JP2005338324A - Educational material learning support program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an educational material learning support program wherein information deficient in an educational material can be easily added to an appropriate part. <P>SOLUTION: An educational material executing means 1b transmits, in the order defined in educational material data, a plurality of pieces of learning information for each learning content in the educational material data stored in an educational data storage means 1a to a learner terminal device 2 used by a learner. When question data 4 are outputted from the learner terminal device 2, the question data 4 are received by a question receiving means 1c, and the question data 4 are transmitted to an instructor terminal device 3 used by an instructor. After that, when the instructor's response to the question is outputted from the instructor terminal device 3, response data 5 are received by a response transmitting means 1d and the response data 5 are transmitted to the learner terminal device 2. Then, a response content adding means 1e registers the response data 5 in the educational material data storage means 1a as a part of learning information 1aa which the learner is learning when the question is asked. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a learning material learning support program for performing learning material using a computer, and more particularly to a learning material learning support program in which a scenario proceeds while performing a question-and-answer session.

  With the spread of computers, learning using a computer called CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction) is performed. In CAI, students can learn by operating a computer and following the guidance of the computer. If CAI is used, it is also possible for each student to perform distance learning while staying at home.

By the way, in the conventional CAI system, learning is advanced according to a predetermined scenario. At this time, a student who is learning according to a predetermined scenario may find deficiencies in learning materials. Therefore, there is a technique for accumulating questions from students sent through a terminal as defect information, which can be used for subsequent modification of learning materials (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-4409

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the system administrator is only notified of the defect part and the content of the defect for each teaching material, and the teaching material must be corrected manually. In general, CAI learning materials are provided by software having a function of controlling the output timing of a screen and sound so that a predetermined scenario proceeds in accordance with an operation input from a student. Therefore, in order to correct a defect in the teaching material, it is necessary to grasp the contents of the software, find out a corresponding place from the entire scenario, and change or add the contents in the software.

  However, instructors who provide learning instruction using learning materials often do not have software knowledge. Therefore, correction of learning materials is requested by an engineer who has sufficient knowledge about software. When a request is made to correct learning materials, the instructor will accurately convey the details of the correction to the technician in charge, and the engineer will perform the correction work. After the correction, the instructor confirms that the learning material has been corrected as requested. Since this kind of work is necessary, it took time and effort to correct the problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object thereof is to provide a learning material learning support program that can easily add information lacking in learning materials to an appropriate place.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a learning material learning support program as shown in FIG. The educational material learning support program according to the present invention is for performing educational material learning using a computer. This learning material learning support program can cause each element shown in FIG. 1 to execute the following processing.

  The learning material execution unit 1b transmits a plurality of pieces of learning information for each learning content in the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage unit 1a to the learner terminal device 2 used by the students in the order defined in the learning material data. . The question receiving means 1c receives the question data 4 indicating the question from the student from the learner terminal device 2, and transmits the question data 4 to the leader terminal device 3 used by the leader. The response transmission unit 1 d receives response data 5 indicating the response of the leader to the question from the leader terminal device 3, and transmits the response data 5 to the learner terminal device 2. The response content adding means 1e registers the response data 5 in the learning material data storage means 1a as part of the learning information 1aa that the student is learning when a question is made.

  According to such a learning material learning support program, a plurality of pieces of learning information for each learning content in the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage unit 1a are processed by the learning material execution unit 1b in the order defined in the learning material data. Is transmitted to the learner terminal device 2 used. Then, when the question data 4 is output from the learner terminal device 2, the question data 4 is received by the question receiving means 1c, and the question data 4 is transmitted to the leader terminal device 3 used by the leader. Thereafter, when response data 5 indicating the response of the leader to the question is output from the leader terminal device 3, the response data 5 is received by the response transmission means 1d, and the response data 5 is transmitted to the learner terminal device 2. . Then, the response content adding means 1e registers the response data 5 in the learning material data storage means 1a as part of the learning information 1aa that the student is learning when a question is made.

  As described above, in the present invention, when there is a question from a learner and a leader's response to the question, the response data is registered as part of the learning information being learned. The comment given by the instructor can be easily reflected in the appropriate position in the teaching material data.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the outline of the invention applied to the embodiment will be described, and then the specific contents of the embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the invention applied to the embodiment. The learning material learning support device 1 advances the scenario of the learning content while performing a question-and-answer session, and supports the learning of the learner who uses the learner terminal device 2. The learning material learning support apparatus 1 has learning material data storage means 1a, learning material execution means 1b, question reception means 1c, response transmission means 1d, and response content addition means 1e in order to execute learning support.

