JP2006178062A - Online education program and online education apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an online education program and an online education apparatus by which, on the basis of the student's past result in a course, a decision can be made for each student whether the student needs to take the course. <P>SOLUTION: A similarity degree setting section 112 calculates the degree of similarity of a course before and after the change of course content and stores it in similarity degree data 123. When a student starts participating in a course, a pseudo-passing deciding section 113 acquires the student's previous result in the same course from course participation result data 124, and calculates a pseudo-mark by adding the similarity degree stored in the similarity degree data 123 to the course participation result. When the pseudo-mark exceeds the prescribed passing mark, the student is regarded as pseudo-passing and is exempted from participating in the course. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an online education program and an online education device that cooperate with a terminal device connected via a network and send information related to course contents to the terminal, and in particular, the necessity of attendance based on past attendance results. The present invention relates to an online education program and an online education apparatus that can determine the presence or absence of each student.

  In recent years, so-called e-learning systems in which students take education via a network have become common. Such an e-learning system transmits the course contents in the form of text, images, sounds, etc. to the student's terminal device via the network, performs a confirmation test on the student after sending all the course contents, It is a system that recognizes that the course has been completed when it is possible to acquire more than the above points.

  Compared to the traditional group education, the e-learning system is an efficient mechanism for both the organizer and the students, but has a disadvantage that it is difficult to respond to the students. In order to improve this shortcoming, in Patent Document 1, when a student makes a wrong answer in a confirmation test, by explaining in association with a solution of a similar problem that the student has answered correctly in the past, Techniques to provide guidance tailored to students have been proposed.

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  However, the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-228561 performs correspondence for each student at the confirmation test stage, and does not individually correspond to the attendance. In the ISMS (Information Security Management System) and Privacy Mark System, employees are required to take predetermined education every year, but the actual content of the course is not updated much. Therefore, it is inefficient to have all subjects take classes from the beginning every year, and it is strongly desired to take measures according to the knowledge level of each student.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and an online education program and an online program capable of determining for each student whether or not there is a need for attendance based on past attendance results. An object is to provide an educational device.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is an online education program that sends information related to course contents to the terminal in cooperation with a terminal device connected via a network. When the student takes a course, the student is assumed to be pseudo-passed based on the past attendance results of the course held by the storage means and a predetermined judgment criterion held by the storage means. It is determined whether or not to perform, and if it is determined to be a pseudo-pass, the computer is caused to execute a pseudo-pass determination procedure for exempting the student from attending the course.

  In addition, the present invention is an online education device that cooperates with a terminal device connected via a network and sends information related to the course contents to the terminal. It is determined whether or not to make the student a pseudo-pass based on the past attendance record of the course held by the student and a predetermined criterion held in the storage means, and the pseudo-pass When the determination is made, a pseudo-pass determination means for exempting the student from attending the course is provided.

  According to the present invention, when the attendance results of the same course in the past satisfy the predetermined condition, it is regarded as a pseudo-pass and the attendance of the course is exempted. It is possible to avoid an inefficient situation of re-taking the content course from the beginning, and determining whether or not it is necessary to take a course based on the past grades.

  Further, in the above invention, the present invention further causes the computer to execute a similarity setting procedure for calculating the similarity before and after changing the content of the same course and setting it in the storage means. When taking a course, the student is simulated based on past attendance results of the course held by the storage means and the degree of similarity of the course set by the similarity setting procedure. It is characterized by determining whether to pass.

  According to the present invention, since it is configured to perform the pseudo-pass determination in consideration of the similarity between before and after the change of the course content, the level of the student who makes the pseudo-pass is adjusted according to the degree of change of the course content. can do.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the similarity setting procedure calculates the similarity from the identity of the items of the confirmation test for confirming the degree of understanding of the course.

  According to the present invention, since the similarity is calculated from the identity of the confirmation test items, it is possible to easily set the similarity before and after the change of the course content.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the pseudo-passing determination procedure is performed when a predetermined period has elapsed since the last attendance of the lecture of the student when the attendee attended the course. A confirmation test relating to the content of the course is conducted on the student, and it is determined whether or not the student is to be falsely accepted based on the result of the test.

  According to this invention, when a student takes the same course, if a certain period of time has passed since the last pass, the test is performed before attendance and a pseudo-pass is determined. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the education level from being lowered due to deterioration over time.

  According to the present invention, in the case where the attendance results of the same course in the past satisfy the predetermined condition, it is regarded as a pseudo-pass and the attendance of the course is exempted. It is possible to avoid an inefficient situation of re-taking the content course from the beginning, and determining whether or not it is necessary to take a course based on the past grades.

