JP2005004137A - Lecture method and lecture system using tablet type input means - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lecture system capable of obtaining lecture environment reduced in burdens on an instructor and participants and performing a lecture high in learning effect. <P>SOLUTION: The lecture system is constituted by connecting a terminal for an instructor and a terminal group for participants each of which is equipped with a tablet type input means, an authentication server and a lecture operation server via a network. The lecture operation server distributes an electronic text to each logged-in terminal according to a timetable. A lecture is advanced by allowing a board note application which is installed in an instructor terminal and which performs editing and distribution of a board note by handwriting to transmit contents of the board note prepared by an instructor to the note applications installed in participant terminals through the participant terminals by multi-casting and when the instructor terminal performs inquiry to the authentication server, present attendance circumstances are distributed. When the lecture is completed, contents edited at respective terminals are saved in the user area of the lecture operation server to be respectively re-readable. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a lecture method and a lecture system, and more particularly to a lecture method and a lecture system in a classroom in which a terminal having a tablet-type input unit is arranged.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional lectures at universities and prep schools are typically in the form of lecturers writing on a blackboard or whiteboard on the platform and listening to the students while copying the content. Information processing equipment and on-campus LAN A form using (Local Area Network) is being adopted in part. Also, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-229427, a multimedia board for lecturers and an information terminal for students are connected via a network, and educational information read from an information storage medium is used. Alternatively, an education support system has been introduced that allows arbitrary information to be input to an information storage medium, thereby reducing the burden on the education site.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-229427
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, from the viewpoint of students, it is possible to discriminate between important parts and parts that are not so that information related to lectures is presented on the screen in order, and it is possible to think / judge things in chronological order. It often happens. If more than the information that appears in the board written is transmitted from the board writing action performed in real time, and it contributes to the learning effect, it can be said that it is not preferable for education to easily convert these into an electronic system.
[0005]
Moreover, if the above-mentioned board writing act is regarded as important, other lecture burdens related to the lecturer must be eliminated as much as possible. For example, even if the technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-229427 is used, the lecturer needs to prepare educational information for the lecture in advance, and as a result, the presentation of information is ordered. There is no denying the possibility of being neglected.
[0006]
The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-described knowledge, and provides a lecture environment in which the burden on the instructor and the student is preferably reduced, and a lecture system capable of giving a lecture with a high learning effect. Objective.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention that provides means for solving the problems, the instructor terminal, the student terminal group, the authentication server, and the lecture management server are connected via a network. A lecture system is provided. The instructor terminal includes display means, tablet-type input means, and at least board-information editing / distribution means for accepting writing of the contents of the board-writing via at least the tablet-type input means and performing multicast distribution. In addition, the student terminal displays the contents of the board written from the display means, the tablet input means, and the board information distribution means, and at least the notes specific to the student via the tablet input means. And a user editing means for accepting writing. For such instructor terminals and student terminal groups, the lecture management server stores storage means for storing electronic text groups used for lectures, writing information unique to each user, and timetable information; An integrated lecture environment is provided through management of each information stored and held in the means.
[0008]
In order to realize the above-described lecture environment, the lecture management server provides an electronic text of a subject corresponding to the reception time and a lecturer based on the timetable information to a lecturer terminal that has received a lecture start instruction. To the student terminal that has received the instruction to start lecture, the first means for displaying and displaying the board writing information stored as the writing information of the board writing information editing / distribution means, Second means for transmitting the electronic text of the subject corresponding to the reception time and the note content stored as the written information of the student based on the timetable information and causing the user editing means to display it And third means for storing the writing information of the lecturer terminal and the student terminal that has received the end instruction in the storage means in the storage means, respectively. With this configuration, the lecture management server can start and end lectures without special preparation of lectures or subjects to be taken by lecturers and students.
[0009]
Furthermore, the authentication server is configured so that the classroom seats can be assigned to the classroom seats based on a fixed address given to each student terminal and identification information (login name) of each user in response to a request from the instructor terminal. It is also preferable to include means for generating attendance confirmation information in the classroom corresponding to the arrangement and transmitting it to the instructor terminal, and more preferably, attendance confirmation information is the lecture start time on the lecturer login time and timetable Based on the reference time such as the time and the login time of each student, information related to the student's lateness shall be included.