  The learning material data storage means 1a stores learning material data. The teaching material data is divided into a plurality of learning information for each learning content. For example, when the learning content is composed of a plurality of chapters and each chapter is subdivided into a plurality of sections, learning information is provided for each section.

  The learning material execution means 1b transmits learning information to the learner terminal device 2 in the order defined in the learning material data. For example, when learning data is provided for each chapter in the teaching material data, learning information 1aa of Chapter 1 Section 1 is transmitted to the learner terminal device 2 when learning is started.

The question accepting means 1c accepts question data 4 indicating a question from the learner from the learner terminal device 2, and transmits the question data 4 to the instructor terminal device 3 used by the instructor.
The response transmission unit 1d receives response data 5 indicating the response of the leader to the question from the leader terminal device 3, and transmits the response data 5 to the learner terminal device 2.

  The response content adding means 1e registers the response data 5 in the learning material data storage means 1a as part of the learning information 1aa that the learner is learning when a question is made. For example, the response data 5 is registered as a hint for the learning information 1aa.

  According to such a learning material learning support program, the learning material execution unit 1b learns a plurality of pieces of learning information for each learning content in the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage unit 1a in the order defined in the learning material data. Is transmitted to the learner terminal device 2 used by the learner. When the question data 4 indicating the question from the learner is issued from the learner terminal device 2, the question data 4 is accepted by the question accepting means 1c, and the question data 4 is used by the instructor terminal device 3 used by the instructor. Sent to. Thereafter, when response data 5 indicating the response of the leader to the question is output from the leader terminal device 3, the response data 5 is received by the response transmission means 1d, and the response data 5 is transmitted to the learner terminal device 2. . Then, the response content adding means 1e registers the response data 5 in the learning material data storage means 1a as part of the learning information 1aa that the learner is learning when a question is made.

  Thereby, the comment made by the instructor regarding the learning information can be easily reflected in an appropriate position in the teaching material data. That is, the learning information being learned can be corrected as needed according to the learner's reaction. As a result, whenever supplementary items occur in the operation process such as distance learning, the contents are reflected in the teaching material data, and it is possible to construct teaching material data with a high degree of completion.

  In addition, the learning material data is sequentially corrected, so that a learner with a slow progress can advance learning based on the learning material data to which the response data is added. As a result, more careful guidance can be provided to learners whose learning progress is delayed.

  By the way, if the learning material data is stored in the distance learning server and the learning information is provided to the remote terminal device, the distance learning can be performed. Therefore, the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described by taking the case where the function of the present invention is applied to a distance education server as an example. In the following description, the learner is called a student and the instructor is called a lecturer.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the present embodiment. For example, the remote education server 100 in the remote lesson office 20 and the terminal devices 21 and 22 of the school 30 are connected via the network 10. The instructor who conducts the distance class advances the class while operating the distance education server 100 in the distance class office 20. The students attend using the terminal devices 21 and 22 in the school 30.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of a computer used in the embodiment of the present invention. The entire distance education server 100 is controlled by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101. A random access memory (RAM) 102, a hard disk drive (HDD) 103, a graphic processing device 104, an input interface 105, and a communication interface 106 are connected to the CPU 101 via a bus 107.

  The RAM 102 temporarily stores at least part of an OS (Operating System) program and application programs to be executed by the CPU 101. The RAM 102 stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 101. The HDD 103 stores an OS and application programs.

  A monitor 11 is connected to the graphic processing device 104. The graphic processing device 104 displays an image on the screen of the monitor 11 in accordance with a command from the CPU 101. A keyboard 12 and a mouse 13 are connected to the input interface 105. The input interface 105 transmits a signal transmitted from the keyboard 12 or the mouse 13 to the CPU 101 via the bus 107.

  The communication interface 106 is connected to the network 10. The communication interface 106 transmits / receives data to / from another computer via the network 10.

  With the hardware configuration as described above, the processing functions of the present embodiment can be realized. 3 shows a hardware configuration example of the distance learning server 100, the terminal devices 21, 22,... Can be realized by similar hardware.