  In addition, the present invention has the effect of similarity between before and after changing the content of the same course in the above invention.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since it is configured to make a pseudo-pass determination in consideration of the similarity before and after the change of the course content, the level of the student who makes a pseudo-pass according to the degree of change of the course content There is an effect that can be adjusted.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the similarity is calculated from the identity of the items of the confirmation test, it is possible to easily set the similarity before and after the change of the course content.

  In addition, according to the present invention, when a student takes the same course, if a certain period of time has passed since the last pass, a test is performed before attendance to determine a pseudo-pass. Since it comprised, it has an effect that the fall of the education level by aged deterioration can be prevented.

  Exemplary embodiments of an online education program and an online education apparatus according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the configuration of the online education apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the online education apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the online education apparatus 100 has a configuration in which an administrator terminal 200 and a student terminal 300 are connected via a network such as the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network).

  The administrator terminal 200 is a terminal device used by the administrator of each course provided by the online education device 100, and the student terminal 300 is a terminal device used by a student who takes a course provided by the online education device 100. It is. In FIG. 1, only one administrator terminal 200 and one student terminal 300 are illustrated, but it is assumed that an unspecified number of them are connected.

  The online education apparatus 100 is an apparatus that educates students who use the student terminal 300 via a network, and includes a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a network I / F unit 130. The control unit 110 is a control device that controls the entire online education device 100, and includes a U / I control unit 111, a similarity setting unit 112, a pseudo-pass determination unit 113, and a attendance processing unit 114.

  The U / I control unit 111 is a control unit that generates screen information to be displayed on the administrator terminal 200 and the student terminal 300 and acquires input information input to these screens. Here, the screen is generated in the form of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), and this is transmitted to the administrator terminal 200 and the student terminal 300 using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) to obtain a response. The screen information may be generated by other methods to acquire the input information.

  The similarity setting unit 112 is a processing unit that calculates the similarity between the current content of a predetermined course and the previous content based on an instruction from the administrator terminal 200 and sets the similarity in the similarity data 123 of the storage unit 120. . In the present embodiment, a similarity registration screen is displayed on the administrator terminal 200, and the similarity is calculated from the total item number, new item number, and changed item number values input on this screen. The total number of items is the total number of items in the confirmation test of the current course. The number of new items is the number of items newly added to the confirmation test of the current course. The number of changed items is the number of items whose contents have been changed from the previous confirmation test of the same course among the confirmation tests of the current course.

The similarity is calculated using the following formula.
Similarity = (total number of items-number of new items-number of changed items) ÷ total number of items Note that the similarity may be calculated by another method. For example, the similarity may be calculated by comparing the question text of the previous confirmation test with the text of the current confirmation test.

  Whether or not the pseudo-pass determination unit 113 regards the student as a pseudo-pass based on the similarity set in the similarity data 123 and the score of the confirmation test when the student took the same course last time It is a processing unit for determining whether or not. When the student starts attending the course, the pseudo-acceptance determination unit 113 acquires the degree of similarity with the previous course of the course and the score of the confirmation test for the previous course of the same student, and multiplies these. If the value is larger than the predetermined value, it is considered as a false pass and the student is exempt from attending the current course. Note that the logic for making the student a pseudo-pass does not have to be as described above, and for example, the top 10% of the previous students may be made a pseudo-pass.

  The attendance processing unit 114 is a processing unit that transmits the course contents to the student terminal 300 to perform education, and has not been particularly changed. In the present embodiment, the attendance processing unit 114 functions either when the attendee takes the course for the first time or when the attendance is not regarded as a pseudo-pass.

  The storage unit 120 is a storage unit that stores various types of information, and includes a course master 121, a student master 122, similarity data 123, attendance result data 124, and course data 125.

  The course master 121 stores information on courses provided by the online education apparatus 100. FIG. 2 is a sample diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the course master 121. As shown in the figure, the course master 121 includes items such as a course number, a course name, a year, and a passing score. The course number is an identification number for identifying the course, and the course name is the name of the course. A plurality of combinations of fiscal years and passing scores can be stored for one course number, and different passing scores can be held for each fiscal year.

  The student master 122 stores information on students who have attended the course provided by the online education apparatus 100 and the students who will attend the course. FIG. 3 is a sample diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the student master 122. As shown in the figure, the student master 122 has items of a student number, a password, a name, an address, and a telephone number. The student number is an identification number for identifying the student, and the password is a password that can be combined with the student number to authenticate the student. The name, address, and telephone number store the name, address, and telephone number of the student, respectively.

