JP2004258184A - Education support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an education support system in which lectures performed in the past at education institutions are utilized as an education material, with which a lecture and a home study are efficiently performed, and which contributes to improve the administration of lectures and the quality of lectures at the education institutions. <P>SOLUTION: The education support system is characterized by the fact that the system is provided with an electronic blackboard 10 which turns the content written and shown by a teacher to students in a lecture into data and generates explanation data, a database 30 in which a plurality of teaching material data including the explanation data are stored, correlating means which correlates any one of the plurality of teaching material data stored in the data base 30 to other teaching material data, and a correlated information output means which outputs correlation information regarding another teaching material correlated to arbitral teaching data when the arbitral teaching material data are selected from the database 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an education support system that supports a teacher's lesson activities and student's learning activities, and is also useful for managing lesson contents and improving quality.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In conventional school education, for example, a teacher uses a textbook, a collection of problems, a distributed print, and the like, and the teacher proceeds with the lesson while writing commentary and the like on a blackboard. Students take lessons while copying notes written on the blackboard into notebooks, for example, solving problems that the teacher asked.
[0003]
Outside the school, students conduct home study using home study teaching materials such as textbooks, notebooks, and reference books, or study using a study cram school. In addition to general reference books, there are various forms of home study teaching materials, such as electronic study teaching materials, class distribution using satellites, and distribution of teaching materials via a communication network.
[0004]
Also, as shown in Patent Literature 1, an instructional video content is created by taking a video of a class scene and a user selects a desired content from the educational video content via a communication network. In addition, there has been proposed a remote learning system or the like in which this content is distributed to a terminal device of a user located in a remote place, and the same effect as when the user takes a class is obtained.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-321968 A
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In schools and other educational institutions, for example, when a student is absent from class, or misses part of the class content during class or cannot write down what is written on the blackboard, the student tries to make up for that part In some cases, you can only borrow a note from a friend, for example, and have no other effective means.
[0007]
Also, in school lessons, teachers are subject to restrictions on tools, such as writing letters and figures on the blackboard, while giving explanations, and time constraints, such as having to teach in a limited time. However, it is difficult to take a lesson method in which a commentary is given while going back and forth between the content currently being taught and other learning items related to the content. For example, if you give a brief explanation of what you are teaching at the moment, referring to the basic items and applied items, or comparing them with applied questions and similar questions, students will be able to systematically review the learning contents. However, it is effective to learn how the individual learning contents are structurally related, but it is necessary to write the contents on a blackboard just to look back and refer to the contents taught earlier. Writing on a blackboard wastes time and is difficult to do on a blackboard with limited space.
[0008]
Also, during the lesson, students write down the contents of the lesson in a notebook as the lesson progresses, so it is difficult to create a lesson notebook that allows the learning content to be grasped structurally. Furthermore, it is troublesome to arrange and save the prints and the like distributed during the lesson in what kind of situation in which lesson.
[0009]
Therefore, when a student conducts self-study and reviews, even if the student wants to review the basics of the part in order to understand the unknown part, it is difficult to find out what is the basic part in the class notes, However, even if you try to find relevant practice and exam questions to deepen your understanding of what seems to be important, it is difficult to do such learning with class notes and textbooks alone. For this reason, students will study and review textbooks and reference books in addition to class notes.
[0010]
The class notes will tell you that the student has been taught once in the class, and the individual content itself is familiar to the student and easy to understand, so if you can easily find the relevant places, the class notes are useful. It is difficult to refer to when it is difficult to find relevant places.
[0011]
For these reasons, in order for students to learn efficiently outside of school, they find reference books and learning materials that are suitable for themselves and rely on them, or use a study cram school that suits their learning progress Is necessary, and learning at school and learning outside of school tend to be polarized. The bipolarization causes an inefficiency that sufficient operations are performed twice at one time, resulting in an increase in the burden on the student or an inconvenience that one of the learning operations is diluted.
[0012]
In order to prevent the polarization of education, it is only necessary to integrate school education and home learning and create teaching materials for home learning that are suitable for various students with different learning progress. It takes a great deal of effort to create a, and cannot be easily performed. In addition, even if teachers and instructors create teaching materials for home learning, teachers and instructors can demonstrate their experience and know-how only in classes, but since there is little experience in creating teaching materials for home learning, lessons and lectures The disadvantage is that it is difficult to make use of that experience and know-how in creating different teaching materials.
