JP2014085467A - Training management server, control method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for supporting an instructor in a training session to comprehend the progress of each individual trainee and, even if the progress differs from one trainee to another, to appropriately implement the training.SOLUTION: In each chapter of a curriculum of a training session using contents of teaching aids, conditions to be followed to determine the proceeding method according to the level of understanding by each trainees are included, the levels of understanding by individual trainees are totaled, and the training is proceeded automatically in accordance with the conditions to be followed or the determination of some instructors. Whereas the standard curriculum is explained again or individualized training is done according to the level of understanding or the conditions to be followed, supplementary teaching aids whose contents vary with the level of understanding by each individual trainee are provided.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for supporting an instructor in order to make progress in a class appropriately adapted to a plurality of participants.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for allowing a plurality of users to communicate smoothly has been demanded.

  For this reason, in Patent Document 1, in an educational course, information that allows the understanding of each trainee to be understood by pressing buttons such as “with question” and “without question” at each trainee terminal is provided. A technique for displaying on a terminal used by a teacher is provided.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, in a conference or presentation system, a facilitator (a user who presents a conference or presents a presentation) operates the display content of the content displayed on the screen, and uses it for other conferences. The participants and presentation participants (audiences) select the content of interest, and the facilitator grasps the participant's reaction and provides a technology that allows the meeting and presentation to proceed flexibly. .

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  However, the technique of Patent Document 1 allows the trainee to press the “questioned” and “no question” buttons in the educational course, or, if necessary, to the screen information of the terminal operated by each trainee. Based on this, the progress status is grasped, and the result is displayed on the screen of the instructor terminal. Therefore, the instructor himself / herself should determine how to deal with differences in progress among trainees.

  Further, the technique of Patent Document 2 displays a participant's questions and opinions, and other noticed portions on a screen operated by a conference or presentation facilitator. Therefore, although the participant's reaction can be confirmed on the screen operated by the facilitator, it is appropriate if the participant's reaction is divided into pros and cons, for example, when the item of interest is divided, and how it proceeds The facilitator should determine whether this is the case.

  That is, in any case, it is merely a technique for grasping the reaction status of the students and participants, and if the responses are different, it does not provide contents with contents suitable for each.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and in order to grasp the progress of each student at the time of conducting the seminar, and to appropriately proceed with the class even if there is a difference in the progress among the students, The purpose is to provide technology to assist.

  The present invention is a course management server that can be connected to a lecturer terminal and a student terminal via a network, and that manages contents constituting the course material, student understanding, and progress. Curriculum storage for storing chapter numbers, chapter contents, the contents corresponding to the chapter numbers, and follow conditions for determining the progress method according to the degree of understanding of the students in the course using the contents as chapter information Means, supplementary teaching material storing means for storing the chapter number, the degree of understanding of the content of the student, and the content of supplementary teaching material corresponding to the degree of understanding as supplementary teaching material information, and the content of the chapter information The content providing means to be provided to the student terminal, and the student's understanding level for the content is received from the student terminal. An understanding level receiving means, an understanding level counting means for counting the understanding level, and a follow method determining means for determining whether or not to provide the understanding level of the student counted by the understanding level counting means; When the provision of the content of the chapter information is completed and the content providing unit determines that the supplementary teaching material content is to be provided based on the follow method determining unit, the degree of understanding The content of the supplementary teaching material according to the degree of understanding of each of the students accepted by the accepting means is provided to the student terminal.

  According to the present invention, a technique for supporting a lecturer is provided in order to grasp the progress of each student at the time of conducting a seminar and appropriately advance the course even when there is a difference in the progress among the students. be able to.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the class management server concerning an embodiment of the present invention, a lecturer terminal, and a student terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the workshop table which memorize | stores the list of the workshop concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the curriculum table which memorize | stores the curriculum of one class concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a data structure of the supplementary teaching material table which memorize | stores the supplementary teaching material (individual teaching material) in each chapter of the workshop concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the image of the workshop management screen concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the image of the progress confirmation screen concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the elapsed time confirmation screen concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the whole process of the workshop concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the class and progress determination process concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the training process concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the conditional branch of the progress determination concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the progress determination process concerning embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In this course management system, at least one student terminal 103, a course management server 101, and a lecturer terminal 102 are connected via a network 104 (LAN / WAN).

  The class management server 101 conducts a class based on the operation instruction of the instructor at the instructor terminal 102. That is, the contents of the teaching material are provided to the student terminal 103 through the network 104. Also, the course management server 101 accepts operations on the content of the student's teaching materials in the student terminal 103 via the network 104, and provides the next content, manages the progress of the student, information on the progress, etc. Provide to 102.

  Further, when the judgment result of the lecturer is input based on the information on the progress of the student presented at the lecturer terminal 102, the course management server 101 receives the judgment result, and based on the judgment result, for example, how to proceed with the course, Management of the provision of the next content and the completion of chapters (chapters) during the course.

  In FIG. 1, the course management server 101 and the lecturer terminal 102 are illustrated as different cases. This is because a plurality of seminars are held at the same time, and the management for the plurality of lecturer terminals 102 is processed by one course management server 101. However, the course management server 101 and the lecturer terminal 102 may be the same casing and manage one course. In addition, one class management server 101 and a lecturer terminal 102 configured in the same housing may manage other lecturer terminals 102. The configuration of FIG. 1 is merely an example.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the course management server 101, the lecturer terminal 102, and the student terminal 103 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the course management server 101, the lecturer terminal 102, and the student terminal 103 are connected via a system bus 204 to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 203, and a ROM (Read Only Memory). 202, an input controller 205, a video controller 206, a memory controller 207, a communication I / F controller 208, etc. are connected.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204.

