WO2020065680A1

WO2020065680A1 - An interactive skill enhancement platform

Info

Publication number: WO2020065680A1
Application number: PCT/IN2019/050713
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ravi Krishnamurthy
Original assignee: Ravi Krishnamurthy
Priority date: 2018-09-28
Filing date: 2019-09-27
Publication date: 2020-04-02

Abstract

The invention provides an interactive method for providing cognitive development. The method includes receiving at least one request from an authenticated user, grouping the user based on the request received; presenting the user with a plurality of options to select at least one cognitive development course; providing an interactive training to the user with respect to the selected course; and assessing the performance of the user with real-time feedback. The cognitive development yields skill enhancement.

Description

AN INTERACTIVE SKILL ENHANCEMENT PLATFORM

FIELD OF INVENTION

The invention generally relates to the field of skill enhancement and particularly to an interactive skill enhancement platform.

BACKGROUND

In today’s competitive world, skill enhancement is very critical and is the key determining factor in employment and staffing decisions. Promotions, incentives and remuneration are also highly dependent on the constant skill enhancement. There are many systems and tools that are known in the art for skill assessment, which includes providing online/offline training programs, conducting exams and granting scores.

One such system is disclosed in Patent Application No. 2445/MU MNP/2015 assigned to HAM, Ki Chul. The application provides an education management system and education management method for permitting talent/career oriented credits. The education management system comprises a receiving unit for receiving career data of a student from the user terminal; a career screening unit for screening for career matters included in the career data on the basis of preset criteria; and a credit granting unit for granting a credit corresponding to an outcome score of the career screening with respect to the major of the student according to the career matters when the career matters are permitted.

Also, there are systems known in the art that specifically provide training, personalized assessment, employee assessment or career management. The disadvantage of these systems is that they are not interactive in terms of providing real-time feedback. Hence, there is a need for an effective skill enhancement platform that helps users to develop their competencies and improve their chances of grabbing opportunities of their interest.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One aspect of the invention provides an interactive method for providing cognitive development. The method includes receiving at least one request from an authenticated user, grouping the user based on the request received; presenting the user with a plurality of options to select at least one cognitive development course; providing an interactive training to the user with respect to the selected course; and assessing the performance of the user with real-time feedback. The cognitive development yields skill enhancement.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a high level architecture of an interactive skill enhancement platform, according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 shows a representative screenshot of a user interface of the interactive skill enhancement platform, according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 shows a representative screenshot of a user interface showing a real time assessment, according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 4 shows a representative screenshot of a report card, according to an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Various embodiments of the invention provide an interactive skill enhancement platform. FIG. 1 shows a high level architecture of an interactive skill enhancement platform, according to an embodiment of the invention. The interactive skill enhancement platform includes a plurality of user devices 101 and a centralized server 103, communicating among each other over a communication network 105. The plurality of user devices 101 described herein includes but is not limited to a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop and a personal computer. The server 103 is coupled to a database 107. The database 107 is configured for retrievably storing a plurality of information. The information described herein includes, but not limited to, user specific information and subject specific information.

In an embodiment, the communication network 105 described herein includes but is not limited to a wireless network, a wire line network, a local area network, a wide area network, a metropolitan area network, a GSM network, a CDMA network, 3G network, 4G network or a combination thereof.

A method for providing an interactive career management is also provided. The method includes authenticating a user, receiving at least one request from the authenticated user, grouping the users based on the requests received, presenting the users with a plurality of options to select at least one course of interest, providing interactive training to the users and assessing the performance of the user with real-time feedback.

Each of the steps of the method, described briefly herein above shall be explained in detail through examples and specific embodiments of the invention.

Initially, the method includes authenticating a user. The method of authenticating the user includes the step of verifying one or more parameters. Examples of parameters include but are not limited to name, age, mobile number, email id and address. The user described herein includes but is not limited to students, learners, tutors, trainers, recruiting firms, academic institutions, corporates and other business organizations. Upon authenticating the user, the method is configured for receiving a request from the user. In one example of the invention, the request from the user determines the nature of the engagement that the user requires from the platform. The user is then grouped based on the request and is allotted a role. The role described herein includes but are not limited to an administrator, an instructor, an evaluator, an industry representative, a student, a learner, a trainee, a tutor, a job seeker, an assessee and/or a combination thereof. Subsequent to allotting a role, the user is presented with an option to select one or more course that helps in cognitive development. Examples of course include but are not limited to communication, visualization, decision making and prioritizing, learning effectiveness, analysis, language proficiency, service attitude, processes and procedures, work ability and ethics. The user is then provided with training on the selected course. In one embodiment of the invention, the training is a video based training. The method also enables the user to select a tutor from whom they want to learn the subject. The learning described herein can be one-to-one, one-to-many or a combination thereof. On completion of the training, the user takes scheduled assessments, based on which they get a report of their performance. The assessment described herein includes, but is not limited to, a written assessment, an oral assessment and/ or a combination thereof. The oral assessment includes an audio assessment, a video assessment or a combination thereof. In one example of the invention, the students take the assessments online by answering questions in real time, wherein the tutors provide feedback also in real time. The platform accesses the webcam on computers and front facing cameras on mobiles and tablets. In another embodiment of the invention, students answer the question by uploading a video recording. The student is provided an option to change the answer if he/ she deems fit before submitting the assessment. The video based answers help evaluators catch the students in the process of making mistakes and this helps greatly in course correction and aids in maximum learning.

