JP2006003670A - Educational content providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an educational content providing system with which an educational content can be provided according to a learning history of a learner when learning by using an e-learning system. <P>SOLUTION: The system includes; an education content data base for storing a keyword relevant to an educational material content; a user data base for storing personal information, tag information of the educational material content and a tag data, for each user; a tag information registration processor for registering learning history data on the user data base as the tag information; a tag data registration processor for registering a learning memorandum on the user data base; an educational material content retrieving processor for retrieving the educational content based on an instruction by the learner; a tag information retrieving processor for retrieving the tag information; a tag data retrieving processor for retrieving the tag data; and an output display for outputting or for displaying a retrieving result by the educational material content retrieving processor, the tag information retrieving processor and the tag data retrieving processor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an educational content providing system for providing educational content such as learning materials to a user in an e-learning system.

  IEEE (American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) recommends Sharmable Object Object Reference Model (SCORM) using the Internet and XML as a standard for e-learning systems. .

  In SCORM, the contents of teaching materials consist of “scenarios (chapters)” that consist of examples and explanations, “scenes (sections)” that summarize related components, and “components” that arrange scenes in time series according to the curriculum ( Item)) ”is managed together with metadata as a hierarchical structure.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-248730 describes a system that generates scenes and scenarios by combining components on a GUI and edits new teaching material contents.

JP 2003-248730 A

  The e-learning system provides the same educational material content to all learners. However, since each learner has a different understanding level, achievement level, and the like, it is not necessarily efficient for all learners. For example, the learner may need to learn the same teaching material repeatedly.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an educational content providing system capable of providing educational content according to a learner's learning history when learning is performed using an e-learning system.

  According to the present invention, an educational content providing system for e-learning includes an educational content database and a user database. The educational content database stores educational material content and keywords related to the educational material content. The user database stores personal information, tag information of teaching material contents, and tag data for each user. The tag information includes, for example, standard learning history data, and the tag data includes, for example, a learner's learning memo.

  The educational content providing system retrieves educational material contents from the educational content database, retrieves tag information and tag data from the user database, and outputs or displays these retrieval results.

  According to the present invention, educational content can be provided according to the level, achievement level, understanding level, etc. of the learner. Therefore, the learner can learn efficiently.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a system according to the invention. The system of this example includes an educational content providing apparatus 100 that provides educational content and a learner-side terminal apparatus 200 that receives provision of educational content, both of which are connected by a network 30. The educational content providing apparatus 100 includes a central processing apparatus 101, an input / output apparatus 102, a screen display apparatus 103, an educational content processing apparatus 110, an educational content database 120, and a user database 130.

  The central processing unit 101 controls the overall operation of the educational content providing apparatus 100. The input / output device 102 inputs instructions, instructions, data, and the like from the learner or user transmitted from the learner-side terminal device 200, and outputs search results and the like. The screen display device 103 displays the content of educational content, search results, and the like.

  The educational content database 120 includes a educational material content unit 121 that stores educational material content and a keyword unit 122 that stores a keyword for each educational material content. The user database 130 includes a personal information unit 131 that stores the learner's personal information, a tag information unit 132 that stores tag information that is a learning history of each learner's teaching material content, and learning of each learner's teaching material content. It has a sticky note data section 133 for storing sticky note data which is a memo. An example of data stored in the user database 130 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  According to this example, the data stored in the educational content database 120 and the user database 130 are preferably created based on the specification or format defined in SCORM, which is a standard.

  SCORM defines content, assets, shared content objects (SCO), metadata, and the like. The content refers to the content of the learning material used when the learner learns. Assets are learning materials such as image files and audio files. The shared content object is the smallest object that is meaningful for learning included in the content. Metadata is data indicating the nature of data. In the example of the present invention, tag information and tag data are metadata. In this specification, the tag information is a learning history of learning material contents of each learner, and the tag data is a learning memo of learning material content created by each learner. Note that the tag information and the tag data are created based on the specification or format defined in the standard SCORM, examples of which are shown in the tag information part and the tag data part of FIG.

  The educational content processing apparatus 110 includes a tag information registration processing unit 111, a tag data registration processing unit 112, a tag information search processing unit 113, a tag data search processing unit 114, a teaching material content search processing unit 115, a shared content object extraction processing unit 116, And a new content registration processing unit 117. The educational content processing apparatus 110 may be a storage device that stores a program for executing the processing content of each processing unit.

  The tag information registration processing unit 111 stores the tag information transmitted from the learner side terminal device 200 in the tag information unit 132 of the user database 130. The tag data registration processing unit 112 stores the tag data transmitted from the learner side terminal device 200 in the tag data unit 133 of the user database 130.

