JP2010231751A - Composite system for wide area type learning leader support education - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system coping with both synchronization and asynchronization, which performs information exchange among leaders at an Internet community site without being bound in time and place in an area dispersed to a wide area. <P>SOLUTION: The composite system the most suitable for learning of leaders dispersed to a wide area is provided by an integrated platform, wherein an asynchronous server supplies information on educational guidance, guidance is received, opinions are exchanged at the same time on a synchronous server on the Internet, and learning content for training of leaders is provided through the asynchronous server about educational content through the asynchronous server on the Internet between information providers and information browsers, between information browsers for displaying the same information at the same time, between creators of educational content/learning material and their users, and/or between users of the same educational content/learning material. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides a system capable of both synchronous and asynchronous communication that allows information exchange between leaders at an Internet community site without being restricted by time and place in an area dispersed over a wide area.

  In elementary and junior high schools, which are distributed over a wide area, teachers are inexperienced, such as elementary school and junior high school “Comprehensive Learning Time” introduced in 2002 and elementary school “English” to be introduced in 2011. New educational programs may be introduced, in which case each school or individual teacher must create teaching materials and establish teaching methods independently. However, there are few materials for teaching in these new curriculums. For example, in the case of elementary school “English”, English education for elementary school students has a different viewpoint and view of learning from English education in junior and senior high schools. Therefore, it is necessary to exchange information between faculty members who have the same issues and interests in teaching materials creation and teaching methods.

  In the introduction of new curriculum so far, instructors (teachers) gathered at a certain place at a certain time and exchanged information by a method called a workshop to learn the teaching method. However, it is difficult to obtain sufficient guidance information about new courses that the instructor wants to obtain at workshops at a fixed time, a fixed location, and a large number of people, and it is necessary to construct a community site that can exchange information even in remote locations. It was.

  In addition, information collection is necessary to create teaching materials and establish instruction methods, but as a tool for that, information systems using the Internet have recently been used, but information exchange is performed. There are many problems as means.

Furthermore, in order to share educational techniques, there is an information system (Patent Document 1) that constructs newly developed educational content as a database and provides it to the leader in an asynchronous manner. It is not a system that allows direct direct instruction and conversation with the user over the Internet. In addition, in the system for providing learning materials on the Internet (Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3), a system in which a person using the learning materials can receive guidance on the Internet synchronously while using the Internet learning materials is not.
Japanese Patent Application No. 11-365672 Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-386741 Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-185743

  Information on learning instruction is supplied from an asynchronous server, and further, educational content is sent between information providers and information viewers, or information viewers displaying the same information at the same time via asynchronous servers on the Internet, or Educational content / learning material creators and their users, as well as users of the same educational content / learning material, receive instructions and exchange opinions at the same time on a synchronous server on the Internet. An integrated platform that provides learning content for instructors' training through a comprehensive system that is optimal for learning instructors distributed over a wide area.

In order to achieve such an object, the wide-area learning instructor-supported education complex system according to claim 1 is an asynchronous server, a synchronous server, a learning system that integrates a communication system capable of both synchronous and asynchronous and a teaching material platform function. It features a management server.
This enables users to receive guidance and exchange opinions at the same time on a synchronous server on the Internet.

  The platform function provides a function that enables the joint development of teaching materials while supplying information related to learning teaching such as learning teaching databases and educational contents / learning materials from asynchronous servers and communicating those information synchronously and asynchronously. It has.

  In addition, the platform includes an SNS in which users can exchange opinions at the same time using a function that allows detailed setting of public information and non-public information to the entire community and methods such as chat, video chat, presentation presentation, and teaching material database use. The function of (Social Networking Service) is integrated.

  According to the present invention, between the information provider and the information viewer, the user accesses the information such as the learning guidance database and the educational content / learning material recorded on the recording medium of the asynchronous server of the system administrator via the Internet. , Or information viewers who are displaying the same information at the same time, between creators of educational content / learning materials and their users, and between users of the same educational content / learning materials connect to the system administrator's synchronization server As a result, it is possible to establish a learning instruction method while sharing information such as a learning instruction database and educational contents / learning materials.

  In addition, the asynchronous server is provided with an e-learning function that sequentially feeds back learning information such as a learning guidance database and educational content / learning materials to the learner himself and the learning community, so that the overall learning guidance of the user is achieved. Ability can be improved.

  The user of the combined system for wide-area learning instructor support education according to the present invention can select or simultaneously connect to the asynchronous server and the synchronous server from the personal computer connected with the voice microphone and / or camera via the Internet. Development and accumulation of training materials, information exchange and joint development between leaders with the same issues and interests.