Further, the students are entitled to obtain an online certificate from the trainer/ institution conducting the course. The certified users are then provided an optional access to manage their career using the same platform. In one example of the invention, the certified user is provided an option for seeking jobs and/ or getting job opportunities. EXAMPLE 1 - STUDENT

Once the student subscribes and logs in to the platform, the student gets to see a plurality of details related to the courses enrolled for. The details include but are not limited to course duration, courses approved, courses pending, tests scheduled, tests taken, start date, end date, maximum score and score obtained. FIG. 2 shows a representative screenshot of a user interface of the interactive skill enhancement platform, according to an embodiment of the invention. The platform helps students in getting themselves assessed in their academic knowledge, core skills, technical skills, and soft skills. In one embodiment of the invention, the assessment is video based. Once the students are assessed via a 2-way video assessment and feedback mechanism, they are given a detailed report card with their scores, SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and recommendations are also provided for training. FIG. 3 shows a representative screenshot of a user interface showing a real time assessment, according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 4 shows a representative screenshot of a report card, according to an embodiment of the invention. The report card shows ranking of the user that is color coded along with detailed comments on the strength and weakness of the user. The report card also provides interpretation of color coding. The student is provided an option to select a tutor from whom he/she wants to learn the subject. The learning described herein can be one-to-one, one-to-many or a combination thereof. The students are provided training programs in their weak areas, on the same platform with the 2-way video mechanism. Upon completion of the training, they are assessed and certified, after which, they get to be displayed with their interactive video profiles on a hiring platform. The hiring platform helps recruiting companies contact the students directly on the platform, invite them for interviews, conduct interviews and hire them on the same platform. The platform supports the students throughout their career as long as they are subscribed to the platform. Thus, the platform helps students, not only to do well in their academic exams, but also to get continuous access to employment opportunities for their life and continued opportunities for growth. They can get trained in the latest technologies and skills anytime, anywhere, from anyone they choose to.

EXAMPLE 2 - TUTOR

The platform helps tutors to assess their subscribers to determine the learner level, enabling an assumption-free engagement. The tutors shoot the content of their courses/classes and upload them on the platform as sessions and chapters. The subscribers are then given access to the contents. There are also embedded assessments and ad hoc assessments that are conducted as the tutors deem fit. Once the subscribers take the course and finish the allotted assessments, the tutors evaluate the assessments. In one embodiment of the invention, the training is a real-time video based training. The training described herein can be one-to-one, one-to-many or a combination thereof. The platform enables students to submit video recorded answers. The video recorded answers help tutors catch the students in the process of making mistakes, which in turn aids in maximum learning. The tutors give personalised feedback in text, audio and/or video format. This helps greatly in establishing a good rapport with the learners. Further, in an embodiment of the invention, the tutors provide real-time video feedback that helps immensely in skill enhancement of the student.

EXAMPLE 3 - CORPORATIONS/ RECRUITING FIRMS

Once recruiters subscribe to the platform, they are given the role of an Industry Representative. The platform helps recruiters in advertising their vacancies, sourcing pre trained and employability certified candidates, assessing candidates, inviting candidates for interviews, conducting virtual face to face interviews, focused decisive interview events that can be recorded, evaluating interviews, conducting virtual on-job- training to the selected candidates from a central location, evaluating post on-job-training performances before offering jobs, training shortlisted candidates according to organizational needs. The organizational needs include but are not limited to account induction, new client processes, dos and don’ts, rules and regulations. The platform allows the interview events to be recorded for future reference and audit.

Thus the invention provides an interactive skill enhancement platform that has the following advantages:

• Provides video-based training on one-to-one and one-to- many basis. • Helps in self assessment and skill enhancement.

• Provides real time feedback to users.

• Helps Institutions ineffectively training students.

• Helps institutions/organizations to source, interview and periodically assess staffs.

• Provides access to real time opportunities opening up in the industry.

• Helps companies source certified job seekers from beyond physical geographic boundaries.

• Helps companies conduct their hiring processes virtually without depending on people’s presence, real world infrastructure and thereby reduces cost of hiring, time and effort.

• Provides feasible, effective and cost-efficient training mechanisms

• Provides efficient deployment mechanism.

• Provides efficient workforce management platform.

The foregoing description of the invention has been set merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to person skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

I claim:

1. An interactive method for providing cognitive development, the method comprising:

receiving at least one request from an authenticated user;

grouping the user based on the request received; presenting the user with a plurality of options to select at least one cognitive development course;

providing an interactive training to the user with respect to the selected course; and

assessing the performance of the user with real-time feedback.

wherein the cognitive development yields skill enhancement.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user is selected from a list comprising of a student, a learner, a tutor, a trainer, a recruiting firm, an academic institution, a corporate and a business organization.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the request from the user determines the nature of the engagement that the user requires from the platform.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user is grouped into atleast one category selected from a list comprising of an administrator, an instructor, an evaluator, an industry representative, a student, a learner, a trainee, a tutor, a job seeker, an assessee and/or a combination thereof.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cognitive development course is selected from a list comprising of communication, visualization, decision making and prioritizing, learning effectiveness, analysis, language proficiency, service attitude, processes and procedures, work ability and ethics.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method additionally enables the user to select a tutor from whom they want to learn the subject.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interactive training is provided on a one-to-one basis, one-to-many basis or a combination thereof.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the assessment is selected from a list comprising of a written assessment, an audio assessment, a video assessment or a combination thereof.