  The similarity data 123 stores the similarity with the previous course provided by the online education apparatus 100. FIG. 4 is a sample diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the similarity data 123. As shown in the figure, the similarity data 123 includes items such as a course number, a year, the total number of items, the number of new items, the number of changed items, and the degree of similarity. The course number and year correspond to the course number and year of the course master 121. The total number of items to the similarity can be stored for each fiscal year, and the input information and the calculation result of the similarity setting unit 112 are held.

  The attendance result data 124 stores attendance history information of attendees who have attended a course provided by the online education apparatus 100. FIG. 5 is a sample diagram showing an example of the data structure of the attendance result data 124. As shown in the figure, the attendance result data 124 includes items such as a student number, a course number, a year, a score, a status, and a date of attendance. The student number corresponds to the student number in the student master 122. The course number and year correspond to the course number and year of the course master 121, and a plurality of course numbers and years can be stored for one student number. The score, status, and attendance date can be stored for each fiscal year, and each holds the number of confirmation tests, attendance status (not attended, pseudo-passed, passed) and attendance date To do.

  The course data 125 is data in which course contents provided by the online education apparatus 100 are stored, and includes text data, still image data, moving image data, audio data, a confirmation program, and the like. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the content of each course is updated every year, but may be updated in a shorter time. For example, it may be updated on a quarterly basis, in which case each data is managed on a quarterly basis rather than on a yearly basis.

  The network I / F unit 130 is an interface unit for exchanging various types of information via the network.

  Next, a screen provided by the online education apparatus 100 will be described. FIG. 6 is a sample diagram showing an example of a similarity registration screen. This screen is a screen for the administrator of the course to register the degree of similarity from the administrator terminal 200 before providing the course to the student. This screen is displayed when the administrator designates the target course and year on the administrator terminal 200. Then, by inputting the total number of items, the number of new items, and the number of changed items and pressing the registration button, the input information is transmitted to the online education device 100, and the similarity setting unit 112 calculates the similarity. The result is stored in the similarity data 123.

  FIG. 7 is a sample diagram showing an example of the attendance condition input screen. This screen is a screen displayed on the student terminal 300 when the student starts taking a course. When the student presses his / her student number and password and the course number of the course to be attended on this screen, the input information is transmitted to the online education apparatus 100. Then, the online education apparatus 100 performs a pseudo-pass determination, and displays a pseudo-pass screen when the pseudo-pass is regarded as a pseudo-pass, and a normal attendance screen when the pseudo-pass is not regarded as a pseudo-pass.

  FIG. 8 is a sample diagram showing an example of a pseudo-pass screen. This screen is a screen that is displayed on the student terminal 300 when the student inputs necessary information to the attendance condition input screen and, as a result, the student is considered to have passed the simulation.

  Next, the processing procedure of the online education apparatus 100 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the online education apparatus 100 shown in FIG. This flowchart shows a processing procedure after the student inputs necessary information on the attendance condition input screen and authentication is completed.

  First, the attendance conditions input from the attendance condition input screen are acquired (step S101). Then, the data of the current year in which the acquired information matches the student number and the course number are searched from the attendance result data 124, and the status value is acquired. Here, if the corresponding data exists and the status is “pass” or “pseudo pass”, since the student has already taken the course, the process is terminated (Yes in step S102).

  If the corresponding data does not exist, or if the status is not passed or pseudo-passed (No at step S102), the data of the previous year in which the acquired information coincides with the student number and the course number are obtained from the attendance result data 124. Search is performed (step S103). Here, if the corresponding data does not exist (No at Step S104), normal attendance processing is performed because there is no attendance record of the previous year (Step S110).

  If the corresponding data exists (Yes at step S104), the similarity of the current course for the current course is obtained from the similarity data 123, and is similar to the score of the previous student included in the data obtained at step S103. The pseudo score is calculated by multiplying the degree (step S105). Then, the passing score of the current year of the course is acquired from the course master 121 (step S106), and if the pseudo score is higher than the passing score (Yes in step S107), the pseudo-pass screen is displayed on the student terminal 300 ( In step S108), the pseudo score is stored in the attendance result data 124, the status of the data is updated to pseudo pass, and the process is terminated (step S109).