[0013]
By the way, in classes conducted at educational institutions such as schools, it is rare to record the contents of the class, and the contents are reviewed after the class in order to improve the contents of the class and how to teach. It is difficult for teachers to introduce the contents of a class and to study how to teach each other, and to share the contents of the class and the know-how of the teaching method.
It is also difficult for educational institutions to control the quality of lesson contents.
[0014]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an educational support system for supporting students' learning, in which a lesson conducted in the past at an educational institution is utilized as a teaching material, so that lessons and home learning can be efficiently performed. Is to do.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an education support system that can contribute to the management and quality improvement of lessons at educational institutions.
[0015]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, electronic means for digitizing the contents shown on a display surface such as a blackboard or a screen of a display device, and the contents of a class or a lecture are digitized by the electronic means. A database in which a plurality of pieces of teaching material data including commentary data is stored, associating means capable of associating any one of the plurality of teaching material data with the other teaching material data stored in the database, An associating information output unit for outputting, when any teaching material data is selected, associating information relating to other teaching material data associated with the teaching material data, the teaching material data can be read from the database and displayed and output. In addition, other teaching material data associated with the teaching material data can be read out based on the association information. An educational support system that was.
[0016]
According to such a means, for example, the contents of the class written by the educator to the learner at the school are left as data, so even if the student has missed the class or missed it in the class, You can read the commentary data of the lesson and supplement it. In addition, the contents of the lesson can be introduced between a plurality of teachers and instructors to improve the content of the lesson, and can also be used for checking and managing the content of the lesson at an educational institution.
[0017]
In addition, teachers and instructors can create commentary data as teaching materials without any special burden just by repeating regular classes. Further, since a plurality of teaching material data can be linked based on various relationships by the linking means, a plurality of related teaching materials can be transferred from one teaching material to another related teaching material. You can learn effectively while doing it.
[0018]
Desirably, the plurality of teaching material data may be associated based on the relevance of the learning content. For example, certain teaching material data is associated with the teaching material data indicating the basics or the application and the related exam questions. By such association, learning can be performed while systematically understanding the learning contents, or learning can be performed according to the learning progress of each student.
[0019]
More desirably, a display device capable of showing images to a plurality of persons and a control device for controlling the display device are provided, and the plurality of educational material data stored in the database is stored in the database by the control device. It is preferable to be able to output on the screen of the display device, and to read out other educational material data associated with the educational material data based on the association information.
[0020]
This means that during class, teachers and instructors need not write down the contents on the blackboard to look back on the matters previously explained or introduce the related matters to the students. You can promote efficient lessons within.
[0021]
More preferably, the database and the association information are managed by a server computer connected to a communication network, and display outputs of a plurality of teaching material data stored in the database and other associated teaching material data based on the association information. The reading may be performed by another computer via the communication network.
[0022]
With such a configuration, for example, a student can access the server computer from home and use the above teaching material data and association information in home learning. It can also be used by teachers and lecturers to access from outside and study the teaching method.
[0023]
Preferably, in the database, the plurality of pieces of learning material data are classified for each learning item, and the classification can be used as an index to read out the learning material data of a target learning item.
[0024]
Further, if the plurality of teaching material data are classified based on attribute information related to substantive contents added to the teaching material data, and the classification can be used as an index to read the teaching material data to which desired attribute information is added. good. Here, the attribute information relates to substantive contents such as, for example, the year and date and time of the lesson related to the teaching material data, and information on whether or not it is included in the course contents of the teacher, school, or student. Attribute information related to formal contents such as file format and the like is excluded.
[0025]
With such a classification, for example, when a teacher or instructor reads out teaching material data in a class, when a student reads it out at home study, or when an educational institution reads out the contents of the class, the target teaching material data is read. You can find it quickly and easily.
[0026]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an education support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The education support system according to the present embodiment includes an electronic blackboard 10 as an electronic means for a teacher to write a commentary or the like in a class or converting the written content into data, and an electronic blackboard 10 as a control device. An operation computer 20 for performing control for displaying and outputting images and saving image data taken in from the electronic blackboard 10, and a lesson data file in which lesson contents are converted into data (hereinafter, a data file is abbreviated as a file). ) Are stored in the database 35 (see FIG. 2) for storing various teaching material files, including the server computer 30 and the like.
[0027]
The electronic blackboard 10 is provided with a digitizer or the like for capturing pen input as digital data on a surface of a display panel such as a liquid crystal display or a plasma display. The display panel is capable of displaying and outputting image data such as JPEG data and bitmap data, and functions as a display device for displaying images to students at the school. Further, line drawing, area filling, and the like can be performed on this image by pen input.
