JPH1040199A - Education support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the education support system which enables the contents of a class at school to be reproduced on a personal computer at home and provides effective education by linking the class at school and learning at home with each other. SOLUTION: An education support server 400 is connected to student's PCs and a teacher's PC in a classroom and equipped with a storage means which stores progress information on classes, a management means which manages information by students, a communication means which communicates with PCs 2 at student's home through a communication network (PSTN, the Internet), and a transfer means which transfers the progress information on the classes at a request from a PC 2 at home. Each student gains access from the PC 2 at home to the server 400 to download the progress information on the classes, and then reproduces lecture contents at home to review them. Further, lecture data on a subject are downloaded from a lecture data storage means 300 at school to the PC 2 at home and then the education support system can economically be utilized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an education support system capable of supporting education in schools and homes via a communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In current school education, headphones and microphones are used for each student, and the voices and musical sounds of native speakers reproduced from tapes, CDs, and the like are heard by each student through headphones, and the instructor's English education and music education called a so-called LL classroom, in which pronunciation and performance guidance of each student are individually performed by a switching operation, are implemented. Recently, various kinds of educational software for personal computers have been sold, and it has become possible to easily perform learning using video and audio even at home.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned LL
Conventional educational systems such as classrooms are basically used only in schools, and cannot be used for home study or the like in terms of facilities. In addition, home study using a personal computer was a study at the individual level, and lacked relevance and interactivity with school study. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an education support system that can reproduce the contents of a lesson at school on a personal computer at home and enable effective education by linking lessons at school with learning at home. It is in.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an education support system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a class development information (a class progress status up to the previous time, a class content,
The storage means for storing the questions given, the answers to the questions, etc., and the information for each student (the student's ID number, the question answered by the student, the student's answer to the question, the student's correct answer rate, Management means for managing questions and the like performed by students, etc.), communication means for communicating with each student's personal computer and other terminal devices via communication lines (public line, ISDN, etc.), and storage means Transfer means for transferring the information stored in the storage device in response to a request from the terminal device. Here, “students” include children, students, preparatory school students, vocational school students, graduate students, and the like.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, each student accesses the storage means from the terminal device at home and downloads the progress information of the class, thereby reproducing the contents of the class at the school on a personal computer at home. Since the review can be performed, effective education and learning in which the lesson at school and the learning at home are linked can be realized. Further, since various information managed by the storage means and the management means can be shared between the teacher and each student, the teacher can grasp the degree of understanding of each student for the contents of the lesson and Therefore, each student can effectively learn by grasping his / her level of understanding of the contents of the class and the level of his / her level of understanding within the class as a whole.

