Education content distribution system, education content distribution method, and education content distribution program

Abstract

To provide a new technique related to an education content distribution system.SOLUTION: An education content distribution system has: management means for managing trainee information of a trainee of an education content by associating it with manager information of a manager who manages the education content; registration means for receiving content information related to the education content from the manager and registering the content information associated with the manager; and distribution means for making the content information accessible by the trainee associated with the manager.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an educational content providing system, an educational content providing method, and an educational content providing program. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, systems have been provided for training and educating specific groups of people, such as company employees or students taking exams.

[0003] Patent Document 1 discloses an invention in which one of multiple curricula stored in a server is selected at a given time period and presented to participants via multiple terminals. Patent Document 1 also describes that multiple terminals may be installed at different business locations, and each terminal may be connected to the server. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2009-139506 A

[0005] Creating optimal educational content for new employees and students requires a lot of preparation and time. Such educational content is intended for specific personnel and is used by the creator in a specific location, so even if there are other people who want to use the educational content, they often cannot use it. In addition, the creators of educational content (teachers, supervisors, etc.) may be busy with their own work and may not have the time to keep track of the students' situations. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel technique related to an educational content providing system. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is an educational content providing system, comprising: a management means for managing administrator information of an administrator who manages educational content in association with student information of students of the educational content, a registration means for receiving content information related to the educational content from the administrator and registering the content information in association with the administrator, and a provision means for making the content information viewable by the students associated with the administrator. With this configuration, the present invention can provide educational content to students associated with the administrator who is the creator.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the educational content providing system has a sharing means for sharing content information registered in association with one administrator with another administrator, the sharing means including a sharing reception means for receiving a sharing request including a designation of the other administrator, and an authority granting means for granting the other administrator management authority for the content information associated with the one administrator, and the providing means makes the content information viewable by the students associated with the other administrator when the management authority is granted to the other administrator. With this configuration, the present invention can grant management authority for the created educational content to the other administrator.

[0009] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the administrator information includes category information indicating attributes of the administrator, and the sharing request receiving means receives a sharing request from the one administrator including a specification of another administrator having the same category information. With this configuration, the present invention can grant management authority for the created educational content to other administrators who share the same category.

[0010] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sharing acceptance means has a search means for searching for the other administrator, and the search means receives a search request including the designation of the category information from the administrator, searches for the other administrator matching the category information based on the search request, and displays the other administrator. With this configuration, the present invention can grant management authority for the created educational content to other administrators who are in the same industry or the like and who belong to other companies.

[0011] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a progress management means for managing the progress of the students, the progress management means including a standard information receiving means for receiving from the administrator standard information indicating a standard related to the progress of the viewing of the educational content, a recording means for recording the progress of the students in viewing the educational content, a determining means for comparing the standard information with the progress and determining whether or not the standard is met, and a notifying means for notifying the students who do not meet the standard. With this configuration, the present invention can notify students whose progress does not meet the standard, encouraging them to view the educational content.

[0012] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is an educational content providing method, which includes a management step of managing student information of students of the educational content by associating it with administrator information of an administrator who manages the educational content, a registration step of receiving content information related to the educational content from the administrator and registering the content information in association with the administrator, and a provision step of making the content information viewable by the students associated with the administrator.

[0013] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is an educational content provision program which causes a computer to function as a management means for managing student information of students of the educational content by associating it with administrator information of an administrator who manages the educational content, a registration means for receiving content information related to the educational content from the administrator and registering the content information in association with the administrator, and a provision means for making the content information viewable by the students associated with the administrator. Effect of the Invention

[0014] The present invention can provide a novel technique related to an educational content providing system. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1 shows a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] 2A to 2C are diagrams showing a user DB, an association DB, and a curriculum DB according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] 1 is a flowchart showing a flow of providing a curriculum to a student according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 5] 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of granting usage authority according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a curriculum sharing screen 0w1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0016] In this specification, the configuration, operation, and effects of one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0017] The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and various configurations may be adopted.

[0018] For example, although the configuration, operation, etc. of the educational content providing system are described in this embodiment, the same effects can be achieved by an executed method, computer program, etc. The program in this embodiment may be provided as a non-transient computer-readable recording medium, or may be provided so as to be downloadable from an external server, or the program may be started on an external computer to realize its functions in the educational content providing system (so-called cloud computing).