  The present invention enables leaders who need to prepare for a new curriculum to exchange information between leaders who have the same issues and interests over the Internet without being limited by time and place. . In addition, since it is not necessary for instructors to gather and conduct training, teachers who are dispersed in a vast area have a great effect of reducing the burden of time and labor.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Integration of synchronous communication and asynchronous communication>
The client 400 is connected to the asynchronous server 100 and the synchronous server 200 through the Internet line.

  The asynchronous server 100 provides a web page to the web browser 412 executed by the client 400 using HTTP communication. When the client 400 accesses the Web page, the login and password input by the user using the client 400 are transmitted to the asynchronous server 100. ID information is registered in the asynchronous server 100 in advance, and session information for accessing the client 400 is issued when they match as a result of comparison with the login information transmitted from the client 400. When the client 400 adds session information and performs HTTP communication with the asynchronous server 100, the asynchronous server 100 transmits page information corresponding to the ID information to the client 400.

  The synchronization server 200 holds login information received from the chat application 411 executed by the client 400 using TCP communication. Since the synchronization server 200 has a function of storing login information from a plurality of chat applications 411, a list of currently logged-in chat applications 411 is provided to the asynchronous server 100.

  The synchronous server 200 has a function of transmitting login information of the chat application 411 held in the synchronous server 200 to the asynchronous server 100 via HTTP communication from the asynchronous server 100, and a chat application from the asynchronous server 100 to the synchronous server 200. 411 has a function of executing an instruction to start 411. In order to realize these functions, communication using JSON is performed on HTTP.

  The chat application 411 can perform real-time communication between chat applications 411 executed on other clients 400 via TCP communication with the synchronization server 200. When the transmission information specifying the partner chat application 411 is transmitted from the asynchronous server 100 to the synchronization server 200, the synchronization server 200 transmits the transmission information to the partner chat application 411. The chat application 411 that has received the transmission information transmits a reception completion notification to the synchronization server 200.

  The chat application 411 is connected to a headset 401 for inputting and outputting audio and a USB camera 402 for inputting video through a client computer of the client 400. Audio and video input to the chat application 411 are transmitted and received between the client 400 and other clients 400 using RTP communication (UDP communication). Communication between chat applications 411 is performed through VPN.

  The chat application 411 and the web browser 412 use a callto command to activate the chat application 411 when the web browser 412 is activated. Callto is set to 410 when the application 411 is installed.

  As a result, communication from the asynchronous server 100 to the designated chat application 411 can be performed on the same system, so that the user of the client 400 can perform synchronous communication with an asynchronous Web page by an operation on the same screen. As well as a secure communication environment using VPN.

<Integration of asynchronous communication and LMS>
Each client 400 is connected to the LMS server 300 via the asynchronous server 100 through an Internet line.

  When the client 400 is in the login state, when the login information is transmitted to the LMS server 300 through a connection request to the LMS link 413 on the Web page of the client 400, the LMS server 300 collates with the login information that has been previously listed. If they match, login is permitted. If there is no matching information, the LMS server 300 creates user information based on the login information from the asynchronous server 100 and issues a session to the LMS server 300. As a result, a user who has logged in to the asynchronous server 100 can log in to the LMS without re-authentication, and the asynchronous communication and LMS are integrated.

  Further, the LMS server 300 provides a problem creation function to the client 400. A user who has performed login authentication to the LMS server 300 through the LMS link 413 can create a teaching material by HTTP communication between the LMS server 300 and the client 400 and save the result on the LMS server 300. The LMS server 300 transmits the result list information to the asynchronous server 100 using XML. The asynchronous server 100 creates a link collection based on the received XML. A user who has performed login authentication to the LMS server 300 through the LMS link 413 can answer the problem by displaying the HTTP transmitted from the LMS server 300 on the LMS link 413 through the link displayed on the Web browser 412. The result of answering the problem through the LMS link 413 is stored on the LMS server 300, and a result list is transmitted to the asynchronous server 100 using XML. As a result, the user who has logged in to the asynchronous server 100 creates and solves the problem on the LMS server 300 without re-logging in to the LMS server 300 and confirms the problem list on the asynchronous communication Web browser 412 and the LMS link 413, or the user You can manage your own results.