[0005] Further, the educational support system according to the second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the managing means in the first aspect has a function of receiving information sent from the terminal device and managing each student. I do. According to the second aspect of the present invention, since information such as questions and questions from each student during home study can be accepted, each student can inform the teacher if he or she does not understand, Can respond individually to questions and questions from each student, and reflect them in the progress of the lesson to provide detailed education. Also, even shy students who cannot raise questions during class, such as raising their hands, can ask questions by communication from home without worrying about other students when questions arise. So you can
It is possible to reduce the number of students who can not keep up with the class because the class progressed while leaving questions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the apparatus configuration of the first or second aspect, the teaching support system further includes a lesson data storage unit that stores lesson data of each subject. CD-R on which data is recorded
CD drive with OM, MO drive with MO recording class data for each subject, etc.)
And transfer means for transferring data stored in the lesson data storage means in response to a request from the terminal device. According to the invention of claim 3, even when the school has to be short-term for medical treatment or errands in a distant place, the class data for the subject desired from the class data storage means to the terminal device is stored. By downloading the data, you can get the data necessary for learning.
-It is economical because it is not necessary for the student to purchase a storage medium such as a ROM.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an education support system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1
Is a system on the school side, and 2 is a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a home PC) as a terminal device provided at each student's home. The school system 1 is a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a personal computer) prepared for each student in the classroom.
It is called a student PC. ), 101, 102,..., A personal computer used by the teacher (hereinafter referred to as a teacher PC).
That. ) 201, a lesson data storage device (subject database) 300 storing lesson data of each subject,
The education support server 400 and the like are interconnected by a school LAN 501. The school LAN 501 is connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 701 via a modem 601 and to the Internet 801 via a router 602. On the other hand, home PC2
Is connected to the PSTN 701 and the Internet 801 via the modem 603. The class data storage device 300 includes class content data (class application program) for languages, arithmetic, science, society, and other subjects.
Are stored in a plurality of CD-ROMs each of which has been recorded therein, reads out the class content data of the designated subject in response to a request from the education support server 400, and reads out the in-school LAN 50.
1 up. It should be noted that the home PC 2 is actually prepared for several students, but only one PC 2 is shown here for ease of explanation.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the education support server 400. The education support server 400 includes a system management unit 401 that manages the entire system of the server, a school LAN management unit (LC) 402 that transmits and receives data to and from external devices via the school LAN 501, and the Internet 801. Internet LAN that sends and receives data to and from external devices via the Internet
A management unit (IC) 403 and a modem management unit (MC) 4 for transmitting and receiving data to and from an external device via the PSTN 701
04 and an education information management unit 405 that manages a database 406 such as lesson data. Database 40
In addition to the class progress information (the progress of the class until the last time, the contents of the class, the questions taken, the answers to the problems, etc.), information on each student (the student's ID number, the question answered by the student) , The student ’s answer to the question, the student ’s correct answer rate,
Such as questions the student has asked, etc.) are accumulated.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. [Operation in class] At the time of class, the teacher first uses the teacher's PC
The user operates 201 to input the grade, class, lesson subject, unit to be performed at that time, and other lesson information. The students put the CD-ROM of the subject in their own student PCs 101, 10
2. Attach it to the application, launch the lesson application software, and wait for instructions from the teacher. Teacher is PC2 for teacher
01 to turn the pages of the textbook displayed on the displays of the student PCs 101, 102,..., Ask questions, and designate supplementary teaching materials such as video and audio to specify the student PCs 101, 102,.・ Proceed with lessons by displaying on the display or generating sound from the speaker. Students read textbooks displayed on their PCs 101, 102,..., Answer questions (such as three-choice questions when answering questions on a PC), and use video and audio. See and hear and ask questions to deepen the understanding of the lesson contents. At this time, information on the actions performed by the students, such as the answers to the questions, the student's questions and the teacher's answers, is stored in a database 4 for each student.
06. FIG. 3 shows a flow of the operation of the education support server 400 during the lesson. Teacher PC 201
When the lesson information is input (S1), the education support server 400 creates a header of the lesson progress information and registers it in the database 406 (S2), and issues an instruction from the teacher PC 201 (turns the page of the textbook, Issue a problem, generate video or audio, etc.) (S3). If there is an instruction (Yes in S4), the content of the instruction is stored in the database 406 (S5), and then the student PC is issued according to the instruction.
(Steps to turn pages of the textbook displayed on the display, display of problems, etc.) (S6). Thereafter, the actions performed by the student, that is, the answer to the question, the question, the answer from the teacher to the question, and the like are stored in the database 406 (S7). The above operation is executed until a termination instruction is given by the teacher's PC 201, and when the instruction is given, the process of the lesson is terminated. At the time of class, switching of the textbook page displayed on the display can be performed only from the teacher's PC 201, and the student cannot switch the textbook page without permission.

[Operation at Home Learning] At home learning, the student attaches the CD-ROM of the subject to be reviewed to the home PC 2, starts the application software for the lesson, and then connects the home PC 2 to the school through the PSTN 701. Connect to an education support server 400. Then, input the grade, class, lesson subject, unit performed at that time, and other lesson information, and communicate with the education support server 400, and repeat the lesson and apply applied questions according to their understanding level. Request and learn. FIG. 4 shows a flow of the operation of the education support server 400 at the time of this home study. P for home
When the class information is input by C2 (S21), the education support server 400 searches the database 406 and reads the corresponding class progress information (S22), and then requests from the home PC 2 (repeat class, Wait for application problem, etc.) (S23). If requested (Y in S24
es), the next work according to the content of the request (choice of browsing the shared data or not, turning the textbook page,
The user is prompted to instruct the home PC 2 to display a problem, reproduce video / audio, and the like (S25). Then, when an instruction to turn the page of the textbook, display a problem, or reproduce video / audio is given (No in S26), the process to the home PC 2 is performed according to the instruction (S27). If the user instructs to view the shared data (Yes in S26), the shared data is transferred to the home PC 2.
And perform a browsing process of displaying the data on the display (S2
8). After that, the action taken by the student, that is, the answer to the question, the question, the content of the browse of the shared data, and the like are stored in the database 406 (S29). Home PC
The program is executed until an end instruction is given by the step 2, and when the instruction is given, the process of the lesson is ended.