  Further, the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 will be described later, which is necessary for realizing the functions executed by each server or each PC, such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) and OS (Operating System) which are control programs of the CPU 201. Various programs are stored. Further, information necessary for carrying out the present invention is stored. The external memory may be a database.

  The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program or the like necessary for executing the processing from the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 to the RAM 203 and executing the loaded program.

  The input controller 205 controls input from a keyboard (KB) 209 or a pointing device such as a mouse (not shown).

  The video controller 206 controls display on a display device such as the display 210. The display device may be a display device such as a liquid crystal display. These are used by the administrator as needed.

  The memory controller 207 is an external storage device (hard disk (HD)), flexible disk (FD), or PCMCIA (Personal Computer) that stores a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. Controls access to an external memory 211 such as a Compact Flash (registered trademark) memory connected to a Memory Card International Association (Card Memory) card slot via an adapter.

  The communication I / F controller 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via the network 104, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, communication using TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is possible.

  The CPU 201 can display on the display 210 by executing an outline font rasterization process on a display information area in the RAM 203, for example. Further, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction using a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display 210.

  Various programs to be described later for realizing the present invention are recorded in the external memory 211 and executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 203 as necessary. Furthermore, definition files and various information tables used when executing the program are also stored in the external memory 211, and a detailed description thereof will be described later.

  Next, a teaching material database used in the course management system will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of a seminar table that stores a list of seminars according to the embodiment of the present invention. The class table 300 is information representing a list of data of classes managed by the class management server 101. Specifically, it is a table composed of data items such as a seminar code 301, a seminar name 302, and a teaching material storage destination 303.

  The teaching material storage destination 303 has a folder (including content data in it) as an example, but a URL on a database or Web application, or any other available on the instructor terminal 102 or the student terminal 103 May indicate the storage location of the content or the content file itself.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a curriculum table that stores a curriculum of one course according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the example of FIG. 4, the course code 301 in FIG. 3 is “A001” and the course name 302 is the contents of the course corresponding to “Introduction to development tools”, and is configured as one record for each chapter (chapter). ing.

  The curriculum table 400 (curriculum storage unit) includes data items such as a workshop code 401, a chapter number 402, a chapter title 403, a basic time 404, an extended time 405, a text start page 406, a follow condition 407, and the like. Registered by the curriculum registration department.

  The class code 401 indicates which class code 301 shown in FIG. 3 is a record (chapter information) associated with the class code.

  The chapter number 402 is the number of a chapter (chapter) constituting the seminar, and is uniquely specified in one seminar. That is, information of one chapter (chapter) is specified by the seminar code 401 and the chapter number 402.

  The chapter title 403 is a title indicating an outline of the chapter.

  The basic time 404 is an end time that is scheduled as a standard until the corresponding chapter is completed after the seminar is held. When this time is exceeded, the course management server 101 notifies the instructor terminal 102. , Let the instructor input continuation judgment. For example, in consideration of the circumstances of the students who have attended the class as the basic time, it is determined whether or not to continue the chapter during the class even if the basic time is exceeded. In addition, if the chapter being taught is the premise of understanding the subsequent chapter and there is a student who does not fully understand that chapter, it is necessary to continue even if the basic time is exceeded. There is a case.

  The extended time 405 represents the time from when the seminar is held until the corresponding chapter is completed, as with the basic time 404. However, it is a time later than the basic time 404, and the basic time 404 can be extended at the discretion of the instructor, whereas the extended time 405 must never be exceeded. It's time. For example, the extension time 405 is set when there is a student who came from a remote place and it is known that there is a possibility that the reserved airplane cannot be boarded if the class is extended.

  In the curriculum table of FIG. 4, the basic time 404 and the extended time 405 are set as accumulated times from the start of the course, but may be set as the times of each chapter, and the accumulated times may be calculated as needed. That is, the actual end time based on the time (basic time, extension time), the accumulated time, and the start time of the course can be calculated mutually if any one is set.

  A text start page 406 indicates a start page of text (which may be paper or electronic data) corresponding to each chapter. When the text is electronic data, the page designated by the text start page 406 may be displayed on the student terminal 103 when the chapter is started. Here, the term “page” is used for convenience, but the text is not necessarily composed of a plurality of pages of one file, and may be divided into a plurality of files designated by serial numbers, for example. It may contain other images or video data along the way. In any case, the unit displayed on the student terminal is identified by an ID or the like, and the unit displayed in that order in principle is hereinafter referred to as “page” for convenience.

  The follow condition 407 is a case where the answer to the chapters and exercises of the corresponding chapter is completed, but if the understanding rate of the students is low, the problem will be re-explained again, and the problem will be individually appropriate. Is a data item in which conditions such as continuing exercises are described.

  As a premise, regarding the understanding level of the students, the “understand” button and the “understand” button (not shown) may be displayed on the student terminal 103 and based on the totaled result. . In addition, while the instructor terminal 102 advances the text page, the student is reviewing the previous page, and the judgment is based on the information that the instructor's progress cannot be reached until the end of the chapter. Good. It may be based on the scoring results of exercises. Furthermore, the situation (not shown) in which a problem exercise is being performed at the student terminal 103 may also be displayed on the instructor terminal 102 (not shown), and based on this, the instructor may manage the progress of each person. . In any method, whether each student's progress or degree of understanding is sufficient may be determined automatically or by human judgment. Based on this determination, the course management server 101 can calculate whether or not each student has sufficient understanding.