  If the pseudo score is less than the passing score (Yes at Step S107), normal attendance processing is performed (Step S110). When a normal attendance process is performed and the student passes the confirmation test, the score of the confirmation test is stored in the attendance result data 124, the status of the data is updated to pass, and the process ends (step S111).

  In addition, even if the score acquired in step S103 is a pseudo score due to a pseudo-pass, or if a predetermined period or more has elapsed since the previous attendance, even if it is a pseudo-pass in step S107 Alternatively, the student may receive a part or all of the confirmation test, and may be regarded as a false pass only when a predetermined score can be obtained. If the previous pass was a pseudo-pass, or if the specified period has passed, the student's knowledge may have deteriorated over time, so the student's knowledge level is confirmed by the confirmation test in this way. It is useful to maintain the education level.

  Various processes described in the above embodiments can be realized by executing a prepared program on a computer. In the following, an example of a computer that executes a program for realizing the online education apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram illustrating a computer that executes an online education program. The computer 1000 includes an input device 1010 that accepts data input from a user, a monitor 1020, a medium reading device 1030 that reads a program from a recording medium that records various programs, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 1040 that temporarily stores various information, A network interface 1050, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 1060, and a CPU 1070 that exchange data with other computers via a network are connected by a bus 1080.

  The HDD 1060 stores an online education program 1060c that is a program that exhibits the same functions as the functions of the online education apparatus 100. Then, when the CPU 1070 reads out and executes the online education program 1060c from the HDD 1060, the program functions as an online education process 1070a. The online education process 1070a corresponds to the control unit 110 illustrated in FIG.

  The CPU 1070 reads the attendance management DB 1060a and the course data DB 1060b from the HDD 1060, and stores them in the RAM 1040 as attendance management information 1040a and course information 1040b. Then, various data processing is executed based on the attendance management information 1040a and the course information 1040b stored in the RAM 1040. The attendance management DB 1060 a corresponds to the lecture master 121 to the attendance result data 124 illustrated in FIG. 1, and the lecture data DB 1060 b corresponds to the attendance data 125.

  Note that the online education program 1060c is not necessarily stored in the HDD 1060, and the computer 1000 may read and execute a program stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM. In addition, the program is stored in another computer (or server) connected to the computer 1000 via a public line, the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, or the like, and the computer 1000 reads and executes the program from these. Also good.

  As mentioned above, if the past grades of the same course satisfy the prescribed conditions, it is considered to be a pseudo-pass and the course is exempted. It is possible to avoid an inefficient situation of re-taking the content course from the beginning, and determining whether or not it is necessary to take a course based on the past grades.

(Supplementary note 1) An online education program that cooperates with a terminal device connected via a network and sends information related to course contents to the terminal,
When a student takes a course, the student is simulated based on past attendance results of the course held in the storage means and a predetermined judgment criterion held in the storage means. An on-line education program characterized by causing a computer to execute a pseudo-passing determination procedure for determining whether or not to pass and, if it is determined to be pseudo-passing, the student to exempt from attending the course.

(Supplementary Note 2) Let the computer further execute a similarity setting procedure for calculating the similarity before and after changing the content of the same course and setting it in the storage means,
When the student takes a course, the pseudo-passing determination procedure includes a past attendance result of the course held by the student and a degree of similarity of the course set by the similarity setting procedure. The online education program according to supplementary note 1, wherein whether or not to make the student a pseudo-pass is determined based on the above.

(Supplementary note 3) The online education program according to supplementary note 2, wherein the similarity setting procedure calculates the similarity from the identity of the items of the confirmation test for confirming the degree of understanding of the course.

(Additional remark 4) The said pseudo-pass determination procedure is related to the content of the course, if the student takes the course, and if the previous pass of the course by the student was due to the pseudo-pass, The on-line education program according to appendix 1, 2, or 3, wherein a confirmation test is performed and it is determined whether or not the student is regarded as a pseudo-pass based on the result of the test.

(Appendix 5) The pseudo-acceptance determination procedure is such that when a student takes a course, if a predetermined period has elapsed since the last completion of the course for the student, The online education program according to appendix 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that a confirmation test according to claim 1 is carried out and it is determined whether or not the student is regarded as a pseudo-pass based on the result of this test.

(Additional remark 6) When the said pseudo-pass determination procedure determines that a student is determined to be a pseudo-pass, a screen showing the fact is displayed on the terminal. Online education program.

(Appendix 7) An online education device that cooperates with a terminal device connected via a network and sends information related to course contents to the terminal,
When a student takes a course, the student is simulated based on past attendance results of the course held in the storage means and a predetermined judgment criterion held in the storage means. An on-line education apparatus comprising: a pseudo-pass determination means for determining whether or not to pass and exempting the student from attending the course when it is determined to be a pseudo-pass.

