JPH06230712A - Teaching material generation supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a teaching material generation supporting system by which a teaching material generator can easily and surely generate a teaching material and also, with superior maintainability. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a managing table generating means 1 for experience which generates a managing table 5 for experience to generate the material for virtual reality of a leaner by directly inputting data, an operation history acquiring means 2 which acquires an operation history managing table 6 when a user gains virtual by the managing table generating means 1 for experience by using the teaching material constituted of the managing table 5 for experience, and a managing table generating means 3 for teaching which automatically generates a managing table 7 for teaching of model type that is a teaching method to show the model of an operation, or of guidance type that is the teaching method to guide the learner for an operating procedure by an educational system by using an operation history and the managing table 5 for experience.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a teaching material creation support system, and more particularly to a teaching material creation support system in an education system that supports the acquisition of knowledge by a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 shows a conventional teaching material (management table) creating process. In the figure, the management table creating means 11 creates an experience management table for creating learning materials for the simulated experience for the learner. The experience management table is created by directly inputting data.

FIG. 9 shows the configuration of a conventional education system.
The education system shown in the figure has an output unit 32 for presenting teaching materials to a user, an input unit 31 for a learner to directly operate based on the teaching materials presented by the output unit 32, and an execution unit for executing processing based on the input. 33, a working memory 34 used by the execution unit 33, an actual teaching material 36 composed of figures, voices, moving images and the like presented to the learner, and a teaching material memory 34 for storing a management table representing a teaching material logical structure 37.

FIG. 10 shows a management table used in a conventional education system. In the figure, the management table includes a page definition table 41, an operation target table 42, a state definition table 43, an action definition table 44, and an actual teaching material 45.

The page definition table 41 is composed of fields of page name, teaching material file name and initial page flag. The initial page flag value indicates that only one record in the page definition table 41 is “true” and the other records are “false”.

The operation target table 42 defines the visible target of the procedure, and the operation target name, the type of operation target (button / console), the display range when presented on the output unit 32, and the operation target are valid. It consists of the fields of valid period and synchronization type (all, none, latest, oldest). The lifetime field is closely related to the video. Generally, the operation target placed on the moving image is enabled or disabled depending on the playback status of the moving image, and thus the valid period of the operation target is required. As the value of the valid period field, the relative time from the start of the moving image presentation is used.

The status definition table 43 manages the progress status that appears during the course of performing a series of procedures. State definition table 43
Consists of parent state name, state name and initial state flag fields. The state is defined as a tree structure by the parent-child relationship, and the initial state flag is true only in one record of the child state belonging to each parent state, and is “false” in the other records.

The operation definition table 44 manages procedures that can be executed for each operation target and each state. The operation definition table 44 includes fields of a state name, an operation target name, an input value, an action, and a next state. However, there must be no record in which the fields of the state name, the operation target name, and the input value have the same value, but the next state field values are different. The action field consists of a pair of {action type, action file}, and in addition to the presentation of figures, voices, and moving images, the operation type includes painting of the operation target area, presentation of partial figures, external program call, active flag of parent state. Describe events that the learner can observe, such as changes.

The actual teaching material 45 is presented to the learner (observable by the learner). The actual teaching material 45 includes a scene file that presents characters and figures, a voice file that outputs voice, and a moving image file that outputs a moving image.

One page definition table 41 and one actual teaching material file 45 exist for each teaching material, and an operation target table 42, a state definition table 43, and an action definition table 44 exist for each record of the page definition table 41. To do. All these control tables are prepared by the material creator.

FIG. 11 shows the structure of the working memory.
The working memory 35 includes a page control table 51 and a state control table 52, and the page control table 51 includes a page name, a page activation flag, and an operation history field. The page activation flag becomes "true" only for the page that is currently focused on (the page for which this flag is "true" is called the current page), and the operation history field indicates the operation that was previously executed (operation definition table). A history of 44 operation field values) is written. The state control table 52 is composed of a parent state name, a current state name and a state activation flag, and exists for each page.

FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of processing of a conventional education system. (Step 510) When the learner starts learning, first, the page control table 51 and the state control table 52 of the working memory 35 are initialized. The page name of the page definition table 41 is used as the page name, and the page activation table is used as the page activation flag.
The initial page flag of 1 and "empty" are written in the operation history. The parent state name of the state definition table 43 is written in the parent state name, the state name of which the initial state is "true" in the state definition table 43 is written in the current state, and "true" is written in all of the active flags. In addition, the actual teaching material specified in the teaching material file name field of the current page is presented to the output unit 32. Hereinafter, the target management tables are all limited to those belonging to the current page.

(Step 520) Next, the learner waits for input to the input unit 31. The input information acquired from the learner consists of a triplet {input value, input position, input time}. The input value is a character string input from the keyboard or an operation (press, release, etc.) of the pointing device, and the input position represents the position on the output unit 32 where the learner inputs the input value. The input time indicates the time when the input is performed (the input time is acquired only when the moving image is presented and is expressed as a relative time from the start of the moving image presentation). (Step 530) The operation target corresponding to the learner's input is searched. If the input value is a character string, the operation target type is the console, otherwise, only the record that is a button is the search target. A record whose input position is included in the display range field value and whose input time is included in the valid time field value is searched from the operation target table 42.

(Step 540) Normally, only one item matches the condition. However, if there are overlapping display ranges of a plurality of operation objects, there may be a plurality of matching records. Selects any one record. The selected operation target is called the current operation target. If none of the conditions are met, the process returns to the input acquisition process (step 520).

(Step 550) Next, in the current state, the operation definition table 44 is searched for an operation that can be executed by the operation target searched in step 530. The state field value is equal to the current state (there are multiple current states, but the active state flag of the parent state is limited to "true"), the operation target field value is equal to the current operation target, and the input field value is Finds records where is equal to the input value.

(Step 560) Since the current state exists for each parent state, there may be a plurality of records that match the condition, but the records are filtered out according to the synchronization type of the operation target table (when "all"). Does not filter out, "none" filters out all, "latest" selects only the record that has transitioned to the current state, "oldest" selects only the record that transitioned to the oldest and current state). If none satisfy the condition, the process returns to the input acquisition process (step 520).

(Step 570) Next, the action type is judged according to the action field of the retrieved record, and the figure, voice, moving image presentation, operation target filling, partial figure presentation, external program call, parent state activation flag change, etc. Is presented to the learner.

(Step 580) The operation field value is added to the end of the operation history field of the page control table 51 of the working memory 35. This allows
The current state and operation history of the working memory 35 are updated.

(Step 590) If the next state field is the end state, the contents of the working memory 35 are cleared, and learning is finished. If not, the current state of the working memory is updated with the next state field value. To do.

(Step 600) Here, the page name may be described in the status field value instead of the status name. This means changing the page. To change the page, the page control table 51 of the working memory 35 is used.
As a result of checking the operation history field of No. 1, if there is no description, it is determined that the page transits to the page for the first time, and the page activation flag of the page having the next state field value is set to “true”. If the operation history is not "empty", it is determined that the transition has occurred again, the page activation flag of the page specified in the next state is set to "true", and further, when the teaching material file corresponding to the page is presented, the operation history is changed. The operation history of the management table is re-executed, and not only the internal state but also the actual teaching material presented to the learner is reproduced. Learning proceeds by repeating the above steps.

In the education system described above, the teaching material creator needs to create a management table that represents the actual teaching material and logical structure of the teaching material, which is composed of figures, voices, and moving images to be presented to the learner. Only pay attention to the creation method of. The simplest method of creating a management table is a method in which the material creator directly inputs data using a table editor, etc. (data input method).

Now, let us consider the types of teaching materials (management tables). First, a management table (called a management table for experience), which provides only a simulated experience environment and allows the learner to freely operate, is conceivable, but the learning effect is thin because it is left to the learner. The second is a management table (referred to as a management table for teaching) that extracts items to be educated (educational goals) and teaches a specific procedure for achieving the educational goals by an appropriate teaching method.
Such teaching materials are generally considered to have a high educational effect because their goals are set and the teaching system changes the teaching method according to the level of understanding of the learner. In the conventional teaching material creation support system, as shown in FIG. 8, the data input method is also used to create the experience management table.

