WO2001065527A1 - Systeme et procede permettant un apprentissage de termes assiste par ordinateur - Google Patents

Systeme et procede permettant un apprentissage de termes assiste par ordinateur Download PDF

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WO2001065527A1
WO2001065527A1 PCT/IL2001/000048 IL0100048W WO0165527A1 WO 2001065527 A1 WO2001065527 A1 WO 2001065527A1 IL 0100048 W IL0100048 W IL 0100048W WO 0165527 A1 WO0165527 A1 WO 0165527A1
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
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  • the present invention relates to a system and method for computer-assisted learning system, in general and to a method, which improves the learning of terms via controlled exposure to computer-generated randomly selected sections of teaching material, in particular.
  • One aspect of the present invention regards a learning application that accomplishes the improvement of the learning of terms of a user in a computing environment by repeatedly exposing said user to randomly selected and grouped sections of related items of teaching material.
  • the learning application provides a display module by which segments of teaching material are presented to the user, a review module adapted to enable the user to actively interact with said review module to test the effect of said exposure to said teaching material, and a follow-up module designed to show the results of the test consequent with said user interaction with said review module.
  • a database of teaching material holds parts of teaching data to be selected randomly by said learning application and to be displayed to said user.
  • the second aspect of the present invention regards a computer-assisted learning system consisting of a computer platform, a storage device, an input/output device, a CPU, an audio device, a communication device, an operating system and a learning application system that comprises an application driver component, an application control component, an application display component, an application review component an application follow-up component, a teaching material database and a user profile database.
  • the learning of terms is accomplished through said learning application that is running on a computing platform under the supervision and control of an operating system.
  • Said environment further comprises a storage device to hold grouped sections of the teaching material and user profile information, a display device to present to said learner the randomly selected sections of relating teaching material, an input device to enable the learner to interact with said learning application, an audio device to enable vocalization of said teaching material, and a communication device to enable said learning application to be connectable to a data network.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a computing environment in which the method for the computer-assisted learning of terms is operative, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGs. 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D are schematic illustrations of the frames displayed on the user interface by the learning system, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a high-level flowchart of the learning system's driver component in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 4 is a high-level flowchart of the learning system's display component in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a high-level flowchart of the learning system's test component in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a high-level flowchart of the learning system's follow-up component in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention provides a novel system and method, which improves and enhances the learning of a conceptual relationship between at least two associated terms, objects or data.
  • Such associated terms could comprise a word in one language familiar to the user and the equivalent thereof in another language.
  • the present invention provides a mechanism operative in a computing environment, which assists a user to learn the connection between two visually and/or aurally unlike but conceptually equivalent objects by exposing the user to visual frames on a display device comprising a set of randomly selected correctly linked pairs of objects for a predefined time interval.
  • the mechanism also enables the user to review the effectiveness of the learning of terms by presenting in a separate frame on the display device, the entire set of the previously exhibited randomly selected pairs of objects, linked in an incorrect manner and prompting the user to attempt re-linking the pairs of objects accurately using an input device such as a mouse, keyboard and the like.
  • the system tests whether the inputs fed by the user were right and the test results are then displayed to the user.
  • the procedure then repeated with a different set of randomly selected object-pairs.
  • the object-pairs comprise an item expressed in one language and a definition thereof expressed in another language. Therefore, in the framework of the following description only, the learning system is used as a non-creative language tutorial. It will be easily perceived by one skilled in the art that the purpose of the detailed description of the proposed invention that follows is meant to provide for the clarity of the invention and is not intended to be interpreted as any limitation to other conceivable embodiments of the said invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a computing environment in which the system for learning items is constructed
  • the computer system 10 includes a storage device 11, an I/O device 12, and audio device 14, a central processing unit (CPU) 16, a communication device 1.5, an operating system 18, a user interface 20, a terms database 24, a users database 25, and a learning application 22.
  • Learning application 22 contains an application driver component 26, a control component 28, a display component 30, a review component 33, and a follow-up component 34.
  • User interface 20 is a display device such as a computer terminal.
  • Learning application 22 utilizes user interface 20 in order to display the items to be learned.
  • the user can interact with application 22 utilizing an input device 12 such as a mouse, a keyboard and the like.
  • Terms database 24 contains records that comprise an item, an associated item definition and a value representing the number of times a user correctly identified the item. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a specific term database 24 is created for each particular user.