(Additional remark 8) It further includes a similarity setting means for calculating the similarity before and after the change of course contents of the same course and setting it in the storage means
When the student takes a course, the pseudo-pass determination means is a past attendance result of the course held in the storage means, and the similarity of the course set by the similarity setting means. The online education apparatus according to appendix 7, wherein it is determined whether or not to make the student a pseudo-pass based on the above.

(Supplementary note 9) The online education apparatus according to supplementary note 8, wherein the similarity setting means calculates the similarity from the identity of a confirmation test item for confirming a degree of understanding of a course.

(Additional remark 10) When the student takes the course, the pseudo-acceptance determination means determines whether or not the student's previous pass of the course was due to the pseudo-pass, and the student is informed The on-line education apparatus according to appendix 7, 8 or 9, wherein a confirmation test is performed and it is determined whether or not the student is regarded as a pseudo-pass based on the result of the test.

(Supplementary Note 11) When the student takes a course, the pseudo-acceptance determination means, if a predetermined period has elapsed since the last attendance of the course for the student, The on-line education apparatus according to appendix 7, 8 or 9, wherein a confirmation test according to the test is performed and it is determined whether or not the student is to be pseudo-passed based on the result of the test.

(Additional remark 12) When the said pseudo acceptance determination means determines that a student is made a pseudo pass, the screen which shows that is displayed on the said terminal is displayed on any one of Additional remarks 7-11 characterized by the above-mentioned. Online educational device.

  As described above, the online education program and the online education apparatus according to the present invention are useful for carrying out education via a network. In particular, whether or not there is a necessity for attendance based on past attendance results is determined for each student. Suitable when it is necessary to judge.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the online education apparatus which concerns on a present Example. It is a sample figure which shows an example of a data structure of a lecture master. It is a sample figure which shows an example of a data structure of a student master. It is a sample figure which shows an example of a data structure of similarity data. It is a sample figure which shows an example of a data structure of attendance result data. It is a sample figure which shows an example of a similarity registration screen. It is a sample figure which shows an example of a attendance condition input screen. It is a sample figure which shows an example of a pseudo pass screen. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the online education apparatus shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the computer which performs an online education program.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Online education apparatus 110 Control part 111 U / I control part 112 Similarity setting part 113 False acceptance determination part 114 Course processing part 120 Storage part 121 Course master 122 Student master 123 Similarity data 124 Course result data 125 Course data 130 Network I / F unit 200 Administrator terminal 300 Student terminal 1000 Computer 1010 Input device 1020 Monitor 1030 Medium reader 1040 RAM
1040a Course management information 1040b Course information 1050 Network interface 1060 HDD
1060a Attendance management DB
1060b Course Data DB
1060c Online Education Program 1070 CPU
1070a Online Education Process 1080 Bus

Claims (5)

An online education program that cooperates with a terminal device connected via a network and sends information related to course contents to the terminal,
When a student takes a course, the student is simulated based on past attendance results of the course held in the storage means and a predetermined judgment criterion held in the storage means. An on-line education program characterized by causing a computer to execute a pseudo-passing determination procedure for determining whether or not to pass and, if it is determined to be pseudo-passing, the student to exempt from attending the course. Let the computer further execute a similarity setting procedure for calculating the similarity before and after changing course contents of the same course and setting it in the storage means,
When the student takes a course, the pseudo-passing determination procedure includes a past attendance result of the course held by the student and a degree of similarity of the course set by the similarity setting procedure. The online education program according to claim 1, wherein whether or not to make the student a pseudo-pass is determined based on the above.   3. The online education program according to claim 2, wherein the similarity setting procedure calculates the similarity from the identity of a confirmation test item for confirming a degree of understanding of the course.   The pseudo-acceptance determination procedure is such that, when a student takes a course, if a predetermined period has elapsed since the last completion of the course of the student, a confirmation test related to the course content is given to the student. 4. The online education program according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not to make the student a pseudo-pass based on the results of the test. 5. An online education device that cooperates with a terminal device connected via a network and sends information related to course contents to the terminal,
When a student takes a course, the student is simulated based on past attendance results of the course held in the storage means and a predetermined judgment criterion held in the storage means. An on-line education apparatus comprising: a pseudo-pass determination means for determining whether or not to pass and exempting the student from attending the course when it is determined to be a pseudo-pass.

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