  An example described in the follow condition 407 will be described. First, “(Chapter 4 understanding rate <50%) => Explanation again”, which is a description corresponding to chapter number 402 “4”, will be described. At the end of Chapter 4, the degree of comprehension is calculated using one of the methods described above. If the degree of understanding of the student is “50%” or less, the lecture management server 101 is notified to the instructor terminal 102 so as to explain the contents of the chapter again as described after “⇒”. The lecturer confirms verbally to the student, or decides which page of the chapter will be explained again based on the display of page information that the student is incompletely understood as explained in FIG. Instructor terminal 102 instructs the page and resumes the course. The page designation is not shown, but in FIG. 6 to be described later, when the “follow” message is notified of “explain again” and the lecturer presses the start button 611, the lecture management server 101 instructs the lecturer. The terminal 102 may confirm the page. In addition, as described with reference to FIG. 7, when information on a page that the student does not understand can be acquired, the page may be automatically restarted. Here, the content of the chapter is explained as a course, but it may be an exercise.

  Next, even if the comprehension rate of Chapter 4 is 50% or more, under the condition that “Chapter 2 Ununderstood ∩ Chapter 4 Ununderstood ≠ φ”, students who have insufficient understanding of both Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 If this is the case, it will be necessary to deal individually with each chapter. Individual correspondence will be described later.

  Further, in the above description, it is expressed as a chapter or a chapter, but these do not necessarily need to be a chapter or chapter in a normal text (book) or a course material. In order to deepen understanding to as many students as possible within the limits of basic time and extension time, it means an appropriate class break to re-explain or respond individually as necessary. Therefore, the content of the entire course may be a chapter in the embodiment of the present invention, and a chapter in a normal book may be divided into a plurality of chapters or chapters in the embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of a supplementary teaching material table that stores supplementary teaching materials (individual teaching materials) in each chapter of the seminar according to the embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of the database for managing the individual teaching material contents when “follow-up” is set in the follow condition 407 in the above-described seminar table 300 will be described.

  The supplementary teaching material table 500 (supplementary teaching material storage unit) is a database composed of supplementary teaching material information, that is, data items such as a workshop code 501, a chapter number 502, a user 503, an individual teaching material code 504, and a teaching material storage location 505. . It is registered by the supplementary teaching material register.

  The class code 501 is a data item indicating that the record is associated with the class code 301 in the class table 300 and the class code 401 in the curriculum table 400.

  The chapter number 502 is a data item for indicating that the record is associated with the chapter number 402 of the curriculum table 400.

  The user 503 is a data item for designating whether the user who uses the individual teaching material associated with this record is a student who fully understands the chapter of the chapter number 502 or a student who is insufficiently understood. is there. For this reason, either “for those who understand” or “for those who do not understand” is described in the data.

  The individual learning material code 504 is a code for specifying an individual learning material used as a supplementary learning material. The individual teaching materials indicated by this code include the above-mentioned “for understanders” and “for ununderstood people”. For example, when the chapter specified by chapter number 502 is completed, for users with different degrees of understanding. , Teaching materials at appropriate levels (difficulty level, etc.) can be provided. For example, if the corresponding chapter is an exercise, it is possible to provide students with a lesser difficulty to understand the exercise specified in the standard text and deepen their understanding. It becomes. On the other hand, while the students who did not understand continue to study with individual teaching materials, the students who have been able to understand will be provided with difficult exercises that are not in the standard text as an applied problem. It is possible to acquire advanced skills.

  A learning material storage location 505 indicates a storage location for storing files and contents of supplementary learning materials. As an example, a folder (which contains content data) is listed, but URLs on databases and Web applications, and other storage locations for arbitrary content that can be used on the instructor terminal 102 or the student terminal 103 are shown. It may be the one shown or the content file itself.

  In the follow condition 407 in FIG. 4, there is a possibility that the chapter (chapter number) is a chapter 4 to 7 “individual correspondence”. Corresponding individual teaching materials are available.

  As described above, it is possible to obtain an effect that it is possible to proceed with a course corresponding to both students who have sufficient understanding and students who have insufficient understanding in the same time. Details of the processing will be described with reference to a flowchart described later.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8, screen images such as workshop management transmitted from the course management server 101 and displayed on the screen of the lecturer terminal 102 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an image of the seminar management screen according to the embodiment of the present invention. The class management screen 600 shown in FIG. 6 confirms the level of understanding of the students, and determines the progress of the class according to the level of understanding.

  The seminar list selection list 601 is a list box that displays a list of seminars stored in the seminar table 300 of FIG. 3, and is used for allowing the instructor to select a seminar that starts from the list. It is.

  The class start time 602 is the class start time. Based on this start time, the basic time 404, the extension time 405, and the chapter number 603, which will be described later, a time that is a target for completion of the chapter in progress. Are displayed as a basic time 604 and an extended time 605.

  The chapter number 603 is a chapter (chapter number) currently being implemented.

  The follow response 606 displays a message regarding the degree of understanding of the student. The message is content related to the degree of understanding and necessary response. This corresponds to the contents of the follow condition 407 in FIG.

  The progress confirmation button 607 is an operation button for displaying, on the lecturer terminal 102, information from the viewpoint of the degree of understanding of the progress of the student described in detail in FIG. 700). Processing is performed by the understanding progress information request receiving unit and the understanding progress information transmitting unit of the course management server 101.

