KR20020081790A - A remote education system and method using learning terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A remote education service system and method is provided to compare a certificate code of transmitted education contents with that of an education terminal, and to regenerate the transmitted education contents only in a case that the two certificate codes are identical, namely the education terminal is normally certified. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of a user accessing and logging in an education server(S101), a main server of the education server checking user setting data and a current education progress state with a help of an education progress management server and a user customization server(S102, S103), the education server offering contents according to the education progress state of the user(S104), the education server converting the contents into a digital file and attaching a certificate code to the digital file(S105, S106), an education terminal receiving the digital file from the education server via an e-mail or downloading the digital file from the education server(S107-S110), the education terminal comparing the certificate code, attached at the digital file, with a stored certificate code(S111), and the education terminal regenerating the digital file, and storing the education contents, only in a case that two certificate codes are identical(S112, S113).

Description

Remote education system using learning terminal and teaching method using same {A REMOTE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING LEARNING TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a remote education system, and in particular, by accessing an education service server through a dedicated education terminal through the Internet, and receiving e-mail-type education contents from the education service server to a dedicated terminal, regardless of place and time. The present invention relates to a distance learning system using a dedicated learning terminal capable of learning, and an education method using the same.

In recent years, the cost of education has been enormously consumed due to the activation of private education due to the decrease in the quality of public education. Such private education is spreading not only to the subjects in general schools but also to special activities other than the subjects such as piano lessons and art education. This tutoring is not just for students. In recent years, as society changes rapidly, adults are not satisfied with their current job or position, and are spending a lot of money for education or certification for improving their work ability for future development. In particular, as globalization progresses, the ability to speak foreign languages becomes an essential element of survival for students and office workers. Therefore, the efforts of students and workers for acquiring foreign languages are doubled, and as a result, expenditure for foreign language education is also increasing exponentially. However, the expenditure of education costs is a great burden not only for students who have no income, but also for workers with a certain income.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, by using the e-mail-type education content from the education service server using a dedicated terminal to proceed with the learning, learning is easy and remote learning using a learning terminal can reduce the learning cost It aims to provide an education system and an education method using the same.

In order to achieve the above object, the distance learning system according to the present invention is based on the user education information means for storing the user's education content and current learning status to access through the Internet, and the user based on the information input from the user education information means The main server that grasps the contents to be learned and the current learning progress, and provides the educational content to the user based on the information obtained by the main server, and the educational content to produce new educational content by processing the various types of educational content Providing means, converting means for converting the provided educational contents into an e-mail file, an authentication code granting unit for adding a unique authentication code to the converted e-mail file, a mail server for transmitting the converted file; Education service consisting of a database that stores various information about the user, education content Sserver; And an input means for accessing the education content transmitted from the education service server to access the education service server, and an authentication code verification unit for comparing the authentication code of the input education content with the stored authentication code and authenticating the same if it is the same authentication code. And a learning unit configured to decode the input educational content and convert the input educational content into analog data, and an output unit for outputting the converted analog educational content.

In addition, the distance learning method according to the present invention comprises the steps of logging in by accessing the learning terminal to the education service server through the Internet; Selecting educational content based on the educational information set by the user and the current progress of learning; Adding an authentication code to the educational content; Converting the selected educational content into an e-mail file; Sending the converted file to a learning terminal; Receiving the sent file at a learning terminal; And comparing the authentication code included in the received file with the authentication code of the learning terminal and reproducing the file to learn when the learning terminal is an authenticated terminal.

1 is a simplified diagram showing a distance education system using a learning terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the educational service server of FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the learning terminal of FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a distance education method using a learning terminal according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

3: education service server 7: learning terminal

12: user progress server 14: user customized server

16: main server 18: education content providing server

20: data conversion section 22: mail server

31: verification code verification unit 34: decoder

38: output unit 40: mixing unit

Originally, the Internet was born as an ARPANET for the exchange of information between universities in the United States, but gradually it became possible to exchange information worldwide. The Internet was originally created for the purpose of exchanging academic information among scholars, but now it is in the limelight as a means of data communication with numerous computers connected around the world. With the development of computer and network technology, the Internet has become an e-mail service, remote login (Telnet), file transfer protocol, information retrieval, usenet news, video conferencing, internet telephony. There are a number of services such as internet telephones.