The image drawn and changed by pen input can then be saved as image data.
[0028]
The server computer 30 is connected to a computer network N such as the Internet, for example, and can be accessed from an external computer via the network N. In addition, it is also possible to access the server computer 30 via a LAN (local area network) from teacher computers 41 to 4N provided inside the educational institution.
[0029]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data contents registered in the database 35 constructed in the server computer 30.
This database 35 can be accessed by users such as teachers and students in addition to the system administrator. At the time of access, which user is accessing is identified by the authentication processing, and different access rights are given to the system administrator, the teacher user, and the student user.
[0030]
As shown in FIG. 2, the database 35 includes a distribution print file in which the contents of the lesson contents are described, an electronic blackboard image file displayed and output on the electronic blackboard in the class, and an electronic blackboard image file in the electronic blackboard image file. Class files that include commentary data written on the electronic blackboard, campus exam files that show questions such as semester exams and mock exams, entrance exam files that show entrance exam questions such as university entrance exams, answers to exam questions, A commentary file with a commentary is registered. These data files are called teaching material files. These teaching material files are mainly registered as image data to facilitate editing using the electronic blackboard, but those that do not require editing using the electronic blackboard are word processing software (hereinafter software is abbreviated as software). Also, it may be stored as document data that can be created and edited by spreadsheet software. Further, the commentary file or the like may be data in a moving image format including sound.
[0031]
Of the above teaching material files, teaching material files used in lessons, such as distributed print files, electronic blackboard image files, and lesson files, should have lesson-related attribute information such as "year, lesson name, and date". It has become.
[0032]
It should be noted that various attribute information such as the creator, the name of the teacher involved, and the school may be added as attribute data to the teaching material file, and the teaching material file may be classified based on the attribute information. May be.
[0033]
Further, instead of adding the attribute information as described above to the teaching material file, the attribute information may be managed in a correspondence table storing information on the association between the attribute information and the teaching material file. As a result, for example, one to one teaching material file can be associated with many class dates and many teacher names, so that plural-to-many association is possible.
[0034]
The teaching material files are classified into categories in the database 35. For such classification, the database 35 is provided with a category list, and the classification of the teaching material files is performed using this category list. The category in which the teaching material files are divided is a free category in which the administrator and certain teacher users can freely create and change the depth and items of the classification, and the administrator can fix the depth and items in advance and change them by the teacher user. The fixed category that has been lost is set.
[0035]
The free category has a hierarchical structure with the root category at the top, similar to the file / directory structure provided in a general OS (Operation System), and for example, “high school mathematics> number II> graphics and equations> inequality Category (eg, “>” indicates that the left side is one level higher in the right side) ”, or the category of each learning item along the textbook index, etc. ", And category divisions according to the execution time and the item can be set.
[0036]
The fixed category is used to classify data that does not need to be changed, such as entrance examination data, and is formed in a hierarchical structure with the root category at the top. Subject category> University / Center exam>Undergraduate> Academic year> Entrance examination method "
[0037]
The teaching material files are classified by category by belonging to any one of the above-mentioned free category and fixed category. The category to which the teaching material file belongs is not limited to the lowest category among the hierarchically provided categories, and the teaching material file may belong to the middle category. The category to which the teaching material file belongs is not limited to one category, and one teaching material file can belong to a plurality of categories.
[0038]
As a specific data structure for making the teaching material file belong to the category, for example, a data structure in which link data that can call the teaching material file is registered in a category list provided for each category can be adopted. . With such a data structure, one teaching material file can belong to a plurality of categories.
[0039]
It should be noted that as a data structure for making the teaching material file belong to the category, a correspondence table for storing information on the correspondence between the teaching material file and the category may be adopted. In this case, the teaching material file that is associated with a certain category by the correspondence table may be handled as if it belongs to that category.
[0040]
In the database 35 of this embodiment, association data indicating the association of each teaching material file is stored. Teaching material files can be mainly divided into two types: (1) association of hierarchical relations such as basic knowledge and applied problems, and (2) association of equivalent and similar relations such as similar problems and similar knowledge. In this embodiment, for convenience in use, association as basic knowledge necessary for i understanding (necessary basic knowledge) and association as the same learning content described at different angles (similar knowledge) are described. , And iii. The association can be made in four categories: association of entrance examination questions to which the learning content is applied (related entrance examination questions), and iv and other associations (related teaching materials). Then, as shown in FIG. 2, association data is constructed for each of these four sections.