  The time confirmation button 608 is an operation button for displaying, on the instructor terminal 102, information from the viewpoint of the passage of time of each chapter in the course described in detail in FIG. 800). Processing is performed by the elapsed time confirmation information request reception unit and the elapsed time confirmation information transmission unit of the course management server 101.

  The “Next” button 609 is a button for ending the chapter currently being taught and starting the next chapter. In the flowchart of the lecture, the normal chapter (standard teaching material, that is, the teaching material that is not a supplementary teaching material) is completed or the program proceeds to the next chapter automatically depending on whether the extended time has elapsed. For example, the operation of the “Next” button 609 is performed. If the follow-up conditions are not met and the extension time has not elapsed while the supplementary teaching materials are being implemented, or if the instructor decides to proceed to the next chapter for some other reason. Further, the “Next” button 609 may be pressed at the end of each chapter. At that time, for example, information such as the progress confirmation screen 700 and the elapsed time confirmation screen 800 may be forcibly displayed.

  The “suspend / resume button” 610 is a button operated by the instructor to interrupt the progress of the course or to resume the suspended course. For example, it is used when a break time is set for the class. As a result, even if the actual time has elapsed, the interrupted time can be excluded from the basic time and the extended time. However, this method is only an example. For example, “break” may be set for the chapter number 402 in the curriculum table 400, and when a certain chapter ends, the next time may be set as “rest” for a certain period of time.

  The start button 611 is a button for starting the content as instructed when a notification such as “explain again” or “individual response” is given in the message of the follow response 606.

  Even if the skip button 612 is a follow-up message 606 and a notification such as “re-explain” or “individual response” is given, the content as instructed as described above due to the time constraints of the student as described above. It is a button for operating when not proceeding but proceeding to the next chapter.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an image of a progress confirmation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the progress confirmation button 607 in FIG. 6 is pressed by the lecturer, a progress confirmation screen 700 is displayed.

  In chapter number 701, the following information relating to progress in the chapter is described.

  The basic time 702 is a data item that describes the level of understanding of the student within the basic time range of the corresponding chapter. In the example, information such as “◯ (I understand)”, “× (I could not understand P.78)” (example of 705) is described.

  The extension time 703 is a data item describing the level of understanding of the student within the range of the basic time of the corresponding chapter. The description is basically the same as the basic time 702.

  A student 704 corresponds to each student participating in the class (managed by the class management server 101). One row of data on the progress confirmation screen 700 corresponds to one student.

  The understanding rate 706 indicates the understanding rate of all students. In the example of the progress confirmation screen 700, the percentage of students who understand among all students is expressed in%. That is, the understanding level of each student is 100% or 0%. As another example, from the students who answered the exercise questions, or the situation that the instructor-designated page displayed when the instructor explains, returning to another page and confirming The score for one person may be expressed by% or the like, and the understanding rate may be expressed by an average score or the like as a whole. Further, not the understanding rate but the reverse ununderstood rate may be described.

  The correspondence 707 describes whether the corresponding chapter has been dealt with such as “individual correspondence”, “explain again”, or “no correspondence required”.

  Thus, by confirming the progress confirmation screen 700, the instructor not only knows that there is an ununderstood person by the notification of the course management server 101, but also details where each trainer has become incapable of understanding. It is possible to obtain the effect of being able to grasp.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an elapsed time confirmation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention. The elapsed time confirmation screen 800 is a list of chapter numbers 801 indicating the chapters of the workshop, an execution time 802 indicating the time taken to execute each chapter, a start time 803 indicating the actual start, and an end time 804 indicating the end time. indicate.

  The start time 803 is the time actually started as described above, but the execution time 802 represents the elapsed time. Also, () in the execution time 802 represents the accumulated time. Here, in the chapter whose chapter number is 5, the cumulative execution time 802 is “3:20”. This coincides with “3:20” of the extension time 405 of the curriculum table 400. Therefore, chapter “5” may have progressed to chapter “6” with students who do not fully understand. Also, chapter “6” needs to be completed within “0:40” minutes, which is the extension time.

  While the instructor can confirm such an elapsed time on the elapsed time confirmation screen 800, it is possible to obtain an effect that the lecture can be progressed with ease.

  Next, using the flowcharts of FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 and FIG. FIG. 12 is a table for easy understanding of the description of the branch condition in the flowchart of FIG. 13 and will be described together with FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the entire process of the seminar according to the embodiment of the present invention. Steps S901 to S914 in FIG. 9 are executed by the CPU 201 of the course management server 101. Steps S921 to S928 are executed by the student terminal 103.

  In step S <b> 901, a list of seminar information is read from the seminar table 300.

  In S902, a list of information on the seminar read in S901 is presented to the instructor terminal 102, and the instructor is selected, and the selected information is accepted. Further, related information such as the curriculum table 400 and supplementary teaching material table 500 of the selected course is acquired.

  In step S903, in order to determine whether or not the class has ended, “false” indicating a state in which the class has not ended is set as the class end flag.

  The repetitive processing from S904 to S914 is repeated for all chapters (chapter numbers) of the selected seminar. When there are no more chapters to continue, the course ends flag = true and the process is repeated. In this iterative process, the process proceeds with a focus on one chapter.

  In S905, the instructor terminal 102 is provided with basic information about the chapter of interest that will be started from now, which has been described in the course management screen 600 of FIG. 6 (the course management information transmission unit).