[0019] In addition, in this embodiment, the "means" may include, for example, a combination of hardware resources implemented by a circuit in the broad sense and software information processing that can be specifically realized by these hardware resources. In this embodiment, "information" is represented by, for example, a physical value of a signal value representing a voltage or current, a high or low signal value as a binary bit collection consisting of 0 or 1, or a quantum superposition (so-called quantum bit), and communication and calculation can be performed on a circuit in the broad sense.

[0020] A circuit in the broad sense is a circuit realized by appropriately combining a circuit, circuitry, a processor, memory, etc. In other words, it includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), an LSI (Large Scale Integration), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), etc.

[0021] <System configuration> 1 is a schematic diagram of an educational content providing system according to this embodiment. The educational content providing system includes a server 1, one or more administrator terminals 2, and one or more student terminals 3. The server 1, the administrator terminal 2, and the student terminals 3 are configured to be able to communicate with each other via a communication network NW.

[0022] The communication network NW is composed of an IP (Internet Protocol) network such as the Internet, etc. In the following explanation, the inclusion of the communication network NW will be omitted unless it is unclear.

[0023] <Server 1> A general-purpose server computer, a personal computer, or the like can be used as the server 1. In this embodiment, the server 1 can also be configured using a plurality of computers.

[0024] <Administrator terminal 2 and student terminal 3> Each of the administrator terminal 2 and the student terminal 3 may be a personal computer, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, etc. Each of the administrator terminal 2 and the student terminal 3 has an application (typically a web browser) for making a request to the server 1 and receiving a response.

[0025] FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the server 1, the administrator terminal 2, and the student terminal 3 in the educational content providing system.

[0026] <Server 1 hardware configuration> 2(a) is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the server 1. The server 1 includes, as its hardware configuration, a communication unit 11, a control unit 12, and a storage unit 13.

[0027] The communication unit 11 controls communications with the communication network NW, and performs inputs required to operate the server 1 and outputs related to the results of the operations.

[0028] The control unit 12 includes one or more processors such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the overall operation and processing of the server 1 by executing an educational content providing program according to the present invention, an OS (Operating System), and other applications.

[0029] The memory unit 13 is a hard disk drive (HDD), Read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), etc., and stores the educational content provision program of the present invention and data used when the control unit 12 executes processing based on the program.

[0030] 2(b) is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the administrator terminal 2. The administrator terminal 2 includes, as its hardware configuration, a communication unit 21, a control unit 22, a storage unit 23, an output unit 24, and an input unit 25.

[0031] The communication unit 21 of the administrator terminal 2 controls communication with the communication network NW. The control unit 22 includes one or more processors such as a CPU, and controls the overall operation processing of the administrator terminal 2. The storage unit 23 is a HDD, ROM, RAM, etc., and stores the educational content providing program according to the present invention and data used when the control unit 22 executes processing based on the program, etc.

[0032] The output unit 24 is an interface, such as a monitor or display, for displaying a screen (to be described later) to the user.

[0033] The input unit 25 is an interface capable of inputting operations, such as a mouse, keyboard, or touch panel.

[0034] 2(c) is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the student terminal 3. The student terminal 3 includes, as its hardware configuration, a communication unit 31, a control unit 32, a storage unit 33, an output unit 34, and an input unit 35.

[0035] The communication unit 31 of the student terminal 3 controls communication with the communication network NW. The control unit 32 includes one or more processors such as a CPU, and controls the overall operation and processing of the student terminal 3. The storage unit 33 is a HDD, ROM, RAM, etc., and stores the educational content provision program according to the present invention and data used when the control unit 32 executes processing based on the program. The output unit 34 is an interface, such as a monitor or display, for displaying a screen (described below) to the user. The input unit 35 is an interface that allows operational input, such as a mouse, keyboard, touch panel, etc.

[0036] <Functional components> 2(a), the server 1 includes a management means 101, a registration means 102, a sharing means 103, a progress management means 108, an output processing means 113, and a database DB. The sharing means 103 includes a sharing reception means 104, an authority granting means 106, and a providing means 107. The sharing reception means 104 includes a search means 105. The progress management means 108 includes a reference information reception means 109, a recording means 110, a determination means 111, and a notification means 112.

