KR20230018205A - Platform system for english education based on mobile application - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a platform system for English education based on a mobile application. More specifically, the present invention relates to a platform system for English education based on a mobile application, which enables various English education institutions, providing an English-related education service on a local or national scale such as a language institute or school, to perform overall functions related to class management online. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the platform system for English education based on a mobile application enables education institutions all over the country such as institutes, schools, and the like to manage and operate an operated English class through the Web, thereby having an effect of managing an opened class, a teacher, and a learner in a more convenient and systematic manner.

Description

English education platform system based on mobile application {PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR ENGLISH EDUCATION BASED ON MOBILE APPLICATION}

The present invention relates to an English education platform system, and in particular, a mobile application that allows various English educational institutions that provide English-related education services such as language institutes and schools on a regional or national basis to perform overall functions related to class operation online. It is about an English education platform system based on

In the field of education, the offline language education business has grown to more than trillions of won as the scale continues to increase. With the development of information and communication technology, online learning through VOD service as well as offline language lectures are exploding. is increasing with

In particular, according to the internationalization trend of the country's industry and economy, the importance of foreign language skills for higher education as well as foreign language conversation is increasing day by day, and many learners are spending a lot of time learning foreign languages, especially English. Currently, a number of educational institutions are operating nationwide, and various online and offline language course learning programs are open. there is.

Classes operated by conventional offline academies lack one-to-one learning-related conversations between a large number of learners and a small number of instructors, as one instructor lectures to a large number of students, and one instructor lectures to many learners. There is a problem that the effectiveness of education and the supervision function are weakened as it is necessary to manage and supervise academic achievement and prepare classes.

In addition, when presenting assignments to learners, it is inconvenient for the instructor to collect the assignments from all learners, check the number of assignments incorrectly, calculate the grades, and input them into the computer system operated by the academy or school. there is

In addition, in the case of learners, as they have to register for classes and participate in class activities according to the class schedule designated by the academy, it is difficult for learners to take classes on the desired date and time. I have a problem with not being able to go.

In addition, from the perspective of educational institutions, as they have to develop and apply their own platform to operate online classes, the introduction cost is considerable and burdensome, and there is a problem of overcoming considerable time and trial and error in offline-online conversion. .

Regarding online English learning, Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0011540, which is an open prior document, relates to a mobile foreign language learning platform server, and a plurality of first user terminals and pre-registered instructors who want to be provided with a foreign language learning service. A plurality of second user terminals possessed by the instructor included in the pool analyze the cumulative time zone access to the mobile application, store the information of the active time zone with the highest access rate in the database, respectively, and the first user terminal accesses receive basic information including at least one of a learning level, a learning purpose, and a topic of interest from the first user terminal, extract at least one instructor information matching the basic information, and provide a list of recommended instructors to the first user terminal; When one of the instructor lists is selected from the first user terminal, a VoIP-based call connection is supported between the first user terminal and the second user terminal corresponding to the selected instructor information, thereby connecting the user (learner) and the instructor (teacher) to each other. We are launching a foreign language learning service in the way of

However, according to these prior arts, only a short-term one-to-one learning process between learners and instructors is provided piecemeal, and it is only suitable for conversation-oriented learning contents, so it is difficult to conduct classes based on textbooks performed at existing academies and schools. There are limitations, and class management is difficult as the instructor assigned to each learner changes each time, and continuous management of the learner's academic achievement is impossible.

Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0011540 (published date: 2019.02.07.)

The present invention provides an English education platform that allows learners and instructors to proceed with English learning and manage academic achievement in a number of educational institutions where English learning is performed, such as schools and private institutes nationwide, through an online English education platform. There is a task.

In addition, the present invention provides an English education solution based on a mobile application, so that learners can judge their academic achievement according to their learning activities so far and perform English learning according to their schedule regardless of time and place. There are challenges to making it happen.

In addition, in the present invention, when an instructor manages learners belonging to his or her class, a plurality of learners are provided with a platform by collectively handling learning management such as each learner's lessons and assignments, absence reinforcement, and word tests on a weekly basis through the platform. There is a task to make performance management for .

In order to solve the above problems, the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a web page providing unit for providing a web or application-based web page to a terminal accessed through an information and communication network, a terminal accessing the web page A login processing unit that processes the login procedure, identifies the user of the terminal, determines the granted system usage authority, and determines the scope of provision of the web page, of one or more learner terminals registered in one or more merchants and logged in with learner authority A learning service provider that provides learning information including mobile-based learning contents and learning records performed by learners so far through the application linked with the web page, and an instructor registered with one or more affiliated stores and designated as one or more learners in charge A class management unit that provides a learning content presentation and learning curriculum registration function through the web page to one or more instructor terminals logged in with authority, and stores information on registered learners, instructors, and affiliates, and uses it when presenting the learning content It may include a database unit for storing one or more content sources to be.

The English education platform system of the present invention registers an educational institution including one or more language institutes and schools located in each region as the affiliated store, registers learners and instructors according to the request of the registered affiliated store terminal, and grants authority to use the system. can

The affiliated store management unit may register the educational institution as an affiliated store and set, update, or delete system use rights of the registered affiliated store according to the contents of the contract.

According to the input of the affiliated store terminal, a user registration/setting module that registers the affiliated instructor and the instructor's learners as members and sets the system usage authority of the registered instructor and learner, and when presenting learning contents of the instructor's terminal, An affiliated store linking module may be included to identify an affiliated store to which the corresponding instructor belongs and to provide the contents source stored in the database unit to the instructor terminal according to the usage range of the contents source set in the contract.