  In S906, information (content etc.) about the chapter under attention is acquired. When the content is divided into a plurality of data, the first data may actually be read, and the subsequent data may be read as necessary.

  In S907, “chapter progress attribute” is set to “start” in order to indicate that the course is in a start state for the chapter under consideration.

  The iterative process from S908 to S910 is repeated until the course is in a finished state for the chapter in question. Specifically, it is repeated until “Chapter progress attribute” becomes “End”.

  In step S909, a determination is made as to whether the chapter in progress is in progress and whether the chapter is to be terminated. At this time, as a process on the student terminal 103 side, communication with S924 described later is performed, and progress information is acquired. At the end of S909 (a process described later as a subroutine in the flowchart of FIG. 10), whether or not the chapter of interest has ended is set as the chapter progress attribute as a result of the correspondence determination. If the chapter progress attribute is “end”, the iterative processing from S908 to S910 is completed.

  In S911, it is determined whether or not the chapter under consideration (the chapter that has been ended with the chapter progress attribute “end”) is the last chapter in the entire course. Specifically, the chapter number 402 corresponding to the class code 401 in the curriculum table 400 is determined based on whether or not the chapter being noticed is the last chapter. In the case of the last chapter (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S9112. If not (NO), the process proceeds to S913.

  In S912, the training end flag is set to “true”.

  In S913, the student terminal 103 is notified of the status of the seminar, such as whether or not the course is in an end state.

  This completes the description of the course management server 101 processing. Next, processing of the student terminal 103 will be described.

  In S921, preparations are made to start attendance. Specifically, the client software is activated in accordance with the client software activation instruction on the student side, and processing such as preparation for receiving notification from the course management server 101 is performed.

  In S922, the training end flag is set to “false” which means that the training has not ended.

  In the repetitive processing from S923 to S928, as described in S909 and S913, the course management server 101 and the course information and the information on the student side are transmitted and received, and the progress and termination of the course are determined. This process is repeated until the class is in an end state for the chapter under consideration. Specifically, it is repeated until “Chapter progress attribute” becomes “End”.

  In S924, in accordance with instructions from the course management server 101, display of course contents, acceptance of student inputs made in accordance with the instructions in the contents, notification to the course management server 101 of information on the acceptance and progress information, etc. At any time. Details will be described in the processing described later as a subroutine in the flowchart of FIG.

  In S925, the status of the seminar is received from the course management server 101, such as whether or not the course is in an end state.

  In S926, it is determined whether or not the class is over. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the notification received from the course management server 101 in S925 is the end of the course. If the class is completed (YES), the process proceeds to S927. If the course is not finished (NO), the process proceeds to S928.

  In S927, the course end flag is set to “true”.

  This completes the description of the processing of the student terminal 103. This completes the description of the flowchart in FIG. 9.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a course and progress determination process according to the embodiment of the present invention. Steps S1001 to S1003 in FIG. 10 are executed by the CPU 201 of the course management server 101. Step S1011 is executed by the student terminal 103.

  In S1001 (processing in the course management server 101), an instruction operation for a lecture by a lecturer is accepted from the lecturer terminal 102, and instructions and information of contents according to the instruction are transmitted to the lecturer terminal 102 or the student terminal 103. To do.

  The information transmitted to the instructor terminal 102 includes, for example, information for causing the instructor terminal 102 to display the progress confirmation screen described in FIG. 7 and the elapsed time confirmation screen described in FIG. The information transmitted to the student terminal 103 includes, for example, content changes such as turning pages of text instructed by the lecturer.

  Moreover, the information transmitted from the student terminal 103 to lecture is received. The information received from the student terminal 103 is information related to progress, for example. Information related to progress and understanding is transmitted from the course management server 101 in response to a request to refer to another page in addition to displaying the displayed page (in addition to displaying the page according to the instruction from the instructor) Content) and the above-mentioned “I understand” and “I don't understand” buttons, and the results of the exercises.

  In S1011 (processing in the student terminal 103), processing corresponding to S1001 described above is performed. That is, the information transmitted in the above example is transmitted to and received from the course management server 101. The details of S1001 and S1011 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In S1002, the information regarding the progress and the degree of understanding received from the student terminal 103 in S1001 is totaled. Specifically, the degree of understanding is totaled as a percentage of each student or as a whole student (understanding degree totalization unit).

  In S1003, the response to the continuation of the course is determined based on the result of the aggregation in S1002, the basic time 404 of the curriculum table 400, the extension time 405, the follow condition 407, the current time, the judgment of the instructor accepted from the instructor terminal 102, and the like. Then, the response method is set to “Chapter progress attribute”. Details will be described with reference to FIG. 12 and FIG. 13. The determination results include “continue” to continue the chapter progression, “end” to terminate, “explain again” using the chapter standard teaching materials, There is "individual correspondence" using supplementary teaching materials.

  In the description of the flowchart of FIG. 10, the execution of the course (S1001 in the course management server 101) and the correspondence determination of the course continuation (S1003) are described as sequential steps, but this is only an example. . In this flowchart, for example, in S1001, the process is not continued until one chapter is completed, but the student's understanding is received at a certain timing (for example, every certain time), and the process is completed. Are completed and this flowchart is completed (that is, S909 in FIG. 9 is completed). When this is completed, it is determined whether or not to repeat the processing from S908 to S910 with the determination result as the processing result of S909, and if so, the flowchart of FIG. 10 may be continued from the previous continuation. Is possible.