The present invention provides various educational services including foreign language education using the Internet. In particular, in the present invention, since the educational content in the form of e-mail is provided to the learning terminal from the education service server, the learning can be easily performed at low cost. The learning terminal is usually provided from an education service provider. Since the learning terminal stores a dedicated IP, when the e-mail including the education contents is provided from the education service server, the learning terminal can play the e-mail with the corresponding IP. In particular, the educational content is produced in a variety of multimedia in the present invention. That is, the educational content includes not only texts, audio files, video files, etc., but also texts and voice files are combined, texts and video files are combined, and audio and video files are combined. Content can be combined to provide content.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a distance education system and training method according to the present invention.

1 is a view showing the structure of a distance education system via the Internet according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the dedicated learning terminal 7 of the user is connected to the education service server 3 via the computer 5 or directly via the Internet 1. The educational service server 3 provides educational contents to the learning terminal 7 of use through the Internet 1, and the educational service server 3 stores various types of educational contents. Examples include the curriculum and specialty education of students, education related to the work of workers, and lifelong education of the general public. In particular, since the educational service server 3 may include educational contents in text format, voice format, and image format, it may be more useful for foreign language learning. The reason is that foreign language education is essential to education of three elements such as reading, writing, and listening. As described above, the education service server 3 of the present invention can provide efficient education by providing text, voice, and image data. Because.

The learning terminal 7 of the user is provided by an education service provider operating an education service server. The user subscribes to the education service server 3 as a member and applies to the education service and is provided to the user. Since the learning terminal 7 stores a unique authentication code, it is impossible to use the education service with the learning terminal 7 which is not authenticated. This certified learning terminal 7 is not only necessary to improve the quality of educational services by excluding illegal users, but also serves as a clear profit model for educational service providers by purchasing them.

As shown in the figure, the learning terminal 7 is typically connected to the education service server 3 via a computer 5. In this case, the educational content provided from the educational service server 3 is first provided to the computer 5, and learning can be performed by downloading the educational content provided to the computer 5 to the learning terminal 7. In addition, the learning terminal 7 may be equipped with a modem for accessing the wired Internet and the wireless Internet. Therefore, the learning terminal 7 can directly access the educational service server 3 via wired or wireless Internet.

The education service server 3 provides the education content in an e-mail format. Therefore, the user can learn by opening the e-mail sent without the need to directly access the educational service server (3). The learning terminal 7 is provided with a display for displaying still images, moving images or texts, and a speaker for outputting audio. Accordingly, the user can use various and simultaneously the educational contents transmitted in the text file, the voice file or the image file. In addition, the learning terminal (7) is equipped with a microphone, when the foreign language learning, the user directly recorded his pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation by comparing the pronunciation of the educational content provided by the educational service server (3) and their pronunciation You can do it.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the educational service server 3 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the education service server 3 is an authentication server 10 for determining whether a user (accessed via a computer or directly through a learning terminal) to access through the Internet (1) is an authorized user. ), The user learning progress server 12 for grasping the education contents set by the connected user and the current learning progress, and the user desired learning such as learning, difficulty, file format, learning period, etc. Based on the user customized server 14 executing various settings for learning, and the user's learning information input from the user learning progress server 12 and the user customized server 14, the user determines the educational content desired by the user. A server 16, an education content providing server 18 for providing education content to a user based on the judgment of the main server 16, and a training content to be provided to the user. Data conversion unit 20 for converting the data format and an authentication code corresponding to each learning terminal to the data converted by the data conversion unit 20 so as to enable learning only in the corresponding learning terminal. A variety of information is provided to the granting unit 21, the mail server 22 which transmits the educational content to which the authentication code is added by the authentication code granting unit 21 as an e-mail, and the main server 16 and other servers. It is composed of a database unit 24 for providing.