[0037] The database DB stores administrator information, student information, and content information. The administrator information is information related to a user who inputs content information such as uploading video teaching materials, and in this embodiment, includes, for example, a user ID, a name, authority, a company to which the user belongs, a main group ID which is an ID related to the company to which the user belongs, a group to which the user belongs, a subgroup ID which is an ID related to a group such as a department to which the user belongs in the company, and an email address. The student information is information related to a user who takes the uploaded curriculum, and in this embodiment, includes, for example, a user ID, a name, authority, a company to which the user belongs, a main group ID, a group to which the user belongs, a subgroup ID, and an email address. In this embodiment, the administrator is granted administrator authority, and the student is granted student authority. In this embodiment, the administrator information and the student information may include, for example, a job group ID which is an ID related to the user's lineage (a classification item in a medium classification in an occupational classification such as a hairdresser or a human resources clerk). In addition, as another example, a category ID such as an occupation ID indicating the occupation of each user and a qualification ID indicating the qualification held may be included. In this embodiment, information for defining user attributes, such as a company ID, a group ID, and a job group ID, is called category information. The content information is information related to educational content, and includes video teaching materials and / or attached materials such as PDFs that the administrator wants the students to view. In this embodiment, the video teaching materials uploaded by the administrator may be a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in a video sharing service, or may be a video file. The content information further includes a content ID, a content name, a summary of the contents related to the teaching materials, question information including questions related to the contents of the video teaching materials and / or attached materials, pass criteria information for the questions, and the like. The question information may include the contents of the question (question statement), answer options, correct answer options, a comment when the answer is correct, and a comment when the answer is incorrect. In this embodiment, the answer format for the question may be selectable, and for example, when the answer format is a multiple-choice answer format, the administrator specifies the correct answer option.Furthermore, a plurality of pieces of question information may be included in one piece of content information, and the plurality of questions may be stored in the question DB in association with a question ID for each question.

[0038] <User DB, Content DB, and User Authority DB> 3(a) to 3(c) are examples of a user DB, a content DB, and a user authority DB. As illustrated in FIG. 3(a), the user DB in the present invention stores the above-mentioned administrator information and student information. As illustrated in FIG. 3(b), the content DB in the present invention stores the above-mentioned content information. As illustrated in FIG. 3(c), the user authority DB in the present invention stores a curriculum ID and a user ID of another administrator who has been granted user authority, in association with each other. In this embodiment, the user ID of another administrator who has been granted user authority is indirectly associated with the content ID via the curriculum ID, but it is of course possible to directly associate the user ID with the content ID.

[0039] The management means 101 manages administrator information, which is information related to the administrator, and student information, which is information related to the students, inputted via the input units 25 and 35. Note that the information related to the students may be inputted by the administrator via the input unit 25. The management means 101 manages the administrator information by associating it with the student information. In this embodiment, the administrator information and the student information are associated with each other by a common group ID (a combination of a main group ID and a subgroup ID).

[0040] The registration means 102 accepts content information related to educational content input by an administrator via the input unit 25, and stores the content in the content DB in association with the user ID of the administrator (one administrator). The content information includes a content ID and at least one video teaching material and / or an attachment. In this embodiment, the title, summary, questions, etc. of the educational content, and the pass criteria for the questions are input and registered as the content information. Furthermore, the registration means 102 accepts registration of multiple related content information by assigning the same curriculum ID to them.

[0041] The sharing means 103 shares the content information registered by the registration means 102 in association with one administrator with other administrators. Note that in this embodiment, it is assumed that another administrator who has received content information from one administrator cannot share the content information with yet another administrator.

[0042] The sharing reception unit 104 receives a sharing request including a designation of another administrator from one administrator. In this embodiment, the sharing reception unit 104 may receive a sharing request including a designation of another administrator having the same category information from one administrator.

[0043] In this embodiment, the sharing acceptance means 104 includes a search means 105 . The search means 105 receives a search request including specification of category information from an administrator, searches the user DB for other administrators matching the category information based on the search request, and displays the other administrators in the form of a list. The search means 105 may be capable of searching for other administrators from the user DB based on the specification of the category ID or the user ID of the other administrator, or may be capable of searching based on the name of the other administrator.

[0044] The authority granting means 106 grants the management authority of the content information associated with the one administrator to the designated other administrator. At this time, the authority granting means 106 stores the curriculum ID included in the content information and the user ID of the other administrator in association with each other in the user authority DB.