  The tag information search processing unit 113 searches the tag information from the tag information unit 132 of the user database 130 based on the search command transmitted from the learner side terminal device 200. The tag data search processing unit 114 searches the tag data from the tag data unit 133 of the user database 130 based on the search command transmitted from the learner side terminal device 200. According to this example, the learner can search not only tag information and tag data stored by himself but also tag information and tag data stored by others. Therefore, it is possible to improve the learning efficiency because it is possible to refer to or use not only the learning history but also the learning history of others. For example, regarding the correct answer rate of a problem, it is possible to know one's weakness or weakness by comparing one's data with another's data.

  The learning material content search processing unit 115 searches for the learning material content from the learning material content unit 121 of the education content database 120 based on the search command transmitted from the learner side terminal device 200.

  When the learner creates new content, the shared content object extraction processing unit 116 extracts a shared content object related to tag information and / or tag data selected by the learner from among the shared content objects included in the content. . The new content registration processing unit 117 performs registration processing for new content created by the learner. Details of the process for creating new content will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of data stored in the user database 130. As described above, the user database 130 includes a personal information part 131 for identifying a learner, a tag information part 132 representing a learning history in which the learner has used the e-learning system, and a learning memo added by the learner. It has a certain sticky note data part 133. As shown in FIG. 4, the personal information unit 131 includes a student ID and a student name. The tag information unit 132 includes a learning material progress, a flag, a course history, a learning count, a latest score, a highest score, a minimum score, a total learning time, a learning material end history, and a learning history. The tag data section 133 includes custom data and priority, and these data represent learning memos generated by the learner during the learning process. The priority indicates the priority of learning of each learner, and includes high understanding level, low understanding level, necessity of re-learning, no need for re-learning, and the like.

  The user database 130 stores data of a plurality of users, and when searching tag information and tag data, tag information and tag data of users other than the user who instructed the search are also searched. It becomes.

  The learner side terminal device 200 includes a central processing unit 201, an input / output device 202, a screen display device 203, and an educational content processing device 210. The central processing unit 201 controls the operation of the entire learner side terminal device 200. The input / output device 202 inputs and outputs data transmission / reception, registration processing, search processing, and the like. The screen display device 203 displays educational content, search results, and the like. The educational content processing apparatus 210 registers tag information and tag data registration processing unit 211 for registering tag information and tag data, tag information and tag data search processing unit 212 for searching tag information and tag data, and new content. A new content registration processing unit 213 is included. Registration processing commands from these registration processing units 211, 212, and 213 are transmitted to the educational content providing apparatus 100.

  When the learner learns with the educational content providing system of this example, the educational material content can be searched with reference to keywords, tag information, and sticky note data defined in the standard (SCORM). Furthermore, since it is possible to refer to the tag information and sticky note data of the user and others regarding the teaching material content, the learning efficiency can be improved.

  An example of the operation of the learner side terminal device 200 of this example will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5 to 7. In step S201, the screen display device 203 of the learner side terminal device 200 displays the content search screen of FIG. 5A. The learner side terminal device 200 inputs the name of the learner in the column of the learner name 501 via the input / output device 202. Note that the learner side terminal device 200 has received the display data of the content search screen in FIG. 5A from the educational content providing device 100 in advance. In step S202, the learner side terminal device 200 inputs the tag information and / or the keyword in the tag information / keyword 502 column of the content search screen in FIG. 5A via the input / output device 202. In the example of FIG. 5A, “education” and “manner” are input as tag information and / or keywords.

  In step S <b> 203, the learner-side terminal device 200 transmits the learner's name, tag information and / or keywords, and a search command to the educational content providing device 100 based on the click of the search execution 503 button. The educational content providing apparatus 100 transmits the search result. In step S <b> 204, the learner side terminal device 200 receives the search result from the educational content providing device 100. The screen display device 203 displays a list of content names as search results in the search result display 504 field of the content search screen in FIG. 5A. Here, contents names such as “2003 technical education”, “03 new employee education”, “03 English education” are displayed.

  When the learner side terminal device 200 detects that one of the content names has been selected and that the “download” button 505 has been clicked, it transmits it to the educational content providing device 100. The educational content providing apparatus 100 transmits the educational material content to the learner side terminal apparatus 200. The learner side terminal device 200 executes the transmitted teaching material content. Thereby, the learner can learn using the teaching material content. Here, a procedure for creating new content will be described below.

  In step S205, the learner side terminal device 200 detects that one or more content names are selected from the list of content names displayed in the column of the search result display 504. Here, three content names of “2003 technical education”, “03 new employee education”, and “03 English education” were selected.

  In step S <b> 206, the learner side terminal device 200 transmits the selected content name and the extraction command based on the click of the extraction execution 506 button. The educational content providing apparatus 100 transmits the extraction result.