[0041]
Although FIG. 2 shows that the association data is provided as a separate data configuration from the teaching material file, for example, a data configuration in which the association data is attached to each teaching material file may be employed.
[0042]
Further, the database 35 of this embodiment stores user information for managing users. The user information manages user attributes such as each user's name, organization, courses, etc., and the system provides a history of learning status for student users and access to data for student and teacher users. Used to control restrictions and display contents.
[0043]
Next, an example of an efficient lesson performed using the education support system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the illustrations of FIG. 3 and the image diagrams of the operation screens of FIGS.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a process executed by a teacher regarding a lesson using the education support system.
[0044]
When conducting a lesson using this educational support system, the teacher performs the following in advance. That is, first, a distribution print file that describes the subject of the lesson, the exercises, and the like is created on the teacher's computer 4N using word processing software or the like (FIG. 3A). Further, this is converted into a data format that can be displayed and output on the electronic blackboard, and is used as an electronic blackboard image file (FIG. 3B). The electronic blackboard image file is also displayed and output on the electronic blackboard 10 as a lesson framework during a lesson.
[0045]
Next, the distribution print file and the electronic blackboard image file are registered in the database 35 of the server computer 30, and category registration and addition of attribute information are performed together (FIGS. 3C and 3D). These are performed by the following operations.
[0046]
That is, first, the teacher computer connects to the server computer 30 via the network, accesses the database 35 in the server computer 30 with the authority of the teacher user through authentication processing by inputting his / her user ID and password. For example, an application operating on a web browser is used to access and operate the database 35.
[0047]
FIG. 4 is an image diagram showing a process of selecting a category on the operation screen of the database 35, and FIG. 5 is an image diagram showing a case where the teaching material file belongs to the category.
Subsequently, on the operation screen of the database 35, categories are selected hierarchically and categories to be registered (for example, “Home> ** High school> High school mathematics> Number II> Graphs and formulas> Inequality area”) are selected. I do. As shown in FIG. 4, on the operation screen, a whole category display frame 201 in which the selected category is hierarchically displayed, and a lower category in which the lower category name included in the selected category is displayed A display frame 202 and a teaching material file display frame 203 in which the teaching material files belonging to the selected category are displayed are provided, and a lower category name displayed in the lower category display frame 202 is designated by an operation (mouse of mouse). Click, etc.) to select that category. Thus, the target category is selected by following the categories hierarchically.
[0048]
Then, by selecting “file registration” from the operation menu of the operation screen in a state where the target category is selected, and specifying the file to be registered, the teaching material files F1 to F3 are classified into the categories as shown in FIG. At the same time, the teaching material files F1 to F3 are registered in the database 35. At the time of registration, a title (for example, “Class of ordinary course → area of straight line or circle and maximum and minimum”) is added and registered.
[0049]
When the teacher registers the teaching material files F1 to F3, the teacher can register the teaching materials (F1) that can be handled only by the teacher user and the delivery teaching materials (F2 and F3) that can be viewed by the student user. It is a normal registration method to register only as a teaching material for teachers (F1) at the stage before the lesson and to register as teaching materials for distribution (F2, F3) after the lesson. When registered as teaching materials, the distribution print file and the electronic blackboard image file are registered in one file and registered. By opening the teaching material (F1), the distribution print file and the electronic blackboard image file for each page are opened. (See FIG. 6).
[0050]
If there is no category suitable for registering the teaching material file, a category is created by selecting an operation menu of “Creating a category” on the operation screen of the database 35, and then the category is registered. When it is desired to make one teaching material file belong to a plurality of categories, the above-described category registration operation may be performed a plurality of times for one teaching material file.
[0051]
The operation of adding the attribute information to the teaching material file is substantially the same as the category registration, although not shown. That is, after selecting an attribute information specifying operation menu on the operation screen of the database 35, the user specifies the year, the class name, and the date and time to be added in the order of “year> class name> date” in the same manner as following the category. Subsequently, by specifying the teaching material files in which the categories are registered by hierarchically following the categories on the operation screen of the database 35 and selecting the operation menu for providing the attribute information, the attribute information previously specified for these teaching material files is selected. Is added.
[0052]
In addition, the relationship between the attribute information of the lesson and the teaching material file can be defined by first designating the year of the lesson, the lesson name, the date and time, and then specifying the teaching material file by following the category.