[0010]
In addition, the authentication server may be provided with means for generating attendance history information based on the timetable information and the network connection time of each student, and may provide materials relating to pass / fail of courses and acceptance / rejection of credits. Is possible.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a lecture system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the lecture system according to the present embodiment includes a classroom network 100, a lecturer terminal 10 used by a lecturer, a plurality of student terminals 20 used by a student, authentication, and the basis thereof. Lecture that stores the authentication server 30 that manages attendance of students who attended, timetable information, texts and reference materials used in lectures, contents written by lecturers during lectures, and written information corresponding to notes edited by students It is configured by connecting to the management server 40.
[0012]
The instructor terminal 10 is a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as a tablet PC) including an input / output device that also serves as a display means, a dedicated pen for inputting characters, a storage device that temporarily stores written contents, and the like. It is used as a teacher's work terminal, such as a blackboard during a lecture.
[0013]
The student terminal 20 is also a personal computer equipped with an input / output device that also serves as a display means (display), a dedicated pen for inputting characters, a storage device that temporarily stores written contents, etc. It is used as a student's work terminal for browsing a written book during a lecture or inputting written information corresponding to a note to be described later. The student terminals 20 constituting one classroom are assigned and can be managed with fixed addresses such as IP addresses that can uniquely identify the student terminals 20, and these fixed addresses can be managed as described later. It is used for the management of seat position.
[0014]
The instructor terminal 10 is installed with a postcard application that edits and distributes handwritten postcards, which constitutes the postcard information editing / distribution means, and the student terminal 20 constitutes the user information editing means. A notebook application is installed that receives and presents the contents and allows handwriting to be written on a layer different from the contents of the board. That is, in the lecturer terminal 10, the content written by the lecturer is transmitted to the student terminal 20 by multicast via the network 100 and displayed on the screen of the student terminal 20.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of authentication server 30 according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, the authentication server 30 includes an authentication unit 31, a timing unit 32, a pair of login names and passwords of the lecturer and the student, and other user information 33 including unique information for each user. , And attendance information 34 for attendance management.
[0016]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information related to the lecturer. Referring to FIG. 3, user information related to the lecturer includes a login name used when logging in to the lecturer terminal 10, a login password, and other information on the lecture administration server 40 that stores the lecturer name and the contents of the board written during the lecture. Consists of directory information. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information related to a student. Referring to FIG. 4, in the same manner as the user information related to the lecturer, the lecture management for storing the login name, the login password, and other names of the students and written information used when logging in to the student terminal 20 It is composed of directory information of the server 40.
[0017]
The authentication means 31 of the authentication server 30 inputs the login name and password to the login screen and makes an authentication request to the instructor terminal 10 and the student terminal 20, based on the login name and password of the user information described above. Execute authentication process. Further, the authentication means 31 of the authentication server 30 generates and manages attendance information 34 in conjunction with the authentication processing so as to manage the current attendance status and seat position of the student. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the attendance information 34. Referring to FIG. 5, the attendance information 34 includes the name of the student, the login time obtained by the clock means 32 of the authentication server, and the attendance obtained at the time of the authentication request. The identification information (corresponding to the seat position) of the student terminal 20 obtained by the unique address of the student terminal 20 and the attendance status of the student described later.
[0018]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the lecture management server 40 according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 6, the lecture management server 40 includes a progress management unit 41 that manages the progress of a lecture based on the timetable information 43 and the system time, a transmission / reception unit 42 that transmits electronic text and the like and receives a storage request from the user, Timetable information 43, a common document database (hereinafter referred to as a common document DB) 44 for storing and holding electronic files (hereinafter collectively referred to as electronic texts) such as texts and reference materials used in the lecture, and the contents of the teacher's board And a user document database (hereinafter referred to as a user document DB) 45 in which writing information corresponding to a note that a student edits and adds to the board writing content is provided for each user.
[0019]
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the timetable information 43. Referring to FIG. 7, the timetable information 43 associates subjects to be performed in each lecture frame from Monday to Friday with electronic text used in the subjects on a weekly basis. The progress management means 41 of the lecture management server 40 selects from the common document DB 44 an electronic text corresponding to the request reception date and time (day of the week, time) from the lecturer terminal 10 and the student terminal 20 based on such timetable information. Thus, transmission to each terminal is possible. For example, when a request is made in the first time period (9:00 to 9:50) on Monday, the text A of the subject A and the reference material A are transmitted to each terminal. The timetable information 43 is also used for transmission and storage of each user's writing information (the contents of the board writing and the contents of the student's editing / addition to the contents) stored and held in the user document DB 45. For example, if a save request is made during the first time period (9:00 to 9:50) on Monday, the subject name, lecture times, or lecture date and time are stored in a directory available to each user by subdirectory or file name. It is saved in an identifiable manner (for example, the subject subdirectory “¥ Course A” obtained based on the system time and timetable information 43 is selected and saved with a file name including the date and time), and as required thereafter And can be retransmitted.
