Instruction material management device, instruction material management method, and program

Abstract

To provide an instruction material management device capable of informing instructors of tightness levels of instruction materials.SOLUTION: An instruction material management device includes: a tightness level calculation unit that acquires instruction materials assigned with instruction areas and instruction levels, and calculates, based on the total estimated workload A for each division of the instruction materials divided by the instruction areas and the instruction levels and on the number C of instructors whose instruction areas and instruction levels match those of the instruction materials for each division, tightness levels of the instruction materials for each division; and a transmission unit that transmits the calculated tightness levels to instructor terminals, which are terminals managed by the instructors whose corresponding instruction areas and instruction levels match.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an instruction object management device, an instruction object management method, and a program for informing an instructor of the degree of difficulty of an instruction object. [Background technology]

[0002] In conventional answer correction and grading work, there are known two types of distribution: a push type distribution in which an administrator distributes answer sheets to the person who will be correcting or grading them (hereinafter referred to as the instructor), and a pull type distribution in which the instructor collects the answer sheets from a portal site or the like. An example of a conventional pull type distribution technique is Patent Document 1. The answer data distribution server in Patent Document 1 includes an answer data acquisition unit that acquires the problem ID, field tag, solution tag, and answer data; an answer data sorting unit that references a corrector database that stores, for each corrector, the problem IDs, field tags, and solution tags of answer data that the corrector has previously corrected, and sorts multiple answer data so that answer data that more closely matches the problem ID, field tag, and solution tag of the answer data that the corrector has previously corrected is placed in a position that is easier for the corrector to view; and a sorted answer data sending unit that sends the sorted answer data to the corrector's terminal, which is the terminal of the corrector.

[0003] According to the answer data distribution server of Patent Document 1, answer data that matches the ability and needs of the corrector can be appropriately distributed to the corrector. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2022-49314 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In the case of pull-type distribution, if there are no instructional materials when an instructor accesses the portal site, the instructor's motivation to access the portal site will decrease. As a result, the instructor's contract for outsourcing may be terminated, or the instructor may not be available when instructional materials are available. This may reduce the total amount of pulled instructional materials, making it impossible to provide instructional materials within the predetermined time.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to provide an instruction object management device that can convey the degree of difficulty of an instruction object to an instructor. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The teaching object management device of the present disclosure includes a urgency calculation unit and a transmission unit.

[0008] The urgency calculation unit acquires the instruction objects to which the instruction areas and instruction levels have been assigned, and calculates the urgency of the instruction objects for each division based on the total estimated workload A for each division of the instruction objects divided by instruction area and instruction level, and the number C of instructors whose instruction areas and instruction levels match the instruction objects for each division. The transmission unit transmits the calculated urgency to an instructor terminal, which is a terminal managed by an instructor whose corresponding instruction area and instruction level match. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] According to the teaching object management device of the present disclosure, the degree of difficulty of the teaching object can be communicated to the instructor. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the teaching object management device according to the first embodiment. [Figure 2] 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the teaching object management device of the first embodiment. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of calculating the degree of pressure when the unit of the estimated workload is time. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example in which the degree of urgency is displayed as an icon according to its size. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an instruction object management device according to a second embodiment. [Figure 6] 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the teaching object management device according to the second embodiment. [Figure 7] A diagram showing an example of calculating the degree of urgency when the unit of expected workload is the number of answers. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing Example 1 of recalculating the pressure level when the pressure level exceeds a threshold value. [Figure 9] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an instruction object management device according to a third embodiment. [Figure 10] 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the teaching object management device according to the third embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second example of recalculating the congestion level when the congestion level exceeds a threshold value. [Figure 12] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a computer. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail. Note that components having the same functions are assigned the same numbers, and redundant explanations will be omitted. [Example]

[0012] The functional configuration of the training object management device 1 of the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 1. As shown in the figure, the training object management device 1 of this embodiment includes a training object database 1A, an instructor database 1B, a strictness calculation unit 11, and a transmission unit 12. The training object management device 1 can communicate with an instructor terminal 2 managed by each instructor. The training object database 1A stores training objects to which training areas and training levels have been assigned. The operation of each component will be described below with reference to FIG. 2.

[0013] The urgency calculation unit 11 acquires instruction materials to which instruction areas and instruction levels have been assigned, and calculates the urgency of the instruction materials for each division based on the total estimated workload A for each division of the instruction materials divided by instruction area and instruction level, the estimated workload B per instructor, and the number C of instructors whose instruction areas and instruction levels match the instruction materials for each division (S11).