Next, processing functions of the remote education server 100 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing functions of the distance education server. The distance education server 100 includes a learning material data storage unit 111, a student learning status table 112, a question table 113, a question response log table 114, a course management unit 120, a learning material creation unit 130, a learning material execution unit 140, and a Q & A (Question and Answer). An analysis / recording unit 150 is included.

  The learning material data storage unit 111 stores contents such as programs and images constituting the CAI learning material. The teaching material data is composed of a plurality of frames displayed on the terminal device during learning. The frame is image data including information necessary for learning. A frame is provided for each learning content. The information displayed in the frame changes according to the operation input from the student or the lecturer, and the student can learn the predetermined knowledge by understanding the information. And learning is advanced along a predetermined scenario by switching frames according to the progress of learning.

In the student learning status table 112, the progress status of the learning status for each student is set.
In the question table 113, contents of a question for automatically sending a question to a student and conditions for sending the question are set.

In the question response log table 114, the response contents on the instructor side to the question from the student are recorded.
The course management unit 120 manages the entire distance learning system. Specifically, in response to an operation input, activation and stop of the teaching material creation unit 130, the teaching material execution unit 140, and the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 are managed.

  The educational material creation unit 130 creates educational material data in response to an operation input. The teaching material creation unit 130 is called, for example, an authoring tool. The teaching material creation unit 130 creates teaching material data in which screen transition is performed according to a predetermined scenario by combining various materials such as characters, images, and sounds. Scenarios are divided into chapters and sections. The created teaching material data is stored in the teaching material data storage unit 111.

  Based on the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage unit 111, the learning material execution unit 140 transmits screen data according to the scenario to the terminal devices 21, 22,. Further, the scenario of the teaching material is advanced according to the data received from the terminal devices 21, 22,.

  The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 receives question data indicating questions from students from the terminal devices 21, 22,..., Response data indicating responses to questions from students, and question data indicating questions to students. Are transmitted to the terminal devices 21, 22,. Specifically, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 automatically transmits the question data set in the question table 113 to the terminal device of the student whose teaching material scenario has reached a predetermined scene. Further, when the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 receives a response to the question from the terminal device of the student, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 stores response data indicating the content of the response in the question response log table 114.

Next, the data structure of various information provided in the distance education server 100 will be specifically described.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of teaching material data stored in the teaching material data storage unit. The educational material data 111a stored in the educational material data storage unit 111 is composed of a plurality of clause data 111b and 111c. The clause data 111b includes teaching material control data 111d, information presentation data 111e, problem data 111f, answer example data 111g, and commentary data 111h. The node data 111b is a learning unit. In other words, each set of data under the node data 111b is learning content information (learning information) in one frame.

  The learning material control data 111d is content control information to be output to the student's terminal device in accordance with the progress of learning. For example, the teaching material control data 111d defines the display conditions for the content displayed in each frame displayed on the screen of the student terminal device. Also, the condition for switching frames is set in the teaching material control data 111d.

  The information presentation data 111e is basic data indicating the learning content to be displayed in the frame. The information presentation data 111e includes text data, audio data, moving image data, and still image data.

  The problem data 111f is data indicating a problem for determining the understanding level of the learning content. The reply example data 111g is data indicating a reply example to the problem. The comment data 111h is data relating to the explanation of the problem.

The other node data 111c also includes similar data such as the teaching material control data 111i.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the student learning status table. The student learning status table 112 includes columns for student ID, course ID, start date, start time, current frame number, and dwell time. Information arranged in the horizontal direction in each column is associated with each other, and constitutes a record indicating the learning status of each student.

  In the student ID column, a student identification number is set. In the course ID column, identification information of the learning material that the student is learning is set. In the start date column, the date on which learning with the corresponding teaching material is started is set. In the start time column, the time at which learning with the corresponding teaching material is started is set. In the column of the current frame number, the number of the frame currently being learned is set among the frames (frame numbers are set according to the scenario) constituting the corresponding teaching material. In the residence time column, the time remaining in the currently learned frame is set in seconds.