[0053]
Note that the attribute information can be added to the teaching material file or to the category. When the attribute information is added to the category, the attribute information is added to all the teaching material files belonging to the category. It is equivalent to being done.
[0054]
After the category registration and the attribute information are added, if necessary, an operation of associating with another teaching material file is performed ((d) in FIG. 3).
In the association operation, the original teaching material file to be associated is specified, and the operation menu of “association registration” is selected on the operation screen of the database 35. Then, another operation window is displayed, so that in the operation window, the teaching material file to be associated is searched by tracing the category as described above, and the learning material file and the association type “ This is performed by designating any one of “i basic knowledge”, “ii similar knowledge”, “iii related entrance examination questions”, and “iv related teaching materials”. Thus, another teaching material file can be associated with the original teaching material file by the type of association specified. Such a processing program constitutes association means.
[0055]
The above is what the teacher does before class.
Next, processing in a class will be described. FIG. 6 shows an image diagram when a teaching material file for a teacher is selected on the operation screen of the database 35 at the start of the lesson.
[0056]
At the start of the lesson, the teacher accesses the database 35 of the server computer 30 using the operation computer 20, calls the previously registered electronic blackboard image file, and causes the electronic blackboard 10 to display and output the file. More specifically, after accessing the database 35 and passing the authentication process, the class is searched for as “teaching year, class name, date and time” or the category registered by the category search, and is registered as a teaching material for the teacher first. Select the saved teaching material file. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the distribution print file H1 and the electronic blackboard image files P1 to P6 for each page can be read. For example, the electronic blackboard image file P1 for the first page is opened and its window screen is displayed. Is output to the electronic blackboard 10.
[0057]
Here, if the contents described in the electronic blackboard image files P1 to P6 are less than the title of the lesson, the lesson may proceed as it is. In order to reduce the trouble of copying to the student, a printout of the distribution print file H1 having the same contents is distributed to the students.
[0058]
By giving each student a tablet PC (personal computer) or the like, the data displayed and output on the electronic blackboard 10 is distributed to the tablet PC of the student, and the student inputs a pen using the tablet PC. Allows you to write your own commentary, etc. on a different page, instead of taking notes.
[0059]
Next, the teacher uses the electronic blackboard 10 to explain the learning contents. The contents written on the electronic blackboard 10 are converted into data and can be taken into the electronic blackboard image files P1 to P6.
[0060]
During the lesson, if related teaching material files such as necessary basic knowledge and related teaching materials are registered in the database 35 for the learning contents taught, the related teaching material file is called by the following operation, and the lesson is performed. In the middle, the explanation can be advanced while going back and forth between the contents being taught and the contents related to the contents (FIG. 3 (f)).
[0061]
That is, as shown in FIG. 6, when a teaching material file is selected on the operation screen of the database 35, an association information display frame 205 is provided on the operation screen, and other information related to the selected teaching material file is provided here. Is displayed and output. In this embodiment, the number of teaching material files associated with each of the four types of association described above, “i necessary basic knowledge”, “ii similar knowledge”, “iii related entrance examination questions”, and “iv related teaching materials” is Hyperlinks are attached to the types of associations that are displayed and have a number of cases, so that the user can immediately go to the selection screen for the teaching material file. A processing program for performing a display output process in such an association information display frame 205 constitutes an association information output unit.
[0062]
The teacher followed the link from the association information display frame 205 when he wanted to look back a little on the basic knowledge or introduce some related entrance examination questions while proceeding the explanation using the electronic blackboard 10. You can call and open the teaching material file in the same way.
[0063]
Then, by operating the operation computer 20 to switch the window screen to be displayed and output on the electronic blackboard 10, the window screen of the electronic blackboard image file P1 and the window screen of the related teaching material file, in which the commentary has been written, are switched. By switching, the class can be advanced while showing them to the students alternately (FIG. 3 (f)). For example, looking back on the lesson contents explained on the electronic blackboard yesterday, showing how the current learning content will evolve thereafter, and using the current learning content as part of solving the entrance examination questions By introducing things, students can be systematically given an overview of the learning content, and the class can be advanced efficiently.
[0064]
When the class is over, the contents written on the electronic blackboard 10 are saved using the operation computer 20. Thus, the drawing data of the commentary written during the lesson is taken into the electronic blackboard image files P1 to P6, and the lesson file is generated (FIG. 3 (g)). Then, by saving this as a data file for distribution, it becomes a lesson file that can be viewed by students and other teachers as teaching materials. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a distribution print file F2 and an electronic blackboard image file F3 are stored as distribution teaching materials. In the electronic blackboard image file, images of all pages are put together into one teaching material file F3.
