JP2003337527A - Learning support system and learning support method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a learner, while learning a teaching material in the form of lecture, to display the learner's desired page of the lecture materials without stopping the lecture. <P>SOLUTION: In the learning support system, the teaching materials in the form of lecture is distributed from a teaching materials distribution server 1 to a learner PC 31 via a network 21. When a request to display a page (a learning item) other than the page of the lecture materials displayed during the lecture is outputted from the learner PC, the requested page is displayed on a different window of the learner PC. Also, the number of times of learner's display requests is summed up, and the learning item with a large number of times of requests is automatically notified from the teaching materials distribution server 1 to a teaching materials creator PC 41. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,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 more particularly to a learning support system that allows viewing a lecture material on a desired page without stopping a lecture. The present invention also relates to a learning support system that can provide useful information to creators of teaching materials.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional learning support system, a lecturer video and lecture materials are displayed on a learner's terminal screen, and the lecture video and the lecture material are generally advanced as the lecture progresses. .

Further, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-310937, the learner characteristics of a learner and the operation history information are referred to, and the reference time of a specific item is calculated from the learning progress,
Classify learner characteristics, including reference frequency. Then, the content that the learner is interested in is determined based on the obtained classification result. In addition, there is a proposal of a learning support system in which a learner edits a learning material of interest from a learning material structure database and presents it to the learner to improve learning motivation.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional learning support system, the learner's terminal screen advances as the lecture progresses. Therefore, in order to confirm another learning item of the lecture material, It is necessary to advance or return the lecture itself. Therefore, there is a problem that the operability is poor and it is difficult for the learner to understand the teaching material.

[0005] Further, in order for the teaching material creator to know the learning item of interest to the learner, it is necessary to confirm the obtained classification result, etc., and it is necessary to automatically obtain useful information. It hasn't arrived. In particular, when the teaching material distributor and the teaching material creator are in different organizations, it was necessary to check with the teaching material distributor for confirmation.

An object of the present invention is to provide a learning support system in which the learner can easily see the material other than the page displayed in the lecture in view of the above problems of the prior art. Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and a support method by which a teaching material distributor can automatically acquire information about learning items that the learner is interested in.

[0007]

According to the present invention, which achieves the above object, a teaching material distribution server managed by a teaching material distributor and a terminal device used by a learner are connected by a network, and a lecturer's lecture video is displayed on the screen of the terminal device. In the learning support system for displaying the lecture materials used for the lecture and the lecture, it is configured such that an arbitrary portion (page) designated by the learner in the lecture materials can be displayed in a window different from the screen. It is characterized by

[0008] The designation by the learner is characterized in that the lecture material is displayed in the separate window and the page is turned in the separate window for designation.

[0009] Further, it is characterized in that auxiliary materials such as a sub-reader of the lecture material can be displayed on the separate window.

Further, by displaying an index list of terms and selecting a term from the list, a corresponding page of the lecture material related to the selected term is displayed on the screen and another window. It is characterized by having done.

Further, the learning support system of the present invention connects the teaching material distribution server managed by the teaching material distributor, the learning terminal used by the learner, and the teaching material terminal used by the teaching material creator by a network, and the learning is performed. The lecturer's lecture video and its lecture materials are displayed on the screen of the terminal, and the screen and a separate window can be configured to display an arbitrary portion designated by the learner of the lecture material. Information on the screen and information on the another window can be delivered simultaneously, and the number of display requests is accumulated for each learning item of the page displayed on the screen and the other window, and when the number of display requests reaches a threshold, the learning item concerned. Is messaged to the teaching material terminal.

According to the learning support method of the present invention, a teaching material distribution server, a learner's terminal, and a teaching material creator's terminal are connected by a network, and a contract is made beforehand in advance between the teaching material distributor and the teaching material creator. Based on the above, the teaching material distribution server receives a request to display the lecture material from the learner's terminal, and when the number of display requests for each learning item exceeds a certain value, the learning item and the number of requests are transmitted to the teaching material creation PC. It is characterized by doing.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment according to the learning support system of the present invention. The learning support system includes a teaching material distribution server 1, an intranet or Internet network 21, a learning terminal PC 31, and a teaching material terminal PC 41.