  Each record of the student learning status table 112 is registered by the teaching material execution unit 140 when the student logs into the remote education server 100 and starts learning. In the initial state, the residence time is zero. Then, as the time elapses, the teaching material execution unit 140 counts up the stay time value. When the student learning progresses and the frame is switched, the teaching material execution unit 140 updates the current frame number and resets the residence time value to zero.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the question table. In the question table 113, the question number (No.), question, residence time threshold value, and related chapter number columns are set. The information arranged in the horizontal direction of each column is associated with each other to form a record indicating the question information.

A question identification number is set in the question number column.
A character string (question data) indicating the content of the question is set in the question column.
In the residence time threshold value column, how much the progress of the scenario of the teaching material stays in the same frame is set as to whether the question is transmitted to the corresponding student. When a student stays in the same frame beyond the time set in the stay time threshold, a corresponding question is transmitted.

In the related section number column, the number of the frame that is the subject of the question is set. When “ALL” is set in the related section number column, all frames are targeted.
Each record of the question table 113 is set in advance by a lecturer or the like. The set contents are referred to by the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150, and when a student stays for a predetermined stay time in a frame to be transmitted of each record, a corresponding question is transmitted.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the question response log table. The question response log table 114 includes columns for log numbers (No.), questions, responses, and related chapter numbers. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each column is associated with each other, and constitutes a record indicating a question answer log.

  In the log number column, an identification number of the collected log is set. A character string (question data) indicating the content of the question is set in the question column. In the response column, a character string (response data) indicating the content of the response returned from the student is set. The number of the frame in which the student has stayed when the question data is transmitted is set in the related section number column.

  In the remote education server 100 configured as described above, first, a teaching material is created. Specifically, in response to a request from the lecturer, an engineer inputs an operation to the teaching material creation unit 130 and the teaching material creation unit 130 creates teaching material data. For example, the lecturer tells the engineer the flow of information presentation, problem presentation, assumed answer, teacher correct answer presentation, etc. according to his normal class procedure, and teaching material data in which the scenario progresses accordingly is created. The created teaching material data is stored in the teaching material data storage unit 111.

At this time, as one of the information presentation data 111e, a lecturer's live video window frame may be provided so that explanations can be presented to the students sequentially when the teaching material is executed.
When the learning material data is created, the learning material execution unit 140 is activated in response to an operation input from the student. Specifically, the student operates the terminal devices 21, 22,..., Accesses the course management unit 120 on the remote education server 100, and likes a scheduled class live or on demand in a group education type. Sometimes send a learning request with self-learning materials. In the distance education server 100, the learning material execution unit 140 activates the learning material specified by the learning request. Then, the learning material execution part 140 registers the information of the student who performs learning as a new record in the student learning status table 112, and executes processing in accordance with the designated learning material data.

  Note that the teaching material execution unit 140 can be started from a plurality of students at the same time. In that case, the teaching material execution unit 140 for each student is generated in the remote education server 100 as an individual process.

  When the learning material is executed, the terminal devices 21, 22,... Used by the student display the learning information, assumed answer examples, explanations, etc., according to the scenario defined in the learning material data. . The student refers to the screen and proceeds with learning while inputting questions and the like as necessary.

Here, when the student's learning progress stagnates for a predetermined time, a question is automatically transmitted from the distance education server 100 to the terminal device.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the question transmission process. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 9 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S11] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 selects one student who is currently learning. Specifically, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 refers to the student learning situation table 112 and selects one record indicating the student's learning situation. For example, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 selects a record below the previously selected record in the student learning situation table 112. If the previously selected record is the lowest record, the highest record is selected.

  [Step S12] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 determines whether or not the residence time of the selected student has exceeded a predetermined value. Specifically, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 acquires the current frame number item and the stay time item in the learning status of the selected student from the student learning status table 112. Then, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 acquires, from the question table 113, one or more pieces of question information having the current frame that the student is learning as a question target frame. Further, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 determines whether or not the residence time of the student has exceeded the residence time threshold of each question information. If the residence time threshold is exceeded, the process proceeds to step S13. If it does not exceed the predetermined value, the process proceeds to step S11, and another student is selected.

[Step S13] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 transmits the question data set in the question information whose residence time exceeds the residence time threshold to the student's terminal device.
[Step S14] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 determines whether or not the lecture has ended. For example, when all the students have completed the contents of the teaching material, the lecture ends. If the lecture is not finished, the process proceeds to step S11, and the determination of whether or not to send a question is repeatedly executed. If the lecture ends, the process ends.