[0065]
The above-described operation of adding attribute information such as “year> class name> date and time” and associating with another teaching material file can be performed after the generation of the class file.
[0066]
Further, another teaching material file called in the course of the lesson can be saved with a commentary or the like added to the screen. For example, if the teaching user does not have the authority to change the teaching material file, it can be saved with a different file name.If the teaching user file has the changing authority, it can be overwritten or saved with a different file name. I can do it.
[0067]
After the lesson, the teacher can modify the lesson file or add a commentary. At this time, not only the electronic blackboard 10 but also a computer 4N for teacher can use a mouse or the like to make corrections, or a tablet PC can make corrections.
[0068]
Note that the class file generated during the class is not limited to the image data format. For example, by using presentation software that can record a drawing on the electronic blackboard as a moving image and also capture audio, the class file can be created during the class. Alternatively, the commentary on the electronic blackboard and the verbal commentary can be captured as video data, and the video data can be registered in the database 35 as a class file.
[0069]
Further, by using the same presentation software, it is possible to add a sound or a motion based on the class file in the image data format after the class is completed, and to change the file into a moving image teaching material file.
[0070]
Next, an example of efficient home learning using the education support system of this embodiment will be described.
7 shows an image when the student selects the category to which the teaching material file belongs on the operation screen of the database 35, and FIG. 8 shows an image when the lesson file is opened from the teaching material file.
[0071]
The student can connect to the server computer 30 of the education support system from a personal computer at home via the Internet, for example, and access the database 35 thereof. When a student accesses the database 35, the student accesses the database 35 as a student user through the authentication process.
[0072]
When accessed as a student user, what can be done by operating the database 35 is mainly browsing of teaching material files. For example, if the user wants to learn a specific learning item, the user selects a desired category by following the category registered as “Home> ** High school> Mathematics in high school> Number II> Trigonometric function”. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the teaching material files F5 to F8 registered in this category are displayed in the teaching material file display frame 203. The teaching material file is displayed by being divided according to the title of the teaching material (for example, “conversion of trigonometric function angle → sin (180 ° −θ) → conversion of trigonometric function such as sinθ”), and the type is not shown in FIG. Includes a distribution print file, class files F5, F6, and F8 in which the image of the electronic blackboard 10 is captured, and a moving image teaching material file F7 in which a commentary with movement is captured. The student can read out a desired teaching material file and proceed with learning while referring to the file.
[0073]
If the user wants to review a specific lesson, the user can search for the distribution print file or lesson file at that time by searching for “year> class name> date and time” by searching the lesson. Then, when the class file is opened, the contents written on the electronic blackboard are displayed and output in the teaching material display frame 207 as shown in FIG. The display of the class file can be displayed in full screen, or the display of the entire screen can be seen by scrolling.
The student can review the lesson by studying, for example, based on the distributed print file while referring to the description of the lesson file.
[0074]
In addition, in the educational support system of this embodiment, an on-campus examination file, an entrance examination file, and an explanation file of these questions are registered as teaching material data, which is similar to searching for teaching material data by following a category. In addition, it is also possible to search for the desired on-campus examination question file or entrance examination question file by following the school, year or subject where the examination was conducted by the entrance examination search, and to display and output this teaching material file for learning. .
[0075]
When the teaching material file is selected and displayed and output as described above, an association information display frame 205 is provided on the operation screen of the database 35 as shown in FIG. 8, and other associated with the teaching material file selected therein. The association information about the teaching material file is displayed.
[0076]
Therefore, if the student feels that the current learning content cannot be understood due to insufficient understanding of the basic knowledge, the student follows the link of “necessary basic knowledge” in the association information display frame 205 and is associated as the basic knowledge. If you want to deepen your understanding by opening a textbook file that you are reviewing, or if you want to deepen your understanding by commenting from a different angle, follow the link of "similar knowledge" and refer to other commentary, or link as "related entrance exam questions" By opening the teaching material file and solving related entrance examination questions, you can promote effective learning according to the student's learning progress.
[0077]
In particular, in the database 35 of the education support system according to the present embodiment, it is possible to associate a lesson file serving as basic knowledge with an entrance examination file or an on-campus examination file in which examination questions are recorded. In addition, students can try to solve the test questions that were previously set up in home learning, and if they do not understand them, they can go back to the related lesson files as basic knowledge to solve the problems themselves. it can.