[0023]

However, the conventional teaching material creation support system adopts the data input method for creating the experience management table and the teaching management table. Since there exist a plurality of teaching methods such as a model type, a guidance type, etc., a large number of similar management tables will be created for the teaching management table. In the conventional method, (a) it is necessary to create a large number of similar management tables, which requires a great deal of effort by the teaching material creator; (b) Since data is directly input to a large number of management tables, human error There is a problem that (c) maintainability is poor because it is necessary to correct all management tables when changing the position of the operation target, etc.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
Based on the educational goal, the teaching material creator can easily and without error make a teaching material in the teaching system that teaches the clarified procedure by using the teaching method such as model type and guidance type. The purpose is to provide a teaching material creation support method with excellent maintainability.

[0025]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. The present invention is an experience management table for creating an experience management table 5 for creating a simulated experience learning material for a learner by directly inputting data in a teaching material creation system for creating teaching materials for computer-aided education. The operation history management table 6 when the user makes a simulated experience in the experience management table creation means 1 by extracting the creation means 1 and the education item to be educated and using the teaching material composed of the experience management table 5 The operation history acquisition unit 2 for acquiring the operation history and the operation history and the experience management table 5, which is a model method that is a teaching method in which the education system provides a model of the operation, or a guidance-type teaching management that teaches in the guidance mode. The teaching table management means 3 for automatically generating the table 7 is provided.

[0026]

In the present invention, the teaching material creator first creates the experience management table for creating the simulated experience teaching material by directly inputting data to the management table using a table editor or the like.
The teaching material creator extracts an item to be taught (educational goal), inputs it while using the teaching material composed of the experience management table that embodies the operation procedure, and sets it as the operation history. Furthermore, by automatically creating a teaching management table that teaches educational goals in a model-based or guided mode from the operation history and the experience management table, data input is only required when creating the experience management table. , It is possible to reduce the human labor and the number of man-hours required to create teaching materials.

[0027]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a process of creating a management table of a teaching material creation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

(Step 10) An experience management table 5 which is a teaching material for giving a learner a simulated experience is created. This is performed by directly inputting data to the management table 5 for experience using a table editor or the like as in the conventional method.

(Step 20) The teaching material creator extracts the items to be taught (educational goals) (usually, a plurality of teaching materials exist) and embodies the operating procedures from the experience management table 5. Input while using the structured materials,
Let it be the operation history. Therefore, the operation history management table 6 is
It is created by acquiring the operation history of the user when the user makes a simulated experience of the teaching material consisting of the management table 5 for experience.

(Step 30) A teaching management table 7 is created by using a model teaching method with respect to the educational goal.

(Step 40) A teaching management table 7 is created by using a guidance type teaching method.

The processes of steps 30 and 40 are
The teaching control table 7 is created automatically even if the teaching material creator does not perform any work, because the teaching control table for teaching the respective educational goals in the model mode and the guidance mode is created.

FIG. 3 shows an operation history management table according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operation history management table 6 includes history numbers, history operation target names, history state names, and history input values. In order to acquire the operation history, the teaching material composed of the trial management table 5 is started, and the teaching material creator directly inputs the operation procedure on the presentation screen of the output unit, and the teaching system of the conventional system is explained. At the processing step 550, the operation target name, state name, and input value of the record found from the operation definition table 44 are written in the operation history management table. However, the teaching material creator does not directly input the data into the operation history management table. Also, in the operation history,
A history number is assigned according to the order of operation.

FIG. 4 shows a model management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The model management table is automatically generated from the experience management table and the operation history management table. The model mode is a teaching method in which the learning system shows a model of the operation instead of allowing the learner to operate.