[0045] The providing means 107 accepts a disclosure request from the administrator, and makes the content information viewable by the students associated with the administrator according to the disclosure request. The providing means 107 also accepts a disclosure request from another administrator who has been granted administrator authority, and makes the content information viewable by the students associated with the other administrator. In this embodiment, the providing means 107 may make the content information viewable only to students who are permitted by the administrator to take the course among students associated with an administrator who has administrative authority, and may store the date on which the content information became viewable in the student information of the student. Note that the viewable state in this embodiment means a state in which video teaching materials, etc. in the content information can be viewed, and a state in which questions can be answered. In this embodiment, the providing means 107 may make each video teaching material and / or attached material viewable according to the order specified by the administrator, and may make the next video teaching material and / or attached material viewable when the score of the answer to the question reaches the pass mark.

[0046] The progress management means 108 manages the progress of the students in attending the content information.

[0047] The criteria information receiving means 109 receives criteria information indicating criteria related to the deadline for viewing the video teaching materials and / or attached materials in each piece of content information, answering questions, etc. from the administrator. The deadline in the criteria information is the deadline from the date associated with the student information by the providing means 107 to the time of viewing or answering.

[0048] The recording means 110 records the progress of the student in viewing the educational content in association with the student information of the student.

[0049] The determination means 111 compares the above-mentioned reference information with the progress status to determine whether the progress status matches the criteria. In this embodiment, the determination means 111 compares the reference information with the progress status, and determines that the progress status does not match the criteria if the viewing of the educational content is not completed by the deadline or the passing score is not reached.

[0050] The notification means 112 notifies the student when the determination by the determination means 111 does not match the criteria. The notification may be an email urging the student to take the educational content, or may be a notification screen displayed via the output unit 24.

[0051] The output processing means 113 performs display processing of a predetermined screen in response to requests from the administrator terminal 2 and the student terminal 3, and returns the display processing results. The administrator terminal 2 and the student terminal 3 display various screens on the output unit 24 and the output unit 34 based on the information received from the server 1. As a result, various screens, which will be described later, are displayed on the administrator terminal 2 and the student terminal 3.

[0052] <Overall procedure for updating settings related to information collection> An example of the overall procedure for providing a curriculum to students using the educational content providing system will be described with reference to Figure 4. Note that the order of the steps shown in Figure 4 is just an example, and the order may be changed as appropriate unless otherwise specified. In this embodiment, the database DB may previously store the administrator information and the student information input via the input unit 25 and the input unit .

[0053] The registration means 102 registers content information input via the input unit 25 (step S101). At this time, the registration means 102 registers the user ID of the administrator who input the content information in association with the content information.

[0054] The providing means 107 makes the content information available to the students associated with the administrator who input the content information in step S101 (step S102). In this embodiment, the providing means 107 accepts a disclosure request to make the content available from the administrator, and makes the content information available to the students in response to the disclosure request.

[0055] The recording means 110 stores the progress of the student's viewing of the educational content in association with the student's information about the student (step S103). In this embodiment, the recording means 110 records, as the above progress, which educational content, which video teaching material and / or attached materials the student viewed and answered questions (including information such as the correct answer rate and pass / fail result) after the student has taken the educational content (viewing the video teaching material, answering questions, etc.).

[0056] The determination means 111 determines whether the progress of the student matches the criteria based on the criteria information and the progress recorded in step S104 (step S104). At this time, the determination means 111 acquires the progress associated with the student information.

[0057] If the progress status meets the criteria in the determination made in step S105, the notification means 112 issues a notification to the student encouraging him / her to view the educational content (step S105).

[0058] <Overall procedure for granting usage rights> The overall procedure for granting permission to use curriculum information to other administrators using the educational content providing system will be described with reference to Figure 5. Note that the order of the steps shown in Figure 5 is an example, and the order may be changed as appropriate unless otherwise specified.

[0059] The output processing means 113 processes and displays the curriculum shared screen 0w1, and transmits the processing result to the administrator terminal 2 (step S201).

[0060] <Curriculum sharing screen 0w1> As illustrated in FIG. 6, the output processing means 113 processes and displays the curriculum sharing screen 0w1 including a search section 0w1a, an administrator display section 0w1b, and a specified condition determination section 0w1c, and transmits the processing result to the administrator terminal 2. The search section 0w1a accepts input of search conditions from one administrator via the input section 25 and determination of the search conditions. The administrator display section 0w1b displays administrator information of other administrators that match the search conditions searched based on the search conditions input to the search section 0w1a. The specified condition determination section 0w1c transmits to the database DB a sharing request for granting administrative authority to the other administrators selected by the one administrator via the administrator display section 0w1b and the administrator.

