59 results about "Instructional design" patented technology

A method for processing an assessment document. In one aspect, the method may include generating the assessment document having layout information, a test area, and an identifier corresponding to a student, receiving a scanned image of the assessment document after the assessment document has been administered to the student, identifying the test area in the scanned image using the layout information, identifying the student using the identifier in the scanned image, and displaying the test area in response to a request to display the test area for the student.

In a curricula system, courses are assembled from components where items are created by authors and/or authoring tools, items comprising questions, answers, narrative, media, interactions, or the like, and instructional designers design products that specify structures, strategies and the like for a product. A product, in the form of one or more course presentable to a student or other user, references reusable content items, such that a given item can be present in more than one unrelated product. A product can be represented with a hierarchical structure organized as one or more course each comprising one or more units, in turn comprising one or more modules, such as testing modules and learning modules, wherein each module in turn specifies items to be included. Products can take on one or more product template and one or more product class, wherein a product template specifies the “look-and-feel” of the product and the product class defines basic course structure and functionality. Items are atomic objects that are reusable across products, courses, units, etc. The atomic objects can be created in advance and can be stored in a non-product specific manner.

A method for mapping locations of a plurality of denotable areas on an image, the method performed in a computer having a memory and a processor. According to one aspect of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of receiving data corresponding to the image containing the plurality of denotable areas; displaying the image containing the plurality of denotable areas; retrieving information corresponding to the plurality of denotable areas; prompting a user to identify a particular one of the plurality of denotable areas using the retrieved information; receiving input from the user corresponding to the location of the particular one of the plurality of denotable areas; and repeating the steps of prompting the user and receiving input from the user for one or more of the remaining denotable areas.

According to some embodiments, a system for providing guided instructional design. The system includes at least one processing device and at least one data storage device in communication with the at least one processing device. The at least one data storage device is configured to store information about at least one course. For each course, the at least one processing device is configured to present at least one predetermined course component to a first user, and for the at least one course component: present at least one course parameter, receive at least one first input from the first user in relation to the at least one course parameter, based on the at least one first input and at least one educational design element, present at least one modified course parameter to the first user; and receive at least one second input from the first user in relation to the at least one modified course parameter.

The invention relates to a classroom timely feedback device, which comprises a receiver, a teacher class guiding hand board and student hand boards. The invention further discloses a classroom timely feedback system, which comprises a teaching design problem assigning module, a teaching assessment module and a reporting module. The classroom timely feedback device and the classroom timely feedback system have the advantages that: the classroom timely feedback system utilizes the student hand boards to send out signals, the signals are received and processed by a 2.4G wireless receiving module in protocol communication with computer software, the signals are further processed through the software, thus subjective selection of students by the teacher is avoided through a vies to answer first manner, each student can have the opportunity to participate in teaching and learning activities through technical support; and through key operation of the student hand boards, the results of each students in each learning effect evaluation link designed by the teacher are fed back timely, the teacher and students can learn about their learning effect timely and accurately through multiple ways such as excel forms, bar chart and pie charts, thereby providing reference for adjusting teaching activities, and providing effective technical support for improve the effectiveness of classroom teaching.

Systems and methods of transforming existing sets of instructions into a comprehensive user guidance experience for presentation and use by a user, and more particularly, to systems and methods of constructing a knitted garment from disparate instructional content. More particularly, the method includes receiving content from one or more instructional manuals, modifying the received content, selecting instructional content parts of interest, adding and editing additional sub-part content such as reference material or user-specific content to the parts of interest, assembling the instructional sub-parts and parts into an integrated scheme for presentation provided to a user, and tracking the users progress through the integrated instructional scheme. The instructional content may be received in text or graphical format. The integrated instructional scheme may be presented to the user via a graphical user interface.

The invention provides an intelligent teaching system and method. The system comprises a teaching plan unit, which is used for making a teaching plan. The teaching courseware unit is used for storingthe teaching material needed in the teaching plan and marking the teaching material according to the knowledge points; The teaching courseware unit includes: material attribute module, predicting timemodule, related knowledge point module and ability level module; The invention can be realized by dividing and annotating teaching materials from teaching forms, can realize the course teaching datadesign, Improving Teachers' Informatization Teaching Level, while making the teaching courseware, the teachers also complete the teaching design, The teaching design and courseware making can be effectively digitally related, meanwhile, teachers' lesson preparation time can be saved, teachers' lesson preparation burden can be lightened, the actual teaching progress and process can be digitally related to the teaching plan made by teachers in advance, and teachers' teaching progress and process can be real-time, in-depth and comprehensive supervision can be realized.

Methods and systems are provided for network-supported remote data collection in an instructional setting in which experiment data from data sources used in laboratory demonstrations is made available for student collection and analysis by way of a network of calculators.