The learner's PC 31 has an information transmitting / receiving unit 32, a teaching material utilization statistical data file 33, a teaching material utilization statistical data management unit 38, and a user interface unit 34. Data exchange between the user interface unit 34 and the teaching material distribution server 1 is performed via the information transmitting / receiving unit 32.

The user interface unit 34 requests the teaching material utilization statistical data, the output unit 35, and the lecture type teaching material display unit 3
6 and the lecture material display section 37. In the lecture format teaching material display unit 36, the lecturer video distributed from the teaching material distribution server 1 and the lecture material along with the lecture are displayed, and the learner proceeds with the learning while watching the lecture material. In the lecture material display unit 37, a page different from the page of the material in the lecture displayed in the lecture format teaching material display unit 36 is displayed in another window according to the learner's designation.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the screen of the learner's PC. The screen 401 of the learner's PC is a display 41 of a course title display 402, a learning material display 403 in a lecture format, and a page (learning item) different from the page of the lecture material shown along with the lecture.
It consists of 1. The learner learns while viewing the lecturer video display (+ audio) 404, the lecture material table of contents display 405, and the lecture material display 406 according to the lecture on the learning material display 403 in the lecture format. The learning material display 403 includes a forward button 421, a stop button 422, a return button 423, and a pause button 424, and the learner advances the learning while appropriately operating.

When the learner wants to know about other learning items while watching the lecture, the display 411 on a page (learning item) different from the lecture page is used. Search for the page to be viewed from the table of contents display 413 of the lecture material, enter the page number in the display request page input section 415, and display request button 414.
By pressing, another page of the lecture material desired to be viewed can be displayed on the lecture material display 412. With this display, the learner can display the lecture materials of other learning items and confirm the contents without stopping the progress of the lecture. In addition,
The lecture material on this separate page is distributed from the teaching material distribution server 1.

As described above, since a page different from the lecture can be displayed, other pages relating to the learning item of interest or doubt during learning can be displayed and confirmed without stopping the flow of the lecture. It becomes possible to do.

In the above example, the page 415 to be viewed is specified by referring to the lecture material table of contents display 413 by the lecture material display unit 37. However, instead of the table of contents, a list of word / phrase indexes is displayed, and the list is displayed in the list. By selecting a certain phrase,
It is also possible to automatically determine the corresponding page.
The word / phrase index is distributed from the learning material distribution server 1 together with the learning material in the lecture format and stored in the lecture material display unit 37.

Also, by pressing the previous page button 416 and the next page button 417 on the lecture material display section 37, the learner flips over while looking at the figures and headings of the lecture material. The page at that time is displayed in 415, and the requested page can be confirmed by pressing the display request 414 when the page is the desired page. According to this, you can search for the page of the lecture material you want to know by relying on the figure or heading,
There is an advantage that humans can search for materials with a sense of turning.

Further, in the above, the page different from the material in the lecture is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the lecture material display unit 37 of the learner's PC 31, it is possible to display supplementary materials for teaching materials, for example, sub-readers of lectures, instead of the lecture materials. As a result, the learner can confirm the learning item of interest in the supplementary material of the teaching material in a wider range and deepen the understanding.

Next, the structure and operation of the teaching material distribution server will be described. The teaching material distribution server 1 transmits / receives information to / from the learner's PC 31 by the information transmitting / receiving unit 15. PC 31 for learners
If there is a request from the user to display the lecture format teaching material, the teaching material transmission data determination unit 14 inquires of the learner information management unit 10 about the learning subject. The learner information management unit 10 uses the learner information file 9
Get more learners' courses.

FIG. 3 shows the data structure of the database used in the teaching material server. (A) teaching material DB, (b) teaching material information file, (c) message notification file,
(D) shows a teaching material creator information file, (e) shows a learner information file, and (f) shows a lecture material utilization information DB.
As shown in (e), the learner information file contains the learner's name and learning subjects.