Specifically, the learner is shown by changing the color of the display position of the operation target to be operated next, and then the education system inputs the operation target and presents the result to the learner. The learner only needs to make a certain simple input determined to proceed to the next step (this input is represented by {confirmation operation target Oc, confirmation input value Ic}).

The teaching management table 210 of the model management table is composed of fields of a status name, an operation target name, an input value, an operation, and a next status.

In the operation history management table 210, to are assigned to each record. The model management table 220 is in a state immediately after copying the trial management table, and the model management table 230 is in a state after processing of the history management table record, and the operation target O of the operation field is O.
The color of 3 is changed. The model management table 240 is
This is the state after the processing of the history management table record, in which the color of the operation target O4 in the operation field is changed, the parent state SA is deactivated, and the parent state SB is activated. The model management table 250 is in a state after the history management table record is processed, and the processing for changing the color of the operation target O3 is performed.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the procedure for creating the model management table according to the embodiment of the present invention. The creation of the model management table will be described below with reference to FIG.

(Step 110) In the model management table creation processing, when the experience management table 5 and the operation history management table 210 are given, first, the experience management table 5 is copied to the model management table, As a result, the model management table 220 shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. Hereinafter, the copied model management table 220 will be the target of search update.

(Step 120) Operation history management table 21
The first record of 0 (whose history number is 1) is extracted.

(Step 130) The record extracted in step 120 is searched for the operation definition table of the model management table.

(Step 140) If a record is found as a result of the search in step 130, step 1
60, step 150 if not found
Move to.

(Step 150) If no record is found in step 140, error processing is performed.

(Step 160) Operation history management table 21
0 is compared with the model management table 220. The history operation target name of the operation history management table 210 and the operation target name field of the model management table 220 are the same, the history state name and the state name field are the same, the history input value and the input value field are the same,
Finds records where the history state name is equal to the state name field and the history input value is equal to the input value field. The operation target of the record (there is always one) of the action definition table satisfying the condition is rewritten with the confirmation operation target OC and the input value with the confirmation input value IC. Therefore, the model management tables 230 and 250 of FIG.
Becomes

(Step 170) Further, in order to prevent the erroneous operation of the learner, it is necessary to recognize the transition to a different parent state as a transition of the operation.

If it is not the turning point of the operation, step 1
If 90 is a substitute for the operation, the process proceeds to step 180.

This is to inactivate the parent state up to the present so as not to accept an input, and to prevent the confirmation operation target from becoming a sharing target and simultaneously firing in two parent states. It is for.

(Step 180) An operation of changing the color of the operation target of the next operation history record (record with the history number plus 1) at the end of the operation field in order to show the learner the operation target to be executed next. To add. further,
The next state field and the next state field of the next operation history record (record with 1 added to the history number) are compared, and if the parent state names to which they belong are different, the action and deactivate the parent state in the action field. Add the operation that activates the parent state of the next operation history record.

(Step 190) The next operation history management record is taken out and the above-mentioned processing is repeated. When there is no operation history record, the processing is ended.

FIG. 6 shows a guidance type management table according to an embodiment of the present invention. The guided management table is automatically generated by the experience management table 5 and the operation history management table 6. The guidance mode is a teaching method in which the education system guides the learner with respect to the operation procedure. Specifically, it is shown to the learner by changing the color of the display position of the operation target to be operated next, and then input is made to the operation target.

The teaching management table 7 of the guidance type management table is composed of fields of a state name, an operation target name, an input value, an action, and a next state similarly to the model management table.

In the operation history management table 410, to are assigned to each record. The guided management table 420 is in a state immediately after copying the experience management table. The guide type management table 420 is in a state after processing of the history management table record, in which the color of the operation target O3 is changed in the operation field. Guide type management table 44
0 is the state after processing the history management table record, in which the color change of the operation target O4 and the parent state SA are deactivated, the color change of the parent state O4 and the parent state SA are deactivated, and the parent state SB is activated. It has been transformed. The guide type management table 450 is in a state after the history management table record is processed, and the color of the operation target O3 is changed.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the procedure for creating the guidance type management table according to the embodiment of the present invention.

(Step 310) Given the experience management table 5 and the operation history management table 410, first, the experience management table 5 is copied to the guidance type management table. The copied guided table 420 will be the target of search update.

(Step 320) Operation history management table 41
The first record of 0 (whose history number is 1) is taken out.

(Step 330) Operation history management table 41
The operation definition table of the guidance type management table corresponding to the record of 0 is searched.

(Step 340) Operation history management table 41
When the record of the operation definition table corresponding to the record of 0 is found, the process proceeds to step 360.

(Step 350) Operation history management table 41
When the record of the operation definition table corresponding to the record of 0 is not found, error processing is performed and the processing is ended.

(Step 360) Operation history management table 41
A record in which the history operation target name of 0 and the operation target name field of the derivation-type management table are the same, the history state name and the state name field are the same, and the history input value and the input value field are the same are retrieved. Record in the action definition table that satisfies the condition (must be 1
One existing operation), the operation of changing the color of the operation target of the next operation history record (record with the history number plus 1) at the end of the operation raild (guide type management table 430 and guide type management table 450 in FIG. 6) To add.

(Step 370) If it is the turning point of the operation, the process proceeds to step 380. If it is not the turning point of the operation, the step moves to step 390.

(Step 380) Next state field and next state field of next operation history record (record with history number plus 1) and next state field of next operation history record (record with history number plus 1) When the parent state names to which both belong are different, an operation for deactivating the parent state and an operation for activating the parent state of the next operation history record are added to the operation field (guided management table in FIG. 6). 440). In order to prevent a learner's erroneous operation, this recognizes that a transition to a different parent state is a transition of the operation, deactivates the parent state up to now, and does not accept an input.

(Step 390) The next operation history record is taken out, and the processing described above is repeated. When there are no more operation history records, the process ends.

As described above, according to the present invention, the experience management table 5 is created, and the operation history management table 6 when the user makes a simulated experience using the experience management table 5 is created. Further, the teaching management table 7 for teaching the educational target in the model mode or the guided mode can be automatically generated by the operation history management table 6 and the experience management table 5. Therefore, it is only necessary to artificially generate the experience management table 5 and the operation history management table 6.

[0065]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the teaching management table is automatically generated from the experience management table and the operation history, the number of man-hours for preparing teaching materials can be shortened. Further, since the operation history is acquired while the teaching material is being executed, the probability of human error can be suppressed to a low level as compared with the case of directly inputting data into the table. Furthermore, even if the teaching material is changed by positioning the experience management table as the original and the teaching management table as the derivative teaching material, it is often necessary to modify only the experience management table, which is the original, and maintenance of the teaching material is easy. Can be done

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process of creating a management table of a teaching material creation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation history management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a model management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating a model management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a guide type management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating a guidance-type management table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a conventional teaching material (management table) creating process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional education system.

FIG. 10 is a management table used in a conventional education system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a working memory.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of processing of a conventional education system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 experience management table creating means 2 operation history obtaining means 3 teaching management table creating means 5 experience management table 6 operation history management table 7 teaching management table 11 management table creating means 12 experience management table 31 input section 32 output section 33 Execution unit 34 Teaching material memory 35 Working memory 36 Actual teaching material 37 Management table 41 Page definition table 42 Operation target table 43 State definition table 44 Action definition table 45 Actual teaching material 51 Page control table 52 State control table 210,410 Operation history management table 220 , 230, 240, 250 Model management table 420, 430, 440, 450 Guided management table

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A learning management table for creating an experience management table for creating a learning material for a simulated experience of a learner by directly inputting data in a learning material creation system for creating a teaching material for computer-aided education. An operation of extracting a creation means and an educational item to be taught, and acquiring an operation history when the user makes a simulated experience in the experience management table creation means by using a teaching material composed of the experience management table A history acquisition unit, a model-type teaching management table that is a teaching method in which an education system shows a model of an operation using the operation history and the experience management table, or a guidance-type teaching management table that is taught in a guidance mode is automatically A teaching material creation support method characterized by having a teaching management table generating means for dynamically generating.