  In this way, the question data can be automatically transmitted when the student's learning stops. For example, question data such as “answer is delayed.

Next, the question acceptance process in the distance education server 100 will be described.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the question acceptance process. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 10 will be described in order of step number.

[Step S21] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 receives question data indicating a question from a terminal device used by a student.
[Step S22] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 determines whether there is a question response log for the current frame of the student who made the question. Specifically, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 refers to the student learning status table 112 and determines the current frame based on the current frame number of the student who made the question. The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 determines whether or not there is a question answer log in which the frame number of the student's current frame is set in the related section number column. If there is a corresponding question answer log, the process proceeds to step S23. If there is no corresponding question answer log, the process ends.

  [Step S23] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 determines whether there is past question data corresponding to the received question data. Specifically, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 refers to the question response log table 114 and determines whether there is a sentence that matches the current question data from the student among the sentences registered in the question column. Judging. For example, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 performs morphological analysis of the current question data from the student, determines part-of-speech such as nouns and verbs of each word in the question data, and determines the relationship between these words. . Then, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 performs the same morphological analysis on the question data registered in the question response log table 114. Then, the morphological analysis results are compared with each other, and past question data similar to the current question data from the student is detected. As for the question data registered in the question response log table 114, the result of morphological analysis can be held in advance.

  If there is past question data corresponding to the current question data, the process proceeds to step S24. If there is no past question data corresponding to the current question data, the process proceeds to step S25.

  [Step S24] When there is past question data corresponding to the current question data, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 transmits the response data of the question response log to the terminal device used by the student. Thereafter, the process ends.

[Step S25] When there is no past question data corresponding to the current question data, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 accepts input of a hint by the lecturer.
[Step S26] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 transmits the input hint to the terminal device used by the student.

  [Step S27] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 registers a new question response log including the current question data and the input hint in the question response log table 114 (the hint is registered as response data). At that time, the frame number of the student's current frame is set in the related section number column.

  [Step S28] The Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 inquires of the instructor whether or not to add the current hint to the teaching material. When an operation input for adding from the lecturer is received, the process proceeds to step S29. Further, when an operation input indicating that it is not added is accepted from the lecturer, the process is terminated.

  [Step S29] When the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 receives an input to add a hint to a learning material, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 adds the hint input in step S25 to the learning material data storage unit 111. At this time, a hint is added to the learning information related to the section currently being studied by the student who asked the question. Thereafter, the process ends.

  By registering the question answer log in the question answer log table 114, it is possible to automatically send a response sentence to subsequent similar questions. Further, by adding a hint to the learning material stored in the learning material data storage unit 111, the hint can be displayed on the student's terminal device in response to a request from the student who has reached the corresponding frame.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating teaching material data associated with hints. As shown in FIG. 11, when the question answer log registered in the question answer log table 114 is adopted as a hint, the answer data of the question answer log is added to the learning information of the frame indicated by the related chapter number as a hint 111j. Is set.

  In this way, by registering the hint transmitted to the question from the student in the teaching material data, information such as the hint in the teaching material can be enhanced while the learning proceeds. In addition, the instructor only needs to execute the normal learning procedure of notifying the hint when a question is asked, and does not need to perform complicated operation input for accumulating a question response log.

Next, screen transitions displayed on the terminal devices of the student and the lecturer when learning is performed using the distance education server 100 will be described.
Normally, the content of the teaching material proceeds according to a predetermined content. Learning with educational materials is performed while presenting learning information, displaying assumed examples of answers, and displaying explanations on the terminal device of the student.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a student who is learning. A learning screen 30 is displayed on the terminal device of the student who is learning with the teaching material. On the learning screen 30, an image of the lecturer is displayed on the image display unit 31. The instructor's image may be a reproduction of a pre-recorded video, or the instructor's current picture may be taken with a camera and distributed in real time.

  The lecture content display unit 32 displays lecture content, questions, etc. according to the scenario. The teaching material display unit 33 displays teaching materials used for the lecture. Further, the learning screen 30 is provided with an answer input unit 34 for questions. The student can input an answer corresponding to the question from the instructor to the answer input unit 34.

  At this time, the voice of the instructor can be displayed from the terminal device. For example, a learning screen 30 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the student's terminal device together with the voice of the lecturer saying “Let's visit a car factory today”.