  • Users database 25 could contain useful user-specific information such as user identification and/or session-specific control information such as the predefined value of the exposure time for each item displayed, the number of times a set of randomly selected items is to be displayed and the like. Both terms database 24 and users database 25 are stored on a storage device in computer system 10.
  • the various components of the learning application 22 will be described hereunder in association with the following drawings.
  • the learning system proposes a new technique that provides the user of the system 10 with the potential capability of learning items and the related definitions thereof passively and without undue effort.
  • the learning is non-creative in the sense that the user does not have to try and participate actively in the process of learning.
  • the user interacts actively with the system 10 only by reviewing the effectiveness of the learning of terms after each learning period.
  • the process of passive and active interaction with the system 10 is accomplished by means of specially designed sessions controlled and managed by learning application software 26 that utilizes the computer Graphical User Interface display device 20 to establish interaction with the user of the system 10.
  • the application software 26 guides the user closely and unambiguously through all the stages of the session by the use of special menus and/or distinct graphic symbols.
  • Each session consists of two main parts. The structure and the method of the sessions will be described in association with the following drawings.
  • a typical frame of the first part of the session or the stage of learning is presented.
  • the frame consists of an item 42 and a related definition 44.
  • Item 42 and related definition 44 are displayed simultaneously for a predefined time interval.
  • a set of a predefined number of items 42 and related definitions 44 thereof will be flashed continuously where each item is displayed following the previously displayed one for a predefined period of time.
  • the entire set of items will be redisplayed or repeatedly flashed for a predefined number of times or display-cycles.
  • the learning part of the session is designed in such a manner that the user has to focus only on the items displayed in order to achieve efficient exposure but no specific effort is required from the part thereof to attempt conscious learning of the contents of the frames.
  • Fig. 2B the schematic illustration of the review screen is shown.
  • the user When the learning part of the session terminates, the user will be presented automatically with the review frame.
  • the entire set of items 42 and related definitions 44 that had been exposed to the user in the learning part of the session is displayed in the review frame but in contrast with the manner of the exhibition in the display frames the definitions in the review frame are arranged intentionally in random order in a visually unrelated manner to the specific items thereof.
  • This part of the session is designed to enable the user to review the effectiveness of the previously performed learning stage.
  • the test consists of linking items 42 with related definitions 44.
  • an input device such as a mouse
  • the user could point the input device to an item 42 and select the item 42 in a standard manner.
  • the user could point the input device to appropriate definition 44 and select definition 44.
  • the application software will link visually item 42 that was selected to definition 44 similarly selected, by displaying a connecting line 45 between the item 42 and the definition 44. It will be easily perceived that the visual connection is realized according to the user's selections and not necessarily correspondingly to the appropriate relationship.
  • the application displays specific graphic symbols that confirm or correct the user's respective selections. Referring now to Fig. 2D on which the follow-up frame is shown.
  • the entire set of items 42 is redisplayed in a single frame, which consists of rows.
  • the rows comprise items 42 and definitions 44 correctly linked by application-drawn lines 45.
  • Two specific graphic symbols flag each item 42 and definition 44 connection. "V” flags a correct answer and "X” flags a mistaken one.
  • the symbol 47 (within parentheses) represents the confirmation or the rejection of the user's selection.
  • Symbol 48 (out of parentheses) represents the correct flag.
  • the display of the follow-up frame enables the user to clearly distinguish between the correct and incorrect answers.
  • a start-up frame 50 is displayed on user interface 20 of Fig. 1.
  • the start-up frame 50 consists of a graphical application header and a series of textual menu commands.
  • the user can select one of the commands by pointing to the desired text with an input device such as a mouse and make the suitable selection in a standard manner.
  • the menu line contains the commands: "quit” 54, "start” 56, "instruction” 58 and "exposure control" 60.
  • "Instruction” 58 is the help command.
  • a help screen containing text information is presented at step 62, which contains operating instructions to the user.
  • the driver component will call an exposure control component 64 which will make available to the user the option of presetting the exposure period for an item-definition pair on the display frame of Fig. 2A.
  • the command "quit" 54 will terminate the session by stopping the application at step 55. If the user wishes to proceed with the learning session, the "start" 56 command has to be selected. Following the selection at step 66, the display component is called and executed. Next, the review component is called automatically by the application software at step 67.
  • an another series of textual commands comprising a menu line is displayed in the bottom part of the frame at step 68.