Also, the execution of the course (S1001 in the course management server 101) and the correspondence determination of the course continuation (S1003) are executed as parallel processes, and the determination process is performed by interrupting at any time during the execution of the course. In such a case, it is possible to return to the flowchart of FIG.
Above, description of the process of the flowchart of FIG. 10 is completed.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the training process according to the embodiment of the present invention. Steps S1101 to S1112 in FIG. 11 are executed by the CPU 201 of the course management server 101. Steps S1111 to S1123 are executed by the student terminal 103. The flowchart of FIG. 11 is a flowchart for determining how to proceed with the course and based on the chapter progress attribute to implement the course.

  In S1101, it is determined whether or not the chapter progress attribute is “start”. If it is “Start” (YES), the process proceeds to S1102. In cases other than the start (in the case of NO), the process proceeds to S1104.

  In step S1102, the chapter progress attribute that was “start” is changed to “continue” and set. That is, the setting of the attribute is changed to indicate that the start of the chapter is actually instructed and the training is continuously performed from that point.

  In step S1103, the first page of the chapter being noticed is acquired. Specifically, the text start page 406 is referred to in the curriculum table 400 of FIG.

  In S1104, it is determined how to proceed when the chapter progress attribute is other than the start. When the chapter progress attribute is “individual correspondence”, the process proceeds to S1105. In the case of “explain again”, the process proceeds to S1106. In the case of “Continue”, the process proceeds to S1107.

  In S1105, since the standard teaching materials have already been completed and instructed to deal individually, the contents of the individual teaching materials and their pages are acquired according to the degree of understanding and progress of each student. Specifically, an appropriate teaching material is selected from the supplementary teaching material table of FIG. 5 according to the degree of understanding of the student and presented to the student terminal 103. The user 503 in FIG. 5 provides two levels of teaching materials for “understanders” and “for ununderstood people”, but the student's score is calculated based on the results of the exercise problem and divided into more detailed levels. You may do it. At this time, the class management screen 600 described with reference to FIG. 6 may be displayed on the instructor terminal 102 to confirm the instructor's judgment regarding the progress. For example, the instructor can issue an instruction by pressing a start button 611 when the individual correspondence is performed and a skip button 612 when the individual correspondence is not performed.

  Note that the flowchart of FIG. 11 does not complete the process until the correspondence to a specific teaching material or page is finished, but once the fixed time has elapsed, the flowchart is exited once, and the flowchart of FIG. 10 (and FIG. 9) returns. Alternatively, the flowchart of FIG. 11 may be started again. In that case, if an individual correspondence is made, the teaching material and page currently being dealt with are stored and can be continued.

  In step S1106, the instructor terminal 102 is notified so as to explain the standard teaching material again, and a screen for designating a page to be explained again is displayed (not shown), and the result of letting the instructor remain is acquired. Further, the page to be described again may be automatically determined with reference to the information that is the basis of the information displayed on the progress confirmation screen 700 in FIG. As in the case of the individual correspondence described above, when the flowchart of FIG. 11 is once exited and the flowchart of FIG. 11 is started again, the page being described is stored again so that it can be continued.

In step S <b> 1107, it is determined whether or not all pages of the learning material of the chapter under consideration (for example, supplementary teaching materials for individual correspondence) have been completed. If not completed (NO), the process proceeds to S1108. If completed (YES), the process proceeds to S11009.
In S1108, the next page of the learning material is acquired.

  In S1109, it is determined whether or not the chapter has ended. Specifically, in S1108, it is determined whether or not the next page of the learning material has been acquired. If the chapter is complete (YES), the process proceeds to S1110. If the chapter has not ended (NO), the process proceeds to S1111.

  In S1110, “End” is set in the chapter progress attribute, assuming that the teaching material in the chapter under consideration has been completed. Thereafter, the flowchart of FIG. 11 is completed.

  In S1111, the content of the page acquired in S1108 is notified to the student terminal 103 (content providing unit).

  In S1121, the student terminal 103 receives the contents of the page notified from the course management server.

  In S1122, a page is displayed on the student terminal 103 to allow the student to learn.

  In S1123, the course management server 101 is notified of the degree of understanding and progress of the student.

  In S1112, the student's understanding level and progress notified from the student terminal 103 are received (understanding level receiving unit).

  As described above, in the flowchart of FIG. 11, it is described that the student terminal 103 is notified and learned in units of pages, and as a result, the degree of understanding and the progress are acquired. 11 may be interrupted and the flowchart of FIG. 11 may be completed once (the page currently being executed is stored and can be resumed later). When the flowchart of FIG. 11 is resumed, the same page can be continued from the next. Of course, as shown in the flowchart, it is possible to manage the progress only in units of pages.

  In addition, as described above, the page of any teaching material (standard teaching material, individual teaching material, or standard teaching material in the case of explanation again) is stored for each student.

From the above, according to the process in the flowchart of FIG. 11, the progress of the course can be appropriately advanced automatically depending on the degree of understanding of all the students or each student, and in some cases requesting the judgment of the lecturer. The effect that it is possible can be obtained. In addition, it is possible to obtain an effect that it is possible to continue by providing different teaching materials for each student having a different degree of understanding as necessary.
Above, description of the flowchart of FIG. 11 is completed.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example of a conditional branch for progress determination according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a table for easy understanding of the explanation of conditional branching in the flowchart described in FIG. 13 as described above.