  In the example of FIG. 12, a moving image showing a state in the automobile manufacturing factory is displayed on the teaching material display unit 33. Then, the lecture content display section 32 displays “Let me give you a point I noticed in the video of an automobile factory”. Therefore, the student inputs “the robot arm is working” to the answer input unit 34. If the student's answer to the question is appropriate, the teaching material scenario is advanced.

When the student starts learning using the teaching material, the progress status of each student is displayed on the terminal device of the instructor.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a progress display screen. A progress status table 41 is displayed on the progress status display screen 40. The progress status table 41 displays the progress status of the students who are learning based on the teaching material data in a graph. For example, the student with management number 1 has progressed to verse five. When the lecture is finished, the progress status table 41 can be initialized by pressing the initialization button 42. Further, by pressing an initialization button 43 provided for each student, only a column indicating the progress status of the student can be initialized. When initialized, the assignment of the student to the column is canceled, and the progress status of the student who has started learning can be displayed in the corresponding column.

  When the print button 44 is pressed, the contents of the current progress status table 41 are printed on paper by the printer. When the update button 45 is pressed, the latest learning status of each student is collected from the student learning status table 112 and the content of the progress status table 41 is updated. When the end button 46 is pressed, the progress status display screen 40 is closed.

  By referring to such a progress display screen 40, the instructor can check the student's progress and answer contents from the staff room and the teaching material creation room. In addition, when there is a student whose learning progress has been delayed, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 analyzes the situation, and automatically asks a question that is assumed in advance to ask the question, thereby supporting the student's learning.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 13, the student with the management number 5 has not advanced from the first section. Therefore, when the residence time in Section 1 exceeds a predetermined residence time threshold, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 transmits a preset question to the student terminal device. Note that the instructor referring to the progress status table 41 can also send a question to any student.

  In addition, when a question is asked by a student, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 analyzes the content using a keyword. Then, when similar question data is detected in the past, the Q & A analysis / recording unit 150 transmits already set response data to the terminal device of the student who made the question.

  The exchange of comments between the instructor and an arbitrary student is performed, for example, via a common learning content display screen. That is, a screen having the same content as the learning screen 30 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the terminal device of the lecturer. Messages can be exchanged by inputting comments on a screen having common contents.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a learning content display screen on the instructor side. As with the student-side learning screen 30, the instructor-side learning content display screen 50 includes a lecturer image display unit 51, a lecture content display unit 52, a teaching material display unit 53, and an answer input unit 54.

  Here, when the lecturer transmits an arbitrary message, the content of the message is input to the message input unit 55. The message input to the message input unit 55 is additionally displayed in the learning screen 30 of the student terminal device. When a question is returned from the student in response to the message, a question sentence from the student is displayed on the question display unit 56. When the instructor gives a hint to the question, the instructor inputs the content of the hint to the hint input unit 57. The hint input to the hint input unit 57 is additionally displayed in the learning screen 30 of the student's terminal device.

  When a hint is input to the hint input unit 57, an add hint button 58 is displayed on the screen. When the hint addition button 58 is pressed, a question response log in which a question from a student and a teacher's hint are paired is registered in the question response log table 114.

  In this way, the question from the student and the response from the instructor are recorded as a question response log. The question response log is registered in association with the section (frame) that the student is learning at that time, and can be used as supplementary material for the teaching material. That is, the teaching material is dynamically modified according to the response from the teacher, and the teaching material is revised on the spot.

  For example, when the instructor finds that Mr. Suzuki, No. 5, has not yet answered the problem, the instructor asks the message input section 55, “No. 5, Mr. Suzuki, has not answered the problem. "Did you do it?" This message is sent to the terminal device used by Mr. Suzuki, No. 5.

  Here, it is assumed that Mr. Suzuki, No. 5, has entered the question "Is it about automobiles or assembly robots?" The contents of the question are displayed on the question display unit 56. When the instructor inputs a hint “Hint: It is about assembling a car” to the question, this hint is transmitted to the terminal device of the student. At the same time, if the add hint button 58 is pressed, the hint is automatically added to the learning material.