  • the user can select with an input device such as a mouse among the menu line commands such as: "quit” 70, "check answers” 69, “show answers” 73, “help 71” and "new set” 72.
  • "quit" 70 the session will terminate by the application driver that will stop the application at step 55.
  • "check answers" 69 the result of the test will be displayed by marking visually the user-selected connections. If the user selects "show answers” 73, the follow-up frame described in association with
  • Fig. 2D will be presented at step 63. If the user wishes to continue with another learning session then the command "new set” 72 will be preferred and a new set of items will be displayed at step 66 utilizing the display frame described in association with Fig. 2A.
  • Fig. 4 where a high-level flowchart of the display component 30 of Fig. 1 is shown. Display component is activated by the user when choosing the "start" command 56 on the start-up frame of Fig. 3 or by selecting the "new set” command 72 of Fig. 3. Following one of the above-mentioned selections, the application driver calls the display component.
  • the predefined number of display-cycles i.e., how many times the entire set of items will be displayed, is obtained as well as the predefined exposure time interval.
  • the display-cycle-counter is initialized and at step 77 a set of items and corresponding definitions is built by random extraction of items from the term database 24 of Fig. 1.
  • a timer is reset to the value of exposure time value and activated.
  • the first pair of item-definition is fetched from the randomly extracted set of items and at step 84 the item-definition pair is exposed to the user.
  • a check is made if the timer is timed out. As long as the timer is active, a loop is executed on step 86.
  • step 92 If the display-cycle-counter is less than the preset number of display-cycles, application control returns from step 92 to step 80 to reset the timer again, to fetch and to display the current set of items. If the display-cycle-counter is not less than the predefined number of display-cycles then at step 93 the review component is called to display the appropriate review frame and to make available the user the option of testing itself as to the effectiveness of the learning of terms.
  • Fig. 5 where a high-level flowchart of the review component 33 of Fig. 1 is shown. The review component is activated by the application software automatically subsequent to the termination of the display part of the session after the current set of item-definition pairs was exposed to the user for the preset exposure interval and the preset number of display-cycles were completed.
  • the review component When the application driver calls the review component at step 94, the review component displays the entire set of previously exposed items in a single frame, which is illustrated on Fig. 2B. The relevant definitions belonging to the items are displayed randomly so that no visual connections can be discerned between the items and the definitions thereof.
  • the user's input is accepted. As described in association with Fig. 2C the user's input consists of linking definitions to items by pointing to the appropriate items and the respective definitions with an input device such as a mouse and making a selection in a standard manner.
  • the review component examines whether all the items and definitions in the frame are linked. As long as there are unconnected items or definitions, a loop is performed on step 98.
  • a check is performed whether the user is ready for the review component to check the correctness of the connections.
  • the check is performed and the user-created connections are visually marked.
  • a correct link is marked with a "V" and an incorrect one with an "X”.
  • a learning history check is made to capture any items that the user already correctly connected to the proper definition a predefined number of times. When such an item is recognized the record containing the respective item is deleted from the terms database at step 104 as it is assumed that after identifying correctly the item a predefined number of times, the user have memorized the item. Therefore, for the duration of the future sessions for the same user the item will not be part of the sets displayed for learning.
  • step 105 an inspection is made whether the user requests the follow-up frame to be displayed.
  • the follow-up component is called at step 99.
  • Fig. 6 where a high-level flowchart of the follow-up component 34 of Fig. 1 is shown.
  • follow-up component could be activated by user request after the review part of the session was completed.
  • the frame displayed by the follow-up component is described in association with Fig. 2D.
  • the follow-up component assembles the set of related items and definitions into ordered pairs.
  • symbols referring the correctness or incorrectness of the user-created connections are being displayed.
  • the learners could connect from the client system thereof via various communication devices such as modems and communication lines to the learning server containing the learning application and databases.
  • the users could utilize the server system by employing diverse predefined operating methods such as downloading the learning application or parts of the terms database to the client platforms and the like. Additional advantages will readily occur to the person skilled in the art.
  • the invention in its broader aspects is, therefore, not limited to the specific details, representative methods, systems and examples shown and described.

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L'invention concerne un système d'apprentissage assisté par ordinateur destiné à favoriser l'apprentissage de termes par le biais d'une procédure consistant à exposer, de manière contrôlée, l'utilisateur à des sections sélectionnées de matériel didactique, à tester de manière interactive les effets de cette exposition sur l'utilisateur et à gérer l'historique des termes appris.
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