As shown in the figure, the database unit 24 includes a user DB storing various information about the user, such as a user's name, ID, password, address, e-mail address, and the like. Training contents DB which stores various training contents in the form of text, voice data and video data and provides corresponding contents according to the training contents and progress of the user, and user customized information DB which stores the customized information set by the user. It consists of a training status DB that stores various information about the learning status of users such as learning progress and attendance status of users.

The educational content DB may include any kind of content. For example, the content includes all forms of content that can enhance the learning effect by inducing a user's interest, such as foreign currency in which English subtitles are displayed or pop songs in which lyrics are displayed. Therefore, the educational content DB may include not only uniform content but also various types of educational content.

The education content providing server 18 does not provide only education content stored in the database unit 24. The education content providing server 18 processes the education content stored in the database unit 24 to generate new education content. For example, text and audio files can be combined to create new educational content that combines local pronunciation and subtitles to enable more efficient foreign language education. Text and video files can be combined to combine foreign currency with subtitles. Provide the same educational content.

As described above, in the configured education service server, the main server 16 provides the contents stored in the database unit 24 based on the user information grasped by the user customized server 14 and the user progress server 12. Provided via server 18. At this time, the provided educational content 18 is converted into digital data by the data conversion unit 20, and is sent by the mail server 22 to the learning terminal of the user in an e-mail format. The converted digital data includes a unique IP, so that education contents can be executed only in a learning terminal having an IP corresponding to the IP.

3 is a view showing the structure of the learning terminal of the present invention. At this time, the learning terminal is shown only the learning terminal that can be directly connected to the Internet. By the way, in addition to the learning terminal as described above, the learning terminal connected to the computer to receive the education content from the education service server also has substantially the same configuration as the learning terminal except for the modem for internet access. The description will be omitted.

As shown in the figure, the learning terminal includes an interface unit 29 connected to the Internet, including a wired modem or a wireless modem, an input unit 30 through which digital education content is input through the interface unit 29, and An authentication code verification unit 31 which checks whether the provided education content is dedicated education content by comparing the unique authentication code included in the inputted education content with the code stored in the learning terminal, and a decoder that decodes the inputted education content. 34, a D / A converter 36 for converting the decoded educational content into analog data, and an output unit 38 for outputting the converted analog educational content. Since the analog content converted by the D / A converter 36 is composed of text, pictures, or audio, text and pictures output from the output unit 389 are displayed on a display, and voice is output through a speaker. do. In addition, the learning terminal is provided with a storage unit 42. Thus, repetitive learning is possible by utilizing the content stored in the storage 42.

In addition, the learning terminal has a microphone 32 is installed so that the user can directly input his voice through the microphone (32). The input user's voice may be mixed with the educational content by the mixing unit 40 and output. Although not shown in the drawing, the data mixed by the mixing unit 40 may vary in output form according to the user's setting. For example, when a user wants to compare his / her foreign language pronunciation with a local speaker's pronunciation by alternately outputting his / her voice and the voice output from educational content, the user may execute this by setting the mixing unit. It is possible to create new educational contents by mixing their voices with the contents.

Although not shown in the figure, the input voice of the user may be transmitted to the education service server through the Internet again. The education service server recognizes the user's voice input and if there is a mistake, it sends out an indication of the benefits (including corrections) to the user by e-mail as a new education content. It becomes possible. The above-described method, that is, a method of transmitting information to the education service server may be variously used. For example, the user can improve the learning efficiency by sending a question about the contents of education to the education service server to get an answer to it, and can also be used to test the user's learning effect (ie, test). .

Hereinafter will be described in detail the actual learning method in the education system consisting of the above configuration.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a distance education method using a learning terminal according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, first, when a user accesses an education service server through a dedicated learning terminal and enters a user ID and password, the user logs in to the education service server (S101). In general, access to the education service server is possible even for non-members, but it is preferable to operate the membership system in order to provide high-quality contents and strictly manage members.