When a similar question is issued from another student thereafter in the same scene, the already added hint is automatically transmitted to the student's terminal device.
When the hint is added to the teaching material data, students who have reached the same frame after that can freely refer to the hint.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a learning content display screen for a frame to which a hint has been added. When the hint is added, a reread button 35 and a hint button 36 are displayed on the learning screen 30. The reload button 35 is a button for reading the latest hint. When the re-read button 35 is pressed, a current latest information acquisition request is output to the distance learning server 100, and the latest teaching material data is read from the distance learning server 100 to the terminal device. At this time, if a hint is added, the hint can be displayed on the hint display section 37.

  The hint button 36 is a button for instructing display of a hint set in the current frame. When the hint button 36 is pressed, a hint is displayed on the hint display section 37.

  As described above, since the response to the question can be easily added to the teaching material data, information that is found to be insufficient in the teaching material data during the course of the lesson can be reflected in the teaching material data each time. Thereby, as the teaching material data is used, the completeness of the teaching material data can be increased.

  Moreover, in the conventional CAI system, there is a problem that the student is easily bored because there can only be learning development according to a predetermined scenario. As shown in the present embodiment, if a hint or the like can be easily added to the teaching material data, a hint in accordance with a recent topical current problem can be added to the teaching material data. As a result, the student's interest can be attracted to the content of the class.

  In addition, with the conventional fixed teaching material data, it is difficult to meet various requests of students, and in general, scenarios assuming exemplary students are provided. For this reason, the variation in learning effects among individuals was large. For this reason, it has been difficult to use CAI for learning aimed at the understanding of everyone, as in ordinary small class classes. On the other hand, if this embodiment is used, hints given to other students whose learning has progressed are given to students whose learning progress has been delayed. Therefore, a student who lacks comprehension ability can obtain various hints for helping understanding, and can surely understand the learning content.

  In the above description, it is assumed that character input using a keyboard is used as an input method for questions and the like between the lecturer and the student, but voice input can also be performed. In this case, the distance learning server 100 analyzes the input voice and converts it into character data.

  When referring to the hint, the hint button 36 may not be provided, and the content of the hint may be automatically displayed when the student's learning progress reaches the corresponding frame. For example, the contents of the hint are displayed in a pop-up.

  The above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In that case, a program describing the processing contents of the functions that the distance education server 100 should have is provided. By executing the program on a computer, the above processing functions are realized on the computer. The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic recording device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Examples of the magnetic recording device include a hard disk device (HDD), a flexible disk (FD), and a magnetic tape. Examples of the optical disc include a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a DVD-RAM (Random Access Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), and a CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable). Magneto-optical recording media include MO (Magneto-Optical disk).

  When distributing the program, for example, portable recording media such as a DVD and a CD-ROM in which the program is recorded are sold. It is also possible to store the program in a storage device of a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. In addition, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

(Supplementary note 1) In a learning material learning support program for learning materials using a computer,
In the computer,
The learning material execution means transmits a plurality of learning information for each learning content in the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage means to the learner terminal device used by the student in the order defined in the learning material data,
Question accepting means accepts question data indicating a question from a student from the learner terminal device, and transmits the question data to a leader terminal device used by a lecturer,
Response transmission means accepts response data indicating the response of the instructor to the question from the instructor terminal device, and transmits the response data to the learner terminal device,
Response content adding means registers the response data in the learning material data storage means as a part of the learning information that the student is learning when the question is made.
A learning material learning support program characterized by executing processing.

  (Appendix 2) Only when the instruction to add the response data to the teaching material data is received from the instructor terminal device to the response content adding unit, the response data is registered in the teaching material data storage unit. The teaching material learning support program according to appendix 1, wherein the processing is executed.

  (Supplementary Note 3) When another student performs learning based on the teaching material data to the learning material execution unit and reaches the learning information to which the response content is added, another learner used by the other student The teaching material learning support program according to appendix 1, wherein the terminal device is caused to execute a process of transmitting the response data.

  (Additional remark 4) When receiving the instruction | indication which requests | requires the said response data from the said other learner terminal device with respect to the said teaching material execution means, the process which transmits the said response data is performed. 3. Teaching material learning support program according to 3.

  (Additional remark 5) When the said learning material execution means receives the request | requirement of the latest information acquisition from the said other learner terminal device, the said other learner is added to the said learning information currently learning at the time 4. The teaching material learning support program according to appendix 3, wherein a process of transmitting response data to the other learner terminal device is executed.