The invention discloses an intelligent teaching analysis system. The system comprises an intelligent pushing part (comprising a knowledge capability analysis module in a course standard, knowledge capability analysis modules of all sub-books and a knowledge system coding module) based on course standard codes and sub-book data; a teaching target and teaching strategy selection suggestion part (including a teaching content classification module and a teaching target and teaching strategy suggestion module); and an education evaluation part (including pushing a corresponding teaching resource module according to the knowledge point and pushing a corresponding learning content module according to the feedback of the student) supported by the big data technology and the artificial intelligencetechnology. The system can help teachers to complete the teaching process from teaching design, teaching activity implementation to teaching evaluation, and promotes the personalized development of students. The system can help education managers to carry out informatization management and teaching performance evaluation, promote professional development of teachers, and improve education performance of managed schools or regions.

An individuation video learning system and method are applied to an electronic device or a network platform. First, individual teaching videos are made to set up a video database comprising a first storage unit used for storing individual videos of first learning and teaching and a second storage unit used for storing individual videos of non-first learning and teaching. The first storage unit and the second storage unit both comprise A level videos, B level videos and C level videos at least. For one teaching content, teaching models of individual teaching videos are different, sorts of teachers chosen are different, and teaching design made according to characteristics of personality of students is different. Next, a student judges whether the teaching content is learned by the student for the first time. At last, the student chooses individual teaching videos appropriate for the student according to the individual characteristics such as the learning condition, the learning level, the learning feature, the personality, and the interest of the student. The individuation video learning system and the method enable the students to choose the individual teaching videos according to the individual characteristics of the students to achieve the effect of individuation video learning.

The invention provides a method and apparatus of assisting lesson preparation. The method of assisting lesson preparation includes the steps: according to a command, of determining a target task, input by a user, obtaining the target task, and sending the target task to a server; receiving the knowledge point information and a plurality of first exercises, corresponding to the target task, sent from the server, and according to an exercise selection command input by the user, selecting at least one first target exercise from the plurality of first exercises, wherein the knowledge point information includes the first learning target corresponding to a student and the first target exercise is used for evaluating the learning effect after completing the teaching; and according to the target task, the knowledge point information and the at least first target exercise, generating a teaching design, according to the first learning target and the at least first target exercise, generating a learning case, and according to the at least one first target exercise, generating an evaluation work. The method and apparatus of assisting lesson preparation can generate teaching designs, courseware, learning cases and works according to the lesson preparation information sent from the server, thus greatly reducing the lesson preparation burden of the user.

The invention relates to a lesson preparation laptop for a teacher, which is characterized in that the desktop of the laptop for a teacher includes daily work, lesson preparation before class, lesson teaching, guidance after class, specialty file and interaction window, wherein the daily work comprises network office, online lesson preparation, interaction class, guidance after class and personal studio; the lesson preparation before class comprises network office, online lesson preparation, interaction class, guidance after class and personal studio; the lesson teaching comprises lesson resources, teaching design, teaching guidance, class practice, subject experiment and homework; the guidance after class comprises lesson resources, teaching design, teaching guidance, class practice, subject experiment and homework; the specialty file comprises a platform data management system and a speciality development query system; and the interaction window comprises personal space, basic information, teaching information, learning information, study information and guidance information. The invention realizes multi-requirement diversified lesson preparation schemes by electronic networking means.

The invention discloses a personalized video learning system and method. The system comprises a judging module which allows a student to judge whether to firstly learn a course in a video according tohis or her previous learning experiences, a first level test module which provides comprehensive test questions according to previous courses to determine the current learning level of the student, asecond level test module which determines the current learning level according to the usual performance of the student, a selection module which comprises a teaching level selection module, a teaching mode selection module, a teacher selection module and a teaching design selection module, a storage module which comprises a first storage unit which stores videos within a first video level range and a second storage unit which stores videos within a second video level range, and a post-test module. The student can choose the most suitable teaching mode, teacher and teaching design according tohis or her interests, hobbies and learning habits and characteristics. Through personalized teaching, the learning efficiency is improved.

The invention relates to a learning machine with a communication function. A learning machine desktop comprises a growing book and a workbook and is characterized by also comprising a short message system and a contact book, wherein the short message system comprises academic records, subject analysis, developed courses of study, learning condition tables and student status cards; the contact book comprises home-school communication, inbox, sending of parent messages, sent information, release of parent evaluation and student evaluation; the workbook comprises lesson resources, teaching design, teaching instruction, class exercises and homework; the growing book comprises a student learning and growing manual, home-school communication, self-assessment and peer assessment and class information browsing; and the student learning and growing manual comprises basic conditions, growing processes, a honor list, diaries, a timetable, academic records, subject analysis, developed courses of study, learning condition tables and student status cards. The invention has the beneficial effect of solving the problem of communication and contact of learning modules in the operating system of the learning machine.