[0061] In this embodiment, when granting management authority to another administrator associated with the administrator, the process proceeds to step S203, and when granting management authority to another administrator not associated with the administrator, the process proceeds to step S202.

[0062] The search means 105 receives search conditions including category information and a search request input to the search unit 0w1a via the input unit 25, and searches the user DB for other administrators who match the search conditions based on the search request (step S202). In this embodiment, the administrator information of the other administrators found is displayed in the administrator display unit in the form of a list. Note that in this embodiment, the search conditions may be information for identifying the other administrators, such as the user IDs and names of the other administrators.

[0063] The sharing means 103 displays the other administrators in the administrator display section 0w1b (step S203). In this embodiment, the sharing means 103 displays the administrator information of the other administrators associated with one administrator, or displays the administrator information of the other administrators searched for in step S202 in the administrator display section 0w1b. At this time, the name and category information associated with the administrator may be displayed as the administrator information of the other administrators.

[0064] The sharing reception means 104 receives a sharing request including the designation of another administrator from one administrator via the input unit 25 (step S204). In this embodiment, the sharing reception means 104 receives a sharing request transmitted on the condition that one or more other administrators are designated from among the other administrators in the administrator display section 0w1b displayed in step S202, and the decision button is pressed. Note that in this embodiment, the sharing reception means 104 does not receive a sharing request from another administrator who has been granted management authority.

[0065] Based on the sharing request received in step S203, the authority granting means 106 grants management authority, which is the authority to provide educational content, to the other designated administrator (step S205).

[0066] The provision means 107 accepts a disclosure request from another administrator who has been granted administrative authority in step S204, and makes the educational content available for viewing by the students associated with the other administrator (step S206).

[0067] According to the present invention, a novel technique relating to an educational content providing system can be provided. [Explanation of symbols]

[0068] 1: Server 2: Administrator terminal 3: Student terminal 11, 21, 31: Communications Department 12, 22, 32: Control section 13, 23, 33: Storage section 24, 34: Output section 25, 35: Input section 101: Management measures 102: Registration method 103: Sharing means 104: Shared reception method 105: Search methods 106: Means of authorization 107: Means of provision 108: Progress management methods 109: Reference information receiving means 110: Recording means 111: Judgment means 112: Notification means 113: Output processing means

Claims

1. An educational content providing system, a management means for managing information on an administrator who manages the educational content in association with information on a person who receives the educational content; a registration means for receiving content information relating to educational content from the administrator and registering the content information in association with the administrator; providing means for making the content information available for viewing by the students associated with the administrator; An educational content provision system having the above structure.

2. The educational content providing system includes a sharing unit for sharing content information registered in association with one administrator with another administrator, The sharing means includes a sharing reception means for receiving a sharing request including a designation of another administrator; an authority granting means for granting the other administrator an authority to manage the content information associated with the one administrator; The educational content provision system of claim 1, wherein the provision means, when the management authority is granted to the other administrator, makes the content information viewable by students associated with the other administrator.

3. the administrator information includes category information indicating attributes of the administrator, 3. The educational content providing system according to claim 2, wherein said sharing request accepting means accepts, from said one administrator, a sharing request including a specification of another administrator having the same category information.

4. the sharing reception means has a search means for searching for the other administrator, The educational content provision system described in claim 3, characterized in that the search means accepts a search request from the administrator including specification of the category information, searches for other administrators who match the category information based on the search request, and displays the other administrators.

5. A progress management means for managing the progress of students in the course, The progress management means includes: a criteria information receiving means for receiving criteria information indicating a criterion related to the progress of browsing of the educational content from the administrator; a recording means for recording the progress of the student in viewing the educational content; a determination means for comparing the reference information with the progress status to determine whether or not the reference information and the progress status match; 2. The educational content providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a notification means for notifying said students who do not meet said criteria.

6. An educational content providing method, comprising: a management step of associating and managing administrator information of an administrator who manages the educational content with attendee information of attendees of the educational content; a registration step of receiving content information related to educational content from the administrator and registering the content information in association with the administrator; a providing step of making the content information available for viewing by the students associated with the administrator; A method for providing educational content, including:

7. An educational content providing program, comprising: a management means for managing information on an administrator who manages the educational content in association with information on a person who receives the educational content; a registration means for receiving content information relating to educational content from the administrator and registering the content information in association with the administrator; providing means for making the content information available for viewing by the students associated with the administrator; This is an educational content provision program that functions as a

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