  In step S207, the learner side terminal device 200 receives the extraction result from the educational content providing device 100. The screen display device 203 displays the shared content object extraction screen of FIG. 5B. In the column of the extraction result display 508, a list of shared content object names included in the three selected contents “2003 technical education”, “2003 newcomer education”, and “03 English education” is displayed.

  When the learner-side terminal device 200 detects that one of these shared content object name lists has been selected, the learner-side terminal device 200 displays the content name including the shared content object in the content name 507 column. In this example, the shared content object “about office casual” is included in the content “2003 Newcomer Education”.

  In step S208, the learner side terminal device 200 determines whether or not an extraction re-execution command has been input. If the learner determines that the list of shared content object names displayed in the column of the extraction result display 508 in FIG. 5B is not sufficient, an extraction re-execution command can be input. If the learner side terminal device 200 detects that an extraction re-execution command has been input, the process proceeds to step S209, and the learner side terminal device 200 detects that an extraction re-execution command has been input. If not, the process proceeds to step S210.

  In step S209, the learner side terminal device 200 determines whether or not a content re-search command has been input. If the learner determines that the list of content names displayed in the search result display 504 column of the content search screen in FIG. 5A is not sufficient, a content re-search command can be input. When the learner-side terminal device 200 detects that a content re-search command has been input, the process proceeds to step S202, and processing is performed again based on the input tag information and / or keywords. If the learner side terminal device 200 does not detect that the content re-search command has been input, the process proceeds to step S205, where the learner side terminal device 200 displays the search result display 504 on the content search screen in FIG. 5A. The extraction process is performed again based on one or a plurality of contents newly selected from the list of content names displayed in the column.

  In step S210, the learner side terminal device 200 creates a new content using the selected shared content object. First, a plurality of shared content object names selected from the shared content object names displayed in the column of the extraction result display 508 in FIG. 5B are detected. The learner side terminal device 200 displays the shared content object rearrangement screen shown in FIG. 6A based on the click of the selection button 509 or the delete button 910.

  When the learner side terminal device 200 detects that one of the shared content object names is selected from the shared content object names displayed in the column of the extraction result display 508 in FIG. 5B and the display button 511 is clicked, As shown in FIG. 6B, the shared content object screen is displayed. The screen display device 203 displays the representative screen or the first screen of the selected shared content object on the shared content object screen. In this way, the content of the selected shared content object can be confirmed by the learner.

  The column of the selection result display 606 on the shared content object rearrangement screen displays a list of selected shared content object names. In this example, three selected shared content object names, “How to give a business card”, “About office casual”, and “Map of own building” are displayed.

  Next, the learner side terminal device 200 changes the order of the shared content object names based on the input of the up / down movement button 607. The learner side terminal device 200 rearranges the shared content objects. Next, the learner side terminal device 200 detects that a new content name has been input in the new content name 601 column and a keyword has been input in the keyword 602 column. In the illustrated example, the name of the new content is “general education for mid-career recruiters”, and the keywords are “mid-career recruitment”, “manner”, and “general education”.

  Finally, in step S211, when the learner side terminal device 200 detects the input of the save button 605, the learner side terminal device 200 generates one new content including a plurality of rearranged shared content objects. Further, the new content is stored in the teaching material content part 121 of the educational content database 120, and the keyword is stored in the keyword part 122.

  The learner side terminal device 200 terminates the program of this example based on the click of the “end content combination” button 608, and based on the click of the “return to content search screen” button 609, the content of FIG. Display the search screen.

  According to this example, the learner can register tag information and tag data for new content. When the learner clicks the “tag information input” button 604, “learning material progress”, “flag”, “class history”, “learning count”, “latest score”, “latest score”, “ Items such as “highest score”, “lowest score”, “total learning time”, “learning material end history”, and “learning history” are displayed. Next, when the “input tag data” button 603 is clicked, the tag data input screen of FIG. 7A is displayed. A priority 612 is displayed on the tag data input screen together with a new content name 610 and a keyword 611. Check any of the columns of “high understanding level”, “low understanding level”, “re-learning required”, “no re-learning required”, and click the “save” button 613. As a result, the priority data is stored in the tag data section 133 of the user database 130.

  The learner can refer to not only the tag information and tag data of the learner himself but also the tag information and tag data of all other learners when generating new content by combining the contents. . Thereby, for example, the content can be combined based on the understanding level of the entire student.