A platform used for capturing knowledge. More specifically, a framework configured to capture expert knowledge (e.g., of trained and/or skilled workers) for future instructional purposes (e.g., training of a younger, or less experienced, workforce). The platform comprises a knowledge recorder, instructional design tool, standardized XML, and gaming engine. The knowledge recorder is configured to capture knowledge of a user, which is transferable using a standardized XML format. The instructional design tool is configured to visually model a gaming scenario in order to expose and define logical situations based on the captured knowledge.

The invention belongs to the technical field of teaching behavior analysis, and discloses a teaching behavior analysis system and analysis method based on artificial intelligence, which are used for realizing data operation and processing and controlling a main control module of each module to work normally through a main control computer. The teaching video acquisition module is connected with the main control module and is used for acquiring teaching video data through camera shooting; and the teaching behavior identification module is connected with the main control module and is used for identifying the teaching behavior of the teaching video through an identification program. The classroom teaching behavior cloud model is constructed by taking the speech and the activity behavior of the behavior subject as basic units through the teaching interaction analysis module, the cloud model quantitative analysis method for the classroom teaching interaction behavior is provided, and a foundation is laid for finely describing teaching interaction behavior characteristics; meanwhile, evaluation difference caused by personal evaluation is avoided through the teaching quality evaluation module, so that evaluation of the teaching design quality has more basis and credibility.

A multiple student behavior counter device configured to display and store student data, wherein the device includes a housing. The housing includes a display module coupled to the housing. The device also includes an instructional module coupled to the display module and configured to store student data. The instructional module includes a communication module configured to send or receive student data. In addition, the instructional module includes a storage module configured to store student data. The storage module is selectably removable from the device. Furthermore, the instructional module includes a teaching module configured to store teaching lesson plans for an instructor. The device further includes a data entry module in communication with the instructional module, wherein the data entry module may be configured to enter student data to the instructional module. The device also includes an audio module in communication with the instructional module and configured to display audio.

An instructional design tool is provided for designing learning based applications. More specifically, the instructional design tool is configured to use captured expert knowledge for translating such knowledge into an environment used for instructional purposes. The instructional design tool includes at least one component configured to visually model a gaming scenario using recorded knowledge and graphical content defined by values associated with classes of respective models and translate the defined values into a standardized XML format.

The invention relates to a learning machine with a Chinese learning function, which is characterized in that a student learning desktop comprises a learning class, a resource library, a growing house, a self-learning house, an experience chamber and an interactive window, wherein the learning class also comprises lesson resources, teaching design, teaching instruction, class exercises and homework; the resource library also comprises a preschool educating class, a primary school class, a junior high school class, a senior high school class and a development class; the growing house also comprises student learning and growing manuals, home-school communication, self-assessment and peer assessment and class information browsing; the self-learning house also comprises exercises; the experience chamber also comprises a personal homepage, self discovery, a learning plan, a incremental learning plan, My mailbox and a special communication area; and the interactive window also comprises school culture. The technical scheme of the invention can enable Chinese learners to realize the purpose of conveniently learning Chinese on the existing portable learning machine terminals, thereby having considerable value and significance for popularizing Chinese teaching.

The invention discloses an evaluation method of online course quality based on eye movement tracking, At the beginning of the instructional video, The user's face is screened by the camera, and the predicted viewpoint position is obtained by the prediction model, so as to evaluate the teaching quality of the teaching video, which does not require the scoring of students and experts, does not require manpower and material resources, does not exist human factors, and can objectively and impartially evaluate the teaching results according to the state of the user's attendance.

Related concepts involved in the research of network game-based learning are defined, the concept of and factors influencing network game-based learning are analyzed in details, and a theoretical support is provided for the design and development of the research on the basis of a game-based learning theory. A teaching design framework of a network game-based learning system is constructed according to the analysis of the game-based learning theory and based on the specific requirements of game development. On the basis of constructing a software design model of the network game-based learning system, the network game-based learning system is further refined and an appropriate game model is selected though demand analysis, and the model is subdivided into different modules according to different functions for separate construction. The distance problem closely related to the actual life is chosen, specific teaching design is carried out based on the real life, and examples are developed by the game development software.

An instructional center including a first step substantially horizontal to a ground surface; a second step substantially horizontal to the ground surface, located further from the ground surface than the first step and not directly above the first step; a step riser located between the first and second steps, and a storage shelf. The instructional center may include a right section, a left section and a center section located between the left and right sections. The right, left, and center sections of the instructional center may be arranged and fit together such that the instructional center is substantially in a “V,”, “U,” or semicircle. The center section may by substantially hourglass-shaped when viewed from above or below.