Next, the teaching material transmission data determining section 14 inquires of the teaching material information managing section 12 about necessary teaching material information. The teaching material information management unit 12 obtains the teaching material information necessary for the lecture from the teaching material information file 11. As shown in FIG. 3B, the data items of the teaching material information file 11 include a lecture material name, a teaching material creator name, and a department item name.

Based on this teaching material information, the teaching material transmission data determination unit 14 uses the teaching material DB that stores the lecturer images and the lecture materials.
The lecturer video and lecture materials necessary for the lecture are acquired from 13 and distributed to the learner's PC 31.

If there is a request from the lecture material teaching material display unit 37 of the learner's PC 31 to display another page of the lecture material according to the lecture material name and the display request page, the teaching material transmission data determination unit 14 makes a display request. Lecture materials on the page
It is acquired from B13 and delivered to the learner's PC 31.

FIG. 4 shows the information flow of the teaching material distribution server and the learner's PC. First, the learning PC 31 requests the learning material distribution server 1 to start learning. Based on this request, the teaching material delivery server delivers the learning material in the lecture format, which is composed of the lecturer's image and the lecture material along with the lecture, to the learner's PC, and the learner proceeds with the learning by viewing the delivered learning material. . If there are learning items that are difficult to understand or are interested in during learning, you can request to display the page (learning item) you want to see in a separate window that can display a page (learning item) that is different from the page of the lecture material in the lecture. To do. The teaching material delivery server delivers the teaching material requested to be displayed to the learner's PC.

FIG. 5 shows a flow chart of the learner's PC. In the learner's PC, the learning start operation (by clicking the forward button) requests the teaching material delivery server to deliver the learning material in the lecture format (the lecturer video and the lecture material along with the lecture) (a), and the teaching material distribution server. Receive learning materials in lecture form from (b).

If the user wants to see another page (learning item) of the lecture material along with the lecture during learning with this teaching material, he / she inputs the page to be seen and operates the display request (display request button click) (c ). As a result, the lecture material of the desired page is distributed from the learning material distribution server and displayed in another window of the learner's PC (d).

FIG. 6 shows a processing flow of the teaching material distribution server. When there is a request from the learner's PC to start the lecture-type learning material (a), the lecture-type learning material (the lecturer video and the lecture material along with the lecture) is distributed to the learner's PC (b). ). Further, when the display request for the material in the lecture and another page is received from the learner's PC (c), the display request page is distributed to another window of the learner's PC (d).

According to this embodiment, the learner can deliver a page different from the material in the lecture by another window or another display device, so that the learner can deepen the understanding without disturbing the lecture. Further, what is displayed in another window is not limited to the lecture material, and auxiliary teaching materials such as a side reader may be used.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The system configuration is the same as in FIG. A request for a learning material or another page and its distribution between the learner's PC and the learning material distribution server are performed in the same manner as described in the first embodiment. The creation and output of educational material utilization statistical data will be described below.

The learning material utilization statistical data request / output unit 35 of the learner PC 31 transmits the learning material utilization statistical data to the learning material distribution server 1 via the information transmitting / receiving unit 32 when the learner 50 instructs the learning material utilization statistical data. Then, the learning material utilization statistical data file (for learner) 33 is received from the learning material distribution server 1,
Data is sent from the teaching material utilization statistical data management unit 38 to the teaching material utilization statistical data request / output unit 35, and a display screen of the teaching material utilization statistical data is displayed.

FIG. 7 shows a display screen of teaching material utilization statistical data in the PC for learners. On the display screen, a history of the number of requests is displayed for each lecture name, material name, and learning item name. Learners can view this information to see which learning items they were interested in during learning.

In the teaching material distribution server 1, as described above, the learning material transmission data determining section 14 distributes the learning format teaching material from the learner's PC 31 based on the display request of the lecture format teaching material. At this time, information on the request to display the lecture material from the learner's PC 31 (lecture name,
The lecture material name and display request page) are also passed to the lecture material utilization information management unit 6 to update the information in the lecture material utilization information DB3. The data items in the lecture material utilization information DB3 are shown in Figure 3.
It is as shown in (f).