  A time 1201 is set on the horizontal axis of the condition matrix 1200. The time is divided into three based on the basic time and the extended time. The vertical axis represents progress / understanding level 1202. The degree of progress / understanding is divided into three categories: “sufficient understanding”, “insufficient understanding” at the end of the chapter normal teaching material, and during the chapter normal teaching material class. Here, the level of understanding is a judgment obtained from the level of understanding of all students. That is, as a result of the condition determination under the follow condition 407 in the curriculum table 400 of FIG. 4, it is determined as a whole whether or not the degree of understanding is sufficient. Each cell of the condition matrix 1200 describes a value set for the chapter progress attribute.

  For example, if the level of understanding is sufficient at the end of the chapter normal teaching material, the chapter ends at any time, and the process proceeds to the next chapter.

  If the chapter normal teaching material class is in progress, in the example of FIG. 12, the class with the normal teaching material is continued regardless of the time.

  If the level of comprehension is insufficient at the stage where the chapter normal teaching materials are finished, “explain again” or “individual correspondence” is designated as a result of the condition determination in the follow condition 407 within the basic time. Therefore, conduct as specified. If it is within the range from the basic time to the extension time, the instructor determines that “explain again”, “individual correspondence” or skip both and proceed to the next chapter. After the extended time, “end”.

However, this condition is only an example. For example, if it is after the extended time and is in the course of regular chapter teaching materials, it is set to continue unconditionally, but it is processed so as to acquire the judgment of the instructor, or unconditionally to the next chapter It is also possible to process it to proceed.
This completes the description of FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of progress determination processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. That is, it is a process of determining how to respond next at a certain point in the course based on the course time and the degree of understanding of the students. Each step in FIG. 13 is executed by the CPU 201 of the course management server 101. The conditional branching according to the condition matrix 1200 of FIG. 12 is expressed as a flowchart.

  In S1301, it is determined whether or not the normal teaching material is being taught. If it is during the course (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S1307. If not (NO), the process proceeds to S1302.

  In S1302, it is determined whether or not the degree of understanding is sufficient. Specifically, when “follow explanation” or “individual correspondence” is designated by the follow condition 407 of the curriculum table 400 in FIG. 4, the degree of understanding is insufficient (in the case of NO), and the flow proceeds to S1303. Other than that, it is determined that the degree of understanding is sufficient (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S1308.

  In S1303, it is determined whether or not the current time is within the range of the extended time (extended time elapsed determination unit). In the figure, it is represented by a less than equal sign, but this is for convenience of explanation and may be simply less. If the current time is within the extended time range (YES), the process proceeds to S1304. When that is not right (in the case of NO), it progresses to S1309.

  In S1304, it is determined whether or not the current time is in the basic time range (basic time elapsed determination unit). If it is within the basic time range (in the case of YES), the flow proceeds to S1305. If not (NO), the process proceeds to S1310.

  In S 1305, it is determined whether “individual correspondence” or “explain again” is specified in the follow condition 407. In the case of individual correspondence, the process proceeds to S1306. In the case of description again, the process proceeds to S1313.

  In S1306, “individual correspondence” is set in the chapter progress attribute, and the flowchart of FIG. 13 is completed.

  In S1307, “continuation” is set in the chapter progress attribute, and the flowchart of FIG. 13 is completed.

  In S1308, “End” is set in the chapter progress attribute, and the flowchart of FIG. 13 is completed.

  In S1309, “End” is set in the chapter progress attribute, and the flowchart of FIG. 13 is completed.

  In S1310, the instructor terminal 102 is requested to determine whether or not to continue the course by using the extended time.

  In S <b> 1311, the lecture management server receives the result determined by the lecturer at the lecturer terminal 102.

  In S1312, the judgment result in S1311 determines whether or not to extend the course (classification continuation determination unit). When extending (in the case of YES), it progresses to S1305. When not extending (in the case of NO), it progresses to S1313.

  In S1313, “End” is set in the chapter progress attribute, and the flowchart of FIG. 13 is completed.

  In S1314, “explain again” is set in the chapter progress attribute, and the flowchart of FIG. 13 is completed.

  Through the above process, depending on the level of understanding and progress of all students or each student, continue the course of the chapter that is of interest, or end it (if there is a next chapter, proceed to the next chapter), respond individually It is possible to obtain an effect that it is possible to automatically perform a flexible response such as explaining again, or to present it to a lecturer.

  In addition, it is possible to obtain an effect that the basic time, the extended time, and the current time are compared, and appropriate correspondence can be automatically performed or presented to the lecturer.

  Above, the description regarding the process of the flowchart of FIG. 13 is completed.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute the processing methods of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 and FIG. A computer executable program is stored. Note that the program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each apparatus in FIGS. 9 to 11 and 13.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention. Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