  This system integrates three functions of the learning platform function (LMS) in addition to the asynchronous communication function and the synchronous communication function (FIG. 9). This system consists of (1) character-based communication as asynchronous communication, (2) audio / video communication as synchronous communication, whiteboard communication, (3) audio conference system, (4) file sharing, (5) In this embodiment, a learning platform (LMS) can be used. According to this embodiment, in an institution or company, communication within a school or in a company can be performed via communication, and a database for the purpose of exchanging information between researchers having the same purpose such as academic societies and research groups. Can be built. Furthermore, learning and education in a remote place becomes possible by using those databases. As the operation of this system, specifically, (1) a remote conference or a meeting is performed by voice while watching images and sentences. (2) Distance education is performed by using a method such as sending out tasks to students via asynchronous communication and confirming them using synchronous communication. (3) Create quizzes and teaching materials jointly and improve them while obtaining feedback on learning. Such a method is taken.

<Elementary school English support community site>
As an embodiment using this system, there is a system that links SNS (Social Networking Service) whose purpose is limited to English teaching of elementary school and provision of e-learning training materials for English educators. In this way, we aim to improve the comprehensive educational ability of the person in charge of elementary school English education, which is an “inexperienced area”. In order to realize SNS as an advanced system that can be used in educational institutions, it is a newly developed system that integrates a communication system capable of both synchronous and asynchronous and a teaching material platform function. Specifically, (1) functions such as chat, video chat, and teaching material database store are integrated with the existing SNS. (2) The teaching material platform function enables joint development of teaching materials while communicating synchronously and asynchronously. (3) A function for setting detailed information for public information to the entire community will be added to enable wide participation of children in the community. (4) The e-learning training material for English educators is provided from a learning management system (LMS) server via the Web. (5) By coordinating with the SNS, the learning information can be fed back to the learning person and the learning community.

  Furthermore, this system has the following as main functions. (1) Teaching Material / Teaching Method Case Collection (SNS): Search according to the purpose, and can post. (2) Question Corner (SNS): The related parties answer questions such as teaching methods and English questions. (3) Diary Corner (SNS): You can see various teachers' practices, experiences, and workshop participation notes. (4) Electronic conference: There is a telephone function and a videophone function, and it is possible to hold a conference between schools, in an area, or in a specific group on the Internet. (5) English Learning Corner (e-Learning): You can learn words, expressions, and pronunciation on a personal computer screen.

  In the educational support industry using the Internet, a system that enables interactive processing between the creator and the user, between users, etc., with a system that can simultaneously work on the Internet on an asynchronous server and a synchronous server. It becomes an available method.

Overall system diagram Client configuration diagram Start-up flowchart Acquisition flow chart of 412 list that is running Flow chart for executing conversation between 412 Example of JSON data Example of JSON data XML data example Integrated function

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Asynchronous server 200 Synchronous server 300 LMS server 400 Client 401 Headset 402 USB camera 410 Client computer 411 Chat application 412 Web page of asynchronous server browsed with Web browser 413 Web page of LMS

Claims (6)

Wide-area learning instructor support education complex system equipped with asynchronous server, synchronous server, and learning management server that integrates communication system and teaching material platform functions that can handle both synchronous and asynchronous.   The wide-area learning instructor-supported education complex system according to claim 1, wherein the platform function includes a function that enables joint development of teaching materials while communicating synchronously and asynchronously.   In the platform function, SNS (Social Networking) that allows users to exchange opinions at the same time by means of functions such as detailed setting of public information and non-public information to the whole community and methods such as chat, video chat, presentation presentation, teaching material database store use, etc. The integrated system for wide-area learning instructor support education according to claim 1 or 2, wherein functions of Service) are integrated.   While the user accesses information such as learning instruction database and educational contents / learning materials recorded on the recording medium of the asynchronous server of the system administrator via the Internet, the information is shared between the information provider and the information viewer or the same information. Information viewers or between educational content / learning material creators and their users, and between users of the same educational content / learning materials, connect to the system administrator's synchronization server. 4. The wide-area learning instructor support education composite system according to claim 1, wherein the system is shared.   The asynchronous server is equipped with an e-learning function that feeds back learning information such as a learning instruction database and educational contents / learning materials to the learner himself and the learning community, thereby improving the overall learning instruction ability of the user. 5. The wide-area learning instructor-supported composite system according to claim 1, which is improved.   The training materials should be developed, stored, and jointly developed by the user selecting or simultaneously connecting to the asynchronous server and the synchronous server via the Internet from a personal computer connected to a voice microphone and / or camera. 6. The wide-area learning instructor support education composite system according to claim 1, which enables or exchanges or uses information such as information, opinions, and know-how.