(Appendix 6) In a learning material learning support method for learning material using a computer,
The learning material execution means transmits a plurality of learning information for each learning content in the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage means to the learner terminal device used by the student in the order defined in the learning material data,
Question accepting means accepts question data indicating a question from a student from the learner terminal device, and transmits the question data to a leader terminal device used by a lecturer,
Response transmission means accepts response data indicating the response of the instructor to the question from the instructor terminal device, and transmits the response data to the learner terminal device,
Response content adding means registers the response data in the learning material data storage means as a part of the learning information that the student is learning when the question is made.
Teaching material learning support method characterized by this.

(Appendix 7) In the learning material learning support apparatus for learning material learning,
Teaching material execution means for transmitting a plurality of learning information for each learning content in the teaching material data stored in the teaching material data storage means to the learner terminal device used by the student in the order defined in the teaching material data;
Question accepting means for accepting question data indicating a question from a student from the learner terminal device, and transmitting the question data to a leader terminal device used by a lecturer;
Response transmission means for receiving response data indicating the response of the lecturer to the question from the instructor terminal device, and transmitting the response data to the learner terminal device;
Response content adding means for registering the response data in the learning material data storage means as part of the learning information that the student is learning when the question is asked;
A learning material learning support apparatus characterized by comprising:

(Supplementary Note 8) In a computer-readable recording medium that records a learning material learning support program for performing learning material using a computer,
In the computer,
The learning material execution means transmits a plurality of learning information for each learning content in the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage means to the learner terminal device used by the student in the order defined in the learning material data,
Question accepting means accepts question data indicating a question from a student from the learner terminal device, and transmits the question data to a leader terminal device used by a lecturer,
Response transmission means accepts response data indicating the response of the instructor to the question from the instructor terminal device, and transmits the response data to the learner terminal device,
Response content adding means registers the response data in the learning material data storage means as a part of the learning information that the student is learning when the question is made.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded therein a learning material learning support program characterized by executing processing.

It is a conceptual diagram of the invention applied to embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of operation | use of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the computer used for embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function of a distance education server. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the teaching material data stored in a teaching material data storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a student learning condition table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a question table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a question response log table. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a question transmission process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a question reception process. It is a figure which shows the teaching material data with which the hint was linked | related. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the student who is learning. It is a figure which shows the example of a progress-status display screen. It is a figure which shows the learning content display screen by the side of a lecturer. It is a figure which shows the example of the learning content display screen of the flame | frame with which the hint was added.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Teaching material learning support apparatus 1a Teaching material data storage means 1aa Learning information 1b Teaching material execution means 1c Question reception means 1d Response transmission means 1e Response content addition means 2 Learner terminal device 3 Instructor terminal device 4 Question data 5 Response data

Claims (5)

In a learning material learning support program for learning materials using a computer,
In the computer,
The learning material execution means transmits a plurality of learning information for each learning content in the learning material data stored in the learning material data storage means to the learner terminal device used by the student in the order defined in the learning material data,
Question accepting means accepts question data indicating a question from a student from the learner terminal device, and transmits the question data to a leader terminal device used by a lecturer,
Response transmission means accepts response data indicating the response of the instructor to the question from the instructor terminal device, and transmits the response data to the learner terminal device,
Response content adding means registers the response data in the learning material data storage means as a part of the learning information that the student is learning when the question is made.
A learning material learning support program characterized by executing processing.   Only when the instruction to add the response data to the teaching material data is received from the instructor terminal device, the response content adding unit executes a process of registering the response data in the teaching material data storage unit. The teaching material learning support program according to claim 1, wherein:   When the other student conducts learning based on the teaching material data and reaches the learning information to which the content of the response is added, the other learner terminal device used by the other student is sent to the learning material execution unit. The learning material learning support program according to claim 1, wherein a process of transmitting response data is executed.   The said teaching material execution means is made to perform the process which transmits the said response data, when the instruction | indication which requests | requires the said response data from the said other learner terminal device is received. Teaching material learning support program. When the learning material execution means receives a request for obtaining the latest information from the other learner terminal device, the response data added to the learning information that the other learner is learning at that time, 4. The teaching material learning support program according to claim 3, wherein a process of transmitting to the other learner terminal device is executed.

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