[0078]
If the student has a tablet PC or the like, electronic blackboard image data is downloaded from the database 35, and the electronic blackboard image data is written in home learning to create a learning note of electronic data. You can do it.
[0079]
As described above, according to the education support system of the present embodiment, the teaching material files related to the lesson can be easily extracted and displayed on the electronic blackboard 10, so that the content currently being taught and the content related thereto can be displayed. Lessons while going back and forth. Thereby, the student can grasp the learning contents systematically and can learn efficiently. Further, since the related learning contents are already created as teaching material files, wasteful time can be greatly reduced as compared with the case where the teacher writes on the blackboard from scratch.
[0080]
In addition, since the contents and the like written on the electronic blackboard 10 in the lesson become the teaching material file, useful teaching materials can be accumulated without imposing a special burden on the teacher.
[0081]
Furthermore, since the database 35 in which the teaching material files are stored can be accessed via the Internet, learning without restrictions on time and place is possible, such as accessing from home and using it for home learning. A student who has missed a class or a student who has missed a part of the class can view the class file in home learning, for example, to supplement the part.
[0082]
Also, when using it for home learning, you can proceed with learning while referring to the teaching material file associated with the content you are currently learning, as in class, so how individual learning content is systematically You can proceed with learning while grasping whether they are related. When referring to the related teaching material file, study with the basic knowledge teaching material file because it is judged that the current learning content is insufficiently understood, or study with the applied problem teaching material file to obtain a more accurate understanding. Rather, it is possible to advance learning that matches the learning progress of each student.
[0083]
Also, since the explanations in the familiar class are used as teaching materials, students can understand the contents relatively easily by using it, and by using the class files of other teachers. Students can study with a slightly different way of commentary, and students can gain a deeper understanding.
[0084]
In addition, since the same system can be used for classroom and home study at school, student learning can be unified between inside and outside of school, and the synergistic effect between teaching at an educational institution and home learning can be achieved by such unification. And efficient learning without waste can be performed.
[0085]
Further, the education support system according to the present embodiment can be used to introduce the contents of a lesson between teachers and instructors to mutually study the lesson method and to share the know-how of the lesson method. In such a case, since the lesson files are classified according to the learning items, the lesson files that the teacher or the instructor wants to refer to can be easily found.
[0086]
Further, the educational support system according to the present embodiment can be used for an educational institution to perform quality control of the content of a lesson performed by a teacher or a lecturer. In this case, attribute data of “year> class name> date” is added to the class file, and the class files are classified based on this attribute data, so that the class file to be checked can be easily found.
[0087]
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, an electronic blackboard is exemplified as an electronic means for digitizing the contents written by a learner at a school or a display device for displaying and outputting image data to a learner. In the case of a lesson format where the teacher advances the lesson by displaying the image with the commentary etc. on all the monitors, these monitors become the above display devices, and the teacher gives the commentary etc. to the image. A tablet or a digitizer that can write the data is the above-mentioned electronic means.
[0088]
Further, in the embodiment, the electronic blackboard 10 and the operation computer 20 for controlling the display thereof are described as separate components. However, they are integrally configured to select a data file and perform various operations on the electronic blackboard 10. Can be performed.
[0089]
In the above-described embodiment, the class data and the teaching material data are described as data files. However, the data format is various, such as a format in which a plurality of class data and teaching material data are stored in one data file. Can be changed.
[0090]
Also, the electronic blackboard image file, the class file, and the like have been described as image data. However, if the electronic blackboard can be edited in a data format other than the image data, a data file in such a data format can be adopted.
[0091]
Further, in the above embodiment, as a method of classifying the lesson files, a method in which the lesson files belong to hierarchically provided category divisions for the classification along the learning items is adopted, and Is adopted a classification method based on attribute data, but is not limited thereto.For example, by adding a learning item as attribute data, it is also possible to perform classification along the learning item based on the attribute data. It is also possible to classify the order of the lesson by registering the category by providing a category that classifies the lesson date and time. Also, by adding a school name, a created teacher name, and the like as attribute data or providing them as category divisions, class files can be classified in such divisions.
[0092]
In addition, by registering the lesson items that each student has taken at the educational institution in the database, the student user can search the teaching material file only for the lesson items that he / she is taking. It is possible.