[0014] The instructional area is the learning area to which the teaching material belongs, and may typically indicate a subject such as English, mathematics, etc. It may also indicate a unit such as "articles," "imperative and exclamatory sentences," "addition and subtraction," or "letters and expressions."

[0015] The training level is a number or letter assigned to a training object that indicates the difficulty of the training. A training level is also set for each training area for each instructor, and each instructor cannot teach an object that exceeds the training level set for that instructor. For example, the training level can be set to 10 levels, 5 levels, etc. In this specification, an example will be described in which the training level is set to 6 levels (1-6). In this specification, the higher the training level number, the higher the difficulty of the training.

[0016] Examples of teaching materials divided by teaching area and teaching level include teaching area: English - teaching level: 6, teaching area: Japanese - teaching level: 3, teaching area: Mathematics - teaching level: 1, etc. Also, if teaching areas are set by unit, divisions such as teaching area: imperative sentences and exclamatory sentences - teaching level: 3 are also possible.

[0017] The total estimated workload A is the estimated total workload of the instructional materials for each category, and is typically set on an hourly (hr) basis. As will be described later, the total estimated workload A may also be set from the total number of instructional materials.

[0018] For example, as shown in Figure 3, the expected workload can be set on a time (hr) basis. In the example shown in the figure, the total expected workload is set for each teaching material in a certain subject, which is divided into teaching levels (1-6). For example, the total expected workload for teaching materials at teaching level 6 is 10 hr, and the total expected workload for teaching materials at teaching level 5 is 20 hr.

[0019] The total estimated workload is an amount that changes depending on the number of instructional materials (number of sheets) pooled on the portal site at that time. The total estimated workload can be calculated as the product of the number of instructional materials and a predetermined coefficient (estimated workload per instructional material). The coefficient may be changed depending on the type of instructional material.

[0020] The estimated workload B per instructor is an estimated value of the workload per unit time per instructor. For example, it may be determined to indicate how many hours per instructor is expected to work per day, or how many hours per instructor is expected to work each time an instructor visits the portal site. The estimated workload B per instructor may be set according to past performance. When averaging past performance, the past average value of instructors belonging to each training level may be used, or the past average value of all instructors may be used.

[0021] For example, in the example in Figure 3, the estimated workload B per instructor is set based on the past average values of instructors belonging to each training level. Instructors belonging to training level 6 have worked an average of 5.5 hours per day (or per visit) based on past performance values, so the estimated workload B per instructor at training level 6 is set to 5.5. Instructors belonging to training level 5 have worked an average of 5 hours per day (or per visit) based on past performance values, so the estimated workload B per instructor at training level 5 is set to 5.

[0022] The pressure level calculation unit 11 can calculate the pressure level as, for example, A÷B÷C×100. Note that, as will be described later, B may be omitted. In this case, the pressure level calculation unit 11 may calculate the pressure level as A÷C×100.

[0023] The transmitting unit 12 transmits the calculated severity to the instructor terminal 2, which is a terminal managed by an instructor having the same corresponding training area and training level (S12).

[0024] In this case, the transmission unit 12 may transmit the urgency level as an icon display indicating one of the stages classified according to the level of urgency. An example of the icon display is shown in FIG. 4. In the example shown in FIG. 4, when the urgency level T is within the range of 0%≦T<25%, one mark is displayed on the answer sheet; when the urgency level T is within the range of 25%≦T<50%, two marks are displayed on the answer sheet; when the urgency level T is within the range of 50%≦T<75%, three marks are displayed on the answer sheet; when the urgency level T is within the range of 75%≦T<100%, four marks are displayed on the answer sheet; and when the urgency level T is over 100%, five marks are displayed on the answer sheet. By viewing the icon display, an instructor can easily understand the current level of urgency in his / her teaching area and level, and can access the portal site at the appropriate time.

[0025] The instructor database 1B may also store an evaluation level that evaluates the skill of an instructor and an instruction speed that evaluates the speed of instruction of an instructor for each instruction area.

[0026] The transmitting unit 12 may transmit to the instructor terminal 2 managed by the instructor whose evaluation level exceeds a predetermined threshold, the degree of urgency of the instruction objects whose instruction areas match and whose instruction levels match and whose instruction levels are N (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) lower. This allows answer sheets to be preferentially distributed to instructors with high evaluation levels.