[0020]
Next, the operation of the lecture system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the lecture system according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 8, first, the instructor operates the instructor terminal 10 to input a login name and a login password from the login screen and tries to log in (step S11).
[0021]
Upon receiving the login name and login password, the instructor terminal 10 connects to the authentication server 30 and makes an authentication request using the login name and login password of the user information illustrated in FIG. 3 (step S13). . If the authentication server 30 succeeds in the authentication, the authentication server 30 permits the use of the lecture system network resource from the lecturer terminal 10 (step S21).
[0022]
On the other hand, the student also attempts to log in by operating the student terminal 20 and inputting the login name and the login password from the login screen (step S12).
[0023]
Upon receipt of the login name and login password, the student terminal 20 connects to the authentication server 30 and makes an authentication request using the login name and login password of the user information illustrated in FIG. 4 (step S13). ). When authentication is successful, the authentication server 30 records the student's login time and terminal identification information (corresponding to the seat position) in the attendance information 34 illustrated in FIG. 5, and the lecture system from the student terminal 10. The use of network resources is permitted (step S22). Here, the authentication server 30 confirms whether the login time of the student is logged in before the start of the lecture (before login of the lecturer terminal 10) or after the start (after login of the lecturer terminal 10), The attendance status is recorded in the attendance information 34 illustrated in FIG. The attendance status is, for example, “normal” (corresponding to the double circle symbol in FIG. 5) if the login is before the lecture start, “late” if the login is after the lecture start (corresponding to the circle symbol in FIG. 5), If the user has not logged in, it will be “absent” (corresponding to symbol X in FIG. 5).
[0024]
When the login is completed, a lecture program installed in advance on the lecturer terminal 10 and the student terminal 20 is activated, and a “lecture start button” is displayed on the screen of each terminal. Subsequently, when the lecturer and each student start the lecture (taken), when the “lecture start button” is pressed (steps S31 and S32), the lecturer terminal 10 and the student who have pressed the “lecture start button” The terminal 20 connects to the lecture management server 40 and logs in (step S41). The progress management means 41 of the lecture management server 40 uses the system time and timetable information 43 held by the lecture management server 40, such as electronic text, subjects, etc. Write information of each user is selected from the common document DB 44 and the user document DB 45 and transmitted to each terminal (step S42).
[0025]
On the other hand, in the instructor terminal 10 and the student terminal 20, in conjunction with the pressing of the “lecture start button”, a board application is started in the instructor terminal 10 and a notebook application is started in the student terminal 20 (steps S51 and S52). . Each of the board writing application and the notebook application receives the electronic text transmitted from the lecture management server 40 and outputs it to the display device of each terminal.
[0026]
The board writing application and the notebook application are linked via the network 100, and the lecturer and the student give a lecture (learning) on these applications as described below.
[0027]
First, when the instructor uses the dedicated pen or the like of the instructor terminal 10 to perform the board writing on the board writing application (step S61), the board writing application sends the written contents to the student terminal 20 via the network 100. In response to the multicast, the notebook application displays the contents (step S62).
[0028]
On the other hand, a student who refers to the contents of the blackboard transmitted from the instructor terminal 10 uses the dedicated pen or the like of the student terminal 20 to write information layers provided together with the board text contents on the notebook application. Editing operations such as memo addition, marking, cancellation, and deletion are performed (step S71). During the lecture, the series of operations in steps S61, S62, and S71 are repeated. And the writing information during the lecture edited by the lecturer terminal 10 and the student terminal 20 is temporarily stored in the storage device of each terminal.