[0093]
Further, in the above embodiment, when a teaching material file is selected as the associating information output means, the configuration is such that the association information corresponding to the teaching material file is automatically displayed and output. By operating the operation menu of association information display output, the association information may be displayed and output.
[0094]
Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the education support system of the present invention is mainly used in school education has been described. However, various other educations such as education at a prep school, a vocational school, and training in a company are also described. Can be used in
[0095]
In addition, the educational support system of the present invention is applied to a class or a learning activity in the form of individual guidance for each student, and the data of the class or the learning is stored in association with the ID information of each student. It can also be used as a learning situation chart for each student. In addition, by storing data such as the learning status of each class, the degree of understanding of each teaching material, and the grade of each learning field in the database in association with each student, the detailed learning status of each student can be shared between instructors. I can do it. By using such data, it is possible to formulate a learning curriculum suitable for each student and to select teaching materials. For example, if there is information that a student has a low level of understanding of a certain teaching material, even a different instructor can associate basic learning materials with a low level of understanding with the student's learning material to suit the student. Can be used as teaching materials.
[0096]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, an efficient lesson can be performed, for example, by giving an explanation while easily switching back and forth between the content currently taught in a school lesson and the related content. Further, there is an effect that the same method can be used to perform efficient learning according to the learning progress of each student in home learning.
[0097]
Further, since the teacher or the instructor conducts the lesson as usual and saves it as a teaching material, useful teaching material can be accumulated without imposing a special burden on the teacher or the instructor. In addition, teachers can use such teaching materials for the purpose of research in order to improve the content and teaching method of lessons, and educational institutions such as schools can use them to manage the lesson contents of each teacher.
[0098]
In addition, by integrating commentary data and teaching material data of multiple schools and various subjects into one database via a computer network such as the Internet, exchange of educational information between subjects, teachers, and schools, which has been difficult in the past, For example, there is an effect that it can exert its power even when used for educational activities that require various knowledges beyond the boundaries of subjects such as comprehensive learning.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an education support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a data chart illustrating data contents registered in a database of the education support system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of processing executed by a teacher regarding a lesson using the education support system according to the embodiment;
FIG. 4 is an example of an image diagram showing a process of selecting a category on an operation screen of a database.
FIG. 5 is an example of an image diagram showing when a teaching material file belongs to a category on an operation screen of a database.
FIG. 6 is an example of an image diagram when a teaching material file for a teacher is selected on the operation screen of the database.
FIG. 7 is an example of an image diagram when a student selects a category to which a teaching material file belongs on an operation screen of a database.
FIG. 8 is an example of an image diagram when a student opens a class file showing a blackboard image on an operation screen of a database.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Electronic blackboards (electronic means, display devices)
20 Computer for operation (control device)
30 server computer
35 Database
201 All hierarchy category display frame
202 Lower category display frame
203 Teaching material file display frame
205 Association Information Display Frame
207 teaching material display frame
F3, F5, F8 class file
H1 distribution print file
P1 to P6 Electronic blackboard image file

Claims (6)

A plurality of teaching material data, including commentary data in which the contents of classes and lectures are digitized, are stored by digitizing means for digitizing the contents shown on the display surface of a blackboard or the like or on the screen of the display device. Database, associating means for associating any one of the plurality of teaching material data with the other teaching material data stored in the database, and when any teaching material data is selected from the database, Association information output means for outputting association information relating to other teaching material data associated with the teaching material data,
An educational support system configured to be able to read and output the teaching material data from the database and display other teaching material data associated with the teaching material data based on the association information. . The educational support system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of pieces of teaching material data are associated based on the relevance of learning contents. A display device capable of showing images to a plurality of persons and a control device for controlling the display device,
By the control device, the plurality of teaching material data stored in the database can be output on the screen of the display device, and other teaching material data associated with the teaching material data is read out based on the association information and the display is performed. The education support system according to claim 1, wherein the education support system is configured to be able to output on a screen of the device. The database and the association information are managed by a server computer connected to a communication network,
The display output of the plurality of teaching material data stored in the database and the reading of other related teaching material data based on the association information can be performed by another computer via the communication network. The education support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The database according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of learning material data are classified for each learning item in the database, and the classification is used as an index so that the learning material data of a target learning item can be read. 6. Education support system described in. In the database, the plurality of learning material data is classified based on attribute information added to the learning material data, and the classification material is used as an index so that the learning material data to which desired attribute information is added can be read. The education support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein:

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