[0027] Furthermore, when the degree of urgency is to be transmitted to a plurality of instructors, the transmitting unit 12 may preferentially transmit the degree of urgency to an instructor with a higher evaluation level among the plurality of instructors. This allows answer sheets to be preferentially distributed to instructors with higher evaluation levels.

[0028] Furthermore, when a certain instructor is the target of transmission of the urgency levels of multiple training areas, the transmission unit 12 may preferentially transmit the urgency level of the training area in which the instructor has a high training speed among the multiple training areas. This allows training materials for the training areas in which the instructor can efficiently teach to be preferentially distributed to the instructor, thereby realizing efficient training. [Example]

[0029] Although the training object management device 1 of the first embodiment can inform the instructor of the degree of urgency in the training area and training level that the instructor is responsible for, it cannot alleviate the variation even if the variation in the degree of urgency occurs between the training levels. Therefore, in the second embodiment, a training object management device that can alleviate the variation when the variation in the degree of urgency occurs between the training levels is disclosed.

[0030] The functional configuration of the training object management device 3 of the second embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 5. As shown in the figure, the training object management device 3 of this embodiment includes a training object database 1A, an instructor database 1B, a strictness calculation unit 31, and a transmission unit 32. The training object management device 3 can communicate with an instructor terminal 2 managed by each instructor. The configuration other than the strictness calculation unit 31 and the transmission unit 32 is the same as in the first embodiment. The operation of the components different from those in the first embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 6.

[0031] When the strictness at a certain instruction level in a certain instruction area exceeds a predetermined threshold, the strictness calculation unit 31 changes part or all of the corresponding instruction object to an instruction level N levels (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) above the instruction area and recalculates the strictness (S31).

[0032] The transmitting unit 32 transmits the recalculated strictness level to the corresponding instructor terminal (S32).

[0033] Figure 7 shows an example where the total estimated workload A is the number of answers, the estimated workload per instructor B is omitted, and the degree of urgency is calculated as A / C using the number of instructors at each instruction level C.

[0034] If the threshold value in step S31 is 100, the strictness at instruction levels 2 and 5 in FIG. 7 exceeds the threshold. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the strictness calculation unit 31 changes some of the instruction objects at instruction level 2 to an instruction level one instruction area above the instruction area (in this example, N=1), and changes some of the instruction objects at instruction level 5 to an instruction level one instruction area above the instruction area, and recalculates the strictness. In the example shown in the figure, the instruction levels of the instruction objects are changed until the strictness of the corresponding instruction objects reaches 100%. For example, 13 instruction objects at instruction level 2 are moved to instruction level 3 so that the strictness of instruction level 2 becomes 100%. As a result, the strictness of instruction level 2 becomes 40÷40×100=100%, and the strictness of instruction level 3 becomes 18÷24×100=75%, which reduces the strictness variation compared to before the recalculation. Additionally, four instruction items from instruction level 5 are moved to instruction level 6 so that the pressure level at instruction level 5 becomes 100%. As a result, the pressure level at instruction level 5 becomes 6 ÷ 6 × 100 = 100%, and the pressure level at instruction level 6 becomes 5 ÷ 3 × 100 = 167%, which reduces the variation in pressure levels compared to before the recalculation.

[0035] In the above example, the instruction level of the instruction object was changed until the strictness of the corresponding instruction object reached 100%, but this is not limited to this. The level of the instruction object may be changed so that the strictness of the instruction object at the source and destination are close to each other. For example, in the example of instruction levels 5 and 6 in Figure 8, by moving three instruction objects at instruction level 5 to instruction level 6, the strictness of instruction level 5 may be (10-3)÷6×100=117%, and the strictness of instruction level 6 may be (1+3)÷3×100=133%.

[0036] According to the teaching object management device 3 of the second embodiment, the variation in the degree of urgency can be alleviated by recalculation, and therefore, the bottleneck at the teaching level where the degree of urgency is high can be eliminated. [Example]

[0037] In the third embodiment, an instruction object management device that can alleviate the variation in the degree of urgency between instruction levels by a method different from that in the second embodiment is disclosed.

[0038] The functional configuration of the training object management device 5 of the third embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 9. As shown in the figure, the training object management device 5 of this embodiment includes a training object database 1A, an instructor database 1B, a strictness calculation unit 51, and a transmission unit 52. The training object management device 5 can communicate with an instructor terminal 2 managed by each instructor. The configuration other than the strictness calculation unit 51 and the transmission unit 52 is the same as in the first embodiment. The operation of the components different from those in the first embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 10.