[0029]
Here, the confirmation of attendance status of each student in this lecture system is explained. When the instructor makes an attendance confirmation request to the authentication server 30 via the instructor terminal 10 (step S81), the authentication server 30 uses the fixed address and login name transmitted from the student terminal 20. Then, the attendance information table of the lecture is transmitted using the attendance information 34 illustrated in FIG. 5 which is sequentially created by associating the identification information of the student and the terminal (step S82). FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an attendance status table in a case where a lecture is given in a classroom where student terminals 20 are arranged and arranged. Referring to FIG. 9, the first one-digit alphabetic symbol of the identification information of the student terminal 20 represents the front-rear position of the seat, and the first one-digit number is associated with the left-right position of the seat. The attendance status of the student can be grasped at a glance by referring to the symbols indicating normal attendance, lateness, absence, etc. displayed.
[0030]
Furthermore, it is also possible to cause the authentication server 30 to use the timetable information 43 to generate and store the attendance history as illustrated in FIG.
[0031]
With reference to FIG. 8 again, the operation of the lecture system according to the present embodiment will be described. When the lecturer finishes the lecture, when the lecturer presses the “lecture end button” displayed on the screen of each terminal by the lecture program, the lecturer terminal 10 manages the lecture in order to save the edited contents of the lecture. Connect to the server 40 (step S91). When the lecturer logs in by entering a login name and password on the login screen transmitted from the lecture management server 40, the progress management means 41 of the lecture management server 40 stores the storage directory for the lecturer according to the login name ( 3), the edited contents, that is, the instructor's board contents are stored in the sub-directory of the subject obtained based on the system time and the timetable information 43 with the file name including the date and time (steps S101 and S102). ). When saving of the edited content is completed, the lecturer terminal 10 ends the board application (step S111), and makes a logout request to the authentication server 30 (step S121). Receiving this, the authentication server 30 accepts logout (step S123).
[0032]
Similarly, when the “lecture end button” is pressed on the student terminal 20, the student terminal 20 connects to the lecture management server 40 to save the edited content (step S92). When the student logs in by entering the login name and password on the login screen transmitted from the lecture management server 40, the progress management unit 41 of the lecture management server 40 stores the student according to the login name. In the directory (see FIG. 4), the edited contents, that is, the written information corresponding to the board contents and the notes added thereto, are similarly stored in the sub-directory of the subject obtained based on the system time and the timetable information 43. A file name including the date and time is saved (steps S101 and S102). When saving of the edited content is completed, the student terminal 20 ends the notebook application (step S112), and makes a logout request to the authentication server 30 (step S122). When the authentication server 30 accepts the logout request, if there is an attendance history as illustrated in FIG. 10, the authentication server 30 updates this and completes the logout process (step S123).
[0033]
In the above steps S101 and S102, the written information of each user (lecturer, student) is stored in the instructor terminal 10 and the student terminal, respectively, when adding or supplementing the contents of the writing and notes at the next lecture. 20 can be used.
[0034]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the lecture administration side registers the digitized text and reference materials in the common document area of the lecture administration server 40, so that the lecturer and the student can make special preparations. Without attending, you can lecture (take classes) at each terminal and confirm (declare) attendance.
[0035]
In the above-described embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the functions of the lecture system are assigned to a plurality of devices, and if these server devices are configured by server blades, Centralized management is also possible. Of course, depending on the scale of the lecture, the number of server devices, the authentication function, and the lecture management function can be combined.
[0036]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the lecturer terminal 10 and the student terminal 20 have been described as using a tablet PC in order to more easily realize the lecture system of the present invention. If it is an information processing apparatus, it can also be used as a lecturer terminal and a student terminal.