  FIG. 7B shows an example in which the new content “General education for mid-career recruiters” stored in the educational material content section 121 of the educational content database 120 is displayed on the screen display device 203. Among the shared content objects included in the new content “General education for mid-career employers”, the representative screen or the first screen of “Map of own building” is displayed on the screen.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the example of operation | movement of the educational content provision apparatus 100 of this example is demonstrated. In step 301, the educational content providing apparatus 100 receives a learner name, tag information, a keyword, and a search command from the learner side terminal apparatus 200. In the example of FIG. 5A, the learner name “A No Boro” and the keyword “Liberal Arts, manners” are received. In step 302, the educational material content search processing unit 115 searches the educational content database for content including the received tag information and keywords. In step 303, the educational content providing apparatus 100 transmits one or more contents as search results to the learner side terminal apparatus 200. In the example of FIG. 5A, a plurality of contents including “2003 technical education”, “03 newcomer education”, and “03 English education” are searched and transmitted. In step S304, the educational content providing apparatus 100 receives the selected one or more contents and the extraction command from the learner side terminal apparatus 200. In step S305, shared content object extraction processing unit 116 executes an extraction process. That is, the shared content object included in the selected content is extracted. In the example of FIG. 5A, shared content objects included in the three contents “2003 technical education”, “03 new employee education”, and “03 English education” are extracted. In step S <b> 306, the educational content providing apparatus 100 transmits the extraction result to the learner side terminal apparatus 200. In the example of FIG. 5B, a plurality of shared content objects such as “how to give business cards”, “computer basics”, “about office casual”, and “Map of own building” are extracted and transmitted. In step S307, it is determined whether or not an extraction re-execution command is received from the learner side terminal device 200. If an extraction re-execution command is received, the process advances to step S308 to determine whether a content re-search command is received. If a content re-search command is received, the process advances to step S301 to perform reception processing and re-search the content. If the content re-search command is not received, the process proceeds to step S304, where the content and the extraction command are received and re-extraction is executed.

  In step S309, a new content registration processing command is received from the learner side terminal device 200. In step S310, new content registration processing unit 117 executes new content registration processing. In the example of FIG. 6A, the new content “General education for mid-career employees” is registered.

  The example of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims. Let's be done.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an educational content providing system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure of the learner-side terminal device. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a processing procedure of the educational content providing apparatus. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the user database. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content search screen and a shared content object extraction screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shared content object rearrangement screen and a shared content object screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a tag data input screen and a screen displaying new content.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Educational content provision system, 101 ... Central processing unit, 102 ... Input / output device, 103 ... Screen display device, 110 ... Educational content processing device, 111 ... Tag information registration processing unit, 112 ... Sticky data registration processing unit, 113 ... Tag information search processing unit 114 ... Sticky note data search processing part 115 ... Teaching material content search processing part 116 ... Shared content object extraction processing part 117 ... New content registration processing part 120 ... Educational content database 121 ... Teaching material content part , 122 ... keyword part, 130 ... user database, 131 ... personal information part, 132 ... tag information part, 133 ... tag data part, 200 ... learner side terminal device, 201 ... central processing unit, 202 ... input / output device, 203 ... screen display device, 210 ... educational content processing device, 211 ... de Data registration processing unit, 212 ... tag information and tag data retrieval processing unit, 213 ... new content registration processing unit

Claims (7)

  An educational content database that stores educational material content and keywords related to the educational material content, a user database that stores personal information, tag information of the educational material content, and tag data for each user, and a user database A tag information registration processing unit for registering standard learning history data as the tag information, a tag data registration processing unit for registering a learning memo as the tag data in the user database, and the teaching material content from the education content database. A learning material content search processing unit for searching, a tag information search processing unit for searching the tag information from the user database, a sticky data search processing unit for searching the tag data from the user database, and the learning material content search processing Section, the tag information search processing section, and Educational content providing system for e-learning and an output unit for outputting a search result by the sticky note data search processing unit.   2. The educational content providing system according to claim 1, wherein the sticky note data stored in the user database includes a learning priority using a learner's understanding level as a parameter.   2. The educational content providing system according to claim 1, wherein the tag information search processing unit searches not only the learner's own tag information but also the tag information of another learner from the user database, and the tag data search processing unit. Is a system for providing educational content, wherein not only the learner's own tag data but also other learner's tag data are searched from the user database.   In the educational content providing system according to claim 1, a shared content object extraction processing unit that extracts a shared content object related to tag information and / or tag data selected by the learner from among the shared content objects included in the content; An educational content providing system characterized by comprising:   5. The educational content providing system according to claim 4, wherein among the shared content objects extracted by the shared content object extraction processing unit, a plurality of shared content objects selected and rearranged by a learner are used as one new content for the educational content. An educational content providing system comprising: a new content registration processing unit registered in a database.   6. The educational content providing system according to claim 5, wherein when the new content is registered by the new content registration processing unit, the tag information registration processing unit registers the tag information related to the new content in the user database. The sticky note data registration processing unit registers the sticky note data related to the new content in the user database.   A computer-readable program for causing a computer to execute the operation of the educational content providing system according to claim 1.

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