[0039] When the severity at a certain teaching level in a certain teaching area exceeds a predetermined threshold, the severity calculation unit 51 recalculates the severity by setting A as the sum of the estimated workload of the corresponding teaching object and the estimated workload of teaching objects in the same teaching area and at a teaching level N (N is an integer of 1 or more) higher than the corresponding teaching object, and C as the sum of the number of instructors in the same teaching area and at the same teaching level as the corresponding teaching object and the number of instructors in the same teaching area and at a teaching level N (N is an integer of 1 or more) higher than the corresponding teaching object (S51).

[0040] The transmitting unit 52 transmits the recalculated degree of tightness to the instructor terminal 2 managed by an instructor who has the same training area and training level as the corresponding training object, and to the instructor terminal 2 managed by an instructor who has the same training area and a training level that is N (N is an integer of 1 or more) higher (S52).

[0041] When the degree of urgency is recalculated and transmitted as in this embodiment, it is necessary to set an instructor with a particularly high training level to be able to take charge of a training object with a training level N lower.

[0042] Fig. 11 is a diagram showing the result of recalculating the urgency level using the method of Example 3 for the example of Fig. 7. As in Example 2, the threshold value in step S51 is set to 100. In this case, the urgency level calculation unit 51 sets A (=53+5=58) as the sum of the estimated workload 53 at training level 2, where the urgency level exceeds the threshold value (=100), and the estimated workload 5 of the training object at training level 3, which is one level higher than training level 2 (N=1), and recalculates the urgency level by setting C (40+24=64) as the sum of the number of instructors at training level 2 (40) and the number of instructors at training level 3, which is one level higher than training level 2 (24), to obtain A÷C×100=58÷64×100=91%. The pressure calculation unit 51 also calculates the pressure by taking the sum of the estimated workload of 10 at training level 5, where the pressure exceeds the threshold value (=100), and the estimated workload of 1 at training level 6, which is 1 higher than training level 5 (N=1), as A (=10+1=11), and the sum of the number of instructors at training level 5 (6) and the number of instructors at training level 6, which is 1 higher than training level 5 (3), as C (=6+3=9), and obtains A÷C×100=11÷9×100=122%.

[0043] According to the teaching object management device 5 of the third embodiment, the variation in the degree of urgency can be alleviated by recalculation, and therefore the bottleneck at the teaching level where the degree of urgency is high can be eliminated.

[0044] <Additional Notes> The functions performed by the components described herein may be implemented in circuitry or processing circuitry, including general-purpose processors, application-specific processors, integrated circuits, ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), a CPU (a Central Processing Unit), conventional circuits, and / or combinations thereof, programmed to perform the described functions. A processor includes transistors and other circuits and is considered to be circuitry or processing circuitry. A processor may also be a programmed processor that executes programs stored in memory.

[0045] In this specification, a circuitry, unit, or means is hardware that is programmed to realize or performs the described functions, which may be any hardware disclosed herein or any hardware known to be programmed to realize or perform the described functions.

[0046] If the hardware is a processor considered to be a type of circuitry, the circuitry, means, or unit is a combination of the hardware and software used to configure the hardware and / or processor.

[0047] The various processes described above can be implemented by loading a program that executes each step of the above method into the recording unit 10020 of the computer 10000 shown in Figure 12 and operating the control unit 10010, input unit 10030, output unit 10040, etc.

[0048] The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, which may be, for example, a magnetic recording device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or any other suitable recording medium.

[0049] The program may be distributed, for example, by selling, transferring, lending, etc. a portable recording medium such as a DVD or CD-ROM on which the program is recorded. Furthermore, the program may be stored in a storage device of a server computer, and then transferred from the server computer to another computer via a network, thereby distributing the program.

[0050] A computer that executes such a program may first temporarily store the program recorded on a portable recording medium or transferred from a server computer in its own storage device. Then, when executing a process, the computer reads the program stored on its own recording medium and executes the process in accordance with the read program. Alternatively, the computer may read the program directly from a portable recording medium and execute the process in accordance with the program. Furthermore, the computer may execute the process in accordance with the program each time a program is transferred from a server computer to the computer. The server computer may not transfer the program to the computer, but may instead execute the process through a so-called ASP (Application Service Provider) service, which realizes the processing function by issuing an execution instruction and obtaining the results. Furthermore, the server computer may execute the process on a terminal using a so-called SaaS (Software as a Service) service, which allows users to use part of the server computer along with the program. In this embodiment, the program includes information used for computer processing that is equivalent to a program (such as data that is not a direct instruction to the computer but has properties that define computer processing).