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A lecture management server that can be connected to a lecturer terminal and a student terminal via a network, and that manages the contents constituting the course material, the understanding level of the student, and the progress,
The chapter curriculum is stored as chapter information, the chapter number, the content corresponding to the chapter number, and the follow condition for determining the progress method according to the degree of understanding of the student in the course using the content. Curriculum storage means,
Supplementary teaching material storage means for storing, as supplementary teaching material information, the chapter number, the degree of understanding of the content of the student, and the content of supplementary teaching material according to the understanding level;
Content providing means for providing the content of the chapter information to the student terminal;
An understanding level acceptance means for accepting an understanding level of the student with respect to the content from the student terminal;
Understanding level totalization means for counting the level of understanding;
Follow-up method determination means for determining whether or not to provide the student's understanding level totaled by the understanding level totalization means,
With
The content providing means includes
When the provision of the chapter information content is completed and it is determined that the supplementary teaching material content is provided based on the follow method determination unit, each of the students received by the understanding level reception unit A course management server, wherein the content of the supplementary teaching material according to the degree of understanding is provided to the student terminal. The follow method determination means further includes:
Based on the level of understanding of the student calculated by the level of understanding totalization means and the follow condition, it is determined whether to explain the content of the chapter information to the student again,
The content providing means includes
When the provision of the chapter information content is completed and it is determined that the content of the chapter information is to be explained again based on the follow method determination unit, the student information received by the understanding level reception unit The course management server according to claim 1, wherein the content of the chapter information is provided to the student terminal according to the degree of understanding. The curriculum storage means further includes:
Based on the start time of the seminar and the current time, the basic time that can be calculated as the time until the end of the chapter information or the supplementary teaching material content is also associated and stored as the chapter information Because
Basic time passage determination means for determining whether or not the basic time has passed based on the end time and the current time;
If it is determined by the basic time lapse determination means that the basic time has elapsed, the instructor terminal is notified to that effect and whether or not to continue the content information in the chapter information or the supplementary teaching material A course continuation judging means for accepting such judgment and judging continuation of the course,
On the other hand, if it is determined that the content training is to be continued based on the course continuation determination means, the content is continued. On the other hand, if it is determined that the content training is not to be continued, the processing is terminated. The course management server according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the course based on the content is continued in some cases. The curriculum storage means further includes:
Based on the start time of the seminar and the current time, an extension time that can be calculated as a time until the end of the chapter information or supplementary teaching material content is also associated with an extension time that can be calculated and stored as the chapter information. And
Based on the final end time and the current time, an extended time elapse determining means for determining whether or not the extended time has elapsed,
If it is determined that the content course is to be continued based on the extension time elapse determination means, it is continued. On the other hand, if it is determined that the content course is not to be continued, the process is terminated. The course management server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when there is, the course based on the content of the chapter information is continued.   In order to manage the progress of the seminar, it is provided with a lecture management information transmission means for transmitting information on the follow method based on the start time of the seminar, the chapter information, and the follow method determination means to the lecturer terminal so as to present the lecturer. The course management server according to claim 1, wherein: Understanding degree progress information request accepting means for accepting a request for information on the degree of understanding and progress of the student from the lecturer terminal;
In response to the request received by the understanding progress information request receiving means, understanding degree progress information transmitting means for transmitting information related to the understanding level and progress to the instructor terminal to be presented to the instructor;
The course management server according to claim 1, further comprising: Elapsed time confirmation information request accepting means for accepting a request for information related to the time required for each of the chapters of the seminar from the lecturer terminal;
In accordance with the request received by the elapsed time confirmation information request acceptance means, the elapsed time confirmation information transmission means for transmitting to the instructor terminal information related to the time required for the progress of each chapter of the seminar to be presented to the instructor. When,
The course management server according to claim 1, further comprising: A control method of a lecture management server that can be connected to a lecturer terminal and a student terminal via a network, and that manages the content constituting the course material, the understanding level of the student, and the progress,
The curriculum registration means includes a chapter number of the course curriculum, the content corresponding to the chapter number, and a follow condition for determining a progress method according to the degree of understanding of the student in the course using the content. Curriculum registration step for registering in the curriculum storage means as chapter information;
Supplementary teaching material registration means for registering supplementary teaching material as supplementary teaching material information in the supplementary teaching material storage means with the chapter number, the degree of understanding of the content of the student, and the content of the supplementary teaching material according to the understanding level When,
A content providing step in which a content providing means provides the content of the chapter information to the student terminal;
An understanding level receiving means for receiving an understanding level of the student with respect to the content from the student terminal;
Understanding level totalization means, the understanding level totalization step for totalizing the understanding level,
A follow method determination step for determining whether or not the follow method determination means provides the understanding level of the student calculated by the understanding level calculation step;
With
The content providing step includes:
When the provision of the chapter information content is completed and it is determined that the supplementary teaching material content is provided based on the follow method determination step, each of the students received by the understanding level reception step A method for controlling a course management server, characterized in that the content of the supplementary teaching material corresponding to the degree of understanding of the course is provided to the student terminal. A program that allows a computer to be connected to an instructor terminal and a student terminal via a network, and to function as a course management server that manages the contents that constitute the course materials, the degree of understanding of the students, and the progress. There,
The computer,
The curriculum of the course curriculum is stored as chapter information, the chapter number, the content corresponding to the chapter number, and the follow condition for determining the progress method according to the degree of understanding of the student in the course using the content. Curriculum registration means to be registered in the means,
Supplementary teaching material registration means for registering the chapter number, the degree of understanding of the content of the student, and the content of the supplementary teaching material according to the understanding level in supplemental teaching material storage means as supplementary teaching material information,
Content providing means for providing the content of the chapter information to the student terminal;
Understanding level accepting means for accepting the level of understanding of the student with respect to the content from the student terminal,
Understanding level totalization means for counting the understanding level,
Follow-up method determining means for determining whether or not to provide the understanding level of the student counted by the understanding level counting means,
With
The content providing means includes
When the provision of the chapter information content is completed and it is determined that the supplementary teaching material content is provided based on the follow method determination unit, each of the students received by the understanding level reception unit A program for functioning as a course management server, characterized in that the content of the supplementary teaching material according to the degree of understanding of the course is provided to the student terminal.

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