The affiliated store management unit extracts learning information related to grades excluding the personal information of learners belonging to affiliated stores in each region according to the information sharing agreement of registered affiliated stores, stores them as separate data in the database unit, and stores the specific It may include a grade sharing module that calculates the grade ranking of learners in each region or the whole country for the test and discloses it on the web page.

The learning service providing unit performs a learning providing module for providing learning contents including various types of problems and answers that can be written through a mobile interface supported by the mobile terminal to the learner terminal, and a self-authentication procedure during an offline test. and an offline test module that scores the answers prepared through the OMR interface, provides the scores obtained by the learner to the learner terminal and reflects them to the learning achievement, and daily or weekly assignments set by the instructor to the learner's belonging It may include a task providing module that provides the results to the terminal, receives task results from the learner's terminal, and delivers them to the corresponding instructor's terminal.

The learning service provider may further include an online test module for receiving and proceeding with various types of questions and answers through the mobile interface within a limited time for each question during the online test.

The learning content or assignment is a word selection problem in which a meaning corresponding to a presented English or Korean word is selected from a plurality of examples in English or Korean, an example sentence in Korean is presented, and one English sentence is randomly arranged in order. A word arrangement problem in which a plurality of words constituting is rearranged to correspond to an example sentence, and a grammar selection problem in which an English sentence including a blank is presented and an English word in a form suitable for grammar is selected in the blank. may contain more than

The class management unit identifies one or more learners belonging to the class of the corresponding instructor by referring to the database unit, extracts the learning information of the identified learner, and provides it to the instructor terminal, according to the input of the student status module and the instructor terminal. , A learning content management module that creates learning content or test content using one or more content sources stored in the database unit and provides them to one or more learner terminals according to the curriculum registered by the instructor. According to the input of the instructor terminal, the data An assignment management module that generates assignments using one or more content sources stored in the base unit and provides them to one or more learner terminals belonging to the same class, receives a reply from the learner terminals and provides the result of processing the assignments to the instructor terminal, and An achievement management module may be included to reflect the learning content progress, assignment scoring results, and test results to the learner's learning information by date, and to derive a comprehensive academic achievement according to each learner's learning activity.

The database unit further stores additional content sources separately produced by the platform provider, and the learning content management module retrieves the additional content from the database unit based on usage rights granted according to the contents of the contract with the educational institution to which the instructor belongs. The source can be used to create learning content or assignments.

The application receives learning information display unit for receiving and displaying learning information including the results of the learner's learning activities up to now from the learning service provider, learning content produced by the instructor of the class to which the learner belongs on a weekly basis, and , Learning progress unit that provides a mobile interface to progress learning, displays the OMR screen during offline testing, provides an OMR interface to receive answers to each question, displays problems on the screen during online testing and provides a mobile interface to receive the answer to each question, and to receive the contents of the assignment created by the instructor, and to provide a mobile interface to receive the answer and transmit it to the learning service provider, or send text or images stored in the learner's terminal It may include an assignment submission unit that transmits an uploaded file including an uploaded file to the learning service provider.

The application further includes a learning content use unit that searches learning materials including one or more language dictionaries or textbooks related to learning from the database unit through keywords input by the learner, and downloads the selected learning materials and displays them on the screen. can do.

The application receives and displays one or more coupons or points that can be exchanged with products of a store operated by the educational institution, sent from the instructor of the class to which the learner belongs, and discards the coupon or deducts points when the exchange with the product is completed. It may further include a coupon use unit to do.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, educational institutions such as academies and schools nationwide can manage and operate English classes through the web to more conveniently and systematically manage classes, instructors, and learners. there is.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, learners can participate in learning and assignments anytime, anywhere through a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, easily check their current academic achievement and establish future learning plans. It works.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an instructor can collectively process classes, assignments, tests, etc. for a plurality of learners belonging to his class through the web, so that he can easily manage the class he is taking. There are possible effects.

1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall connection structure of an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing the structure of an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing the structure of a mobile application that works with the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram showing a method of operating an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating a screen of a mobile application of a learner terminal that works with the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 to 10 are diagrams illustrating screens of an instructor terminal accessing a web page provided by an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention as described above will be described in detail through the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

It should be noted that technical terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, technical terms used in the present invention should be interpreted in terms commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless specifically defined otherwise in the present invention, and are excessively inclusive. It should not be interpreted in a positive sense or in an excessively reduced sense. In addition, when the technical terms used in the present invention are incorrect technical terms that do not accurately express the spirit of the present invention, they should be replaced with technical terms that those skilled in the art can correctly understand. In addition, general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted as defined in advance or according to context, and should not be interpreted in an excessively reduced sense.

Also, singular expressions used in the present invention include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present invention, terms such as "consisting of" or "comprising" should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various elements or steps described in the invention, and some of the elements or steps are included. It should be construed that it may not be, or may further include additional components or steps.

Also, terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second used in the present invention may be used to describe components, but components should not be limited by the terms. Terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. For example, a first element may be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element may be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the same or similar components are given the same reference numerals regardless of reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings are only for easily understanding the spirit of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the spirit of the present invention by the accompanying drawings.

In particular, the various techniques described herein may be implemented with hardware or software, or a combination of both, where appropriate. As used herein, the terms "...Unit", "...Server", "...System", etc. are similarly referred to as computer-related entities, that is, hardware , a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. In addition, each function implemented in the system of the present invention may be composed of a module unit program, and may be recorded in one physical memory or distributed between two or more memories and recording media.

In the following description, the term referring to the "English education platform system based on mobile application" of the present invention may be abbreviated as "system" for convenience of description.

Hereinafter, an English education platform system based on a mobile application according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall connection structure of an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the English education platform system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides various types of English learning content to a learner terminal 10 possessed by a learner and installed with a dedicated mobile application that interworks with the system. and the instructor in charge of each learner can be connected to the instructor terminal 20 for producing and distributing learning content to be performed by the learner.

The learner terminal 10 is a terminal device possessed by a learner who wants to use the English learning service in conjunction with the system 100 of the present invention, and a dedicated mobile application is installed and executed, and a remote English education platform system 100 It accesses and performs the membership sign-up process, and enables users to use various learning contents provided by the system.

This learner terminal 10 can perform various types of English learning-related contents built therein in conjunction with the system 100, for example, solving various types of English problems and online tests, and is related to English provided by the system 100. Materials, such as Korean-English/English-Korean dictionaries and scanned English newspapers, can be used. In addition, the learner terminal 10 may check learning information including learning details and achievements for each learner stored in the database built in the system 100 on a weekly or monthly basis.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a learner cannot sign up as a member alone and use the learning content basically provided by the system 100, and an educational institution such as an academy or school to which the learner belongs can use the platform of the present invention. You can use the linked learning service within the scope of the curriculum provided by the educational institution only if you are registered as an affiliate.

As the terminal device used as the learner terminal 10, PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminal, smartphone, smartpad All types of handheld-based mobile terminal devices such as , tablet PCs, etc. may be used.

The instructor terminal 20 registers the curriculum for the learner in charge on the web page provided by the system 100 of the present invention, and creates and registers learning contents, tests, and assignments according to the curriculum, so that the learner terminal ( 10) to make learning services available.

In particular, the instructor may be a teacher, professor, or lecturer belonging to an educational institution registered as an affiliate in the system 100, register a curriculum for one or more learners belonging to a class opened by the educational institution, and learn content accordingly And test contents can be created and registered in the system 100 .

At this time, when the instructor creates learning content, he/she may create his/her own learning content using a content source prepared by himself, store it in the storage space allocated by the system 100, and provide it to the learner terminal 10, and the system ( 100) may be used to create learning content and provide it to the learner terminal 10.

In addition, as the instructor terminal 20, the above-described mobile terminal device, a workstation equipped with a web browser, a stationary PC, and a laptop computer may be used, and is not limited to a specific platform.

The affiliated store terminal 30 is a terminal device operated by educational institutions that open English classes such as academies and schools nationwide, and can be used by employees of educational institutions, etc., and applies for service to the system 100 of the present invention and provides English classes enable it to operate. In addition, the affiliated store terminal 30 can register learners and instructors and execute overall management functions.

When an educational institution is registered in the system 100 as an affiliated store according to a contract between a platform provider and an educational institution, the affiliated store registers learners along with affiliated instructors in the system and sets usage rights, thereby providing services.

The English education platform system 100 performs curriculum progress and assignment submission according to the provision of learning contents provided online, at the request of a plurality of learner terminals 10 accessed through an information and communication network, and learning details And academic achievement information according to test scoring results, etc. may be provided.

In addition, the English education platform system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can support OMR scoring for offline tests such as mock tests conducted at offline academies, and can score them and reflect them in learners' grades.

In addition, the system 100 may provide learning information including a performance table according to each user's learning progress. Such a scorecard may include not only test scores obtained by individual users, but also indicators for ranks by which each user's relative position among registered students may be confirmed.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of learners registered in the system 100 may belong to different educational institutions by region or school district, and the ranking index of the learners is the same class or within the same educational institution. The ranking among learners may be calculated, or the ranking may be calculated in a regional unit or a national unit according to an agreement of an affiliated store.

On the other hand, as an information communication network for accessing the English education platform system 100 of the present invention, as an example of a data communication network, as well as a wired telephone network such as PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network) may be a closed network, and an open network such as the Internet may be used. The Internet is based on the TCP/IP protocol and several services that exist on its upper layer, such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), Telnet, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), SNMP ( It may mean a worldwide open computer network structure that provides Simple Network Management Protocol (NFS), Network File Service (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS). In addition, as an example of the wireless communication network, technical standards or communication methods for mobile communication (eg, GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), LTE (long-term evolution), LTE-A (LTE Advance), CDMA (code division multiple access), WCDMA (wideband CDMA), UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications system), WiBro (Wireless Broadband), or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), 5G, etc., any one may be used, but is limited to this it is not going to be

In addition, the system 100 of the present invention is a high-performance microprocessor to quickly provide the requested function without errors or delays to requests from applications or web browsers installed on a plurality of learner terminals 10 and instructor terminals 20. And, a workstation equipped with a large amount of memory and storage or a server computing device of higher class may be used.

Meanwhile, the English learning system according to an embodiment of the present invention may further support sub-accounts for management and supervision of parents as well as management and supervision of learners by an instructor.

In detail, after creating and registering an account using the learner terminal 10, the learner may further set a sub-account subordinate to his or her account for parents through an application.

Then, when the instructor terminal 20 or the affiliated store terminal 30 approves registration for the set sub-account, the parent installs the application on his/her parent terminal (not shown) instead of the learner terminal 10 and accesses the sub-account If so, the same screen as that of the learner terminal 20 is provided, and the same functions can be executed. However, functions related to testing may be restricted to prevent proxy testing.

According to the above-described structure, the English learning system according to an embodiment of the present invention allows a plurality of learners to use online learning services using their smartphones, etc., and to manage their academic achievements such as grades. . In addition, the instructor can create a curriculum through a web page, easily produce a number of learning contents in a production environment provided by the system, and manage learners in charge.

In addition, educational institutions can operate English learning classes through the platform of the present invention without building their own online system.

Hereinafter, an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a diagram showing the structure of an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the English education platform system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a web page providing unit 110 that provides a web or application-based web page to a terminal accessed through an information and communication network, and a service page. The login processing unit 120 processes the login procedure of the connected terminal, identifies the user of the terminal, determines the granted system usage authority, and determines the scope of web page provision. A learning service provider 130 that provides mobile-based learning content and learning information including learning records performed by the learner so far through an application linked to the web page of one or more learner terminals, registered in one or more affiliated stores Class management unit 140 that provides learning content creation and learning curriculum registration functions through the service page to one or more instructor terminals logged in with instructor authority designated as the person in charge of one or more learners, and to registered learners, instructors, and affiliates It may include a database unit 150 for storing information about and storing one or more content sources used when presenting learning content.

In addition, the English education platform system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention registers an affiliate store for an educational institution including one or more language academies and schools located in each region, and provides learners and instructors at the request of the registered affiliate store terminal. It may further include an affiliated store management unit 160 that registers and grants authority to use the system.

The web page providing unit 110 may post a web page on the Internet through an information communication network. The web page is a well-known HTML-based web page, and may provide a login menu to a first-access terminal, authenticate a user through an account, and provide a web page according to usage rights for each learner, instructor, and affiliate manager. Here, the web page may be provided as a separate URL according to the user.

In addition, with respect to the learner terminal 10 accessed through the mobile application rather than the web page providing unit 110 web browser, the application interworking module 115 for displaying the contents of the web page in conjunction with the application format may be mounted. there is.

The login processing unit 120 may process a login procedure through an account and password input from each terminal 10 to 30 accessing the system 100 . In addition, when the user successfully logs in, the login processing unit 120 checks the user rights granted to the corresponding account by referring to the database, and allows the system to allow access to resources according to the user rights.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the login processing unit 120 may process login requests not only from learners, instructors, and affiliated stores, but also from parent accounts linked to learner accounts. This parent account has the status of a sub-account for the learner account, and most of the privileges of the learner account can be granted except for taking tests.

The learning service provider 130 may implement various functions related to learners learning English. The learning service provider 130 has a function that allows the learner to check his/her current position in the class, a function that executes learning content to proceed with learning or submits an assignment, a function that conducts on/offline tests, etc. can provide.

As a configuration for this purpose, the learning provision module 131 may provide learning content uploaded by an instructor. These learning contents consist of a word selection problem in which the meaning corresponding to the presented English or Korean word is selected from a plurality of English or Korean examples, an example sentence in Korean is presented, and one English sentence is randomly arranged in order. It may consist of a word arrangement problem of rearranging a plurality of words to correspond to an example sentence, a grammar selection problem of presenting one English sentence including a blank, and selecting an English word suitable for grammar in the blank, In a mobile environment, a mobile interface that allows learners to easily check fingerprints and input answers can be supported.

The offline test module 133 may provide an OMR answer sheet function by the learner terminal 10 in an offline test according to the instructor's registration according to the curriculum.

Instructors have the right to conduct tests in offline spaces such as classrooms as well as online tests based on web pages. During an offline test, questions may be presented through a test paper, etc., and the learner applies for self-certification and test participation using a QR code through a mobile application on the learner terminal 10, and answers on the OMR screen provided by the mobile application. You can solve the problem and submit the answer immediately online by filling out the touch method.

Accordingly, the offline test module 133 may score the OMR answer transmitted from the learner terminal 10, reflect the result to the learner's learning information, and provide the result to the learner terminal 10.

The online test module 135 provides a test related to English learning conducted online in real time, and can provide various types of problems according to the learning content set by the instructor to the learner terminal 10, and in conjunction with this The learner's terminal 10 provides a mobile interface capable of displaying fingerprints and selecting answers so that learners can easily solve problems.

The online test module 135 may also receive and score an answer from the learner terminal 10 , reflect the result to the learner's learning information, and provide the result to the learner terminal 10 .

The task providing module 137 may provide the task set by the instructor to the learner terminal 10 belonging to the corresponding class. Instructors can create assignments related to English learning along with learning contents through the system. The produced assignment can be checked on the learner terminal 10 for a set period of time, and the assignment providing module 137 receives the task result for the assignment from the learner terminal 10 within the given period, and the learner DB of the database unit 150 It can be stored in (151) and provided to the instructor terminal (20).

At this time, if the assignment is in the form of problem solving such as learning content, the assignment providing module 137 may provide the result of scoring the assignment to the instructor terminal 20.

The class management unit 140 may provide functions such as a management function for a class in which an instructor is in charge and a problem setting function for a learner to learn English.

As a configuration for this, the student status module 141 determines the connected instructor terminal 20 and the class in charge of the instructor, identifies one or more learners belonging to the class, and transfers learning information of each learner to the instructor. It can be provided to the terminal 20. In addition, the student status module 141 may provide the instructor terminal 20 with details of learning activities of learners included in the class, such as attendance (learning classes) of on/offline classes and whether or not assignments have been submitted.

The learning content management module 143 may provide the instructor terminal 20 with a production environment capable of producing and editing learning content on a web page. The instructor terminal 20 can create learning contents that learners take online through a mobile application through the system 100 of the present invention, and the learning contents management module 143 stores the created learning contents in the database unit 150. ), and can be stored in the instructor DB 153 and distributed to the learner terminal 10 at a designated time point.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in producing learning content, the learning content management module 143 provides not only general video lectures but also various types of content that can learn writing, reading, and speaking in a mobile environment. can be produced

For example, the word selection content is a type of learning in which one of a plurality of views is selected for the meaning of a displayed English-Korean or Korean-English word, and a method of selecting a text view for a word selected by a learner, as well as a learner terminal 10 Through this, it is possible to provide an interface for inputting an answer by recognizing the word pronounced by the learner.

This can be implemented by converting the voice input to the learner's terminal 10 into text based on the known TTS technology and then comparing it with the text presented in the example. In addition, it is possible to present a problem in which a learner selects a text answer in a problem in which example sentences are output as audio through STT technology.

The assignment management module 145 may provide the instructor terminal 20 with a production environment capable of creating and editing assignments on a web page. The instructor terminal 20 can create assignments to be performed by learners online within a predetermined period through a mobile application through the system 100 of the present invention, and the assignment management module 143 stores the created assignments in the database unit ( 150), it can be stored in the instructor DB 153 and distributed to the learner terminal 10 belonging to the class at a designated time point. In addition, the assignment management module 143 may receive an assignment result from the learner terminal 10 within the submission period, and deliver the returned assignment result to the instructor terminal 20 .

The achievement management module 147 may provide a management function for learner achievement including learning progress, mock exam, and test results of each learner in charge of the instructor.

The learner's achievement includes each learner's learning progress, assignment scoring results, and test results, and the achievement management module 147 reflects the learner's learning information on a daily basis, and provides a comprehensive academic achievement according to each learner's learning activity. It can be derived and provided to the instructor terminal 20.

The database unit 150 may store various data required for system operation. The database unit 150 can be logically classified according to the purpose and nature of the data stored in the storage space, and these data include a learner DB 151 that stores learner's account, personal information and learning information, and instructor's Instructor DB (153) for storing account, class information and learning contents, etc., Affiliate DB (155) for storing information such as affiliate information and authority, and Content DB (157) for storing content sources provided by the system can be distinguished.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, one source of content stored in the content DB 157 can be used to present various types of questions. For example, one English sentence includes multiple words, the meaning of each word, and the interpretation of the sentence. Objective and subjective questions can be presented.

In addition, by using sentences and interpretations, questions such as grammar selection, order arrangement, underline correction, and word selection appropriate for blanks can be presented. Accordingly, the system of the present invention can provide an environment in which various types of questions can be presented even with limited content sources.

On the other hand, the English education platform system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a platform that provides services for learners and instructors belonging to an educational institution, and an affiliated store management unit 160, which is a component that provides functions related to affiliated store registration ) may be further included.

The affiliated store management unit 160 registers as an affiliated store according to consultation with educational institutions such as one or more language institutes and schools located in each region, and registers learners and instructors belonging to the affiliated store terminal 30 at the request of the registered affiliated store terminal 30, and system permission can be granted.

As a configuration for this purpose, the affiliated store registration module 161 of the affiliated store management unit 160 may register as an affiliated store according to the contents of a contract with an educational institution, create an affiliated store account, and allocate system resources.

The user registration/setting module 163 may receive learner and instructor information for providing learning services from the registered affiliated store terminal 30 and register as a member belonging to the affiliated store, and after the registration process is completed, the learner terminal ( 10) and the instructor terminal 20 can access the system 100.

The affiliated store linking module 165 provides additional services based on the contents of the contract between the platform provider and the affiliated store. Learning content can be created, or learning content can be created using a content source provided by a platform provider. At this time, the number, type, range, and period of use of the platform provider's content sources provided to the instructor may be set differently between affiliated stores according to the contents of the contract, and the affiliated store linkage module 165 provides contents set based on the contents of the contract. Content sources stored in the database unit 150 are made available to the instructor terminal 20 according to the use range of the sources.

In addition, the affiliated store linkage module 165 may provide rewards in the form of coupons or points that can be paid to learners by educators at each educational institution. As an example, each educational institution may separately operate a convenience store, store, etc. that sells products necessary for learners, and the platform provider may sell or pay coupons or points that can be used when purchasing products at convenience stores, stores, etc. . Accordingly, the affiliate store can purchase the corresponding coupon or point from the platform provider and pay it to the educator, and the educator can pay the learner the coupon or point secured by the affiliate store if offline classes or other compensation for the learner are needed.

To this end, the affiliated store linking module 165 may provide coupons or points owned by the affiliated store to the designated learner terminal 10 according to the request of the instructor terminal 20 . Accordingly, a learner who has received coupons or points can purchase a desired product by presenting a coupon stored in the learner terminal 10 or using points as a payment method at a corresponding convenience store or the like.

The grade sharing module 167 provides a function to compare and analyze the achievements of learners between a plurality of affiliated stores in each region on a regional or national basis. Some of the learning information, as an example, may be extracted from a mock test score of a specific grade to calculate a regional or national ranking and provide it to each terminal (10 to 30).

Hereinafter, a mobile application that works with the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

3 is a diagram showing the structure of a mobile application that works with the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the mobile application and each component of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program executable by a known microprocessor, stored in a readable and writable recording medium, and loaded in a learner terminal.

Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile application 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a learning information display unit 210 for receiving and displaying learning information including results of learner's learning activities from a learning service provider to date; A learning progress unit 220 that receives learning content created by the instructor of the class to which the learner belongs and provides a mobile interface to proceed with learning. Displays an OMR screen during an offline test and provides an OMR interface to answer each question. A test progress unit 230 that receives answers to questions, displays questions on the screen during online testing, and provides a mobile interface to receive answers to each question, receives content for assignments created by instructors, and provides a mobile interface an assignment submission unit 240 that receives an answer and transmits it to the learning service provider or transmits an upload file containing text or images stored in the learner's terminal to the learning service provider, and the database through the keyword input by the learner A learning content use unit 250 that searches for learning materials including one or more language dictionaries or textbooks related to learning from the unit, downloads the selected learning materials, and displays them on the screen, and corresponding information sent from the instructor of the class to which the learner belongs. It may include a coupon use unit 260 that receives and displays one or more coupons or points that can be exchanged with products of stores operated by educational institutions, and discards coupons or deducts points when exchange with products is completed.

The learning information display unit 210 may receive and display the learning information of the learner, in particular, a scorecard including weekly learning activities, on the screen when accessing the system according to the execution of the mobile application 200 . Through the learning information, the user can check the learning content to be taken on a weekly or monthly basis, learning progress, assignments, and recent test scores. In addition, the user can check the current English achievement evaluation result according to the learning activity.

The learning progress unit 220 may proceed with learning by executing the learning content selected by the learner. The learning content provided by the system according to an embodiment of the present invention is optimized for the mobile environment, and a fingerprint is provided on one side of the screen through a mobile interface, and the type and order of words randomly arranged for selecting an answer among viewing. It helps students to solve various English learning problems, such as rearranging words according to grammar.

The test progressing unit 230 may provide a function of supporting on/offline tests using a learner terminal. In the case of an online test, the test progressing unit 230 provides a mobile interface so that the learner solves the problem for a limited time, and in the case of an offline test, the test progressing unit 230 provides an OMR card so that the learner can read the offline problem. The marked problem can be solved, and the answer can be input and provided to the system.

The assignment submission unit 240 may provide a function of receiving an assignment suggested by an instructor from the system, allowing a learner to write an assignment result, or uploading the written assignment result in a file format. Assignments may be presented in various forms, such as problem solving, English newspaper translation, and the like, and the assignment submission unit 240 may upload assignment results prepared by learners to the system.

The learning content use unit 250 may receive various useful English learning-related materials provided by the system of the present invention in addition to the learning content provided by the class. The system according to an embodiment of the present invention may further provide various materials helpful for learning English, in addition to content in the form of solving problems for classes or tests created by an instructor. As an example, such learning-related materials include English-Korean, Korean-English dictionaries, newspaper articles, web articles, university materials, and English workbooks currently on the market, and the learning content use unit 250 downloads these learning-related materials and displays them on the screen. can be displayed on the

The coupon use unit 260 may receive and display coupons or points paid by the instructor. Instructors can provide learners in the class with coupons or points that can be used to purchase products that are held at affiliated stores for reasons such as compensation for class or assignment evaluation, and the coupon use unit is system It is possible to receive and store a predetermined coupon or accumulate points, and when used, it is displayed on the screen so that it can be used as a payment method at convenience stores.

Hereinafter, a method of operating an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

4 is a diagram showing a method of operating an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the subject of execution for each step is the English education platform system of the present invention and each component constituting it, even if there is no separate description.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the operating method of the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, an affiliate contract is established between the platform provider of the present invention and educational institutions such as academies and schools, so that the platform provider connects the educational institution to the system. It starts as registered (S100).

Accordingly, the platform provider registers the corresponding educational institution as an affiliated store in the system according to the contents of the contract, sets usage rights according to the contents of the contract, and allocates system resources such as account, web page, and storage space (S110).

Next, when the administrator of the affiliated store accesses the web page provided by the system through the affiliated store terminal and requests to log in using the assigned affiliated store account, the system authenticates the account and confirms the permission granted to the account (S120 ).

Next, the affiliated store terminal registers instructors and learners belonging to the corresponding affiliated store (educational institution) in the system, and sets usage rights according to the type (S130). The system of the present invention provides services in units of affiliated stores, and learners and instructors belonging to affiliated stores register accounts by affiliated store administrators, rather than learners and instructors directly joining the system to directly obtain usage rights and accessing the system And it is characterized in that the use right is granted.

Then, the instructor who wants to register the curriculum for his/her class and provide learning contents through the system of the present invention accesses the web page provided by the system through the instructor terminal such as a stationary PC equipped with a web browser after registration. After logging in, the system authenticates the instructor through the instructor's account and confirms user rights (S140).

Next, the instructor terminal registers the curriculum for the class, and produces and creates learning contents or assignments according to the curriculum (S150). Instructors can create and upload original learning content using a content source directly prepared on the web page, or create learning content using a content source provided by the database of the system.

Thereafter, a learner (student) who belongs to a class and wants to study through the system of the present invention accesses the web page provided by the system using a learner terminal such as a smart phone and logs in, authenticates the learner through the learner account and checks the user's right (S160).

Next, the learner terminal proceeds with learning using the learning contents or assignments uploaded by the instructor (S170). Learning contents are optimized for mobile terminals, and learners can improve their English achievement by solving various types of English problems.

Thereafter, the system evaluates the learning activity of the learner, reflects the result to generation and learning information, and stores it in the database for each learner.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, the technical idea of the present invention will be described in detail through an example of a screen provided by the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention through a learner terminal and an instructor terminal.

5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating a screen of a mobile application of a learner terminal that works with the English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the learner terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide an initial screen 300 including learning information as a user registered in the system executes a mobile application.

At the top of the initial screen 300, a scorecard 301 indicating the achievement of the learning progress and test results that the learner has progressed so far can be displayed on a weekly basis. can be checked intuitively.

In particular, the mobile application according to the embodiment of the present invention can provide a mobile interface so that the learner can easily operate it with a finger on the learner terminal 10, and among these mobile interfaces, the scorecard 301 is a card that contains learning information for a week. It is displayed as a form, so you can easily check the current and past learning history.

In addition, in one area of the initial screen 300, learning contents 304 uploaded by the instructor may be displayed in the form of thumbnails according to classes, and the user selects these learning contents 304 and performs learning according to the learning progress. can do.

Referring to FIG. 6 , as another initial screen 300 that can be confirmed by swiping the initial screen in one direction on the learner terminal 10, another type of learning content, 'My Vocabulary', is exemplified.

These 'My Vocabulary' contents are words selected by a learner for memorization from materials such as an English-Korean dictionary among learning contents provided by the system, and one or more words selected by the learner are placed in the form of icons on the initial screen 300 Accordingly, when a learner executes a mobile application, it is preferentially displayed on the initial screen 300, so that the word and its meaning can be checked at any time, and thus the word can be acquired naturally.

In addition, points owned by the learner may be displayed on one area of the initial screen 300 . These points, along with coupons, can be used as a means of payment for purchases of products in agreements with merchants or general convenience stores.

Referring to FIG. 7, it shows the learning content execution screen 320 provided by the learner terminal 10, and this learning content execution screen 320 is displayed after the screen is switched as the learner selects the aforementioned content thumbnail. can In the drawing, learning content in the form of a video 321 is illustrated.

On the other hand, if the learning content being played is a video commentary on the previous on/offline test results, statistical information 323 such as the incorrect answer rate collected in the corresponding test can be displayed together, and a comparison result with the answer written by the learner is provided. It can be.

In addition, a list of other videos 325 related to the corresponding video 321 may be further displayed in one area of the learning content execution screen 320, and the learner can proceed with learning while sequentially selecting and watching related videos. .

Hereinafter, a web page provided to an instructor terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

8 to 10 are diagrams illustrating screens of an instructor terminal accessing a web page provided by an English education platform system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the instructor terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention can access a web page posted online by the system through a built-in web browser. In the drawing, a management screen 400 accessible according to the instructor's authority is exemplified.

On one side of the management screen 400, a menu window 401 may be provided for the instructor to manage learners and create learning contents. These menu windows 401 include 'Student Management' to register learners, 'Class Management' to manage classes, 'Content Management' to create learning contents, and 'Content Management' to provide coupons or points. A 'shopping management' function may be provided.

Among them, if the 'class management function' is selected, the list 405 of instructors currently belonging to the affiliated store, classes registered by each instructor, and learners registered in the class may be displayed on the management screen 400 . Through the list 405, the instructor can check the classes to which he is currently registered and the learners belonging to each class, and can check the learning information of individual learners.

Referring to FIG. 9, the student management screen 410 provided when the instructor terminal 20 selects the 'student management' function of the menu window in the web page of FIG. 8 is exemplified. The belonging school, grade, name, photo and registration date can be displayed in list form (415).

In addition, the student management screen 410 includes a student registration menu 417 for registering learners in charge of the instructor to the class, and a learner can be searched for and selected through a search window to be added to the own class.

Referring to FIG. 10, the contents creation screen 420 provided when the instructor terminal 20 selects the 'content management' function of the menu window in the web page of FIG. 8 is exemplified. A web interface for creating learning contents can be provided.

In detail, the instructor can configure learning content by uploading a content source that he/she has created or selecting a content source stored in the database of the system. In the case of the content source provided by the system, it is prepared in advance by the platform provider and stored in the database unit, and may include materials such as words, example sentences, and problems recorded in various textbooks, textbooks, and workbooks. You can select and combine them to present problems.

To this end, on the content production screen 420, a search box for selecting 'target (elementary/middle/high)' and 'type (regular/regular/news/feature)' for the content source stored in the database unit and searching for the textbook name. 421 may be provided, and may be displayed in the search result classification window 423 according to the classification according to the instructor's search.

Then, when the instructor selects one of the textbook classifications according to the intention in the classification window 423, one or more textbooks included in the corresponding textbook classification may be displayed on the textbook window 425.

Next, when the instructor selects a textbook in the textbook window 425, the chapters constituting the corresponding lesson are displayed in the progress window 437, and the instructor selects a suitable chapter according to the current learning progress to select a content source. can decide

In addition, the content creation screen 420 includes a DB window 429, and displays content sources stored in the database corresponding to the chapter selected by the instructor. can be extracted to configure learning content.

Although many details have been specifically described in the above description, this should be interpreted as an example of a preferred embodiment rather than limiting the scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention should not be defined according to the described examples, but should be defined according to the claims equivalent to the claims.

10: learner terminal 20: instructor terminal
30: Merchant terminal 100: English education platform system
110: web page provision unit 120: login processing unit
130: learning service provider 140: class management unit
150: database unit 160: affiliated store management unit
200: mobile application 210: learning information display unit
220: learning progress unit 230: test progress unit
240: assignment submission unit 250: learning content use unit
260: coupon use unit

Claims (12)

A web page providing unit for providing a web or application-based web page to a terminal accessed through an information communication network;
a login processing unit that processes a login procedure of a terminal accessing the web page, identifies a user of the terminal, determines granted system usage rights, and determines a range of provision of the web page;
A learning service that provides mobile-based learning content and learning information including learning records performed by the learner so far through an application linked to the web page of one or more learner terminals registered at one or more merchants and logged in with learner authority. provision department;
a class management unit that provides learning content presentation and learning curriculum registration functions through the web page to one or more instructor terminals registered in one or more merchants and logged in with an instructor authority designated as one or more learners in charge; and
A database unit that stores information on registered learners, instructors, and affiliated stores, and stores one or more content sources used when presenting the learning content
An English education platform system that includes a. According to claim 1,
The English education platform system,
An affiliate management unit that registers educational institutions including one or more language institutes and schools located in each region as the affiliated stores, registers learners and instructors according to the request of the registered affiliated store terminals, and grants authority to use the system
An English education platform system that includes a. According to claim 2,
The merchant management department,
an affiliated store registration module for registering the educational institution as an affiliated store and setting, renewing, or deleting the system use authority of the registered affiliated store according to the contents of the contract;
a user registration/setting module for registering an affiliated instructor and learners of the instructor as members according to an input of the affiliated store terminal, and setting system usage rights of the registered instructor and learners; and
When presenting learning contents of the instructor terminal, an affiliate store linking module that identifies the affiliate store to which the instructor belongs and provides the contents source stored in the database unit to the instructor terminal according to the range of use of the contents source set in the contract details
An English education platform system that includes a. According to claim 3,
The merchant management department,
In accordance with the information sharing agreement of the registered member stores, learning information related to grades excluding personal information of learners belonging to member stores in each region is extracted and stored as separate data in the database, and the region-specific or A grade sharing module that calculates the grade ranking of learners across the country and discloses it on the web page
An English education platform system that includes a. According to claim 1,
The learning service provider,
A learning providing module for providing learning contents including various types of questions and answers that can be written through a mobile interface supported by a mobile terminal to the learner terminal;
In an offline test, an offline test module that performs a self-authentication procedure, scores the answer written through the OMR interface, provides the score obtained by the learner to the learner terminal, and reflects it in the learning achievement; and
An assignment providing module that provides daily or weekly assignments set by the instructor to the learner terminal of the learner belonging to the learner, receives the task result from the learner terminal, and delivers it to the corresponding instructor terminal
An English education platform system that includes a. According to claim 5,
The learning service provider,
During the online test, the online test module receives various types of questions and answers through the mobile interface within the time limit for each question.
An English education platform system further comprising a. According to claim 5 or 6,
The learning content or assignment,
A word selection problem in which a meaning corresponding to a presented English or Korean word is selected from a plurality of examples in English or Korean;
A word arrangement problem in which an example sentence in Korean is presented and a plurality of words constituting an English sentence randomly arranged in order are rearranged to correspond to the example sentence; and
An English education platform system that includes one or more of a grammar selection problem in which one English sentence including a blank is presented and an English word in a form suitable for grammar is selected in the blank. According to claim 1,
The class management department,
a student status module for identifying one or more learners belonging to the class of the corresponding instructor by referring to the database unit, extracting learning information of the identified learner, and providing the extracted learning information to the instructor terminal;
A learning content management module that generates learning content or test content using one or more content sources stored in the database unit according to the input of the instructor's terminal and provides them to one or more learner's terminals according to the curriculum registered by the instructor.
According to the input of the instructor terminal, an assignment using one or more content sources stored in the database unit is created and provided to one or more learner terminals belonging to the same class, and the result of processing the assignment is returned from the learner terminal to the instructor terminal. Assignment management module provided; and,
Achievement management module that reflects each learner's learning content progress, assignment scoring results, and test results to the learner's learning information on a daily basis, and derives a comprehensive academic achievement according to each learner's learning activity
An English education platform system that includes a. According to claim 8,
The database unit further stores additional content sources separately produced by the platform provider,
The learning content management module,
An English education platform system that allows the additional content source from the database to be used in the production of learning content or assignments based on the usage rights granted according to the contents of the contract of the educational institution to which the instructor belongs. According to claim 1,
The application,
a learning information display unit for receiving and displaying learning information including results of the learner's learning activities from the learning service providing unit to the present;
a learning progress unit that receives learning content produced weekly by the instructor of the class to which the learner belongs, and provides a mobile interface to proceed with the learning;
A test progress unit that displays an OMR screen during an offline test, provides an OMR interface to receive answers to each question, and displays questions on the screen during an online test and provides a mobile interface to receive answers to each question; and
An assignment that receives assignment content created by an instructor, receives an answer through a mobile interface and transmits it to the learning service provider, or transmits an uploaded file containing text or images stored in a learner's terminal to the learning service provider Submission
An English education platform system that includes a. According to claim 10,
The application,
A learning content utilization unit that searches learning materials including one or more language dictionaries or textbooks related to learning from the database through keywords entered by the learner, downloads the selected learning materials, and displays them on the screen.
An English education platform system further comprising a. According to claim 10,
The application
A coupon use unit that receives and displays one or more coupons or points that can be exchanged for products from a store operated by the educational institution sent by the instructor of the class to which the learner belongs, and discards the coupon or deducts points when the exchange with the product is completed.
An English education platform system further comprising a.

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