[0051] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the device is configured by executing a predetermined program on a computer, but at least a part of the processing contents may be realized by hardware.

Claims

1. a urgency calculation unit that acquires instructional objects to which instruction areas and instruction levels are assigned, and calculates the urgency of the instructional objects for each division based on a total estimated amount A of work for each division of the instructional objects divided for each instruction area and each instruction level, and the number C of instructors whose instruction areas and instruction levels match the instructional objects for each division; a transmitting unit that transmits the calculated urgency to an instructor terminal that is a terminal managed by the instructor that corresponds to the instruction area and the instruction level; Instruction material management device.

2. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, The urgency calculation unit In addition to A and C, calculate the degree of urgency based on the estimated workload per instructor B. Instruction material management device.

3. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, The urgency calculation unit The severity level A ÷ C × 100 Calculate Instruction material management device.

4. 3. The teaching object management device according to claim 2, The urgency calculation unit The severity level A ÷ B ÷ C × 100 Calculate Instruction material management device.

5. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, The transmission unit The degree of urgency is transmitted as an icon display showing one of the stages classified according to the magnitude of the degree of urgency. Instruction material management device.

6. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, The urgency calculation unit When the degree of urgency at a certain instruction level in a certain instruction area exceeds a predetermined threshold, part or all of the corresponding instruction object is changed to an instruction level N levels (N is an integer of 1 or more) above the instruction area, and the degree of urgency is recalculated; The transmission unit The recalculated urgency level is transmitted to the corresponding instructor terminal. Instruction material management device.

7. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, The urgency calculation unit When the degree of urgency at a certain instruction level in a certain instruction area exceeds a predetermined threshold, the degree of urgency is recalculated by setting A as the sum of the estimated workload of the corresponding instruction object and the estimated workload of the instruction object in the same instruction area as the corresponding instruction object and at a higher instruction level than the corresponding instruction object by N (N is an integer of 1 or more), and setting C as the sum of the number of instructors in the same instruction area as the corresponding instruction object and at the same instruction level as the corresponding instruction object and the number of instructors in the same instruction area as the corresponding instruction object and at a higher instruction level than the corresponding instruction object by N (N is an integer of 1 or more), The transmission unit The recalculated urgency level is transmitted to the instructor terminal managed by the instructor having the same instruction area and instruction level as the corresponding instruction object, and to the instructor terminal managed by the instructor having the same instruction area and an instruction level that is N (N is an integer of 1 or more) higher. Instruction material management device.

8. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, an instructor database that stores an evaluation level that evaluates the skill of the instructor; The transmission unit The instructor terminal managed by the instructor whose evaluation level exceeds a predetermined threshold transmits the severity of the instruction object whose instruction area matches the instruction level and whose instruction level matches and the instruction object whose instruction level is N (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) lower. Instruction material management device.

9. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, an instructor database that stores an evaluation level that evaluates the skill of the instructor; The transmission unit When the severity level is to be transmitted to a plurality of instructors, the severity level is preferentially transmitted to the instructor with the highest evaluation level among the plurality of instructors. Instruction material management device.

10. The teaching object management device according to claim 1, an instructor database that stores an instruction speed obtained by evaluating the instruction speed of the instructor for each of the instruction areas; The transmission unit When the instructor is a target of transmission of the urgency levels of a plurality of the training areas, the urgency level of the training area in which the instructor's training speed is high is preferentially transmitted among the plurality of the training areas. Instruction material management device.

11. An instruction object management method executed by an instruction object management device, A step of acquiring instructional objects to which instruction areas and instruction levels are assigned, and calculating the degree of urgency of the instructional objects for each division based on a total estimated amount A of work for each division of the instructional objects divided for each instruction area and each instruction level, and the number C of instructors whose instruction areas and instruction levels match the instructional objects for each division; and a step of transmitting the calculated urgency level to an instructor terminal that is a terminal managed by the instructor who corresponds to the instruction area and the instruction level. How to manage teaching materials.

12. A program that causes a computer to function as the teaching object management device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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