 17. In the learning preparation step, a teaching material content is composed of a component composed of one or more cases and their explanations, a scene composed of one or more related components together, and a plurality of scenes are defined as predetermined scenes. 14. The learning support method according to claim 13, wherein the learning support method is decomposed into a hierarchical structure of scenarios arranged in time series according to a curriculum and managed as reusable parts. 18. The learning support method according to claim 13, wherein the learning preparation step includes a search dictionary for searching a teaching material managed as a reusable component. 19. The learning support method according to claim 13, wherein in the learning support step, the learning history and / or the learning progress are updated based on the result of controlling the learning by the user. 20. The learning support method according to claim 13, wherein in the learning support step, a comment by a user who has taken the teaching material content is managed.