In addition, the lecture material utilization information management unit 6 compares the number of display requests of the learning item of the lecture material in which the data of the lecture material utilization information DB3 is updated with the reference number of the message notification reference value file 2. When the number of requests exceeds the reference number, the transmission alarm (message) determination unit 7 is activated. Then, the teaching material creator management unit 5 transmits information such as the learning material creator name and learning material name obtained from the learning material creator file 4, the learning item name obtained from the lecture material utilization information DB 3 and the number of times of access by the learner. It is passed to the alarm determination unit 7. The transmission alarm determination unit 7 creates a transmission alarm (message) information file and sends it to the teaching material creation PC 41.

The message notification reference value is P for teaching material creators.
Information transmission / reception unit 1 of the teaching material distribution server transmitted from C41
5 is passed to the lecture material utilization information management unit 6 and written in the message notification reference value file 2. The data items of the message notification reference value file are as shown in FIG.

A PC 31 for learners and a P for teaching materials creators
If there is a request from the C41 for teaching material utilization statistical data, the lecture material utilization information management unit 6 collects and transmits necessary information to the learning material utilization statistical data editing unit 8 for the learner and the teaching material creator who have made the request. After learning, the learner can refer to the teaching material utilization statistical data shown in FIG. 7 by pressing the teaching material utilization statistical data request button 425 on the screen, and confirm the learning item of his / her interest. You can

As information for the learner, the lecture material utilization information management unit 6 inquires the learner information management unit 10 about the learner information. Then, the information obtained from the learner information file 9, the information from the lecture material utilization information DB 3 and the information corresponding to the teaching material creator are collected from the message notification reference value file, and the learning material utilization statistical data editing unit 8 collects them. Send.

As information for the teaching material creator, the lecture material utilization information management unit 6 inquires the teaching material creator information management unit 5 about the teaching material creator information. Then, the information obtained from the teaching material creator information file 4, the information from the lecture material utilization information DB 3, and the information corresponding to the teaching material creator from the message notification reference value file 2 are collected and stored in the teaching material utilization statistical data editing unit 8. Send.

The teaching material utilization statistical data section editing section 8 edits the data transmitted from the information received from the lecture material utilization information managing section 6 to the requested learner PC 31 and teaching material creator PC 41. The data is transmitted to the requested PC via the information transmission / reception unit 15.

In the teaching material creator PC 41, the message notification reference value input unit 4 in the user interface unit 46 is provided.
From 8, the learner inputs a reference value that is judged to be of interest. The message notification reference value is a value at which the teaching material distribution server sends an alarm (message), and is a threshold value of the number of times the learner requests the lecture material display.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a message notification reference value input screen. The teaching material creator 60 displays the learning material name,
The learning item name, the reference value, and the type of message to be displayed are selected, data is sent to the information transmitting / receiving unit 42 of the teaching material creator PC, and is sent to the teaching material distribution server 1.

PC 41 for teaching material creator is teaching material distribution server 1
When the alarm (message) information is received from, the alarm (message) processing unit 43 performs processing so that it can be displayed on the alarm (message) display unit 49 of the user interface unit 46. Further, it is saved in the alarm (message) file 44 so that it can be confirmed later.

FIG. 9 shows the data structure of the data file used by the teaching material creator's PC. (A) is an alarm file, and (b) is a lecture material utilization statistical data file.
Further, FIG. 10 shows an example of an alarm (message) notification screen on the alarm display unit. The screen shows the name of the learning material, the name of the learning item, the number of display requests from the learner, etc.

The teaching material utilization statistical data request / output unit 47
When the teaching material creator 60 gives an instruction to request the teaching material utilization statistical data, it is sent to the teaching material distribution server 1 via the information transmitting / receiving unit 42. As a result, the teaching material utilization statistical data file (for teaching material creator) 45 sent from the teaching material distribution server 1 is received, and the teaching material utilization statistical data request / output unit 47 receives the teaching material utilization statistical data by the teaching material utilization statistical data management unit 40. indicate.

FIG. 11 shows a display screen of teaching material utilization statistical data. The reference value, the number of display requests, and the learner's interest or not are displayed for each lecture name, material name, and learning item name.
The teaching material creator can see this information to confirm which learning item the learner was interested in during the learning.