[0037]
Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the explanation was made assuming a lecture in a format in which a student terminal is arranged in the classroom, but by transmitting lecture audio and video to other information transmission means, Of course, it can also be applied to distance education using satellite classrooms.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present embodiment, (1a) characters that are difficult to see for those with poor vision or those behind the seat, which were held in a typical typical lecture form, (1b) copy the contents of the board one by one. (1c) If you fail to prepare text, notes, writing instruments, etc., the lecture will be hindered. (1d) It will be difficult to confirm attendance correctly. Of course, (2a) electronic text is presented on a flat plate, and the educational effect does not increase for the amount of information, (2b) the preparatory burden on the teacher is large It has an effect that it can easily solve various problems that were easily caused by so-called video lectures and distance learning.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a lecture system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an authentication server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information related to a lecturer.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information related to a student.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of attendance information.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a lecture management server according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of timetable information.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the lecture system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an attendance status table.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a learning history table for each student.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 lecturer terminal 20 student terminal 30 authentication server 31 authentication means 32 timing means 33 user information 34 attendance information 40 lecture management server 41 progress management means 42 transmission / reception means 43 timetable information 44 common document database 45 user document database 100 network

Claims (8)

An instructor terminal comprising: a display unit; a tablet-type input unit; and at least a board-liter information editing / distribution unit that accepts the writing of the contents of the board-literal via the tablet-type input unit and multicasts the distribution;
Display means, tablet-type input means, and user-editing means for displaying the board-written contents transmitted from the board-type information distributing means and accepting writing of student-specific note contents through at least the tablet-type input means; A terminal group for students comprising
An authentication server for performing access authentication from the instructor terminal and the student terminal group;
In a lecture system that connects a lecture management server via a network,
The lecture management server is
A storage means for storing and holding electronic text groups used for lectures, writing information unique to each user, and timetable information;
To the instructor terminal that received the instruction to start the lecture, based on the timetable information, send the electronic text of the subject corresponding to the reception time and the contents of the board written as the instructor's writing information, Means for displaying and displaying the board information editing / distribution means;
Based on the timetable information, the electronic text of the subject corresponding to the reception time and the note content stored as the student's written information are transmitted to the terminal for the student who has received the instruction to start the lecture. Means for displaying the user editing means;
Means for storing the writing information in the lecture of the lecturer terminal and the student terminal that have received the end instruction in the storage means of the lecture management server, respectively.
Lecture system characterized by The lecture system according to claim 1, further comprising:
In response to a request from the instructor terminal, the authentication server is provided in the classroom corresponding to the placement of the classroom seat based on the fixed address given to each student terminal and the identification information of each user. Generating attendance confirmation information and transmitting to the instructor terminal,
Lecture system characterized by The lecture system according to claim 2, further comprising:
The authentication server includes at least a means for determining lateness based on a predetermined reference time and a login time of each student, and is included in the attendance confirmation information.
Lecture system characterized by The lecture system according to claim 1, further comprising:
The authentication server comprises means for generating attendance history information based on the timetable information and the network connection time of each student;
Lecture system characterized by An instructor terminal comprising: a display unit; a tablet-type input unit; and at least a board-liter information editing / distribution unit that accepts the writing of the contents of the board-literal via the tablet-type input unit and multicasts the distribution;
Display means, tablet-type input means, and user-editing means for displaying the board-written contents transmitted from the board-type information distributing means and accepting writing of student-specific note contents through at least the tablet-type input means; A terminal group for students comprising
Is a lecture administration server that connects to a lecture system connected via a network,
Storage means for storing and holding electronic text groups used for lectures, writing information unique to each user, and timetable information;
To the instructor terminal that received the instruction to start the lecture, based on the timetable information, send the electronic text of the subject corresponding to the reception time and the contents of the board written as the instructor's writing information, Means for displaying and displaying the board information editing / distribution means;
Based on the timetable information, the electronic text of the subject corresponding to the reception time and the note content stored as the student's written information are transmitted to the terminal for the student who has received the instruction to start the lecture. Means for displaying the user editing means;
Means for storing the writing information in the lecture of the lecturer terminal and the student terminal that have received the end instruction in the storage means of the lecture management server, respectively.
Lecture management server characterized by An instructor terminal comprising: a display unit; a tablet-type input unit; and at least a board-liter information editing / distribution unit that accepts the writing of the contents of the board-literal via the tablet-type input unit and multicasts the distribution;
Display means, tablet-type input means, and user-editing means for displaying the board-written contents transmitted from the board-type information distributing means and accepting writing of student-specific note contents through at least the tablet-type input means; A terminal group for students comprising
An authentication server for performing access authentication from the instructor terminal and the student terminal group by connecting to a lecture system connected via a network,
Based on the fixed address given to each student terminal and the identification information of each user in response to a request from the instructor terminal, attendance confirmation information in the classroom corresponding to the placement of the classroom seats Generating and transmitting to the instructor terminal,
An authentication server characterized by The authentication server according to claim 6,
Based on a predetermined reference time and the login time of each student, including at least means for determining lateness, including in the attendance confirmation information,
An authentication server characterized by In the authentication server according to claim 6 or 7,
Means for generating attendance history information based on the timetable information and the network connection time of each student;
An authentication server characterized by

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