As the user logs in, the main server 16 of the education service server sets up the user based on the education set by the user provided by the user's learning progress server 12 and the user customized server 14 and the current learning progress information. Recognize education and check the learning progress to date (S102, S103). Thereafter, the education service server is provided with the training content that proceeds in accordance with the current training content and progress (S104), the training content is converted into digital data by the data conversion unit 20 (S105). At the same time, the converted digital data is converted into a data file. An authentication code is added to the converted data file (S106). The authentication code is to ensure that the educational content is reproduced only in the authenticated learning terminal, it is compared with the authentication code stored in the learning terminal to authenticate that the learning terminal (that is, the user).

When the converted file type is not an e-mail, the educational content is downloaded to the user's learning terminal or a computer as general data (S107, S108), and when the file type is an e-mail, the file is sent to the mail server 22. It is sent to the user through (S107, S109). The user receives the sent e-mail through the dedicated learning terminal (S110). The dedicated learning terminal compares the authentication code included in the educational content of the transmitted e-mail with the authentication code stored in the learning terminal (S111). When the authentication code included in the e-mail is the same as the Inz code stored in the learning terminal, the learning is performed by determining that the learning terminal is a dedicated learning terminal of the corresponding education content and playing the provided educational content on the learning terminal (S112). S113).

As described above, in the distance education method of the present invention, learning is provided by receiving various education contents from an education service server through the Internet. In particular, in the present invention, since the education content is provided in an e-mail format using a dedicated learning terminal with a unique authentication code stored therein, education is possible only through the corresponding learning terminal, without being bound by time and place through the dedicated learning terminal. Learning can proceed. Since the learning terminal can be made compact, in particular, when the user accesses the educational service server using the wireless Internet, the user can learn using the portable learning terminal outdoors or while traveling.

As described above, since the education service server sends the e-mail including the education contents to the dedicated learning terminal to perform the learning, the user can easily learn without regard to the place and time. In addition, the present invention stores the unique authentication code in the dedicated learning terminal to reproduce only the educational content containing the same authentication code. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the progress of learning by the use of an unauthorized terminal.

Claims (5)

A user education information means in which the user's education contents and current learning status stored through the Internet are stored, and a main server which grasps the contents to be learned and the current learning progress information based on information input from the user education information means; Training contents providing means for providing training contents to the user based on the information grasped by the main server and processing various types of training contents to produce new training contents, and converting the provided training contents into an e-mail file. Education service consisting of a conversion means, an authentication code granting unit for adding a unique authentication code to the converted e-mail file, a mail server for transmitting the converted file, and a database unit for storing various information about the user and educational content server; And An input means for accessing the education content transmitted from the education service server to the education service server, an authentication code verification unit for comparing the authentication code of the input education content with the stored authentication code and verifying the same if the same authentication code; And a learning unit configured to decode the input educational content and convert the input educational content into analog data, and an output unit for outputting the converted analog educational content. The method of claim 1, wherein the database unit, A user DB storing user information; Educational content DB which stores various types of educational contents and provides them to the main server; A personalized information DB storing information on education set by the user; And System characterized by consisting of the training status DB is stored the current status of the user education. The method of claim 1, wherein the learning terminal, An interface unit directly connected to the education service server through the Internet, including a wired or wireless modem; An input unit for inputting a user's voice; And And a mixing unit which mixes the user's voice and educational content inputted by the input unit. The system of claim 1, wherein the educational contents include text, audio, and video curriculum, special activity education, lifelong education, foreign language education, and certificate education. Logging in by accessing the learning terminal to the education service server through the Internet; Selecting educational content based on the educational information set by the user and the current progress of learning; Adding an authentication code to the educational content; Converting the selected educational content into an e-mail file; Sending the converted file to a learning terminal; Receiving the sent file at a learning terminal; And And comparing the authentication code included in the received file with the authentication code of the learning terminal and reproducing the file to perform learning when the learning terminal is an authenticated terminal.