As described above, each student accesses the school education support server 400 from the home PC 2 and downloads the progress information of the lesson, and downloads the lesson contents at the school to the home PC 2.
Because it was made possible to review by reproducing in 2,
It is possible to realize effective education and learning by linking a lesson at school and learning at home. Also, the education support server 40
0 can share various information managed in the database 406 between the teacher and each student. Therefore, the teacher can grasp the degree of understanding of each student for the contents of the lesson and provide appropriate education for each student. It is possible for each student to effectively learn by grasping his / her level of understanding of the content of the class and the level of his / her level of understanding in the whole. (The above corresponds to claim 1.) In addition, when home study is performed, lesson progress information can be downloaded from the database 406 at the school to the home PC 2 and home study information can be uploaded to the database 406. In this case, the student instructs the education support server 400 to download the class progress information on the desired day from the home PC 2. The education support server 400 retrieves the information of the student's instructed day from the database 406 to create class progress information of the student, and through the PSTN 701, the student's home P
Download to C2. When this download is completed, the floppy disk (F
D) and copy the lesson progress information to a storage medium such as a magneto-optical disk (MO) and upload it to the home PC 2 for use. If the student does not understand even after repeating the lesson at home, he / she operates the keyboard and mouse to send a message (or command) such as "I could not understand" or "I have a question." For each unit (or input the contents of questions or questions using a keyboard or voice input), and transfer the data (voice data in the case of voice input) to the FD, MO, etc. at home learning information (learning progress and questions). Information). The information is read from the FD or MO set in the home PC 2 by the instruction from the teacher's PC 201, and uploaded as the student's home learning information through the PSTN 701.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the education support server 400 at the time of uploading.
Waits for an upload instruction from the teacher PC 201 (S
31) If there is an instruction (Yes in S32), the home learning information recorded in the FD or MO set in the home PC 2 of the instructed student is read (S33), and the database is used as the information of the student. 406 (S
34). The above operation is executed until a termination instruction is given by the teacher's PC 201, and when the instruction is given, the process of the lesson is terminated. As described above, information such as questions and questions from each student in home study is transmitted to the school's education support server 4.
00 so that each student can inform the teacher if something is not known during home study, and the teacher can respond to each student's questions and questions individually, Detailed education can be implemented by reflecting the progress of classes. (The above corresponds to claim 2.) In the education support system according to this embodiment, the lesson data of each subject stored in the lesson data storage device (subject database) 300 is downloaded to the home PC 2. You can also study at home.

FIG. 6 shows the educational support server 4 in that case.
The educational support server 400 waits for an instruction to download subject data from the home PC 2 (S41). Then, when the date, student ID, subject, unit, and other information are input together with the download instruction from the home PC 2, it is determined that there is an instruction (S42), and the subject data is read from the class data storage device 300. (S43) The subject data is transferred to the designated home PC 2 through the Internet 801 and the subject data is downloaded to a storage medium such as an MO or FD set in the home PC 2. Therefore, in the home PC 2, even if there is no CD-ROM in which the lesson application software is recorded, the lesson application software can be started using the subject data downloaded to the MO or the like via the Internet 801. The subsequent operation flow is the same as in FIG. As described above, the lesson data of the desired subject can be downloaded from the lesson data storage means 300 to the home PC 2 so that the student can economically educate without purchasing the CD-ROM of the lesson application. A support system is available. (The above corresponds to claim 3.)

[0014]

In summary, according to the present invention, the following excellent effects can be obtained. According to the educational support system described in claim 1, each student accesses the storage means in the school from the terminal device at home, downloads the progress information of the class, and reproduces the contents of the class at the school on the terminal device at home. Since the review can be performed, it is possible to realize an effective education and learning by linking the lesson at school with the learning at home. In addition, since various information managed by the management means in the school can be shared between the teacher and each student, the teacher can understand the individual students' understanding of the contents of the lesson and take appropriate actions for each individual student. Each student can effectively learn by grasping his / her understanding of the contents of the class and the level of his / her understanding in the whole.

According to the education support system of the present invention, since information such as questions and questions from each student in home learning can be received, each student may not be able to understand during home learning. The teacher can then inform the teacher, and the teacher can respond to each student's questions and questions individually, and reflect that on the progress of the lesson to provide detailed education. According to the education support system of the third aspect, the class data of the desired subject can be downloaded from the class data storage means in the school to the terminal device at home, so that the student can store the storage medium in which the class application is recorded. The educational support system can be used economically without purchasing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an education support server according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the education support server at the time of class.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the education support server at home learning.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of an education support server when home study information is uploaded from a student's home terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the education support server when the class data of the subject stored in the class data storage device is downloaded to the terminal device of the student's home.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 PC for home (terminal device), 101 to 104 PC for student, 201 PC for teacher, 300 data storage device for class, 400 education support server, 501 LAN in school
(Communication network), 701 Public switched telephone network (communication network), 801 Internet (communication network), 403
Internet LAN management unit (communication means), 404
Modem management unit (communication means), 405 Education information management unit (management means), 406 Database (storage means).

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing lesson progress information;
Management means for managing information for each student, communication means for communicating with each student's terminal device via a communication line, and transfer of information stored in the storage means in response to a request from the terminal device An education support system, comprising: 2. The education support system according to claim 1, wherein the management means has a function of receiving information sent from the terminal device and managing the information for each student. 3. A lesson data storage means for storing lesson data for each subject, and a transfer means for transferring data stored in the lesson data storage means in response to a request from the terminal device. The education support system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: