RU2716812C2 - Distance learning system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of education, namely to the distance learning systems. For remote training using a training system, steps are carried out, at which: using an authorization service, performing authorization of a user in a system using an OAuth authorization protocol, which enables to provide a third party with limited access to protected user resources without having to send a login and password to a third party; training means deliver training material for training to user through network; by means of test transmission means performing transfer of test, which is connected to specified training material, to user for each specified stage and for reminding user to send test response; by means of evaluation means receiving response from user through network for response evaluation; and, through the evaluation transmission means, transmitting the evaluation result to the user; by means of preset functional roles of interaction with distance learning system for effective training and dynamic change of materials by means of evaluation of materials perception degree.

EFFECT: group of inventions provides training with varying educational materials in response to academic achievement, prompt delivery of training materials and control of the level of knowledge and quality of learning material.

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Description

The invention relates to distance learning systems for company employees the skills that are necessary to perform work responsibilities. The invention relates to a highly loaded distributed multi-threaded web service and is oriented to work both on the Internet and in isolated local area networks (LANs).

BACKGROUND

In today's rapidly developing world, a special role belongs to the timely development of advanced practices and technologies with the subsequent practical use of the knowledge gained. Thus, the role of a distance learning system (i.e., an e-learning system) is becoming indispensable, which uses technology to study new material, including various elements, such as learning services through a network.

There are various conventional distance learning systems for lectures for a wide range of users using information technology (IT), and some of them are distribution systems for network lectures using broadcast satellites. However, online lectures provide only general informational training services and implement a one-way approach. In other words, conventional systems are not designed to provide training services with quality control of the depth of development of learning material. In addition, it is important to timely determine the progress in student learning (for example, the degree of perception of information or diligence) in conventional systems.

There are various conventional training systems, some of which are disclosed, for example, in patent publications JP 2001-192068; RU 2186423 C2; US 5437555 A.

The training system, known from JP 2001-192068, is a system for searching / distributing / using completed training materials. Although this conventional training system may provide training material based on user preferences, the system cannot provide training services with the correct assessment of the respective users.

In addition, the training system known from publication RU 2186423 C2. The invention relates to automated learning tools and knowledge control. The system is a computer technology for remote testing of regional participants from the Center. The system contains sequentially connected blocks of preparatory modules, testing modules, telecommunication modules, and analysis and processing modules. The system cannot provide training materials that dynamically change based on the assessment of each user, while they study the training materials.

In addition, the teaching system, known from the publication US 5437555 A, is a training system with interactive communication between students and the teacher, while the teacher receives reports on student performance. The training program is formed taking into account the speed of student learning. The system cannot evaluate each user during training at the corresponding given stages and cannot provide assessment results for each user. In addition to this, this conventional teaching system cannot evaluate each student in the classroom, and cannot dynamically change the teaching material based on the assessment, and cannot provide training services using the changed material.

Thus, conventional training systems cannot provide training services with changing teaching materials in response to the performance, degree of perception or achievement of each student.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To solve the above problems, technical means of a distance learning system or distance learning system have been developed and implemented that are able to provide training services with dynamically changing educational materials in assessing the degree of perception of the respective users during their training. Another objective of the present invention is the creation of a distance learning system capable of providing effective support from relevant persons to support learning for students.

According to this invention, a system of distance learning educational services for users is created, the system comprising:

an authorization service for authorizing a user in the system is carried out in an authorization tool using the OAuth authorization protocol, which allows providing a third party with limited access to the user's protected resources without having to transfer a login and password to a third party;

a learning tool for providing training services using training material for a user through a network, the training material including a plurality of elements;

test transmission means for transmitting the test to the user for each predetermined stage and for reminding the user of the need to transmit a response to the test, wherein said test is associated with said training material;

evaluation means for receiving a response from the user through the network to evaluate the response; and

evaluation means for transmitting the result of the evaluation to the user.

According to this invention, the system offers the user who is being trained to answer the test at each given stage, and quickly presents the assessment result to each user, whereby each user evaluates the learning ability or achievement in studies based on the accepted assessment result at the corresponding stages of training .

As an alternative solution, in another embodiment, the distance learning system comprises:

a training tool designed to provide a training service using training material to a user through a network, the training material including many elements;

test transmission means for transmitting the test to the user at each stage of training and to remind the user of the need to transmit a response to the test, wherein said test is associated with said training material;

evaluation means for receiving a response from a user through a network for evaluation;

means for optimizing educational material for selecting an item from the database of educational material based on the result of the assessment using the assessment tool using the specified selection criteria; and

means for dynamically changing the educational material for transmitting the specified selected element to the user through the network and issuing a command to the user device to dynamically replace part of the educational material with the selected element, while the part corresponds to the selected element and is offered for analysis to the user for the first time.

It will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that the implementation of the proposed technology is possible using well-known hardware and software, as well as using the corresponding new hardware and software designed specifically for implementing the proposed technology.

For a more complete understanding of the technical nature of the claimed invention, the following is a detailed description of the functioning and interaction of all the components of the distance learning system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 schematically displays the interaction between the main functional structural modules of the distance learning system.

FIG. 2 displays the basic functional modes of interaction with the distance learning system depending on the assigned role of a particular user of the system.

FIG. 3 displays an example of a graphical user interface in the “Course Creation” and “Reporting” modes.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

It should be clear to a specialist in the field of technology that the distance learning system ensures the achievement of a technical result: providing users of different levels of preparation with the prompt delivery of training materials and control by managers of the level of knowledge of subordinates and the quality of learning material.

According to FIG. 1, the distance learning system contains a learning tool 102 - a service that includes components:

User module - user interface, provides the formation of a user interface when interacting with a distance learning system.

module Courses - the interface of courses, provides the formation of a user interface with a list of available training courses, when interacting with a distance learning system.

Corpr module - the portal interface (news, documents, arbitrary pages), provides the formation of a user interface with information content related to the learning process and the organization of a productive study of courses when interacting with a distance learning system.

Settings module - user settings interface.

the Reports module, a reporting interface, provides the formation of an interface with the display of statistics and final reports of the results of work in the distance learning system.

Kharoncli (104) - a local authorization and user rights management service; accesses the remote service through OAuth and HTTP.

MySQL (108) is an open source database management system (DBMS), a high-performance and scalable DBMS with many software interfaces. The MySQL DBMS has great functionality and is suitable for solving a variety of problems; a local database containing at least the following tables:

- Rights - a group of tables containing data about users, circles and services; Kharon remote base take;

- Accounts - tables containing information about users; partially duplicates Rights.

Kharon OAuth Service (106) - remote authorization service; includes modules:

- OAuthService, responsible for authorization;

- Users Rights service, responsible for the distribution of rights;

- database module:

- Circles - a group of tables containing data about users, circles and services (circles group users according to a common feature and allow you to adjust their rights)

- Service Users - information about users.

Media - the minimum unit in the courses (presentation or test, for example). According to the results of passing the test, the result of effectiveness (the number of mistakes made) is issued.

Block - a group of media materials, united by a common feature (for example, by product group: drills, angle grinders (UPGM), Pumps, etc .; by scope: woodworking, metal processing, etc.). The block has a special flag "Successive passing". Tests inside the block with sequential passage are passed strictly in order, and the files are not available for download if there is an unsuccessful test in front of them inside the block.

A course is a basic basic unit that can be assigned to a user for study and testing, consisting of one or more blocks.

Users can be grouped (for example, according to the level of knowledge: beginners, advanced; by the department of work: call-center, retail, advertising department, etc.). Managers and administrators can create groups, modify and delete, regroup subordinates.

In accordance with FIG. 2, the distance learning system provides predefined functional roles for interacting with the distance learning system. Depending on the rights, different system functions are available to users. In one embodiment of the invention, the role of the user-employee provides for the possibility of taking courses 202; passing tests 204; viewing news and documents 206 that are associated with the organization of the process of studying the material.

The management role is intended for managers, and provides the ability to add or create new 210 courses; assigning courses to 208 groups of user users for study; drawing up reports 212 based on the results of studying educational material by user-employees; editing; management of conditional user groups 214 can be system (that is, automatically created and not subject to modification) and user, which managers and administrators can create, modify and delete. Managers can only assign courses to their subordinates.

The administrator's role includes managing media 216, managing media blocks 218, managing user rights 220, appointing subordinates 222 to managers, managing news and documents 224.

In FIG. Figure 3 shows an exemplary view of a user interface showing an example of course creation and a reporting interface. The specified interface displays information for the user when interacting with a distance learning system. The user receives training services through an on-screen interface displayed on the user's terminal (for example, a personal computer, TV mobile phone or personal digital device). The screen interface contains a unit for searching for educational material, a unit for conducting testing, a unit for paying tuition, a unit for questions, a main part containing texts, images, moving images, etc. Real-time on-screen subsections and text messaging fields are added to the material to be displayed. One of the screen subsections can be used to play a video sequence with a lecture scene or to display a picture of a person supporting a training or instructor in real time. Each user can, if necessary, use these on-screen subsections to access data from other images, for example, containing images of a lecture scene or an experiment scene using other material (for example, preliminary training material) in the request service system. As an alternative solution, each user can receive training support by directly formulating a question using a video camera through a network to a training support member. Additionally, the user and the learning support member can communicate with each other using a video camera, microphone and speaker, or an input device and an on-screen interface. For example, communication between a user and a learning support member is realized using only voice communication or using signs such as real-time messaging.

Although the invention has been described with reference to certain embodiments and drawings, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the above embodiments, modifications and drawings, and various changes and modifications are possible therein, and all such changes and modifications are included in the scope of the invention defined by the attached claims.

The proposed invention, in comparison with solutions that are known from the prior art, allows you to expand the scope of the combined in a single system of effective teaching methods aimed at the formation of professional skills.

Claims (35)

1. The distance learning system contains a learning tool that includes the components: a user interface module that provides the formation of a user interface when interacting with a distance learning system; module of the course interface, which provides the formation of a user interface with a list of available dynamic training courses containing tests for each stage of training, when interacting with a distance learning system; portal interface module, which provides the formation of a user interface with content related to the learning process and the organization of productive study of courses, when interacting with a distance learning system; user settings interface module; test transmission module to the user at each stage of training; a module to remind the user of the need to transmit a response to the test, while the specified test is associated with the specified training course; a module for evaluating user responses for receiving a response from a user through a network to evaluate a user's perception of a selected learning stage; report interface module, which provides the formation of an interface with statistics and summary reports of the results of work in the distance learning system; a local authorization and user rights management service that accesses a remote service using the OAuth and HTTP protocols, user authorization in the system is carried out in a local authorization service using the OAuth authorization protocol, which allows third parties to provide limited access to protected user resources without having to transfer a third side login and password; MySQL database management system (DBMS); communication module between user and training support member; distance learning system provides predefined functional roles of interaction with distance learning system for effective learning and dynamic change of materials by assessing the degree of perception of materials. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote authorization service includes modules: authorization module (OAuthService); distribution module rights (Users Rights service); a database module that contains tables: a group of tables containing user data; tables with information about users (Service Users). 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the MySQL database management system is a high-performance and scalable database management system with many software interfaces, which contains the following tables: - Rights - a group of tables containing data about users, circles and services; - Accounts - tables containing information about users. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the predefined functional interaction roles are at least two of such functional roles as: the role of the user-employee, providing the opportunity to take courses; passing tests; viewing news and documents related to the organization of the process of studying the material; the management role, which provides an opportunity for managers to add or create new training courses, assign courses to groups of user-employees to study, compile reports on the results of studying educational material by user-employees, edit and manage user groups, can be created automatically and not subject to modification or custom, which managers and administrators can create, modify and delete, while managers can assign courses only to your subordinates; the role of the administrator includes managing media, managing blocks of media, managing user rights, appointing subordinate managers, managing news and documents. 5. The distance learning method implemented using the distance learning system according to claim 1, wherein the steps are implemented in which: using the authorization service, they authorize the user in the system using the OAuth authorization protocol, which allows providing a third party with limited access to the user's protected resources without having to transfer a login and password to a third party; by means of a training tool, delivery of training material for training the user through the network is carried out; by means of the test transmission, the test is transmitted, which is associated with the specified training material, to the user for each given stage and to remind the user to transmit the answer to the test; by means of an assessment, a response is received from the user through the network to evaluate the response; and by means of the transfer of the assessment transfer the result of the assessment to the user through predefined functional roles of interaction with the distance learning system for effective learning and dynamic change of materials by assessing the degree of perception of materials. 6. The method according to p. 5, in which the predefined functional roles of the interaction are at least two of such functional roles as: the role of the user-employee, providing the opportunity to take courses; passing tests; viewing news and documents related to the organization of the process of studying the material; the management role, which provides an opportunity for managers to provide the ability to add or create new training courses, assign courses to groups of user-employees to study, compile reports on the results of studying educational material by user-employees, edit and manage user groups, can be created automatically and not subject to modification or custom ones that managers and administrators can create, modify and delete, while managers can assign courses only to your subordinates; the role of the administrator includes managing media, managing blocks of media, managing user rights, appointing subordinate managers, managing news and documents.

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