FIG. 12 shows the flow of information in the second embodiment. First, the learner's PC requests the learning material distribution server to start learning. The learning material in the lecture format, which is composed of the lecturer's image and the lecture material along with the lecture, is distributed from the learning material distribution server to the learner's PC, and the learner sees the distributed learning material and advances learning. The learner wants to see a separate page (learning item) other than the page of the lecture material shown along with the lecture if there is a learning item that is difficult to understand or is interested in during learning. Make a page (learning item) display request.

The teaching material distribution server distributes the learning material requested by the learner and, at the same time, logs the number of display request times of the requested learning item. The teaching material distribution server collects statistical data of learning items for which display requests have been made, and if the number of display requests exceeds the number of times, the learning items are judged to be of interest to the learner, and an alarm (message ) Is sent to the teaching material creator's PC.

Further, when there is a request from the learner or the teaching material creator to display the teaching material utilization statistical data, the teaching material distribution server edits the teaching material utilization statistical data for the requested person and sends it to the request source. As a result, the learner can use the learning items to understand what is difficult to understand, and the teaching material creator can use it as an auxiliary material for analyzing the usage of the teaching material.

FIG. 13 shows a processing flow chart of the teaching material distribution server according to the second embodiment. The teaching material distribution server receives the message notification reference value from the teaching material creator's PC (n),
Set the standard value in the message notification standard value file. After that, when there is a request from the learner's PC to start the lecture-type learning material (h), the lecturer-type learning material is sent to the learner's PC (instructor video and lecture material along with the lecture).
(I). In addition, when the request for displaying the material in the lecture and another page is received from the learner's PC (j), the display request page is distributed to another window of the learner's PC (k), and the lecture material utilization information DB Add the relevant learning item and the number of display requests for the relevant page to. At this time, the lecture material utilization information management unit determines whether the learning item added with the number of display requests exceeds the message notification reference value. If it exceeds the reference value, an alarm (message) is sent to the learning material creator PC to inform that the learning item is of interest to the learner (o). When a request for learning material utilization statistical data is received from a PC for learners or a PC for teaching material creator (l, p), the learning material utilization statistical data is edited from the lecture material utilization information DB into the request source format,
Send to learner's PC or teaching material creator's PC (m,
q).

FIG. 14 shows the flow of the teaching material creator PC in the second embodiment. From the teaching material creator PC, a message notification reference value is input for each teaching material (n), and the reference value data is transmitted to the teaching material distribution server. When the alarm (message) data is received from the teaching material distribution server (o), it is displayed on the screen of the teaching material creator's PC.
Display an alarm message that informs the learner that the learning item is interested. Further, when a request is made to output the learning material utilization statistical data from the learning material creator PC (p), the learning material utilization statistical data is acquired from the learning material distribution server (q), and the learning material utilization statistical data is acquired on the learning material creator PC. Is displayed. It also outputs on paper.

According to the second embodiment, the teaching material distribution server accumulates the number of times of request for the learning item of the lecture material requested to be displayed by the learners, and when the request number exceeds a certain value, the learning item is collected. And the number of times sent to the teaching material creator's PC,
The teaching material creator serves as a material for creating the teaching material. In addition, because learning material utilization statistical data is provided at the request of learners,
Learners will be able to understand what was difficult to understand in their learning items.

The learning support system described above can be utilized for new businesses. As a form of business, a teaching material distributor provides a service to a teaching material creator by concluding a contract for a certain fixed period such as monthly.

As shown in FIG. 12, this business is added to the lecture material utilization information DB every time the teaching material distributor receives a request to display the lecture material from the learner. When the number of display requests for each learning item exceeds a certain value, the content is transmitted to the teaching material creator. Further, the teaching material distributor sends the lecture material utilization information up to that time to the teaching material creator in response to a request from the teaching material creator.

In the past, there was no method for the teaching material creator to automatically know the learning items of interest to the learner. But,
According to the method of the present business, there is an effect that the teaching material creator can automatically acquire information (learning item) that the learner is interested in.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a learning support system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a screen of a learner's PC.

FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram of a database used in the teaching material distribution server.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of information according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a process flow chart of the learner's PC according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a process flow chart in the teaching material distribution server according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a display screen diagram of learning material utilization statistical data of a learner's PC according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an input screen view of message notification reference values of a teaching material creator PC according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a data file used in the teaching material creator's PC according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a screen view of an alarm notification of the teaching material creator PC according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a display screen view of teaching material utilization statistical data of a teaching material creator PC according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of information according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a processing flow chart of the teaching material distribution server according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a process flow chart of the teaching material creator PC according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Teaching material distribution server, 2 ... Message notification reference value file, 3 ... Lecture material utilization information, 5 ... Teaching material creator management unit, 6
… Lecture material utilization information management unit, 7… Transmission alarm decision unit,
8 ... Teaching material utilization statistical data editing unit, 9 ... Learner information file, 10 ... Learner information management unit, 11 ... Teaching material information file, 12 ... Teaching material information management unit, 13 ... Teaching material DB, 14 ... Teaching material data determination unit, 15 ... information transmitting / receiving unit, 21 ... intranet (or Internet), 31 ... learner's PC,
32 ... Information transmitting / receiving unit, 34 ... User interface unit, 35 ... Teaching material utilization statistical data request / output unit, 36 ... Lecture format teaching material display unit, 37 ... Lecture material displaying unit, 38 ... Teaching material utilization statistical data management unit, 41 ... Teaching material PC for creator, 42
... information transmitting / receiving unit, 43 ... alarm processing unit, 44 ... alarm processing unit, 46 ... user interface unit, 47 ... teaching material utilization statistical data request / output unit, 48 ... message notification reference value input unit, 49 ... alarm display unit, 401 … Learner PC screen, 403… Lecture style learning material display screen,
411 ... A display screen of a page different from the page in the lecture.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hideki Fujii             5-2-1 Omika-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture             Information Control Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd.             Within F-term (reference) 2C028 AA00 BA02 BB04 BB06 BD02                       CA12 CA13                 5E501 AA01 AC33 BA05 EB06

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A learning method in which a teaching material distribution server managed by a teaching material distributor and a terminal device used by a learner are connected by a network, and a lecture video of a lecturer and lecture materials used for the lecture are displayed on the screen of the terminal device. In the support system, the learning support system is configured so that an arbitrary portion of the lecture material designated by a learner can be displayed in a window different from the screen. 2. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein the learner makes a designation by displaying the lecture material in the another window and turning the page in the another window. 3. The learning support system according to claim 1, wherein an auxiliary material such as a sub-reader of the lecture material can be displayed in the separate window. 4. A learning method in which a teaching material distribution server managed by a teaching material distributor and a terminal device used by a learner are connected by a network, and a lecture video of a lecturer and lecture materials used for the lecture are displayed on the screen of the terminal device. In the support system, the index list of words and phrases is displayed, and by selecting the words and phrases from the list, the corresponding page of the lecture material related to the selected words and phrases is displayed on the screen and another window. A learning support system characterized by this. 5. A learning support system in which a teaching material distribution server managed by a teaching material distributor, a learning terminal used by a learner, and a teaching material terminal used by a teaching material creator are connected by a network, and the screen of the learning terminal is displayed. The lecture video of the lecturer and its lecture materials are displayed on the screen, and the screen and a separate window can be configured to display an arbitrary portion designated by the learner of the lecture materials. The information in the separate window can be delivered at the same time, and the display request count is accumulated for each learning item on the screen and the corresponding page displayed on the separate window. When the display request count reaches a threshold, the learning item is used as the teaching material. A learning support system characterized by giving a message to a terminal. 6. A learning support method for connecting a teaching material distribution server, a learner's terminal, and a teaching material creator's terminal via a network, based on a contract previously made between the teaching material distributor and the teaching material creator in advance. When the teaching material distribution server receives a request for displaying the lecture material from the learner's terminal and the number of display requests for each learning item exceeds a threshold, the learning item and the number of requests are transmitted to the teaching material creation PC. Characteristic learning support method.