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| 20080241811 | Birthday interview method and kit - A method is described for preserving memories of a child's growth by making annual videos of interviews with the child and permanently storing the videos. The interview is preferably conducted on or near the child's birthday using a list of questions directed to the same subject matter, thereby recording the evolution of the child's views and attitudes over time. Preferably, the interviews are conducted and recorded using a kit that includes a storage container, such as a covered box with indicia indicative of its purpose, a booklet of questions, a list of tips or suggestions, labels, and a sample of an interview. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080254435 | ONLINE TEST POLLING - An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080254436 | Selection Of A Consensus From A Plurality Of Ideas - A method of forming a consensus from a collection of ideas is disclosed. The ideas may be generated by a collection of participants, or may be provided to the collection of participants. The ideas are divided into non-exclusive groups for evaluation, with each group being provided to a participant for voting. Each participant chooses a favorite idea from the group, or selects a first and second choice, or a first, second and third choice. The votes are tallied, and for each idea a “win percentage” is calculated, which is defined as the ratio of the number of groups in which a particular idea wins the voting, divided by the number of groups in which a particular idea appears. Each idea that has a “win percentage” that exceeds a particular threshold is passed on to one or more subsequent rounds of voting. If desired, the voting may continue until a single idea is chosen as the consensus. In some rounds of voting, the groups are configured so that a participant does not vote on his/her own idea. In the first round of voting, the groups are configured so that no two ideas compete against each other more than once. A formulaic template is provided for generation of the groups, based on the number of ideas, the number of participants, and the number of ideas per group. In some embodiments, the template and number of ideas per group may be formulated using the sequence of integers known as the Mian-Chowla sequence. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080254437 | Global Computer Network Tutoring System - A global computer network method and apparatus for creating and deploying many types of intelligent tutoring systems across many different platforms is disclosed. A run time engine supports state graph pseudo tutors and JESS model tracing cognitive tutors, in both a client and server context. An Assistment Builder enables development, testing and deployment of the pseudo tutors, generally the tutorials formed of teacher composed problems. The system simplifies the process of tutorial construction to allow educator users with little or no ITS experience to develop content of problems and teaching strategies (i.e., format of problems including hints, messages and sequencing of related problems). The system provides a Web these tutorials. A reporting component is Web based and allows for live database reporting to teachers, showing how their students are performing. Automated analysis and reporting of experimental tutorials developed by teachers is included. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080261194 | Method and apparatus for implementing an independent learning plan (ILP) based on academic standards - A process for generating and deploying a real-time automatic independent learning plan (ILP) for a person based on academic curriculum standards. More specifically, an automated process is disclosed that includes as a first step testing and remediation for students to determine the assessment of that student's competency and mastery of certain academic disciplines, followed by the automatic generation, based on such assessment, of an ILP, which is a unique and individualized set of learning content assembled to assist the particular student in learning one or more process standards. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080261195 | Written examination system and written examination device - There is provided a written examination system in which paper consumption and flowing out of examination questions in a written examination may be prevented. The written examination system according to the present invention comprises: a display device | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080286742 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EXAMINEE ATTRIBUTE PARAMETERS IN A COGNITIVE DIAGNOSIS MODEL - A method and system for determining attribute score levels from an assessment are disclosed. An assessment includes items each testing for at least one attribute. A first distribution is generated having a response propensity represented by a highest level of execution for each attribute tested by the item. An item threshold is determined for at least one score for the first distribution. Each item threshold corresponds to a level of execution corresponding to the score for which the item threshold is determined. For each attribute tested by the item, a second distribution is generated having a response propensity represented by a lowest level of execution for the attribute and the highest level of execution for all other attributes tested by the item. A mean parameter is determined for the second distribution. An attribute score level is determined for the scores based on the item thresholds and the mean parameters. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080318200 | Computer-Aided Method and System for Guided Teaching and Learning - The present invention is a computer aided method and system for guided teaching and learning with the aid of an optional communication device, comprising the steps of: (a) presenting a question to the student at a student display; (b) receiving answer from the teacher at the teacher workstation, wherein the answer is received by the teacher from the student or directly from the students remotely; (c) sharing the answer submitted on at least one student displayed) determining whether the answer is correct; (e) presenting feedback to the answer at all student displays or workstations; (f) receiving input from the teacher at the teacher workstation for the teacher to give further information related to the question on student display; and (g) presenting information using a plurality of styles and stimuli corresponding to the input from the teacher or student on the student display. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080318201 | COMPONENT-BASED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE - The present invention provides a distributed learning management architecture that is “componentized” for increased distribution and scalability. Specifically, the present invention provides an architecture in which multiple content servers, delivery servers and/or live session servers can be provided to accommodate multiple geographic locations. The present invention further provides an off-line learning architecture that allows the teachings of the distributed learning management architecture to be implemented on an individual client. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090017433 | Computerized method of monitoring and modifying student performance - A computerized method of monitoring and modifying student performance may include collecting student information from a plurality of sources, storing the information electronically in a retrievable form, and reviewing the student information for student issues, which may have a negative impact on performance of a student. If such student issues exist, communicating with a student regarding the same, creating an action plan to improve or terminate the student issues, and implementing the action plan. Time factors, the specific student issues, the student information, including prior history and collaboration of appropriate student advisors, are combined to establish and implement the action plan. This is followed by monitoring of the student of interest in respect of certain student issues, updating student information, and applying time factors related to individual issues in the monitoring of such subsequent student performance. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090017434 | Method And System Of Computerized Examination Strategy Analyzer - The invention presents a computerized strategy analyzer of multiple-choice tests. The analyzer analyses user behavior during tests and simulated tests and provides feedback of different kinds including recommendations on how to distribute time during a test and what type of questions need further study. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090017435 | Method of facilitating online and socially networked education between learning institutions - A method is provided of facilitating online education between learning institutions, including the steps of obtaining an e-learning course from a content provider learning institution; obtaining the approval of a subscriber learning institution for students enrolled at such institution to receive academic credit for the successful completion of such e-learning course; enrolling students from such subscriber learning institution in such e-learning course through a website; providing such e-learning course to students of the subscriber learning institution; obtaining an evaluation of the students' performances in the e-learning course from the content provider learning institution; providing said evaluations of the students' performances in such e-learning course to the subscriber learning institution in which the students are enrolled; and providing remuneration to the subscriber learning institution and content provider learning institution. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090061409 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING LEARNING COURSES - A device and method is provided for a user to arrange learning courses. The device comprises: a course database, a capability examining module and a course arranging module. The course database stores multiple learning courses, each including multiple learning quizzes. The capability examining module provides capability examination(s) for the user to determine the user's current capability level. The course arranging module acquires the corresponding learning courses from the course database according to the capability level determined by the capability examining module, and arranges these acquired corresponding learning courses for the user to learn. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090068631 | Web based educational system for collaborative learning - A method and apparatus is disclosed for facilitating collaborative learning in an educational community via a web based educational system. In one embodiment, the method allows one or more of the educational participants to generate educational content, upload it to a document depository and teach it to other participants with the help of web based tools like web-conferencing, audio and video streaming, and web logging (blogging). The method also safeguards the quality of the generated educational content, by defining the role of the educational moderator and the access privileges that each class of participants has in using the web system's resources. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090075247 | Interactive educational tool - Graphical user interfaces, systems and methods of implementing an interactive educational tool are disclosed. More specifically, embodiments provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting text and related content associated with a predetermined subject matter. Users may interact with various graphical elements of the GUI for selecting and viewing regions of the subject matter, viewing additional content related to the subject matter, displaying interactive electronic flashcards for studying the subject matter, and entering/reviewing notes taken related to the subject matter. Users may also enter answers to questions and compare the entered answer with the correct answer. Embodiments also enable students to initiate a session with coaches or professors for enabling the coach or professor to observe and evaluate actions of the student related to the predetermined subject matter. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090081629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS - A match algorithm is provided that matches, rather than filters, students and schools. The output of the algorithm informs the student as to how well he/she matches against every school in the database across many criteria. The student can sort and search through the rankings to identify the schools that are a best match; conversely, school administrators may sort and search through the student profiles to identify students that may be targeted for admission, may be more likely to matriculate to an enrolled student, persist through to the second year, graduate, and/or ultimately give back as an alum. Matches are based on profiles of the characteristics, interests, desires and level of interest and desire of the student matched against the characteristics profile of the college. The student may indicate how important many of these criteria are to him/her. The college information is s provided primarily by the colleges themselves via an annual survey. In addition, Affordability criteria may be generated that may be used as a Match Factor to find schools in the database that most closely fit the student's ability, willingness and desire to afford the school and minimize the debt burden to attend. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090081630 | Text to Training Aid Conversion System and Service - A method and system of an embodiment may include receiving an image of printed material from a device associated with a user, receiving a request from the user to generate a training aid utilizing the printed material, generating the training aid utilizing the printed material; and providing access to the training aid to the user, wherein providing access includes one of transmitting the training aid to a device associated with the user or providing notification regarding access to the training aid to a device associated with the user. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090087827 | COMPUTERIZED TESTING SYSTEM - A secure testing system utilizing a test taker's own notebook computer with a small portable/removable uniquely identified drive element (USB flash drive, SD card and the like) being plugged into the computer port (USB, card reader, etc.). The drive is pre-programmed with lock-out software activated with test taker log in, and preprogrammed exams or examination generations software. The drive and examination software are configured for multiple choice selection and text entry for essay answers. With exam completion the drives are removed with restoration of computer function. The individual drives are collected and connected to multiple reading ports for automatic reading and grading of multiple choice question answers and manual checking of text answers. The exams, with identification of disk drives and test taker are downloaded to an archive server and the drives are wiped clean for re-use. Test results and comments are sent via e-mail to the test taker. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090087828 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND TOOL FOR COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING - Systems and methods of providing remote, real-time computer-facilitated instruction, interaction, testing, and assessment to a plurality of users or participants. The system includes a system (e.g., a server) for shaping and directing a learning or decision-making environment. The shaping/directing system selectively provides content to users based on responses from the users to create a user-directed and generated learning or decision-making experience. The users connect to the shaping/directing system through a plurality of respective, user-controlled client devices. Each respective client device includes an input device (e.g., a pointing device) and an output device (e.g., a display). The output device communicates portions of the content, including decision points, to the respective user. The input device receives responses from the respective user. The responses reply to the respective decision points. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090104592 | Lights Out Learning - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for presenting interactive, educational content using a projector. In one embodiment, a set of learning modules associated with a subject matter is selected to form educational content. The educational content is displayed on a surface, by the projector. The educational content comprises a question. An answer for the question is received. In response to a determination that the answer for the question is a correct answer, a reward light show is displayed on the surface by the projector. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090117530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MEDIA FILE ACCESS OVER A NETWORK - Systems and methods are disclosed for serving fresh media content while minimizing Internet traffic by periodically checking content freshness between a local server and a remote server; if a stale content exists on the local server, replacing the stale content with a fresh content from the remote server; and serving the fresh content from the local server. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090142742 | Analysis for Assessing Test Taker Responses to Puzzle-Like Questions - Some embodiments of the invention provide computer-delivered curriculum content to a student. The curriculum of some embodiments includes learning interactions that are designed to give a student substantive feedback when the student provides a response to a “puzzle-like” question. Puzzle-like questions are questions that have a solution space with a relatively large number of potential responses (e.g., with more than one correct answer or partially correct answer or partially incorrect response or incorrect response). Some embodiments provide assessment analysis for the puzzle-like questions. When a test taker provides an incorrect response or a partially correct response, for example, some embodiments present to the test taker prestored feedback regarding the particular misunderstanding that is associated with the response in order to explain the possible misunderstanding. Some embodiments perform the assessment analysis for puzzle-like questions by using a rule-based technique to describe multiple acceptable responses (e.g., one or more completely correct answers and one or more partially correct answers). Rules can be specified to associate commentary to different possible responses. Some embodiments embed the rules in an XML format that is utilized at runtime. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090142743 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - There is provided a system which is able to realize study assistance or a desired appliance operation for a user, even in the absence of an answer input from the user. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090162829 | EXTENSIBLE EXAM LANGUAGE (XXL) PROTOCOL FOR COMPUTER BASED TESTING - A memory stores a plurality of first data structures, which includes element specific data objects indicating a classification of at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language, and second data structures, which include attribute specific data objects indicating at least one attribute of the segments of the test definition language implemented by a computer. A method for computer-based testing includes authoring a test specification and content of the at least one test using a test definition language, compiling the test specification and content of the at least one test to create a compiled test specification and content, which includes validating the test specification and content, storing the compiled test specification and content to a resource file, and retrieving the compiled test specification and content from the resource file during delivery of the test. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090186330 | REUSABLE AD HOC SELF-POSED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to profile generation for social networking systems and provide a method, system and computer program product for reusable ad hoc self-posed questions and answers for social network profiles. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing reusable ad hoc self-posed questions and answers for social network profiles can be provided. The method can include receiving a free form specification of a question and a corresponding answer by a particular user in a social network, posting the received question and corresponding answer onto a user profile for the particular user, selecting the received question for the particular user on behalf of a different user in the social network and prompting the different user to provide a different answer to the selected question, and posting the selected question and the different answer onto a user profile for the different user. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090197237 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING LEARNING OBJECTS BASED UPON QUERY AND USER RELEVANCY - A system for generating a sequence of learning objects comprising an e-Learning course is provided. The system can include one or more processors and a memory unit for electronically storing data comprising a plurality of learning objects. The system further can include a sequence builder configured to execute on the at least one processor. The sequence builder, more particularly, can be configured to generate a sequence comprising at least a portion of the plurality of learning objects based upon a measurable user relevancy and/or a measurable query relevancy of each learning object contained in the sequence. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090202972 | Bi-Directional Communication of Simulation Information - Systems, methods, and associated software for providing a virtual reality experience for a user, particularly a virtual training experience, are described herein. A server associated with a virtual training system according to one embodiment, among others, comprises memory and a network interface. The memory is configured to store virtual training software and a simulation variations database. The virtual training software comprises training simulation logic adapted to provide a virtual training experience. The simulation variations database comprises data associated with preset variations to the virtual training experience. The network interface is configured to communicate with a remote client device within a network and is further configured to receive a first set of information from the client device associated with the virtual training software. Also, the network interface is further configured to transmit a second set of information to the client device associated with the virtual training software. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090202973 | COMPUTER-BASED EVALUATION TOOL FOR ORGANIZING AND DISPLAYING RESULTS OF STUDY INTERVIEW - A study that has a set of questions asked of a number of respondents and a set of corresponding answers. An evaluation tool evaluates every answer to a selected question to identify key terms therein, and develops a corresponding key term cloud based on the identified key terms of the selected question. The cloud is a visual representation of the identified key terms such that each key term appears in the cloud in a relative manner based on an attribute of the key term with regard to the answers. The tool displays the developed cloud for the selected question with the answers for the selected question, and a study evaluator views the relatively appearing key terms in the displayed cloud. Based thereon, the evaluator discerns trends in the answers to the selected question. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090208916 | System for delivering an educational program to a remote site and for monitoring participation therein - A system for delivering an educational program to a participant at a remote site and for monitoring participation therein. The system includes a server computer, a client computer and prompting means to monitor participation by the participant. The server computer has educational program software and interacts with the client computer in order to make an educational presentation to the participant. If the participant does not adequately respond, the prompting means terminate the educational program. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090215020 | INVITATION FOR TRANSFERRING OBJECTS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method, apparatus and a system for retrieving data relating to at least one of a student's homework, exam or solution to a problem from at least one calculator via a network, wherein the handheld calculator is utilized by the student. The method includes presenting an invitation from at least one of a computer or a calculator of an instructor on the calculator of the student for requesting the data from the calculator of the student, wherein the invitation identifies a location on a computer or a calculator for transmitting the data, attaching the data to at least a portion of the invitation, wherein the data includes identification identifying at least one of the calculator of the student or the student, and transmitting the data from the calculator to the location identified in the invitation. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090220929 | PC-BASED SIMULATOR TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A simulation training system having a network system ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090239205 | System And Method For Algorithmic Selection Of A Consensus From A Plurality Of Ideas - A system and method for algorithmic selection of a consensus from a collection of ideas is disclosed. A group of ideas is provided to a group of participants for voting. Voting may occur in a single round or in several successive rounds, optionally until a consensus idea is chosen. Typically, the votes that are cast use discrete levels, such as “approve”, “disapprove”, “positive”, “neutral” or “negative”. For ideas that receive the same votes, a differentiator may be the time spent casting the vote. A relatively long evaluation time may signal some internal conflict in the mind of the participant, when compared with a relatively short evaluation time, which may signal no such conflict. The evaluation time may be combined with the rating of the participant to form a weighted rating. Consequently, a short evaluation time of a positive rating may yield a more positive weighted rating, while a short evaluation time of a negative rating may yield a more negative weighted rating. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090258336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION - A method for facilitating communication between participants is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of individually-identifiable tokens to at least first and second participants, associating a unique question with each token, transferring a first token from the first participant to the second participant, asking the second participant the question that is associated with the first token, transferring a second token from the second participant to the first participant, and asking the first participant the question that is associated with the second token. The method further includes recording the answers that are provided by the first and second participants in response to the questions associated with the first and second tokens. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090263779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING A COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE FROM A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER TO A COLLEGE - The present invention relates to a system and method of providing a college level course from a third party provider to a college. The present invention allows the college to offer the course to its students as if the course was produced and offered by the college itself rather than the third party provider. The course is preapproved and then the college can provide the student grades from the third party provider as if the course was a regular course from the college. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090269730 | SIMULATION AUTHORING TOOL - A computer program for creating a social simulation comprises code segments for enabling a user to create a plurality of social simulation stages, to create a map associating each of the plurality of stages with at least one other of the plurality of stages, and to assign a first score value to a first response and a second score value to a second response, wherein the first response and the second response are received from a student during at least one of the plurality of social simulation stages. The computer program further enables the user to assign a condition to a conditional stage of the plurality of simulation stages such that the student experiences the conditional stage only if a cumulative score corresponds to a target score, wherein the cumulative score includes the first score value and the second score value. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090275010 | TELEVISION VIERWERS INTERACTION VOTING - A multi-talented show idea and voting methods to find a winner in multi-categories of tasks and talents through voting is disclosed. Viewers who vote for their favorite contestant and show via phone or internet has a chance to win a prize. Viewer vote via phone by using at least one of different calling number and same calling number. The future contestants who records a demo after calling to the show is contacted via phone, mail, web or television. A plurality of contestants participating in the show is separated into a plurality of groups that competes to win a spot as finalists. Said finalists and a second chance contestant chosen by the viewers compete in the elimination show called “R-u-Multi-Talented” to become at least one of three contestants for the “Final three showdown”. At least one among said three contestants is announced as winner and is given the title “U-r-Multi-Talented”. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090280466 | LEARNING ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC REMEDIATION - Learning content may be provided to a user where the learning content may contain learning objectives. A response to the learning content may be received. The response may be analyzed by determining whether the response was the proper response to the learning objectives. If the response was a proper response, less questions on the learning objective may be presented in the future and the if response was an improper response, additional questions on the learning objective may be presented in the future. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090280467 | PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PHONE EDUCATION - A platform and method for providing telephonic education. The platform utilizes a telephone-server connection to provide automated registration, payment, course materials, and sending of a notice of completion. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090280468 | Systems and methods for providing early warning of student absence - Systems and methods are provided for electronically providing notification that a student has not been engaged with an educational institution for a predefined period of time. Student interaction data may be captured, wherein the student interaction data has one or more data elements and relates to use of the one or more facilities, services, or facilities and services of the educational institution. The systems and methods may determine an absence of student interaction data for the predefined period of time, and provide providing a notification to a predefined authority based on the determined absence of student interaction. The systems and methods may further notify predefined authority for prolonged absence of a visiting student, or absence of student interaction data related to dining facilities of an educational institution. The systems and methods may monitor student performance and correlate the absence of student interaction data with academic performance. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090286219 | CONDUCTING A VIRTUAL INTERVIEW IN THE CONTEXT OF A LEGAL MATTER - A virtual interview is conducted in the context of a legal matter, for example, using online forms, thus enabling rapid and large-scale information capture from distributed recipients. A user can define questions and virtual interviews once, and use them again and again; can define an approved set of questions to insure consistency of interview practice; and can de facto improve the consistency and credibility of information gathering in legal matters. Users can pre-establish action items that are automatically created upon receiving specific responses to virtual interviews. Interview response may be managed by exception, i.e. exception alerting, and tools are provided to view exceptional cases for follow-up action. For example, alerts can be issued on the basis of such factors as: if any one responded that they had data at home, send an alert to the attorney and an action item to do an appropriate collection; and if anyone responds that they know others in scope, initiate an action item assigned to paralegal to add identified individuals to scope. A user can conduct many interviews systematically to determine where all key facts related to the matter are located; to update information in a highly distributed way for effective legal management; and to manage responses efficiently. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090298039 | Computer-Based Tutoring Method and System - Disclosed are a computer-based tutoring method and system in which an animated tutor, an animated avatar, and at least one animated group member selected by a user are displayed on a screen. A tutorial is presented by the animated tutor. During the tutorial, an interactive question is presented. An answer is received from the user. If the answer is correct, the tutorial continues. If the answer is incorrect, a second tutorial is presented. The second tutorial is based on the incorrect answer received from the user. Dialogue between the animated tutor, the animated avatar, and the animated group members may be held. Dialogue among animated group members may be held. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090305217 | COMPUTERIZED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE PRESENTATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A computerized educational resource presentation and tracking system is provided. The system includes a collection of stored educational resources organized according to user accounts for each of a plurality of users, a presentation application configured to present at least some of the collection of stored educational resources at a client device of each of the plurality of users. The presentation application may include an educational resource module configured to create a modified version of a specified educational resource in response to receiving a user-generated edit of the specified educational resource, the modified version having metadata to link to a previous version of the specified educational resource. The presentation application may further include a presentation generator configured to generate a presentation of a user-selected subset of the collection of educational resources including the modified version of the specified educational resource, ordered in a user-specified presentation order. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090305218 | Object-Based System and Language for Dynamic Data or Network Interaction Including Learning Management - A system including an object-oriented programming language for building state-based applications with flow control, event loops, measures of similarity, and Boolean logic to dynamically control the interaction between members in a social network around content and, in particular, project-based activities, where the system collects and groups individuals who are members of a social network, projects or assignments and their content, and activities or processes within projects based on the attributes of the objects and runtime events to create a social context for learning or for other interaction. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090325141 | MEMORIZATION OPTIMIZATION PLATFORM - A method and system for optimizing memorization of stored content. One or more discrete units of content selected for memorization are obtained. The units of content as displayed to the user according to a pre-determined order. Feedback is received from the user indicating the level of memorization achieved by the user corresponding to the displayed units of content. The subsequent order to display content is adjusted to achieve an optimized order for memorization based on the feedback received. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100009331 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION RATES - An integrated student retention system that automatically raises flags identifying at-risk students; permits students to raise flags identifying themselves as at-risk; permits providers to raise flags identifying students as at-risk; provides systems facilitating the process of enabling students to obtain assistance; provides systems for tracking students and providers; and provides systems for measuring effectiveness. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100009332 | METHOD FOR COMPELLING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN STUDENTS AND PROVIDERS - An integrated student retention system that automatically raises flags identifying at-risk students; permits students to raise flags identifying themselves as at-risk; permits providers to raise flags identifying students as at-risk; provides systems facilitating the process of enabling students to obtain assistance; provides systems for tracking students and providers; and provides systems for measuring effectiveness. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100028847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTEGRATING LEVELS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - Adapting to a secondary and post secondary integration process with secondary and post secondary program gives student the opportunity to receive a secondary diploma and earn post secondary credit and/or diploma. The secondary is located in proximity to a post secondary campus or on a uniquely constructed campus in order to share resources and facilities. The student is evaluated to ascertain academic aptitudes and capabilities. The evaluation involves administering a post secondary placement exam prior to scheduling and reviewing prior school transcripts. An administrator of the secondary assigns a class schedule to the student based on the assessment of the student. The class schedule has a combination of secondary classes and post secondary classes. The secondary class is scheduled in accordance with the post secondary class. The student attends the secondary class and post secondary class according to the class schedule. The student earns post secondary credit and/or diploma upon passing the post secondary class. The secondary offers special classes for the student to adapt to the post secondary classes. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100047759 | INDIVIDUALIZED RECURSIVE EXAM-PREPARATION-COURSE DESIGN - A system, a method, and media provide for recursive scheduling of an exam-preparation course. The course is divided into periods. During each period, a subset of the topics for the exam subject matter is selected for study as a function of the student's performance on diagnostic exam. The periods are scheduled as a function of the student's performance profile and the time available before the target exam. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100047760 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING PERFORMANCE BASED EMULATION TESTING - A computer system and method may include a processor instantiating a test scenario that includes a description of a stem that defines a context and at least one task to be performed in accordance with the context and via interaction with at least one target application; providing an interface to an instance of the at least one target application for the interaction; executing one or more stored evaluation queries to check a status of the instance of the at least one target application and record one or more binary values based on the status; and executing one or more stored scoring expressions to generate and output a score, the scoring expression defining a function having input parameters that are based on the one or more binary values. The processor may further provide an authoring environment in which to define the test scenario, evaluation queries, and scoring expressions. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100055659 | ONLINE TEST PROCTORING INTERFACE WITH TEST TAKER ICON AND MULTIPLE PANES - An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100099072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING AGGREGATED DATA FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES - A method and apparatus for presenting aggregated data for instructional purposes. The method includes retrieving student responses, determining at least one bucket type and, if needed, changing the algorithmic criteria defining the at least one bucket type, aggregating the responses according to bucket type; and utilizing the aggregated responses to view or present at least one response in a different representation. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100112541 | Method for estimating examinee attribute parameters in cognitive diagnosis models - A method of determining a mastery level for an examinee from an assessment is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more of an overall skill level for an examinee, a weight for the overall skill level, a covariate vector for an examinee, and a weight for the covariate vector. An examinee attribute value is computed using one or more of the received values for each examinee and each attribute. The computation of the examinee attribute values can include estimating the value using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo estimation technique. Examinee mastery levels are then assigned based on each examinee attribute level. Dichotomous or polytomous levels can be assigned based on requirements for the assessment. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100120011 | TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING, CULTIVATING AND MONITORING MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS - Mentors and mentees may be matched with each other through computational matching processes. Interactions between the mentors and mentees may be structured and assisted through computational tools and interfaces. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100120012 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE LEARNING CONTENTS - Disclosed herein is a system for providing online learning contents, which can maximize efficiency of education based on analysis of a plurality of learning contents and matching of a result of the analysis to a student to meet characteristics and environments of the student. The system according to the present invention comprises at least two or more contents providers, an education management server, an authentication server, and a web server. Accordingly, since a student can be provided with an education corresponding to the inclination of the student, effect of online education can be enhanced. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100203492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF COMPUTER GENERATED EXAMS - System and method for generating exams, questionnaires or similar, including a set of questions to be answered, the system comprising a data base including a number of questions in at least one topic, each question being associated with a data set related to answers given to the questions in previous uses of the question sets, the system further comprising selection means for randomly selecting a question within one or more predetermined topics from said data base, and an evaluation means for evaluating the selected questions relative to predetermined requirements to the selected questions and their corresponding answers in said data set, and discarding questions not fulfilling said requirements. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100203493 | Learning component instructional software system and method - A learning component instruction development/design environment system is provided. The system includes; web servers operatively connected to communication and streaming media servers, application servers, a component and media repository and a database. The system is configured to perform one or more of the following methods; a method of editing a learning sequence in a computer based instructional development/design environment, a method of interacting with a learning sequence, and a method of analyzing a sequence session. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100221693 | Instant Messaging For A Virtual Learning Community - The present invention provides an Instant Messaging (IM) System ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100221694 | ADAPTIVE ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of challenging a student may comprise obtaining an initial performance-level-value which may be a specific performance level value respective of, e.g., a specific student; obtaining an initial set of computerized tasks, each task in the initial set has a respective challenge-level-value correlated with the initial performance-level-value; challenging the student with one or more of the computerized tasks being members in the initial set and collecting performance information respective of performance of the student; comparing the performance information with success-threshold-information to yield comparison results; determining an adapted performance-level-value respective of the student in accordance with the initial performance-level-value and the comparison results; obtaining an adapted set of computerized tasks, each task in the adapted set has a respective challenge-level-value corresponding with the adapted performance-level-value; and challenging the student with one or more of the computerized tasks being members in the adapted set. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100233667 | Electronic Game-Based Learning System - An electronic game-based learning system capable of providing a game-based learning environment(s) to at least one user is described. The system having at least one host system capable of selectively providing video and output portions of a game-based learning environment(s) and at least one client system capable of selectively providing input portions to the host system such that the client system provides the user within an interactive game-based learning environment(s). | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100255455 | Adaptive Assessment - Described is a system, method, and product for adaptive assessment of knowledge. One or more questions are generated by combining, for each question: an item, a correct answer, a distracter (incorrect answer), a path for the distracter, and a standard alignment for the item. The questions are stored in a question database. An item associated with a question in the database is presented. A distracter is received in response to the item. The path for the distracter is identified. One or more next questions are retrieved from the question database, and one or more next items are presented, wherein the one or more next items are associated with the path. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100279267 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF INNOVATIVE ABILITIES - A system, method and apparatus measures and classifies innovation skills and technical capability of individuals based on predefined referencable attributes. The classification is used to help individuals improve their innovative abilities and to build innovation teams. The classifications are stored such that they may be further analyzed and used. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100285442 | METHOD FOR APTITUDE TEST - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for an aptitude test. The method includes receiving information concerning a request for an aptitude test service from the user terminal using the central server, and providing the aptitude test service to the user terminal using the central server, wherein the aptitude test service includes video content recorded in database. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100291528 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TEACHING THROUGH ANALYSIS USING A VIRTUAL TEACHING DEVICE - A learning support method and system for a classroom includes a monitoring device configured to capture real-time participant events and stimuli in a learning environment. The participant events include classroom and collaboration-oriented input. A database is configured to store and organize a-priori skills of a typical student and a-priori knowledge a participating student. A set of cognitive model profiles are stored in system memory representing typical student behaviors and participant student behaviors with access to the captured participant events, the stimuli and the a-priori knowledge and skills. An interaction manager is configured to be responsive to the participant events and stimuli to perform interactive tasks during a class session. The interactive tasks may include posing a question, supplementing a lecture, tracking progress and rating teacher performance. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100291529 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMPETITIVE EDUCATION - Techniques for competitive education are provided. Proficiency-based tasks are administered to participants. Performance on the tasks results in rewards. The rewards are usable as game attributes by the participants in network-based games to affect game play. The network-based games are played as competitions or collaborations among virtual communities. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100297597 | CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL MAT - The present invention is suggested to improve the user input method when operating learning machines and game machines. The suggestion is intended to operate a system through a mat in order to overcome the limits of previous methods using a mouse, a stylus pen, a keyboard, etc., in user input methods. Compared with the previous methods, the method using the mat provides a variety of operation methods. In particular, curiosity can be stimulated in infants and children through physical activities and provides physical exercise. Furthermore, the emotional quotient of infants and children can be increased and the function as dynamic play equipment can be improved. Therefore, it is expected that the benefits of learning and exercise can be increased. In addition, it is expected to prevent the injury of infants and children and reduce noise in an apartment by enabling the infants and the children to play or study on the mat. The present technology is able to prominently affect the physical growths of kids or disabled persons. The invention includes: a mat ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100311033 | Analytical measures for student-collected articles for educational project having a topic - A student collects articles for a educational project having a topic. Analytical measures for the articles are determined in relation to the topic of the educational project. The analytical measures can include a relevance of the articles collected by the student to the topic. The analytical measures can include a coverage of how well the articles collected by the student cover the topic. The analytical measures can include a uniqueness of the articles collected by the student in comparison to one another. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100311034 | RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC-BASED TRAINING - A presentation component ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100316986 | RUBRIC-BASED ASSESSMENT WITH PERSONALIZED LEARNING RECOMMENDATIONS - A rubric-based assessment and personalized learning recommendation system and method to aid an educator in teaching an entity in an efficient manner. Embodiments of the system and method include a computational representation of a rubric that is composed of composable rubric constructs. Each composable rubric construct corresponds to a particular sub-area of a skill being learned. Embodiments of the system and method also allow the educator to select a level of granularity of the rubric. This allows grouping together of entities that are having similar problems learning the skill and are performing similarly in certain areas. Embodiments of the system and method can suggest available learning resources for a single or groups of entities struggling in the same or similar areas based on their assessment results. The idea is for the entity to use these learning resources to improve its performance and competency in a given subject area. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100316987 | EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND CONTRACTS - Described is a technology in which an educational service provides contracts (an interface set) for calling functions that allow management of educational-related data. The interface set may be divided as interfaces to various services; roles associated with users of the educational service determine which interfaces/functions each user can call. The interfaces may include interfaces for calling course-related functions (e.g., of a course service), profile-related functions (e.g., of a profile service), membership-related functions (e.g., of a membership service) and task-related functions (e.g., of a task service). Other interfaces may include interfaces for calling plan-related functions, group-related functions, content-related functions, notification-related functions, provisioning-related functions, institution-related functions, department-related functions, utilities-related functions, standards-related functions, degree program-related functions, contextual communication-related functions and/or scoring related functions. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110020782 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SEARCHING FOLD AND FILE USING OBJECT-ORIENTED BUTTON, CONTROL AND PRESENTATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME AND REMOTE CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - The present invention is to provide a method of controlling a program executed on a computer using a remote control apparatus and a method of searching a folder or a file using the method of controlling the program. The method of controlling the program according to the present invention includes defining a plurality of object linking button groups in the remote control, each having an identification mark; arranging a plurality of objects each having the same identification mark as one of the plurality of object linking button groups, wherein each of the objects has a text or an image each including an execution information or a data content; assigning and interlocking the execution information with objects, respectively; transmitting a control signal to a computer by selecting one object linking button of the remote control apparatus; and selecting the execution information interlocked with corresponding object to the one object linking button after the program receives the control signal. In the present invention, since data or a file is quickly selected using an object linking button, there is advantages in processing a dynamic presentation. Moreover, a desired presentation method is easily selected and executed. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110027769 | Automatic Essay Scoring System - A method of grading an essay using an automated essay scoring system is provided. The method comprises the steps of deriving a set of predetermined features from the essay, wherein the predetermined feature set comprises one or more features that are independent from the test prompt, scoring the feature set with a scoring equation, wherein a multiple regression analysis with graded essay data produces weights for the scoring equation, generating a raw score for the essay; and processing the raw score for the essay into a score category based on an adaptive cutoff algorithm. Also provided is a method of generating a model in which to grade essays, wherein the data used to generate the model is independent from the test prompt or essay topic. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110027770 | READER DEVICES AND RELATED HOUSINGS AND ACCESSORIES AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A system for presenting multimedia content, comprising: a reader device; at least one of a reader device housing or reader device accessory removably attached to the reader device; and, at least one multimedia content enhanced object with at least one multimedia content indicator; wherein the reader device adapts its operation based on an identification of the at least one reader device housing or reader device accessory removably attached thereto. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110033834 | ETEACHER - ELECTRONIC TEACHER FOR CONVEYING COMPLEX CONTENT FOR LEARNING - Embodiments provide methods, devices, and programs that simulate a teacher who teaches a complex program system to a student in private lessons. Embodiments may further provide customized feedback and reinforcement to students. Teaching units and action trees for learning are also discussed. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110039245 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING, DELIVERING AND MANAGING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL - In some embodiments, a method includes selecting a subset of learning objectives from a plurality of learning objectives. Each learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives is associated with a content including at least one of a learning object, an assessment or a teaching strategy item. The subset of learning objectives is arranged to define a learning objective sequence. An educational material including the content associated with each learning objective from the subset of learning objectives is produced. The content is arranged to define at least one learning path within the learning objective sequence. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110039246 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING, DELIVERING AND MANAGING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL - A method includes receiving a first datum associated with a student's knowledge of a first learning objective and a second datum associated with a profile of the student, a request by the student and/or the student's knowledge of a second learning objective associated with the first learning objective. The first datum can be, for example, the student's score on assessment items related to the first learning objective. A subset of educational content from a plurality of educational content associated with the first learning objective is selected based on the first datum and the second datum. The subset of educational content includes at least one of a learning object, and assessment or a teaching strategy item. An educational material including the subset of educational content is produced. The subset of educational content is arranged to define a learning path associated with the student. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110039247 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING, DELIVERING AND MANAGING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL - A method includes identifying at least one learning objective from a plurality of learning objectives associated with an educational material. A subset of assessment items from a plurality of assessment items is selected. Each assessment item from the plurality of assessment items is associated with the at least one learning objective. The selecting is performed based on at least one of a type of assessment item, a format of assessment item or a difficulty of assessment item. An assessment including the subset of assessment items is produced. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110039248 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING, DELIVERING AND MANAGING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL - A method includes arranging a plurality of learning objectives to define a learning objective sequence of an educational material. Each learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives is associated with a content including at least one of a learning object, an assessment or a teaching strategy item. A temporal content is inserted into the learning objective sequence at a position within the learning objective sequence based on a time associated with the presentation of the temporal content to a user. The time can include, for example, a date of a holiday, a number of times the user has logged in, or the like. An educational material including the content associated with each learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives and the temporal content is produced. The content and the temporal content are arranged to define at least one learning path within the learning objective sequence. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110039249 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING, DELIVERING AND MANAGING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL - A computer system for delivering an educational material includes a delivery engine, a feedback engine and a notification engine. The delivery engine is configured to deliver to a student a portion of the educational material, including the content arranged to define a set of learning paths associated with a learning objective. The portion of the educational material includes a subset of the content associated with a subset of the set of learning paths. The feedback engine is configured to receive a datum associated with a number learning paths within the subset of the set of learning paths. Said another way, the datum represents the number of learning paths received by a student. The notification engine is configured to produce a notification in response to the datum. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110045452 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Generating an Adaptive Test - Systems and methods are provided for assigning an examinee to one of a plurality of scoring levels based on an adaptive exam that generates one or more questions of the exam subsequent to the start of administration of the exam to the examinee. A first exam question is provided to the examinee and a first exam answer is received from the examinee. The first exam question requests a constructed response from the examinee. A score for the first exam answer is generated, and a second exam question is generated, where the difficulty of the second exam question is based on the score for the first exam answer. The examinee is assigned to one of a plurality of scoring levels, where the examinee is excluded from assignment to one or more of the plurality of scoring levels based on the first exam answer without consideration of the second exam answer. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110053134 | SENSOR-BASED TEACHING AID ASSEMBLY - A sensor-based teaching aid assembly includes: a plurality of teaching aid parts having a unique ID, detecting their location and adjacent teaching aid parts through an internal sensor, and transmitting result data to outside; and an information processing terminal displaying an image of an assembly target structure, analyzing the data received from the plurality of teaching aid parts to evaluate a completion degree of the structure assembled by the plurality of teaching aid parts, and displaying the evaluation results. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110076663 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING SURVEY QUESTIONS AND AVAILABLE RESPONSES - Systems and methods are provided for selecting survey questions and response for inclusion in a survey using a survey software application. Survey questions may be selected based on the response variance or inclusion value of each survey question. A non-inclusive list of survey responses may be selected based on the selection rate of each survey response. The response rates may be adjusted to correct for instances where survey participants selected a response indicating that none of the provided responses was adequate because a hidden response was not provided. Selected survey questions and responses may be provided to a survey participant. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110076664 | Associating Diverse Content - Diverse content items from within a network of federated systems is managed to allow automatic access of related content items from within the network based on access of a first content item. The related content items are ranked according to various criteria for relatedness and/or quality. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110081640 | Systems and Methods for Protecting Websites from Automated Processes Using Visually-Based Children's Cognitive Tests - Visually based children's cognitive tests can be used as a human challenge or Turing test to verify that a human and not an automated process is operating a particular system, such as purchasing tickets, downloading files, accessing a database, or requesting a reprieve from an anti-spam system. Several different visually oriented cognitive tests can be used as a human challenge, for example, selecting one object in a group of object that is different, selecting an object from a group of objects which is most similar to a given object, selecting two objects in a group of objects that are most similar, finding a given object in a scene, counting the number of instances of an object in a scheme and object based analogies. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110097697 | TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON COGNITIVE MODELS - A training system and method for measuring, evaluating, and improving the functional efficiency of information processing stages associated with human cognition. Scene dependent and a-priori queries can be created as a part of a training curriculum and an appropriate measuring technique can be executed with respect to each scene to measure the functional efficiency of the cognitive information processing stages. Thereafter, a trainee's response with respect to such queries can be automatically evaluated. Feedback based on the response can then be generated. An adaptive training mechanism can be configured to enhance the functional efficiency of the cognitive information processing stages. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110097698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE LEARNING - A system and method for interactive learning is provided. More specifically, a system and method for interactive learning that allows a student or remote user to learn a substantial body of information without, or as a compliment to, formal instruction, classes or courses is disclosed. The system and method include at least on comprehensive presentation that has a network of continual testing throughout the presentation. The system and method also include a web access module for an interactive website and an educational interactive applications generator module configured to present a plurality of web based interactive educational applications. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110111385 | AUTOMATED TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION - An automated training system and method based on performance evaluation to provide a precise and succinct automated real-time feedback. A scenario that focuses on specific training objectives can be decomposed into a set of vignettes and dynamically arranged in a dynamic logical sequence to train for a specific high level skill. Performance metrics juxtaposed over a task demand can be automatically computed utilizing a latency and accuracy measure associated with a particular trainee action. Performance data can be automatically gathered and evaluated utilizing the measured performance metrics. Thereafter, contextual feedback information may be automatically organized and provided in real-time to a trainee. The training objectives, the trainee's performance metrics, and feedback data can be utilized to automatically select an appropriate training intervention, which may then be offered to the trainee. An initial, as well as an appropriate follow-up vignette, can be dynamically selected and automatically presented based on the training objectives and evaluated trainee performance data. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110123974 | Adaptive Learning System and Method - In a teaching machine which permits a student to skip or request a hint related to a question being asked of him regarding subject matter he is being taught, the student is presented with a set of predetermined questions relating to the subject matter. A record is kept of questions he answered incorrectly, which were skipped, or for which a hint was requested; and a set of questions is prepared on the subject matter specific to the student, based on incorrect answers to the questions previously asked of him, questions skipped and questions for which he requested a hint. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110136093 | Personalized studying path generating method in serious game - The present invention relates to a personalized studying path generating method in a serious game. The personalized studying path generating method in the serious game according to the present invention comprises (a) generating serious criteria on a learning ability based on study elements required for the serious game and a relation between the study elements; (b) projecting user information and target information onto the serious criteria; (c) simplifying first criteria which the user information is projected onto and second criteria which the target information is projected onto by reducing a dimension of the first criteria and the second criteria; (d) comparing the simplified first and second criteria; (e) generating a personalized optimum studying path from the first to the second criteria; and (f) studying according to the optimum studying path. Accordingly, the present invention sets a personalized studying path by evaluating user's learning ability according to a standard and enables a user to play the game according to his/her ability to thereby improve study efficiency. Also, the present invention may minimize difference of study efficiency arising from different study inclination and circumstances between individuals. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110136094 | DIDACTIC APPLIANCE - Deficiencies in existing attempts at educational software solutions are addressed by providing systems, methods, and devices that both replicate and facilitate the necessary elements of successful classroom-based learning, while taking advantage of the platform-specific benefits of handheld computing devices. Various applications address the issue of the limited screen size of mobile devices by using the motion sensors of the devices both to move from one part of a program to another, thus eliminating the need for on-screen navigation buttons and allowing the entire screen to be used for content, and also to reinforce learning through the use of mnemonics. In these applications, the user rotates the device after completing each step, in sequence, of a process-based series of problem solving techniques. Group learning dynamics are also reproduced through a study group feature. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110143328 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing an Academic Environment - A method for guiding a problem solver includes determining one or more fundamental skills necessary to solve a problem. The method also includes associating the one or more fundamental skills with the problem in an electronic format. The method further includes selecting one or more portions of media corresponding to the one or more fundamental skills and presenting a user with an electronic display of at least one of the one or more portions of media corresponding to the one or more fundamental skills associated with the problem. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110165550 | Management system for online test assessment and method thereof - The present disclosure relates to an online test assessment management system and method thereof. The system includes a learner-information database to store login information, personal information, and learning level information of a learner; an item pool database to store questions for an online test and outputting the questions on an online test examination screen during the online test; an online test unit to perform the online test through the online test examination screen and to collect data about a sequence of inputting answers by a learner with regard to questions output for the online test, the number of clicks for changing selected answers, and a reaction time taken in inputting a certain answer after a learner selects the certain answer; and a reaction pattern analysis unit to analyze a learner's online test data collected by the online test unit, and to assess, diagnose and electronically report learner's learning level, learning ability and examination behavior to a learner or teacher terminal. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110171622 | System And Method For Providing Student Performance Alerts In An Online Learning Environment - A system and method for providing student performance alerts in an online learning environment is provided. An online learning environment is monitored. A score for a test taken by a student at a first time is received. One or more previous scores for previous tests taken by the student at previous times are obtained. The score is compared with one or more of the previous scores to determine a difference between the score and the one or more previous scores. A change threshold is applied to the difference and the difference is determined to be significant when the difference is outside the threshold. An alert for the significant difference is transmitted to one or more recipients associated with the student. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110195390 | Methods and Systems of Communicating Academic Meaning and Evaluating Cognitive Abilities in Instructional and Test Settings - A computer-implemented method for administering and analyzing electronic testing includes providing a non-English speaking student a computer-implemented standardized testing interface configured to administer a standardized test including one or more test question sets stored in an electronic database. Each test question set administration includes providing a test question demonstration animation for a demonstration test question to be solved through non-linguistic methods, providing at least a first solvable test question animation, the subject matter of the solvable test question correlated to the subject matter of the demonstration test questions, wherein the solvable test question is solved by the student using non-linguistic methods. The testing method further includes providing to an educator a computer-implemented standardized testing analysis engine configured to monitor and analyze one or more activities of the user during the administration of the test question set. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110217687 | EXAMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An examination system and an examination method are disclosed. The examination method includes: generating a first test data by a host device, in which the first test data has a plurality of questions; rearranging the questions of the first test data in order to generate a second test data; and sending the second test data to a corresponding examination device for taking the examination. An anti-cheating module is provided for detecting distances between the examination devices or detecting a deviation angle of a character image of the examinee. When the distance is less than a predetermined value or the deviation angle is greater than a predetermined value, an anti-cheating signal is then generated for avoiding cheating actions. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110223576 | System for the Administration of a Secure, Online, Proctored Examination - A system for secure, web-based, proctored examinations is provided. A web-based platform allows for test delivery beyond a local testing center with the test delivered directly to the test-taker. Computing devices that have been secured for the taking of an examination allow a student or prospective professional to access an examination wherever there is an Internet connection. As a result, students and professionals can take examinations where they live, learn, and work thereby reducing the costs associated with travelling to testing centers and minimizing time away from work. Test-takers, proctors, instructors, administrators, authors, and test developers can all access data and test information anytime and anywhere. Secure examinations can be taken under the purview of a proctor either in person or via the Internet and utilizing any number of testing environment capture devices in conjunction with data forensic technologies. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110236873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER BASED TESTING USING CUSTOMIZABLE TEMPLATES - A system for computer-based testing includes a test driver that delivers the test to an examinee using a display device and controls progression of the test, a template module that stores presentation format information comprising the presentation format of the test, the presentation format information being accessible to the test driver, and a data module that stores data content information comprising the data content of the test, the data content information being accessible to the test driver, the presentation format information combining with the data content information to create the presentation format and the data content of the test. A method of computer-based testing includes retrieving presentation format information from a template module, the presentation format information dividing the display device into a predetermined number of areas in a predetermined arrangement, retrieving data content information from a data module, and combining the presentation format information and the data content information to create the presentation format and data content of the test. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110244440 | Cloud Based Test Environment - Systems and methods described herein provide for administering and proctoring of a secure online examination utilizing a ‘cloud’ computing environment. The cloud computing environment provides scalable, shared computing resources such as processing, memory, communications, storage and other hardware and software resources associated with the online examination. The computing resources provided by the cloud computing environment can be provisioned dynamically to match the requirements of the particular computing tasks carried out at the client and/or server level during the administration of the examination. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110250580 | Learning System for Digitalisation of An Educational Institution - A system that catalyses world-class quality in education in any institutionalized setting, howsoever small and formal or informal by integrating all processes, transactions, resources and controls (such as security of children, emergency response) for an educational organization, gated educational communities such as schools, dispersed private learning communities of kinships/professional organizations/neighborhood/any other source of association, or virtual self-learning communities. The system includes tools and devices which enhance the process, content and context of learning. Intelligence-embedded, self-help tools and appropriate macro- and micro-inputs to the community members, as well as the individual learners within, enable comprehensively unaided instruction and learning context at the community level. All academic subjects in a curricular framework up to a higher secondary level, across a plurality of nations, are covered. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110262890 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, QUESTIONING TENDENCY SETTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a user answer evaluation section configured to determine whether a user answer to a question selected from a plurality of questions is correct or wrong; a user answer analysis block configured to compute at least a user wrong-answer percentage by use of the user answer evaluation result; a questioning condition setting block configured to compute a degree of similarity between the plurality of questions on the basis of the user wrong-answer percentage and, at the same time, compute an evaluation value of each of the plurality of questions by use of the degree of similarity; and a question selection section configured to select a question to be set from the plurality of questions on the basis of the evaluation value and a user correct-answer percentage in one of a predetermined period and a predetermined number of questions. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110269111 | VIRTUAL LABORATORY SMART AGENT - A method for conducting a virtual training session with first and second training objectives having first and second validation paths, respectively. The method steps include configuring a virtual machine manipulated by a student to complete the first training objective, configuring a smart agent to execute on the virtual machine including a validator specified by the first validation path, generating a result by performing a first validation check of the virtual training session by at least the validator of the smart agent to identify an event of the virtual machine, identifying, using the smart agent, completion of the first training objective based on the result, and advancing the virtual training session from the first training objective to the second training objective in response to identifying completion of the first training objective. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110275048 | Educational system and method for testing memorization - The educational system for testing memorization provides a computerized classroom system for testing a student's memorization of a text to be recited, for example, the text of the Qur'an. A set of digital data representing a text of a written work to be memorized by a student, such as the text of the Qur'an, is recorded in a database. Upon selection of a text portion to be tested, the portion is divided into individual words, and the user recites the portion, with the audio input being received and recorded by the system. The audio input from the user is converted into textual data, which is compared with a corresponding word of the portion stored in the database. If the spoken word matches the corresponding word portion stored in the database, the word is instantly displayed on a computer display, and the user may then speak the next word. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275049 | System and method for pre-selection in computer adaptive tests - A system and method for administering tests at a computer terminal in communication with a remote location is provided. The method includes: establishing an initial threshold amount of questions, the initial threshold amount being a positive integer greater than one; sending to the computer terminal a first batch of questions that exceeds the threshold amount, the batch of questions having a substantially equal difficulty level; receiving an answer to one of the batch of questions; selecting, based on the answer to the one of the number of questions, a new question having a difficultly level different than the one of the number of questions; and sending the new question to the computer terminal. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275050 | ELECTRONIC FLASHCARDS - A method, computer-readable medium and system for implementing electronic flashcards are disclosed. Data operable to display a first set of information in a first region of a graphical user interface is generated, wherein the data is further operable to cause a display of the first set of information while a second set of information is not displayed, and wherein the first and second sets of information are associated with a first electronic flashcard. Data operable to display the second set of information in a second region of the graphical user interface is generated, wherein the data is further operable to cause a display of the second set of information responsive to a request to display the second set of information. Data operable to display a second electronic flashcard in a third region of the graphical user interface is generated. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110287401 | ASSISTED PERFORMANCE AND LEARNING SYSTEM FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS (APLSSI) - A method for allowing a user with no musical experience or training to play a musical piece with any string instrument of his/her choice, directly and immediately, guided by a computer the system and a set of visual light signals. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110306030 | METHOD FOR RETAINING, MANAGING AND INTERACTIVELY CONVEYING KNOWLEDGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT - An instructive content creation and viewing system, including a first microprocessor assembly, an intuitive viewing interface, a second microprocessor assembly in communication with the first microprocessor assembly, and an content creation interface. The viewing interface is housed on the first microprocessor assembly and the content creation interface is housed on the second microprocessor assembly. The content creation interface is used to create the instructive content, while the first microprocessor assembly obtains the instructive content. The viewing interface presents the instructive content while the viewing interface adapts to the instructive content and user preferences or actions. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120015340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AUDIENCE MEMBERS - Methods and systems of picking audience members using probability adjustments entered manually by users or generated as a function of audience member information. Methods and systems for assigning audience members in groups are also provided. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120021399 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING AND ADMINISTERING SUBJECT-APPROPRIATE IMPLICIY-ASSOCIATION TESTS - The current application is directed to developing and administering subject-appropriate ITAs. The various to developing and administering subject-appropriate ITAs evaluate many aspects of ITA content, content presentation, and administration with regard to particular categories of test subjects in order to develop subject-appropriate ITAs (“SAITAs”) and to administer SAITAs appropriately to the categories of test subjects for which the tests are developed. Aspects of SAITA presentation and administration that are evaluated include input devices, presentation formats, presentation language, presentation media, colors used in presentation of tutorials and stimuli, words, pictures, and symbols used in a presentation of tutorials and stimuli, the pace and length of various portions of SAITAs, human vs. computer administration of SAITAs, presentation of feedback to test subjects during SAITAs, ITAs and many other aspects of ITA content, content presentation, and administration. SAITAs employ systematic methods for both development and administration of SAITAs. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120028232 | METHOD FOR A VIEWER INTERACTIVE VOTING COMPETITION - A method for a viewer interactive voting competition is disclosed. Prospective contestants will submit auditions, which are commented and voted on prior to the competition. The performers with the most votes will become contestants, which must complete tasks dictated by the viewers and survive several rounds of competition. After each round of competition, viewers again vote to determine who will move onto the next round until a finalist is determined. Each voter can use a telephone, internet, email, or SMS to vote, and has a chance to win a prize with each submission. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120058459 | Democratic Process of Testing for Cognitively Demanding Skills and Experiences - A system and methods for grading a candidate based on evaluations by assessors. The assessors evaluate questions that the candidate authors, and answers that the candidate prepares. Each assessor provides a question score, or answer score, as an objective measure of the evaluation. The methods retrieve a grade for each assessor, and calculate a grade for the candidate based on the question score, or answer score, and the grade for each assessor. The methods grade each assessor based on evaluations by other assessors. The other assessors evaluate the question score, or answer score, and provide an evaluation score as an objective measure of the evaluation. The methods retrieve a grade for each other assessor, and calculate a grade for the assessor based on the evaluation score, and the grade for each other assessor. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120070816 | Method of Facilitating Online and Socially Networked Education Between Learning Institutions - A method is provided of facilitating online education between learning institutions, including the steps of obtaining an e-learning course from a content provider learning institution; obtaining the approval of a subscriber learning institution for students enrolled at such institution to receive academic credit for the successful completion of such e-learning course; enrolling students from such subscriber learning institution in such e-learning course through a website; providing such e-learning course to students of the subscriber learning institution; obtaining an evaluation of the students' performances in the e-learning course from the content provider learning institution; providing said evaluations of the students' performances in such e-learning course to the subscriber learning institution in which the students are enrolled; and providing remuneration to the subscriber learning institution and content provider learning institution. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120077176 | Maintaining a Secure Computing Device in a Test Taking Environment - The presently disclosed invention provides for the security of a computing device in the context of a test taking environment. By securing a computing device, an individual (or group of individuals) may more effectively proctor a large examination without worrying about a test taker illicitly accessing information on their computer or via a remote source of data. Securing a computing device includes locking out or preventing access to any application not deemed necessary or appropriate by the test administrator. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077177 | Secure Online Testing - A system for secure, web-based, proctored examinations is provided. A web-based platform allows for test delivery beyond a local testing center with the test delivered directly to the test-taker. Computing devices that have been secured for the taking of an examination allow a student or prospective professional to access an examination wherever there is an Internet connection. As a result, students and professionals can take examinations where they live, learn, and work thereby reducing the costs associated with travelling to testing centers and minimizing time away from work. Test-takers, proctors, instructors, administrators, authors, and test developers can all access data and test information anytime and anywhere. Secure examinations can be taken under the purview of a proctor either in person or via the Internet and utilizing any number of testing environment capture devices in conjunction with data forensic technologies. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN QUESTION ANSWERING - The present disclosure relates generally to question answering systems and methods and, particularly, to systems and methods for domain adaptation in question answering. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120088219 | AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF EXAMINATION SCRIPTS - Embodiments herein provide automated assessment of examination scripts, such as English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) examination scripts, written in response to prompts eliciting free text answers. In an embodiment, the task may be defined as discriminative preference ranking. Further, a system employing such methodology may be trained and tested on a corpus of manually-graded scripts. Embodiments herein, unlike extant solutions, are relatively prompt-insensitive and resistant to subversion, even if the operating principles are known. Embodiments may also detect scripts which are linguistically good but non-responsive to prompts such as memorized responses. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088220 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING A TASK TO BE PROCESSED BY A CROWDSOURCING PLATFORM - A method and system for applying a task to a crowdsourcing platform for processing are disclosed. For example, a method forwards the task having a question to the crowdsourcing platform, and receives a plurality of answers to the question, wherein the plurality of answers is provided by a plurality of workers associated with the crowdsourcing platform. The method analyzes the plurality of answers on a per-worker basis to determine an adjustment, and applies the adjustment to the plurality of answers. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088221 | DIGITAL ELECTRONIC TUTORING SYSTEM - This invention relates to an interactive, multi-sensory digital electronic tutoring system. The invention finds particular application as an electronic learning and teaching device that is configured as a digital or software “book”, preferably in a rugged slate form factor, that allows a user, normally a child, to activate electronic images, sounds and other outputs by selecting indicia displayed on a touch screen or the like and that includes programmable logic adapted to monitor and direct the child's teaching and learning experience. Central to the system is a software-derived teaching agent, presented in the form of a digital “tutor” that is integrated in the programmed logic (software) of the system in the form of an artificial intelligence (AI) system that provides a knowledge-driven, adaptive teaching and learning system that uses programming and internally- and externally derived data to adapt to the child user in a predetermined manner and that provides the child with a personalised learning process best suited to the particular child. The AI system is preferably constituted by a Self-Tuning Adaptive Control (STAC) system. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088222 | System for Measuring Speed and Magnitude of Responses and Methods Thereof - A system and methods for providing input devices or sensors to record users' responses or answers to questions and the conviction of those answers by measuring and tracking various metrics, including the speed, direction and magnitude or power of a response to the question, and calculating the score thereof. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDUCATIONAL TESTING - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for computer-based evaluation of a test-taker's performance with respect to a reward threshold. A performance assessment of the test taker can be standardized or customized, as well as relative or absolute. The system allows a parentally-controlled reward system such that children who reach specified objectives can claim an award that parents are confident was fairly and honestly earned without the parent being required to proctor the testing. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120094265 | STUDENT PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a student performance monitoring system and method. In certain embodiments, a software program can be stored on a computer readable medium, executed by a computer and interacted with by a user, such as a teacher. The device, system and method include selecting students, scoring them and recording their effort in categories relevant to student learning. The student scores can also be used to generate reports and select students for recognition awards. In one example, a handheld computing device, such as a smart phone can be conveniently utilized. However, other computing devices may also be used instead of or in addition to those described herein. Other embodiments include a method and a system for monitoring student performance. The system and method can also be accessed by teachers, students and parents through an internet portal. The program can be configured as a web application. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094266 | Method for Manipulating Data in the Assessment of an Answer Portfolio - A method for manipulating data in the assessment of an answer portfolio, the method comprising the steps of routing a multiplicity of answer portfolios ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120107789 | LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITH USER DEFINED CONTENT - The invention relates to providing a computer based learning environment for a user wherein the user defines the content to be studied. The learning tool allows students to store and arrange located information in respect of a study topic, the material being in many different formats and from many sources, explore that located information, reinforce the material by testing their comprehension and understanding, allowing them to enquire further by expanding the information themselves or by collaboratively acquiring additional information/testing. The information/content to be studied by the user is established as a series of questions with answer, the format and content of each being determined by the user. In studying the invention allows the stored information to be displayed for a particular topic, whereas in testing the invention includes the further step of the user determining whether their answer to the question was correct. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120135388 | Online Proctoring - A system for secure, web-based, proctored examinations is provided. A web-based platform allows for test delivery beyond a local testing center with the test delivered directly to the test-taker. Computing devices that have been secured for the taking of an examination allow a student or prospective professional to access an examination wherever there is an Internet connection. As a result, students and professionals can take examinations where they live, learn, and work thereby reducing the costs associated with travelling to testing centers and minimizing time away from work. Test-takers, proctors, instructors, administrators, authors, and test developers can all access data and test information anytime and anywhere. Secure examinations can be taken under the purview of a proctor either in person or via the Internet and utilizing any number of testing environment capture devices in conjunction with data forensic technologies. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120135389 | LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITH USER DEFINED CONTENT - The invention relates to providing a computer based learning environment for a user wherein the user defines the content to be studied. The learning tool allows students to store and arrange located information in respect of a study topic, the material being in many different formats and from many sources, explore that located information, reinforce the material by testing their comprehension and understanding, allowing them to enquire further by expanding the information themselves or by collaboratively acquiring additional information/testing. The information/content to be studied by the user is established as a series of questions with answer, the format and content of each being determined by the user. In studying the invention allows the stored information to be displayed for a particular topic, whereas in testing the invention includes the further step of the user determining whether their answer to the question was correct. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120141969 | Answering Terminal, Answering Method and Answer Counting System - Provided herein are an answering terminal, an answer counting system and a question-and-answer session method, which do not force answerers to perform complicated operations of an answering terminal when one questioner and a multiplicity of answerers have a question-and-answer session. The answer counting system comprises a receiving part; a grouping part; a result storing part; an answering action differentiating part; a differentiation result counting and analyzing part; and a displaying part. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120141970 | Systems and Methods for Aiding Computing Users Having Sub-Optimal Ability - Computer-implemented systems and methods create a user environment tailored to a user's computer abilities. A series of baseline tests are administered to new users for accumulating user metric data, and a database collects and stores the user metrics. Program logic is responsive to data from the data base, where the program logic is programmed to adapt the user environment to correspond to abilities measured through the baseline tests. The program logic is further programmed to adapt user interface controls to compensate for user dexterity abilities. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120141971 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE ACCESS TO TREATMENT PLANS - Computer-based methods and systems for providing individuals access to automatically generated and individualized ABA-based programs of instruction based on the needs of children with developmental disorders. Such access is provided via applications (“apps”) deployed to mobile computing platforms (e.g., smart phones, table computers, and the like). Thus, behavioral educators of children with developmental disorders, parents of and care givers for said children, as well as said children themselves, all may have access to aspects of the instruction programs. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120148998 | COMPUTER GENERATED ENVIRONMENT FOR USER ASSESSMENT - One example embodiment includes a method for providing an assessment instrument, where the assessment instrument occurs within a computer generated environment. The method includes determining the assessment to be made and determining the types of responses to be elicited. The method also includes providing a computer generated environment designed to elicit the responses. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120148999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING LEARNER'S ROLES AND PERFORMANCE AND FOR INTELLIGENTLY ADAPTING THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATION - A computer-aided educational system and method to further a student's understanding of a subject matter through analyzing data captured in an electronic learning system so as to determine correlation data corresponding to variables or trends which are determined to enhance, optimize, and/or improve one's learning abilities or understanding of educational content. The system and method generates reports based on the correlation data, develops statistical models that highlight learning and behavioral trends, and/or provides recommendations for adapting the learning system based on the correlation data and statistical models. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120149000 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN IN ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEMS - 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. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120156668 | EDUCATIONAL GAMING SYSTEM - Educational gaming systems and methods provide an active learning environment to multiple users, wherein various incentives are provided to the users for enhanced engagement in learning, such as, for example, but not limited to, novel reward mechanisms, serious game elements, user collaboration, social interaction and the like. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120164621 | FACILITATING TARGETED INTERACTION IN A NETWORKED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus for facilitating interaction in a learning environment is provided. Based on the subject matter that a student is working on, another student is selected for interaction with the student. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120178073 | Game Systems with Interoperating or both Interoperating and Interrelated Quizzes and/or Puzzles - A system that integrates at least two levels of quiz or puzzle solving. Some embodiments use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) aspect only. According to the GUI aspect, a gameplay sequence is provided, whereby an indication of a solution associated with a level-two quiz is displayed. A clue to a different, level-one quiz is subsequently presented. An attempt is input at the level-one quiz. A level-two quiz clue is displayed. The level-two quiz can be solved with one or more clues so provided. According to the data aspect, different quizzes or puzzles are data related through a persistent data structure. Embodiments that use a data aspect may omit displaying a solution indication. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120190000 | Learning Asset Technology Integration Support Tool - A computer implemented process for making a pedagogically informed selection of a learning technology for a learning objective. Predetermined learning outcomes taxonomy level(s) for learning objective(s) are presented. Predetermined instructional strategy(ies) aligned with a selected learning outcomes taxonomy level chosen from the Predetermined learning outcomes taxonomy level(s) are presented. Predetermined learning technolog(ies) chosen from the predetermined instructional strategy(ies) are presented. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120190001 | AUTOMATED COGNITIVE TESTING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR - An automated cognitive test that provides screening, scoring and real time results based on comparing the test results to updated normed results. The test can be self administered. The questions are randomly chosen from a selected database. Customizable reports may be generated from the test results and used in industry. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120196268 | Method of Hosting and Managing a Talent Competition through Online, Onstage, Studio, and Live Performances - A method of hosting and managing a talent competition through online, onstage, studio, and live performances allows contestants to compete through a series of levels. The series of levels include a level-one, a level-two, a level-three, a level-four, and a grand finale. For level-one, the contestant submits a home video of their performance, which is voted on by the fans. For level-two, the contestant submits a onstage video of their performance, which is also voted on by the fans. For level-three and level-four, a professional will record the contestant's performance, which is again voted on by the fans. The grand finale will reveal which of the contestants won the grand prize. The method also allows judges to compete through an initial selection process, an intermediate selection process, and at the grand finale with the contestants. The grand finale will reveal which of the judges obtained the title of celebrity judge. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120202186 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR YOUTH ATHLETICS - An interactive community network for youth athletics system, comprising a processor and memory comprising program instructions. The program instructions are executable by the processor to store a series of educational messages, each education message being associated with at least one youth athletics core development factor and a threshold range of aggregated numerical scores. Questions are issued, each question corresponding to a youth athletics core development factor. Selectable answers to each question are provided, each selectable answer corresponding to a numerical score. A series of user answers to the questions are received. The numerical scores by youth athletics core development factor are aggregated to create the aggregated numerical score for each corresponding youth athletics core development factor. One of the series of specific educational messages is selected for display when the aggregated numerical score for a corresponding youth athletics core development factor falls within the threshold range. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120208167 | Methods and systems for management of evaluation metrics and evaluation of persons performing a task based on multimedia captured and/or direct observations - In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for customizing a performance evaluation rubric for evaluating performance of one or more observed persons performing a task comprises: providing a user interface for display on a computer device allowing entry of a custom performance rubric; receiving and storing first level identifiers belonging to a first hierarchical level of a custom performance rubric; receiving and storing lower level identifiers of lower hierarchical levels of the custom performance rubric, each lower level identifier associated with at least one of the first level identifiers or another lower level identifier; receiving a comment related to the observation of the performance of the task; outputting the first level identifiers for display; receiving a selected first level identifier and outputting a subset of the lower level identifiers; corresponding the comment to a selected lower level identifier; and assigning the selected lower level identifier to the comment. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120208168 | Methods and systems relating to coding and/or scoring of observations of and content observed persons performing a task to be evaluated - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for use in evaluating performance of a task by one or more observed persons comprises: outputting for display through a user interface a plurality of rubric nodes to the first user for selection, each node corresponds to a desired characteristic for the performance of the task; receiving a selected rubric node from the first user; outputting for display on the display device, a plurality of scores for the selected rubric nodes to the first user for selection, each of the scores corresponds to a level at which the task performed satisfies the desired characteristics; receiving, through the input device, a score selected for the selected rubric node from the user, the score is selected based on an observation of the performance of the task; and providing a professional development resource suggestion related to the performance of the task based at least on the score. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120208169 | Method for Measuring and Training Intelligence - The computer generates geometrical figures based on predefined parameter values. The parameter values are ranked according to difficulty level so that the computer may generate tasks that visually look differently but are based on the same set of parameter values. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120231440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EDUCATION INCLUDING COMMUNITY-SOURCED DATA AND COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS - A system and method for education including community-sourced data and community interactions. The method can include registering a plurality of users in a database, presenting educational material to a user of the plurality of users, recording the performance of the user in regards to the educational material, collecting personal statistics regarding the performance of the user, generating a momentum score for the user based on the personal statistics, displaying the momentum score to the user, compiling the personal statistics for the plurality of users to generate community statistics regarding the performance of the plurality of users, and comparing the personal statistics of a user to the community statistics. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120231441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL CONTENT COLLABORATION - An information sharing system includes a database, an application module, a supervisor module, and a subordinate module. The database stores user data associated with a supervisor and a subordinate, and static data to be shared by them. The static data is associated with a topic for training. The application module is configured to communicate with the database. The supervisor module is configured to enable the supervisor to communicate with the application module and the subordinate module. The subordinate module is configured to enable the subordinate to communicate with the supervisor, enable the subordinate to communicate with the application module via handwritten input, audio input, video input, and image input, provide an electronic prompt to the subordinate that is triggered by the static data, and receive an electronic input comprising at least one of handwritten input, audio input, video input, and image input from the subordinate responsive to the prompt. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120231442 | Roll Out Strategy Analysis Database Application - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for developing training for a client. Training delivery requirements for a client are identified. Assessment information is gathered. A training curriculum is developed based on the training delivery requirements and the assessment information. An amount of time required to complete the training is estimated to form a delivery estimate. The delivery estimate is translated into an estimate of resources required for development of training materials for the training. Verification is performed to verify that the client receives the training materials for delivery to an end user. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120237918 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND QUESTION INPUTTING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - An information display apparatus, including: a question management unit that adds identification management information to question information, the question information including ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120237919 | INTERACTIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INSTRUCTION - An interactive device and method for providing instruction. The interactive device and method includes providing an electronic device having a display screen and a plurality of keys. The plurality of keys include one or more program initiation buttons. A plurality of interactive educational programs are assigned to each of the one or more program initiation buttons. Actuation of one of the one or more program initiation buttons initiates and displays one of the plurality of interactive educational programs assigned to the actuated program initiation button on the display screen of the device. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120237920 | Learning Method and System Using Detached Sensor - One embodiment includes a computer-implemented method using a window environment of a display, with a detached sensor, to teach a user. Another embodiment includes a computer system helping teach a user using a detached imaging sensor. In yet another embodiment, a computer-aided-educational system considers a user's concentration level when teaching the user. The system monitors automatically more than once a user's concentration-sensitive behavior while the user is working on study materials. Through monitoring the user's volitional or involuntary behavior, the system provides an indication on the user's concentration level. Based on the indication, the system could react such as by providing rewards, punishments, and stimulation; or changing the study materials. The system can also react by asking the user a question to stimulate the user or to assess the user's understanding. Based on the user's response, the system may change to more appropriate study materials, or different presentation styles. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120244507 | Learning Behavior Optimization Protocol (LearnBop) - According to certain aspects of some embodiments, LearnBop is both a conceptual and a logical design for a two-way, reciprocating learning platform and community where users can create, consume, critique, review learning progress and improve learning content. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120244508 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY PROCTORING TESTS TAKEN BY COMPUTER OVER THE INTERNET - A method of proctoring an examination taken by a student at a remote site uses a student's computer connected over a network to a test administration server. Before a student takes a first examination, a pre-examination sample of the student's voice is recorded. At a designated examination time, a network connection is made between the student's computer and the server computer. The student logs-in and is prompted to make a telephone call, to enter a code on the telephone keypad, and to provide a start-of-examination voice sample. After the student answers at least one exam question, and the answer is uploaded and removed, the student is prompted to make another telephone call, to enter a code, and to orally summarize or explain the prior answer. An instructor may letter retrieve and compare such voice samples to detect cheating. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120244509 | CHILD ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods, systems and computer program products for assessing a child using observational assessment data, and comparing the child to a predetermined target band for given age ranges. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120244510 | Normalization and Cumulative Analysis of Cognitive Educational Outcome Elements and Related Interactive Report Summaries - The systems, methods and associated devices electronically collect, report and generate normalized educational outcome summaries of multiple different educational inputs, including didactic, experiential and problem solving events and/or assessments. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120244511 | OBJECT SET OPTIMIZATION USING DEPENDENCY INFORMATION - A method for optimizing dependencies for a set of objects includes: automatically detecting dependencies among a set of objects, where each of the objects in the set includes at least one linkable file; adding the detected dependencies to a dependency list; and removing dependencies from the dependency list for any object that does not have at least one file dependency. The method optionally includes removing unused files from the set of objects, breaking a selected object into smaller objects, and making a file having a large number of dependencies into its own object. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120251993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING HEALTH EDUCATION - Provided herein is a method and system for promoting health education. The system can comprise an integrated health education and support platform, such as personalized health education and information. The personalized health education system can comprise a custom tailored education video delivered to a subject conveniently; a self reminder system, such as a customized and personalized health maintenance reminder; a reward and patient medical education credit system, or any combination thereof. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120251994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL FLASHCARD USE BY MULTIPLE INTERNET COMMUNITIES - A system and method for an internet community to create and share flashcard decks related to one or more topics is disclosed. An author is responsible for creating flashcard decks while a group lead is responsible for managing access to the decks to a select group of users. Group members use the flashcard decks to learn the content material. An authoring application is used by the authors to create the flashcard decks through the assembly of one or more of rich text, image, audio, and/or video elements. A group management application is used by the group lead for the purpose of creating user groups and managing their access to selected decks as well as various modes of play. A flashcard player is available for web, personal computer, smart phone, and/or tablet use by the group members/users. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120251995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TUTORING IN CONVERGENCE SPACE OF REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus for tutoring in a convergence space of real and virtual environment, includes a character data processing unit for generating character shape and operation data of a participant or performing rendering on the character shape and operation data; a desk data processing unit for generating desk shape data or perform the rendering on the desk shape data; a voice and sound data processing unit for generating voice or sound data or outputs the voice or sound data; and a virtual space processing unit for generating real space data and providing the generated data to another participant, generating the convergence space data, or generating the character shape data, the operation data, the desk shape data, and the voice or sound data, then providing the generated data to the character data processing unit, the desk data processing unit, and the voice and sound data processing unit. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120258436 | AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE, FINE-MOTOR, AND MEMORY SKILLS - An automated assessment of various capabilities, such as cognitive, fine-motor, and memory skills, includes the use of Tangible Geometric Games (TAG-Games), which are a play-based assessment tools. TAG-Games are based on Sensor-Integrated Geometric Blocks (SIG-Blocks) and an interactive graphical user interface (GUI), which provide a means for real-time and remote monitoring of a user through operative communication between blocks and a remote computer. The data made available by employing TAG-Games includes: 1) block accelerations, 2) time at stages of assembly completion, 3) total completion time for quizzes, and 4) correctness of assembly steps. In addition, a GUI can display the real-time assembly configuration of the blocks. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120258437 | CONTEXT-AWARE TRAINING SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS - Context-aware training systems, apparatuses and systems. The context-aware training systems, apparatuses and systems are computer-implemented and include sensing a user action and, based on a training needs model, estimating a cost or benefit to exposing the user to a training action, selecting a training action from a collection of available training actions and delivering the training action to the user if the user action indicates a need for the user to be trained and the cost or benefit to exposing the user to the training action indicates user exposure to the training action is warranted. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120276516 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LEARNING MODULES FOR LEARNING SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method for developing an educational course. The method includes defining at least one learning objective for the course, providing at least one course content module having educational material related to the at least one learning objective for the course, providing at least one assessment module for assessing a learner's performance in the course, generating at least one learning module based on at least one of the learning objectives, the learning module including one or more course content modules and assessment modules associated with that learning objective, and storing the at least one learning module in a data storage device. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120288845 | ASSESSMENT FOR EFFICIENT LEARNING AND TOP PERFORMANCE IN COMPETITIVE EXAMS - SYSTEM, METHOD, USER INTERFACE AND A COMPUTER APPLICATION - The invention comprises a computer assisted answer recording method for e-learning, or e-assessment comprising: (a) recording an answer choice by the user of the said method for an objective type question by an answer selection submitting input action or by a marking action made on an said answer choices' answer choice input receiving element, the said action being integrated concurrently with the same action with quantified parameters of the said users' means of arriving at an answer choice and reasons, feelings, thoughts & needs recorded simultaneously by the said user as and when they have arisen in the mind of the said user while solving the said question & choosing the said answer choice, and (b) feeding the said integrated input to a computer programme that would analyse the results and transform them into statistical indices of performance parameters in a quantified way in reference to the said question and said test information and display the said statistical indices to the user. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120295243 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MEDIA FILE ACCESS OVER AN EDUCATIONAL TESTING NETWORK - Systems and methods are disclosed for serving fresh media content while minimizing Internet traffic by periodically checking content freshness between a local server and a remote server; if a stale content exists on the local server, replacing the stale content with a fresh content from the remote server; and serving the fresh content from the local server. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120301863 | Interactive Learning Network - A system for providing network-based interactive learning including at least one network-connected passive server and at least one network-connected active server, each executing software from a non-transitory physical medium. The passive server provides a log-in function providing log-in for a student for a specific learning session, a provisioning function downloading reference materials for the particular learning session to the student's appliance after log-in, and a switch function connecting the student's appliance to the at least one active server after the reference material is downloaded. The active server provides control of the specific learning session by managing communication between a presenter and individual logged-in students, and by transmitting control messages to the student's appliances, the control messages initiated by activity of the presenter, and by causing display of individual portions of the reference materials downloaded to the student's appliances by the at least one passive server after log-in. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120301864 | USER INTERFACE FOR AN EVIDENCE-BASED, HYPOTHESIS-GENERATING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - Systems and methods display at least one subject, and display a location for at least one user to enter at least one problem related to the subject. The problem comprises unknown items to which the user would like more information. In response to the problem, such systems and methods automatically generate evidence topics related to the problem, and automatically generate questions related to the problem and the evidence topics. Further, such systems and methods can receive additional questions from the user. In response to the questions, such systems and methods automatically generate answers to the questions by referring to sources, automatically calculate confidence measures of each of the answers, and then display the questions, the answers, and the confidence measures. When the user identifies one of the answers as a selected answer, such systems and methods display details of the sources and the factors used to generate the selected answer. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120308980 | INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING SYSTEM - A system and method for educating students such that each student can learn material individually and progress through lessons at the student's own pace. The system can present the student with different versions of each lesson for alternate explanations of the educational concepts taught by the lesson. The system can allow each student to progress to the next lesson only when the system confirms that the student understands the educational concepts taught by the lesson, and can provide additional explanations of any material the student has difficulty understanding. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120308981 | USING INTELLIGENT SCREEN COVER IN LEARNING - A computer learning system includes a computer screen, a cover that selectively covers and reveals different amounts of the computer screen and a computer processor that senses an amount of the computer screen that is revealed by the cover. The processor causes a first learning segment to be displayed on the computer screen in response to the cover revealing a first portion of the computer screen and causes a second learning segment to be displayed on the computer screen in response to the cover revealing a second portion of the computer screen. The first learning segment may be a question and the second learning segment may be an answer to the question. The computer processor and the computer screen may be provided by a tablet computer. The table computer may be an iPad® 2 tablet computer. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120308982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SOCIAL LAB - A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium. The method includes configuring a VSL scenario using a processor of a computing device, and running the VSL scenario for a test subject. Additionally, the method includes receiving test subject input based on the VSL scenario and storing the test subject input. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120308983 | Democratic Process of Testing for Cognitively Demanding Skills and Experiences - A system and methods for grading a candidate based on evaluations by assessors. The assessors evaluate questions that the candidate authors, and answers that the candidate prepares. Each assessor provides a question score, or answer score, as an objective measure of the evaluation. The methods retrieve a grade for each assessor, and calculate a grade for the candidate based on the question score, or answer score, and the grade for each assessor. The methods grade each assessor based on evaluations by other assessors. The other assessors evaluate the question score, or answer score, and provide an evaluation score as an objective measure of the evaluation. The methods retrieve a grade for each other assessor, and calculate a grade for the assessor based on the evaluation score, and the grade for each other assessor. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120329031 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information display apparatus includes a display control unit configured to control display of a question that is received and then stored; a request receiving unit configured to receive a display request to display the question; a generating unit configured to generate a schedule table in which an order of displaying questions and display durations of the respective questions are associated with each other so that a sum of the display durations of the questions becomes equal to or shorter than a question-and-answer time indicating a predetermined duration of a question-and-answer session; and a notifying unit configured to issue a notice of a timing at which each display duration ends based on the schedule table. The display control unit switches display of the questions in accordance with the order. When a predetermined condition is satisfied after the schedule table is generated, the generating unit adjusts the schedule table. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120329032 | SCORING CANDIDATES USING STRUCTURAL INFORMATION IN SEMI-STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS FOR QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEMS - A system, program product, and methodology automatically scores candidate answers to questions in a question and answer system. In the candidate answer scoring method, a processor device performs one or more of receiving one or more candidate answers associated with a query string, the candidates obtained from a data source having semi-structured content; identifying one or more documents with semi-structured content from the data source having a candidate answer; and for each identified document: extracting one or more entity structures embedded in the identified document; determining a number of the entity structures in the identified document that appear in the received input query; and, computing a score for a candidate answer in the document as a function of the number Overall system efficiency is improved by giving the correct candidate answers higher scores through leveraging context-dependent structural information such as links to other documents and embedded tags. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130004932 | VOTING WITH YOUR FEET - A method of voting with your feet is disclosed. A notification regarding a survey question is communicated to a player of a computer implemented game. The notification includes an indication of a particular location-based action that is to be performed by the player to answer the survey question. The answer of the player to the survey question is determined based on detection of performance of the particular location-based action by the player. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130004933 | INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN RESPONSES TO ELECTRONIC SURVEYS - A survey confidence system is described that improves the quality of responses through electronic surveys by scoring participant responses using confidence metrics. The system assigns a score to actions taken by the participant that potentially indicate fraud, falsification, or duplication and uses the score to eliminate responses that do not reach a threshold level of confidence, or to weight such responses lower than other higher confidence responses. The system defines a series of axes that the system combines to form an overall confidence score. Each axis represents a particular domain about which the system can determine and assign some level of confidence. The system can inject questions into a survey that verify information that does not change, seldom changes, often changes, or changes according to a recognized pattern. Thus, the system allows the benefits and reduced cost of electronic surveys while increasing confidence in responses to ensure trustworthy results. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130017526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING A TABLET COMPUTER DURING A LEARNING SESSIONAANM Nguyen; ChrisAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Nguyen; Chris Baltimore MD USAANM Hoehn-Saric; ChrisAACI MiamiAAST FLAACO USAAGP Hoehn-Saric; Chris Miami FL USAANM Clinton; LeeAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Clinton; Lee Baltimore MD US - Methods and apparatus for displaying data on a multi-user display device are disclosed. A first subset of the data is displayed in a first orientation, such that the displayed data is in a proper orientation with respect to a first user located at a first side of the display device. Upon receiving a user input requesting to share the data, a second subset of the data is displayed in a second different orientation, such that the displayed data is in the proper orientation with respect to a second user located at a second different side of the display device. Which subset of the data is displayed to which user is based at least in part on identifying information associated with each user. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130017527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REWARDING A STUDENTAANM Nguyen; ChrisAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Nguyen; Chris Baltimore MD USAANM Hoehn-Saric; ChrisAACI MiamiAAST FLAACO USAAGP Hoehn-Saric; Chris Miami FL USAANM Wenck; EricAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Wenck; Eric Baltimore MD USAANM Craig; JeffAACI AnnapolisAAST MDAACO USAAGP Craig; Jeff Annapolis MD USAANM Clinton; LeeAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Clinton; Lee Baltimore MD US - Methods and apparatus for rewarding students with redeemable tokens during a lesson are disclosed. As the student works through the lesson, the system determines whether any designated performance events occur based on the student's performance. Based on any occurrences of performance events, the system may accumulate one or more tokens for the student. The system may provide a visual indication of any tracked occurences of performance events. For example, for each occurrence of a performance event, the system increments a progress meter by a designated amount. When progress meter reaches a designated level, the system accumulates a designated quantity of tokens for the student. The amount by which the progress meter increments for each occurrence of a performance event may be based on the type of performance event which occurs. Different types of performance events may have different values or contribute differently toward the accumulation of tokens. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130017528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING STUDENT ACTIVITIESAANM Nguyen; ChrisAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Nguyen; Chris Baltimore MD USAANM Hoehn-Saric; ChrisAACI MiamiAAST FLAACO USAAGP Hoehn-Saric; Chris Miami FL USAANM Wenck; EricAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Wenck; Eric Baltimore MD USAANM Craig; JeffAACO USAAGP Craig; Jeff USAANM Clinton; LeeAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Clinton; Lee Baltimore MD US - A learning system includes at least one student workstation which holds a learning session for a student. The system generates and displays primary instructional material to the student in accordance with student profile data for the student. The system causes supplemental material or content to be generated and displayed to the student at the student workstation when a downtime interval is triggered. The system generates the supplemental material in accordance with the student profile data for the student. The disclosed system thus enables downtime to be more appropriately utilized by the student, in a manner that accommodates the learning preferences and skill gaps of the student and/or that rewards the student for showing proficiency at a skill. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130017529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING EDUCATIONAL CONTENTAANM Nguyen; ChrisAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Nguyen; Chris Baltimore MD USAANM Hoehn-Saric; ChrisAACI MiamiAAST FLAACO USAAGP Hoehn-Saric; Chris Miami FL USAANM Clinton; LeeAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Clinton; Lee Baltimore MD US - A learning system includes at least one student workstation which holds a learning session for a student. The system generates and displays primary instructional material to the student in accordance with student profile data for the student. The system causes supplemental material or content to be generated and displayed to the student at the student workstation when a downtime interval is triggered. The system generates the supplemental material in accordance with the student profile data for the student. The disclosed system thus enables downtime to be more appropriately utilized by the student, in a manner that accommodates the learning preferences and skill gaps of the student and/or that rewards the student for showing proficiency at a skill. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130017530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING STUDENTSAANM Nguyen; ChrisAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Nguyen; Chris Baltimore MD USAANM Hoehn-Saric; ChrisAACI MiamiAAST FLAACO USAAGP Hoehn-Saric; Chris Miami FL USAANM Wenck; EricAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Wenck; Eric Baltimore MD USAANM Craig; JeffAACI AnnapolisAAST MDAACO USAAGP Craig; Jeff Annapolis MD USAANM Nyugen; ChrisAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Nyugen; Chris Baltimore MD USAANM Fontana; LynnAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Fontana; Lynn Baltimore MD USAANM Clinton; LeeAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Clinton; Lee Baltimore MD US - The learning system disclosed herein enables a performance assessment to be incorporated or integrated into instructional materials being administered to a student as part of the student's current learning prescription. As the student progresses through the instructional materials, the system collects and maintains data regarding the student's performance. When data indicate that the student is not meeting certain educational goals, the system adjusts or alters the student's learning prescription to accommodate the student's current needs. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130017531 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING AN IPSATIVE SCALEAANM Sung; Yao-TingAACI Taipei CityAACO TWAAGP Sung; Yao-Ting Taipei City TW - A testing system using an ipsative scale is applicable to a data processing device. The testing system includes a test question module for generating test questions comprising questions, a measuring scale and a plurality of labels, and a responding module for moving each of the labels to a corresponding position on the measuring scale in response and according to the question, and a recording module for recording information about the position of each label as a fall point, wherein the fall point information compares one or more test-takers for obtaining a correlation between the test questions of each label, thereby analyzing test results of one or more test-takers and reducing occurrence of faked test results. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130022955 | CONTENT CREATION IN AN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - A collaborative learning service allows for a participant to create and share content for discussion with other participants in an online learning environment. Tagged content along with descriptive content regarding the tagged content is received from a participant. The content may be associated with a particular topic and/or forum. The content is published into a forum for discussion amongst participants. Following the publishing of the content to the online learning environment, participants, such as educators and students, may discuss, interact, and collaborate with one another regarding the content. The content may be stored in a library of topics for subsequent retrieval by any participant namely an educator. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130029309 | CARD FOR RECORDING DATA AND/OR RESPONSES WITH OPTO-ELECTRONIC READING - Card for recording data and/or responses with opto-electronic reading, of the type of cards which include several parts or areas which allow a response to be marked and cancelled, characterized in that two parts are involved in said card, a “superficial” part and at least one “linear” part, the superficial part being compartmentalized into four areas by means of internal lines in the form of a cross, while the linear part is situated beside the superficial part, preferably below the latter. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130029310 | ONLINE TEST PROCTORING INTERFACE WITH TEST TAKER ICON AND MULTIPLE PANES - An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130034840 | SELECTING SURVEY QUESTIONS - For selecting survey questions, a response module receives responses to first questions relating to at least two qualities of at least two characteristics. A plot module generates a scatter plot of the at least two qualities for each characteristic. A selection module selects second questions targeted to characteristics with characteristic plot values for the at least two qualities in a specified region of the scatter plot. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130040278 | Enhanced integrated journal - An apparatus and method to provide a more interactive book learning experience. The invention provides an interactive quiz component to book figures. Figures within an electronic document can be enlarged by a user input such as a touch gesture. Selected information from the enlarged figure can be hidden and used as an interactive quiz. Feedback and options for further review or interactions are provided based on user input. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130045472 | VIRTUAL WORLD APTITUDE AND INTEREST ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An aptitude and interest assessment tool identifies one or more sectors for which a user may have a special interest, talent or aptitude. An interactive session is presented to a user. The interactive session provides a virtual world. A user interacts with the virtual world. Some or all of the user's interactions in the virtual world is stored in a storage device. The user's aptitude or interest in a profession or activity is assessed by an assessment module that receives data from the storage device and processes the received data to make a user assessment. A report providing the user assessment is created by a report creator. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130059283 | DEMENTIA CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A doctor is supported so that the doctor is able to present appropriate countermeasures corresponding to a symptom of a patient to the patient and a caregiver. A storage portion stores information of a question to be given to a patient of dementia or a caregiver of the patient; a countermeasure information selection portion selects any of the countermeasure information that is stored in the storage portion based on information of an answer of the patient or the caregiver to the question; and a countermeasure information output portion outputs the countermeasure information that is selected by the countermeasure information selection portion. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130065216 | Real-Time Interactive Collaboration Board - A real-time interactive collaboration system is provided, the system including at least: a collaboration board electronically connected between and amongst an instructor and one or more students, wherein the instructor and students are able to interact in real-time with previously uploaded objects that are part of a learning activity; means for the instructor and students to simultaneously share a predetermined view of the collaboration board; and means for the instructor and students to simultaneously share a portion of a predetermined view of the collaboration board at the discretion of the instructor. Methods of use for the foregoing system are also provided. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130071831 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE FOR PODCASTING AND VIDEO TRAINING IN AN INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM - A method and system for enhancing search skills of human guides in an information search system. The method allows human guides to be trained when they are not particularly busy fielding search queries from information seekers. The method can include determining whether a guide is idle and presenting to a human guide at least one video or audio source for training the human guide. The video training can include a demonstration of the most effective method for providing search results for an information search query, thereby enabling a guide to learn effective strategies and skills for conducting information searching. The training can contribute to the likelihood of the guide being promoted to a level of a more experienced human guide, thereby allowing greater effectiveness in fielding search queries for information seekers. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130078605 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods For Carrying Out Non-Centralized Assessments - Systems and methods are provided for carrying out an examination with a client computer. A client computer is booted using a secondary operating system other than a primary operating system of the client computer that is accessed from a computer readable medium provided by an administrator of an examination only on the day of the examination. A broadcast message is sent from the client computer to check for the existence of a local server and to establish communication with the local server. A client application is received from the local server for presenting the examination at the client computer. Assessment content is received for the examination from the local server. The examination including the assessment content is presented to a user of the client computer with the client application, and user responses are received at the client computer and transmitted to the local server. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130084555 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing system is configured to provide each of students with an image of a material taken with a camera of an information providing device and allow interaction with the student. The teacher operates a tablet to set a plurality of answer options as available response choices for a question, such that the number of answer options is equal to or less than the number of answer buttons provided on each response clicker. The response clicker receives answer options specification data for specifying the answer options set by the teacher and provides initial notification that notifies each of the students of the answer buttons respectively corresponding to the plurality of answer options specified by the received answer options specification data. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130089850 | Method and Tool to Assess the Vitality of Technical Communities of Practice - A system and method is provided for assessing a technical community. A plurality of characteristics that each describe an aspect of the technical community may be retrieved. An interface that displays the plurality of characteristics as queries to be answered by a member of the technical community may be generated. An input for each characteristic may be received, wherein each input comprises a quantitative input that provides a qualitative opinion of the member of the technical community for a corresponding characteristic. A score based on at least one input may be generated. The score may provide the assessment of the technical community. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130089851 | CORPORATE TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING WORKPLACE PERFORMANCE - The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for improving corporate employee work performance. The disclosed embodiments provide an innovative approach to optimizing the talent and resources within an organization including, but not limited to, an individual employee, teams of employees, and to executives within the organization. Through the application of a multivariate model based on physiological, affective, and behavioral systems, the disclosed embodiments attempt to improve an employee's vitality, vibrancy, wellness, and overall work performance. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130095465 | COURSE SKELETON FOR ADAPTIVE LEARNING - A method and apparatus for utilizing a course skeleton for adaptive learning is provided. Based on student profile information and course goal information, a query is generated to dynamically determine which learning items should be presented to the student. The query, which is based on a particular learning goal, may differ from student to student, and therefore different students may be presented with different learning items to achieve the same learning goal. In addition, as new learning items is added to the learning item repository, the learning items returned by the query for a particular learning goal may change, even if the query used for the goal does not. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130095466 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING ONE OR MORE SURVEYS - A method and a system for conducting one or more surveys for a plurality of participants is disclosed. Each survey includes one or more of a plurality of options and one or more issues. The method and system includes presenting one or more of the plurality of options and the one or more issues associated with each survey to the participants. Each participant then ranks one or more of the options and the issues to create one or more influent functions for each survey. Thereafter, one or more influent functions associated with a participant is aggregated across all participants to create a collective influent function for each survey. The collective influent function for each survey is based on one or more of a satisfaction score and a dissonance score. The possible potential outcomes associated with each survey are then ranked based on the collective influent function. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130101975 | System and Method for Targeting Specific Benefits with Cognitive Training - The disclosure is directed to methods for enhancing cognition in a participant by dynamically constructing a cognitive training regime to exercise desired benefits. Additionally, computer implemented methods for enhancing cognition in a participant by dynamically constructing a cognitive training regime to exercise desired benefits are also provided. The methods and systems disclosed include the use or implementation of computer comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor perform operations including: dynamically constructing a cognitive training regime to exercise desired benefits. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101976 | Cognitive assessment and treatment platform utilizing a distributed tangible-graphical user interface device - A cognitive disorder diagnostic and treatment system that employs cognitive cubes, gameplay associated with the cognitive cubes, and a data gathering as statistical analysis base device that may be a computer, that communicates the gathered data to a web server host according to a unique ID associated with particular cognitive cubes and further associated with a particular player. Using the statistical data gathered using the gameplay, various cognitive disorders may be successfully diagnosed and treated with higher reliability. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101977 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EDUCATION CONTENTS - A method and an apparatus of providing education contents are provided. The method includes transmitting education contents to a display device in response to an education contents request received from the display device, receiving, from a personal device, a personal request that is associated with the education contents and comprises an education contents identifier of the education contents, generating a personal response to the personal request received from the personal device and transmitting the generated personal response to the personal device. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130109003 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STUDY PATTERN ANALYSIS SERVICE ON A NETWORK AND A SERVER USED THEREWITH | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130115586 | FEEDBACK METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to methods and system for providing threaded feedback, in the form of a two way conversation between a teacher and a student. In one method, conversation data about a topic inputted by a first authorized user is received and that conversation data is transmitted to a second authorized user for display. In another method, conversation data about a topic inputted by a first authorized user is received from a central server and additional conversation data about the topic inputted by a second authorized user is transmitted to the central server. Systems to carry out these methods are also disclosed. The first and second authorized users include a teacher and/or a student. The conversation data includes rich media, and wherein the topics of conversation or feedback include at least educational targets or attainment of educational targets. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130130218 | Application for Remote Administration and Scoring of NIHSS on Mobile Devices - Systems and methods for remotely administering and scoring a scored diagnostic test on a mobile device including a graphical display. In accordance with the methods, a scoring component of the scored diagnostic test is provided to the graphical display of the mobile device. The scoring component instructs a remote healthcare professional to measure and document different aspects of the scored diagnostic test. Further, a video component of the scored diagnostic test is provided on the graphical display of the mobile device. The video component allows the remote healthcare professional to view a patient while remotely administering the scored diagnostic test. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130219 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT - Dynamic systems and methods for gathering/tracking data, automatically adapting to an individual's pace of learning, selectively determining the type of content provided to an individual, selectively providing an exposure frequency for the content, and/or enabling rapid design modifications within the educational environment. Educational content is dynamically designed and customizably presented to an individual learner. An analysis is performed on the data to optimize learning. Modifications are selectively or automatically made to the educational content. The process of designing, implementing, analyzing, and selectively modifying creates a cycle that optimizes the learning process and adapts to individual learners. Furthermore, the educational content is dynamically provided to the learner on an iterative basis according to the need of that learner in the learning process. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130220 | PRINTED ARTICLE COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An article ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130221 | System and Method to Facilitate Creation of Educational Information - The computer-implemented system to facilitate creation of educational information employs a networked computer system that stores at least one resource in association with a first electronic file, storing metadata information about usage of the resource. A resource assembly tool implemented by a computer is programmed to access the networked computer system to display information to an instructor about at least one resource, including the metadata information. This aids the instructor in selecting resources for inclusion in educational information being created. The resource assembly tool is configured to assemble the educational information to include resources selected for inclusion being created for dissemination to learners via said networked computer system. The networked computer system is further configured to capture information about usage of the resource and to update the stored metadata information to reflect said captured information. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130137078 | EDUCATIONAL-SOCIAL NETWORK - Systems and methods for collecting information about a student's educational and social activities from a plurality of networked sources, storing the information, and providing access to the information are provided. A collection component receives information associated with a student, including at least educational activity information. A portfolio component then associates the information in a portfolio for the student, which is stored in a data store, and an access component provide access to the portfolio. An educational activity component provides educational activities to the student and a social activity component provides a public interface and social activities for students. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130143192 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING STUDENTS' TIME SPENT ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN AN ON-LINE HOMEWORK SYSTEM - A computer software product and method are provided that calculate students' time spent interacting with an online homework and grading system. A computer software product and method are also provided for real-time capture of students' interactions with an online homework and grading system to produce timely updates to statistics on time spent answering questions. A computer program product and method are further provided to allow statistical data to be presented from WebAssign's online homework system without significantly increasing the IO requirements of the application database server. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130149688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DERIVING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND SUMMARIZING TEXTUAL INFORMATION - A system and computer-implemented method that includes analyzing content of textual information, automatically deriving a plurality of questions from the analyzed content, presenting the plurality of questions derived, to a user via a user interface, determining, via the user, a validity of the plurality of questions, and generating at least one valid question as determined by a user along with a corresponding answer to the at least one valid question. The method further includes generating a summary of the textual information using the answers generated. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130149689 | POP UP EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND/OR DICTIONARY ENTRY FOR IMAGES AND COMPLEMENTING TRIVIA - A convenient process that helps a user to understand more about images ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130157245 | ADAPTIVELY PRESENTING CONTENT BASED ON USER KNOWLEDGE - One or more automatically generated questions regarding subject matter of a body of text are presented (e.g., displayed) to a user. A user input of one or more answers to the one or more automatically generated questions is received, and the body of text is presented to the user, adapted based on a correctness of the one or more answers. The body of text is adapted to emphasize portions of the body of text that are estimated as not having been mastered by the user based on estimated probabilities of user mastery of the various portions of the body of text generated based on the correctness of the one or more answers. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130164726 | INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL TOOL - Systems, devices, and methods associated with interactive educational tools are described herein. One device includes instructions executable by a processor to cause a plurality of mobile devices to each represent a respective subsystem associated with an objective, cause an interaction between at least two of the plurality of mobile devices to represent a relationship between the respective subsystems represented by the at least two mobile devices, and aggregate a number of interactions between the at least two of the plurality of mobile devices to form a coordinated response associated with achieving a particular objective. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130164727 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REINFORCED PROGRAMMED LEARNING - A method for reinforced programmed learning to enhance human acquisition of knowledge and skills which includes a step of providing an electronic device for reinforced learning arranged for electronic interaction with a student. On the electronic device for reinforced learning contains at least one database including course templates of preselected education information organized for at least partial retrieval in accordance prearranged course instances. An access information may be arranged to enable the electronic interaction between the electronic device and the at least one student, and storing information pertinent to the at least one student such that the at least one student may select the at least one of prearranged course instances and participate in interactive processing of the preselected education information. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130177895 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC TRAINING - Methods and apparatus for dynamic training according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise administering training content according to a user in conjunction with a configuration option. The configuration option may be substantially optimized to increase a user's training participation and/or increase a user's retention of the training content. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130189667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE, COMPUTER-BASED, AUTOMATICALLY ADAPTABLE LEARNING - A method and apparatus interactive, computer-based, automatically adaptable education. The apparatus includes a screen visible to one or more students in a classroom and capable of accessing a network; a central computer capable of accessing the network and capable of transmitting a lesson over the network; and at least one educational module capable of accessing the network, the at least one educational module being assigned to a student, the at least one educational module being capable of receiving from the assigned student and transmitting to the central computer a response by the assigned student to the lesson, the central computer being capable of receiving the response, the central computer being further capable, based on the response, of interactively and automatically selecting and transmitting over the network for viewing on the screen, a new lesson. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130203038 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING EDUCATION AND TRAINING WORKFLOWS - A method of managing an interaction of a student with a class about a subject, the subject having at least one lesson having at least one topic, the topic having at least one of exposition content, demonstration content and test content, the test content having a query and a scheme for mapping a response to a result, comprising: presenting content to the student and storing the interaction of the student with the content presented. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130203039 | LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - An apparatus for management of information for use in mitigating an emergency includes a data storage element configured to store registrant information obtained from members of a population residing in a particular geographic area and a set of survey questions, and a data storage system, the data storage system being programmed to implement a survey editor for enabling an emergency management official to create a survey for soliciting information from the members for inclusion in the registrant information, the survey editor providing, to the emergency management official, an interface for selecting a subset of questions from the set of questions, the subset of questions being selected from the set of questions based at least in part on the particular geographic area, and a survey portal for receiving, from the member, a response to the survey for integration into the reference data. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130209984 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSISTING IN TERMINAL LIFE DECISIONS - Methods and systems for assisting in terminal life decisions. The methods and systems include a guide completed by a user which will instruct selected people to make decisions on behalf of the user. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130224720 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC TRAINING AND FEEDBACK - Methods and apparatus for dynamic training and feedback according to various aspects of the present invention generally comprise administering training material to a user in conjunction with one or more icons associated with a skill the training material is intended to develop, tracking the progress of a user through the training material, and representing the tracked progress using the one or more icons. The training material may be administered in conjunction with an interactive feature to facilitate collaboration. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130252224 | Method and System for Knowledge Assessment And Learning - A system for knowledge assessment and encouraging learning comprises transmitting to the a terminal a plurality of multiple choice questions and two-dimensional answers thereto, the answers including a plurality of full-confidence answers consisting of single-choice answers, a plurality of partial-confidence answers consisting of sets of multiple single-choice answers, and an unsure answer. The system further administers a confidence-based assessment (CBA) test that presents to the test subject the plurality of multiple choice questions directed to categorical topics, and the two-dimensional answers thereto, by which the test subject indicates both their substantive answer and the level of confidence category of their answer. The system compiles a knowledge profile from the scored CBA test, and encourages learning so that the user can address knowledge deficiencies as identified through the CBA test. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130252225 | STUDY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - A system is provided for displaying data. The system comprises a managing device. The managing device is configured to receive user input specifying lesson data. The managing device is further configured to transmit a display command to display teaching data corresponding to the lesson data, the display command including the lesson data. The system further comprises a plurality of study devices. The study devices comprise a receiving component configured to receive, from the managing device, the display command. The study devices further comprise a teaching component configured to display, in response to the display command, the teaching data on a teaching screen. The study devices still further comprise a notebook component. The notebook component is configured to receive notebook data. The notebook component is further configured to display, on a notebook screen, the notebook data. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130260357 | Skill Screening - A testing method enables the selection, prediction, and validation of any skill using physiological assessments, performance, and subjective responses, using a model. Determining aptitude for a task includes identifying core components of a skill related to the task, testing a first group of individuals known to possess expert skills for the task, including testing physiological response, task performance, and subjective values. Next, using statistical analyses, one or more skill indices are calculated using Bayesian classifiers, support vector machine logic, neural network logic, or regression, to produce skill indices. Next, a second group of individuals not known to possess expert skills are given the same testing, and the statistical model is used in a comparison of the second group with the first group, to predict aptitude for the task. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130260358 | BUILDING AN ONTOLOGY BY TRANSFORMING COMPLEX TRIPLES - An approach for building an ontology is provided. Based on a grammar, extracted complex triples are syntactically transformed to identify core terms. The syntactically transformed complex triples are semantically transformed into simplified triples referring to new terms that conceptualize the core adjectives, adverbs and verbs, and assigning the core terms to respective definitions and keys in a reference ontology, thereby retaining the semantics of the complex triples. Based on a meta-schema of the reference ontology, an enrichment transformation of the simplified triples is performed to create simplified and enriched triples by adding relations derived from a correspondence each term in the simplified triples has with the reference ontology and by adding representations of semantics of reference ontology definitions of the terms. The simplified and enriched triples are stored as an ontology representing knowledge in an application providing the free-form text from which the complex triples were extracted. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130260359 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING LEARNING ABILITY - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for diagnosing a learning ability. The apparatus for diagnosing learning ability includes a receiving unit configured to receive from a terminal chapter-related information or problem-related information which is desirably diagnosed by a learner, and a semantic information generator configured to generate, responsive to each piece of problem information included in the chapter-related information or problem-related information, semantic information with structural information of the problem information, the problem information having subject-specific problem information distinguished from the semantic information. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130266924 | MULTIMEDIA BASED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND A METHOD - A method for providing education and creative activities to at least one user in at least one project based and service learning gaming environment includes the steps of creating at least one multimedia composition by the at least one user, accessing the at least one multimedia composition by the at least one user, retrieving at least one of an advertisement and a sponsor data from at least one database of a plurality of databases and executing a set of instructions to combine the at least one multimedia composition and the at least one of the advertisement and the sponsor data from the at least one database. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130266925 | Embedded Conversational Agent-Based Kiosk for Automated Interviewing - Methods and systems for interviewing human subjects are disclosed. A user interface of a computing device can direct a question to a human subject. The computing device can receive a response from the human subject related to the question. The response can be received using one or more sensors associated with the computing device. The computing device can generate a classification of the response. The computing device can determine a next question based on a script tree and the classification. The computing device can direct the next question to the human subject using the user interface of the computing device. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130266926 | Systems and Methods for Computer-Based Testing - Systems and methods are provided for administering a test using an electronic device. The electronic device is registered to a test-taker, where the registering includes receiving identifying information from the test-taker and associating the electronic device with the test-taker using the identifying information. The test is stored in encrypted form on the electronic device, and the test includes a test question. The test is decrypted prior to test administration. The test is administered to the test-taker via the electronic device, and the administering includes displaying the test question on the electronic device and receiving an answer to the test question on the electronic device. The administered test is removed from the electronic device after transferring the answer to a testing service. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130266927 | Immersive Video Game Features - A computer-implemented electronic gaming method for electronic polling includes receiving a third-party request to provide a polling question, for a fee, to members of an electronic on-line gaming community; submitting the polling question to a plurality of members of the on-line gaming community and obtaining responses from at least some of the plurality of members; identifying demographic information for the plurality of members in order to select the plurality of members to be subjected to the polling question, to characterize responses from the plurality of members, or both; and providing, to the third-party that requested provision of the polling question, statistical information about the obtained responses, the statistical information not identifying any personally identifiable information about particular ones of the members. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130273517 | ON-LINE INTEGRATION AND CREDIT-GRANTING PLATFORM FOR LEARNERS SEEKING AND ENGAGING IN PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING IN THE REAL WORLD - An integration system is provided for finding, enabling, and documenting completion of practice-based, real world experiences. One kind of collaboration system is an educational platform for providing learner-centric, real-world learning experiences, and supervising, evaluating, and granting institution credit for such learning experiences. A registry allows real world subject matter experts to offer supervision of real-world learning experiences and for learners to search for practice-based learning opportunities and to contact the associated supervisor to establish a learning experience in conjunction with an institution offering credit. A collaboration platform may provide targeted communications among learner, supervisor, and institutional representative (e.g. teacher) for establishing requirements of completion, tracking progress, gathering evidence of completion, and evaluating the quality of the evidence per each identified learner. The system may also comprise an accreditation module for translating a point score into a grade and/or an amount of institutional credit to be awarded to the learner. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130280690 | Course Skeleton For Adaptive Learning - A method and apparatus for utilizing a course skeleton for adaptive learning is provided. Based on student profile information and course goal information, a query is generated to dynamically determine which learning items should be presented to the student. The query, which is based on a particular learning goal, may differ from student to student, and therefore different students may be presented with different learning items to achieve the same learning goal. In addition, as new learning items is added to the learning item repository, the learning items returned by the query for a particular learning goal may change, even if the query used for the goal does not. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130288220 | Evaluation and Assessment System - An evaluation system for detecting an anomalous response to a particular question from a plurality of questions is described. For each of the plurality of questions, data relating to a score, a trainee's confidence level in his response, and the elapsed time are stored. An anomaly processor processes the score, confidence level and elapsed time data for a set of questions taken from the plurality of questions. An output is produced indicating whether or not an anomalous response to a particular question is detected, which can be used by a computerized training system to determine whether or not the trainee passes the assessment. Where the candidate has passed the test, the processor determines an interval over which the candidate is deemed to retain a competent level of understanding of the topic. A timing unit may be provided for outputting a trigger signal when the interval has elapsed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130288221 | COMPUTING DEVICE-BASED EDUCATIONAL CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and devices relating to the delivery of educational content to a user's computing device. An application for use with mobile computing devices or with computers is first downloaded by a user. Data related to a complete educational course is downloaded and installed on the user's computing device. When launched, the application provides the user with the educational content using voice enabled avatars. The educational content is designed to last up to 15 minutes to be delivered to the user. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130288222 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CUSTOMIZE STUDENT INSTRUCTION - A computer implemented systems and methods for determining an action for a user within a learning domain are disclosed, some embodiments of the methods comprise defining an initial learning model of a learning domain, determining an initial user state of the user, determining an initial user action from at least one learning domain action with the initial learning model, receiving a user observation of the user after the user executes the initial user action, determining an updated user state with the initial learning model given the updated user observation and determining a subsequent user action from the at least one learning domain action. Some embodiments utilize a Partially Observable Markov Model (POMDP) as the learning model. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130295547 | Interactive Study Aids For Use In Association With Text Books - A study aid includes a text book, a readable code and a computing device. The text book has at least one WorkPatch, wherein the WorkPatch comprises two components, a first component that poses a question, and a second component which assumes that a reader has answered the question, while not providing an answer. The readable code is associated with the at least one WorkPatch. The readable code is positioned proximate the WorkPatch within the text book. The computing device has a computer readable medium containing program instructions. Execution of the program instructions by the computing device carries out the steps of: reading the readable code; providing at least one hint to the answer to the first component of the WorkPatch. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130302775 | CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPANT RESPONSES FOR TEST GENERATION OR TEACHING - Textual responses to open-ended (i.e., free-response) items provided by participants (e.g., by means of mobile wireless devices) are automatically classified, enabling an instructor to assess the responses in a convenient, organized fashion and adjust instruction accordingly. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130302776 | MANAGEMENT OF OFF-TASK TIME IN A PARTICIPATORY ENVIRONMENT - Participatory activity carried out using electronic devices is enhanced by occupying the attention of participants who complete a task before a set completion time. For example, a request or question having an expected response time less than the remaining answer time may be provided to early-finishing participants. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130302777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBJECT RECOGNITION WITHIN A SIMULATION - According to another embodiment, a system configured to execute at least one simulation is provided. The system includes a memory, a touch screen, at least one processor coupled to the memory and the touch screen, and a simulation component executed by the at least one processor. The simulation component is configured to detect a manipulation of at least one object disposed on the touch screen, determine a degree of compliance of the manipulation to rules of the at least one simulation, and communicate a characterization of the degree of compliance to an external entity. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130302778 | System And Method For Algorithmic Selection Of A Consensus From A Plurality Of Ideas - A system and method for algorithmic selection of a consensus from a collection of ideas is disclosed. A group of ideas is provided to a group of participants for voting. Voting may occur in a single round or in several successive rounds, optionally until a consensus idea is chosen. Typically, the votes that are cast use discrete levels, such as “approve”, “disapprove”, “positive”, “neutral” or “negative”. For ideas that receive the same votes, a differentiator may be the time spent casting the vote. A relatively long evaluation time may signal some internal conflict in the mind of the participant, when compared with a relatively short evaluation time, which may signal no such conflict. The evaluation time may be combined with the rating of the participant to form a weighted rating. Consequently, a short evaluation time of a positive rating may yield a more positive weighted rating, while a short evaluation time of a negative rating may yield a more negative weighted rating. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130316324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERACTIVE TRAINING AND THERAPIES - There is disclosed a system and method for managing applied behavioural analysis (ABA) therapies. In an embodiment, the method comprises: recording a video stream for a training session having a plurality of stimulus-response events; receiving an assessment for each stimulus-response event based on the subject's interaction with or response to the stimulus; time stamping the assessed stimulus-response event in the video stream and identifying the stimulus used at the time of assessing each stimulus-response event; and providing a user interface including one or more of the assessed stimulus-response events for selection. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130316325 | INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR INSTRUCTOR-STUDENT TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN - A computer system contains and displays a cartoon-like story with a plurality of displayed components (such as cartoon characters, play items, etc.) recognizable by a preschool student on a first portion of the display screen along with an accompanying voice message on the speaker. Written instructions for teachers to follow in a personal one-to-one interaction with one or more students are displayed on a second portion of the display screen. For some activities, the student may actually respond using the computer such as by touching a touch screen or using a mouse to select one of the displayed components in response to a request to select a displayed component having a predetermined aspect. For other activities the teacher enters the response of the student as observed by the teacher. When one or more correct responses are entered by the student or teacher, achievement of a goal can automatically be entered into the educational management system. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130323705 | CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM AND CLIENT TERMINAL - An exemplary content providing system includes a server in which a learning management system is established using teaching material data and a client terminal which downloads the teaching material data from the server and presents the data. The teaching material data includes teaching material management data and content data, which are associated with each other. The client terminal includes a processor which downloads the content data from the server at a predetermined time, and a storage device which stores the content data that has been downloaded. The processor downloads management data, which is associated with the content data downloaded, at or after the predetermined time, and combines the management data and the content data together according to the association between the management data and the content data, thereby generating teaching material data to present. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130330704 | STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM - In various embodiments, a method for providing online education is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving first data via a first user interface (“UI”) comprising a parent student portal (“PSP”), receiving second data via a second user interface (“UI”) comprising a learning management system (“LMS”), receiving third data via a third user interface (“UI”) comprising a student information system (“SIS”), and/or storing the first data, the second data, and the third data to a central data repository (“CDR”). In various embodiments, the method may further comprise enabling customization of at least one of the first UI, the second UI, and the third UI by an education provider. Further still, the method may comprise filtering data based upon a filter criterion, and/or communicating a notification to a plurality of users based upon the filtering. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130337429 | INTERNET BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS - A learning system is adapted to provide a learning management system adapted to present an exercise environment to the user in which the user is able to practice skills through a combination of presented media and practice areas. The learning system is adapted to provide feedback to the user during the practice session to allow the user to improve performance while in the exercise environment. Additionally, the learning system is adapted to track the user's performance in terms of practice time and in terms of accuracy percentage to allow the student and the educator to monitor performance related to effort. Still additionally, the learning systems of the present disclosure may be adapted to track the types of errors committed by the users to enable the users and educators to provide more directed educational experiences and practice sessions to overcome recurring problems. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130344471 | SESSION AND MEMBER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems for managing sessions and members. The members can include account holders, participants, instructors and session organizers. The system can include account holder data structures, participant data structures and instructor data structures. The account holder data structure can include payment plan and payment information. The account holder data structure can be manipulated to change payment plan and payment information. The participant data structure can include participant information that includes participant skills and expertise. Participant feedback information can be generated for the participant based on the performance of the participant at a session. The participant data structure can be manipulated so that the participant information includes the participant feedback. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140024008 | STANDARDS-BASED PERSONALIZED LEARNING ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOL AND HOME - Assessment devices, and teaching methods involving the use of the assessment devices, are disclosed. The assessment devices include iterative homework, quizzes, and/or tests, each of which allows for individual students to answer an initial question, and, based on the answer to that question, the next question will be harder or easier. The assessment devices can be administered to the students in print form, or electronically, such as on a computer or a personal digital assistant. Once the data is collated, students can be screened based on their ability to grasp all or a portion of the questions in a given test, and separated into groups based on their understanding of the subject matter. Teachers can then individually teach the different groups of students, ideally using lesson plans designed to work in tandem with the assessment devices, based on the students' grasp of the material. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140024009 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM - The disclosed technology, in certain embodiments, generates customized assessments based on educational content to match the needs and learning styles of individual learners. The educational content may be identified and provided to a user based on user profile information such as grade, age, and/or education level. Moreover, the disclosed technology can adapt the educational content for an individual user based on a preferred learning style of the user. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140030690 | Systems and Methods for Testing Over a Distributed Network - A computer-based testing system includes testing stations connected to a testing service center and backend via the Internet for providing testing services. The system is operable to perform state management to implement fault recovery due to a computing device failure while a test is being administered. The system is also operable to utilize multiple caching techniques for mitigating network latency while administering tests. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140038161 | MULTI-LAYERED COGNITIVE TUTOR - Techniques are described for problem selection algorithms for providing a multi-layered cognitive tutor. A repository of problems is maintained, which associates the problems with the improvement of corresponding skills according to a cognitive model. User skill levels are maintained in a user profile. Problem sets are then presented to the user in phases, where each phase may utilize different selection criteria for selecting from the repository. By varying the selection criteria between phases, for example from problems testing familiar skills to problems testing new skills, or from problems teaching few skills to problems teaching many skills, problems can be selected to address the unique requirements of each tutoring phase, from beginning to middle to end. Additionally, various secondary criteria such as user interests, category and perceptual classes, problem variety, humorous problems, and other criteria may be used to integrate factors outside of the cognitive model, helping to maintain user engagement. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140038162 | LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT USES STUDENT-SELECTED AND MANDATORY CONTACTS FOR COMMUNICATING STUDENT MESSAGES - A learning management system and method that deliver instructional materials to a student stores electronic addresses for a plurality of contacts associated with the student. The student is associated with a set of student's contacts comprising at least one student-selected contact and at least one mandatory contact. A student-selected contact comprises a contact designated by the student to be in the set of student's contacts and a mandatory contact comprises a contact that is not designated by the student to be in the set of student's contacts. A user interface is provided that enables the student to select between communication of messages with the student-selected contact and the mandatory contact. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140038163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALENDARING ACTUAL DATES FOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES BASED ON A REFERENCE CALENDAR - A learning management system and method stores in a database a framework for a set of learning activities. The set of learning activities comprises a sequence of learning units that are associated with a reference calendar for completion of the learning activities relative to a reference date. The reference calendar specifies a reference due date for completing a learning activity associated with a learning unit of the sequence of learning units. The reference due date is relative to the reference date. A learning environment for delivery of instructional material associated with the sequence of learning units is displayed on a remote student workstation after the system authenticates a student at the remote student workstation. The displayed learning environment comprises a user interface that is displayed to the student on the remote student workstation. The user interface displays an actual due date, for example, in a calendar format, for completing the learning activity. The actual due date is derived from the reference due date. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140045165 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING PEOPLE ON THE USE OF SENTIMENT AND PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES RESULTING THEREFROM - The present invention is an apparatus and method to (1) repetitively measure individual Sentiment; (2) aggregate all of the individual Sentiments into a collective Sentiment; (3) correlate the sentiment data versus a pre-defined dependent variable, such as what direction an individual stock's price is heading; (4) present the data to the end-users; (5) encourage repetitive use; (6) identify end-users who best predict future behavior of the dependent variable(s); and (7) improve the end-user's Sentiment accuracy with repetitive use. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140051056 | Electronic Training and Certification System - The present invention relates to the field of electronic teaching and certification systems, and more specifically, provides systems for delivering educational content, ascertaining learning progress, and, utilizing adaptive learning systems, redirecting the learner to various iterations of the content to meet the varying needs and learning preferences of the learner. The invention further provides competency assessments which determine if a user has attained a particular learning target identified by the system, and awards a certification based on achievement of the learning target. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140057243 | EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, TEACHER INFORMATION TERMINAL, STUDENT INFORMATION TERMINAL, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - A teacher information terminal includes a communication unit which transmits paging-forward instructions for instructing turning-forward of a page of the content, concurrently to student information terminals each time a page of the content is turned forward, and each of the student information terminals includes: a communication unit which receives a paging-forward instruction from the teacher information terminal; an inquiry unit which makes an inquiry to a user about whether or not the user accepts the paging-forward instruction when the communication unit receives the paging-forward instruction; and a paging-forward processing unit which turns forward the page of the content when a result of the inquiry is that the user accepts the paging-forward instruction, and avoids turning forward the page of the content when the result of the inquiry is that the user does not accept the paging-forward instruction. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140057244 | Predictive Executive Functioning Models Using Interactive Tangible-Graphical Interface Devices - A method of diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The method employs a tangible graphical interactive game wherein the interactive game employs a plurality of tangible graphical cubes. The game induces stimuli, measures responses and accumulates the responses using a predefined set of variables into a predefined set of metrics, wherein the variables are determined using an interactive machine learning feedback algorithm. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140065596 | REAL TIME LEARNING AND SELF IMPROVEMENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method of generating learning exercises is provided. The method comprises receiving text, processing the text using linguistic parsers to generate linguistic characteristics of the text, storing the linguistic characteristics in a data file, retrieving user information comprising a user knowledge level and user goals, using the stored linguistic characteristics and the user information to generate the learning exercises based on a parametrical model, receiving responses to the learning exercises from the user, and updating the user information based on the responses to the learning exercises. The linguistic characteristics comprise words of the text and relationships between the words. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140072947 | GENERATING SECONDARY QUESTIONS IN AN INTROSPECTIVE QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM - A method of generating secondary questions in a question-answer system. Missing information is identified from a corpus of data using a computerized device. The missing information comprises any information that improves confidence scores for candidate answers to a question. The computerized device automatically generates a plurality of hypotheses concerning the missing information. The computerized device automatically generates at least one secondary question based on each of the plurality of hypotheses. The hypotheses are ranked based on relative utility to determine an order in which the computerized device outputs the at least one secondary question to external sources to obtain responses. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140072948 | GENERATING SECONDARY QUESTIONS IN AN INTROSPECTIVE QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM - A method of generating secondary questions in a question-answer system. Missing information is identified from a corpus of data using a computerized device. The missing information comprises any information that improves confidence scores for candidate answers to a question. The computerized device automatically generates a plurality of hypotheses concerning the missing information. The computerized device automatically generates at least one secondary question based on each of the plurality of hypotheses. The hypotheses are ranked based on relative utility to determine an order in which the computerized device outputs the at least one secondary question to external sources to obtain responses. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140072949 | METHOD FOR CHANGING MODES IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method for activating an electronic device. The electronic device includes a user interface and a task application in communication with the user interface, wherein the task application compares a user action received through the user interface to the primary task answer and activates the user interface inactive mode if the user action matches that of the primary task answer. In addition, the task application may be configured to apply the user action in generating a subsequent primary task including selecting a degree of difficulty for the subsequent primary task intended to enable a user to activate the electronic device within a target range of time. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140080110 | Automatically Generating Quiz Questions Based on Displayed Media Content - In accordance with some implementations, a method for automatically generating quiz questions is disclosed. The method is performed on a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The server system receives, from a client system, media information associated with media content displayed on a display associated with the client system. The server system then analyzes the received media information to determine one or more keywords associated with the media information. The server system retrieves one or more facts based on the one or more determined keywords. The server system then automatically generates a quiz question based on the one or more retrieved facts. The server system then transmits the generated quiz question to the client system for display. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140087355 | GAMING PLATFORM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF CUSTOMIZED GAMES AND GAME COMPONENTS - A computerized educational game includes multiple formats for questions on a variety of topics related to health, wellness and education and other topics. In one embodiment, questions and answers for the game are stored so that the individual questions can be downloaded in more than one format. For example, the questions and answers may be stored so that they can be answered as “fill in the blank” questions in which the user must supply an answer. The same question may be formatted as a multiple choice question, in which the user is required to select a correct answer from among a plurality of answers. The questions and answers may also be formatted for use in multiple game formats, e.g., a quiz game, a puzzle game, a choose-best-from-list game, a matching game, or a reverse quiz game in which an answer is supplied and the player guesses or selects the question. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140087356 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE - Disclosed herein is a software application that provides a “critical thinking exercise” that presents a problem, solvable by a user exercising critical thinking skills. Each critical thinking exercise conforms to an archetype (e.g., a framework or a set of specifications) based on which each critical thinking exercise is created by an author, for a user. The critical thinking exercise archetype facilitates the exercise of user critical thinking skills. The user can analyze a number of author specified investigation scenes, identify the problem, select author pre-defined hypotheses, and form arguments supporting or falsifying the hypotheses with user-selectable items such as: evidences, inferences, conclusions, and conclusion confidence levels provided in the critical thinking exercise by the author. A solved problem entails that collection of user-formed arguments that resolves the problem to the highest level of certainty possible. The framework also includes tools that facilitate the author in creating each critical thinking application. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140093858 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - The disclosed embodiment relates to methods and systems for evaluating an electronic document. The computer implemented method includes receiving the electronic document containing a first set of answers corresponding to one or more pre-stored questions. The first set of answers are compared with a pre-stored second set of answers based on an answer descriptor syntax dataset. The answer descriptor syntax dataset comprises one or more rules. One or more answer descriptors for each of the first set of answers are determined based on the comparing. The one or more answer descriptors correspond to one or more observations for each of the first set of answers. Finally, the electronic document is evaluated based on determining. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140099626 | MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATING THE PROCESS OF INDIVIDUAL LEARNER COURSE SELECTION IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) - Embodiments include a method, system and computer program product for automating individual learner course selection. The method includes accessing, by a computer processor, course descriptions for a plurality of variants of a course. The course descriptions include course variant characteristics and course variant titles. The course variant characteristics define target audiences for each of the variants of the course. Information about a user, including user characteristics is received. The course variant characteristics are compared to the user characteristics. Based on the comparing, a specificity value is calculated for each of the variants of the course. The specificity value indicates a degree of match between the user and a target audience of the variant of the course. A variant of the course is selected for the user based on the specificity values, and the course title of the selected variant of the course is output. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140113267 | Selecting Target Respondents For a Survey Based on Application Data of Mobile Devices - The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for conducting a survey. The method includes the step of providing access to a server that stores information of potential respondents. The information of each potential respondent includes an identifier of a mobile device associated with the potential respondent. The method further includes a step of sending invitations to participate in the survey to a group of target respondents selected from the potential respondents based on retrieved application data from the mobile devices associated with the potential respondents. A system, including data storage and a processor, is also presented. The data storage stores information of potential respondents, including an identifier of a mobile device associated with the potential respondent. The processor retrieves data from the mobile devices and sends invitations to participate in the survey to mobile devices associated with a group of target respondents selected from the potential respondents. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140120513 | Question and Answer System Providing Indications of Information Gaps - Mechanisms are provided for identifying information gaps in electronic content. These mechanisms receive the electronic content to be analyzed and analyze the electronic content to identify at least one of topics or questions within the electronic content to produce a collection of at least one of topics or questions associated with the electronic content. These mechanisms further compare the collection to the electronic content, and to a corpus of previously analyzed electronic content, to produce a set of information gaps in the electronic content. Moreover, the mechanisms output a notification of the set of information gaps to a user associated with the electronic content. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140120514 | Cloud Learning System Capable of Enhancing Learner's Capability Based on Then-Current Contour or Profile of Levels or Capabilities of the Learner - A cloud learning system capable of enhancing learner's capability based on then-current contour or profile of levels or capabilities of the learner provides tests about a subject, a skill or expertise in advance to determine then-current contour or profile of capability of the test-taker. Then learning data or material is provided to a user for training, while the learning data or material is based on the test points or formats for the test implicitly or explicitly, contained or hidden in the test questions so as to enhance some weak areas of the user detected or diagnosed in the test. The capability of the learner is enhanced and the user has higher confidence to learn the subject, the skill or the expertise further. The structure can be constructed in a cloud network structure. External content-providers can provide their teaching material to the dedicated database based on specific test points or formats. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140120515 | IDENTIFICATION FOR PERFORMING TASKS IN OPEN SOCIAL MEDIA - Embodiments of the invention relate to user identification in social media for task performance based on past usage and traits. One embodiment includes identifying users of a social media platform for ability of performing a task. Readiness scores are predicted based on past usage of the social media platform. A predicted readiness score includes a value corresponding to whether a user is predicted to be ready for performing the task. Users that are ready to perform the task are determined based on comparing the readiness scores with a threshold. Willingness scores for performing the task by the users determined to be able and ready to perform the task are determined. A willingness score includes a value corresponding to whether a user is estimated to be willing for performing the task. Users that are willing to perform the task are determined based on comparing the willingness scores with a threshold. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140120516 | Methods and Systems for Creating, Delivering, Using, and Leveraging Integrated Teaching and Learning - The present invention is directed to methods and systems that redefine how a course is taught and how material is learned in a large-scale class environment. In this system, there is adaptation of content presentation for each student, based on the tracking, learning, and profiling of student learning efficiency. Furthermore, the textbook of the present invention can be created during the delivery of course content, and sold at a variety of granularity. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140127665 | LEARNING APPARATUS - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a learning device capable of increasing a learning effect by utilizing the operation of the subconscious mind during sleep. Provided is a learning device comprising: a time counting means; a time setting means which sets a question posing time of a question to be presented to a user; a question posing means which poses the question on the basis of the setting made by the time setting means; and a presenting means which, prior to the question posing time of the question, presents to the user in advance a content relating to the question posed by the question posing means. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140141402 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THE PROGRAM - An information providing server includes a presentation request reception unit, a selection unit, a transmission unit, an answer reception unit, a storage unit and an updating unit. The presentation request reception unit receives a presentation request for a question requiring an answer from a terminal of a user. The selection unit selects one or more questions. The storage unit stores answer information in which a user ID, question IDs, and an answer status are associated, in an answer information storage unit, at a timing at which the questions selected by the selection unit are transmitted to the terminal if the user. Further, the selection unit extracts the answer information which includes the user ID and in which the answer status is unanswered, from the answer information storage unit, and selects questions corresponding to the question IDs of the extracted answer information as one or more questions. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140147827 | SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADINGING STUDENT HOMEWORK AND ANALYZING HOMEWORK AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for downloading student homework and analyzing homework and a method thereof are provided. A teacher uploads a lesson file to a server through a data providing client for a student to download the lesson file conveniently, and the student uploads a homework file to the server through a mobile client for the server to find wrong answer content to perform answering content similarity analysis and provide an analysis result to the data providing client, so as to achieve the technical efficacy of providing digital homework to a student conveniently and analyzing student homework plagiarism fast. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140147828 | System and Method For Facilitating Computer-Based Testing Using Traceable Test Items - A computer-based method for facilitating a computer-based test is provided. The method includes storing a test question in a memory of a server facility coupled to a network, associating a unique identifier with the test question, generating a traceable test question based on the test question and the unique identifier, the traceable test question including the unique identifier, and sending the traceable test question to a test taker computer coupled to the network for display to the test taker. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140154657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A USER'S ENGAGEMENT WITH DIGITAL RESOURCES - An engagement index reflects a user's level of engagement with a digital resource. Actions of the user, such as the amount of time spent on a page, the number of pages accessed, the amount of time spent in a session, and the number and type of annotations made may be used as factors in the determination of the engagement index. Data values corresponding to one or more of the factors are received and are validated to eliminate any extreme values and to make the values comparable with one another. Different validation methods may be used for different factors. Once the data values are validated, weighting coefficients are applied to the validated values. The system then determines the engagement index by summing the weighted values. Once calculated, the engagement index may be aggregated with other engagement indexes or compared to engagement indexes for other users. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140154658 | EDUCATIONAL APPLICATION GENERATOR AND EDUCATIONAL READER - A digital content reader for use with educational content and educational applications, including a content directory for storing digital books and interactive educational applications, a display, coupled with the content directory, for presenting the digital books for reading, and for presenting a user interface for operating the interactive educational applications, an activity log, coupled with the content directory and with the display, for storing a user's progress in reading the digital books and in operating the educational applications, a wireless communicator for communicating with a remote device over an intranet, a controller, coupled with the wireless communicator, for at least partially controlling operation of the digital content reader by the remote device, and a monitor, coupled with the wireless communicator and with the activity log, for reporting data stored by the activity log to the remote device. An application generator for creating educational applications is also described and claimed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140162240 | ASSESSMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - Apparatus for use in performing an employability skills assessment for assessing employability skills of an assessee, the apparatus including an electronic processing device that identifies at least one rater in accordance with input commands from an assessee, transfers a number of questions to the at least one rater via a communications network, the questions relating to employability skills of the assessee, receives responses to the number of questions from the at least one rater via a communications network and determines an employability skills rating at least partially using the responses, the employability skills rating being at least partially indicative of the assessee's employability skills. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140162241 | DETERMINING CROWD CONSENSUS - Among other things, participants who belong to a crowd of participants can provide indications of relative values of ideas that belong to a body of ideas. A rank ordering according to the relative values of at least some of the ideas of the body is derived based on the indications provided by the participants. The participants can provide the indications in two or more rounds. Each of at least some of the participants provide the indications with respect to fewer than all of the ideas in the body in each of the rounds. Between each of at least one pair of successive rounds, the set of ideas is updated to reduce the role of some of the ideas in the next round. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140162242 | REMOTE MONITORING OF A PATIENT - Orthoses with microprocessor control placed around the joint of a patient are used to perform and to monitor isometric, range-of-motion, proprioception and isotonic exercises of the joint. A variety of improved hardware elements result in an orthosis that is easier to use and interacts more efficiently with the controller to allow the monitoring of a greater range of motions while holding down cost and provide suitable accurate evaluation of the exercises. Efficient ways of programming the exercises, monitoring the exercises and evaluating the exercise provide a comprehensive program for the rehabilitation of an injured or weakened joint. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140170628 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE-INTELLIGENCE USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Provided is a multiple-intelligence detection system. The multiple-intelligence detection system includes an image detection device obtaining image information for evaluating multiple-intelligence from a user, a multiple-intelligence measurement model unit receiving the image information from the image detection device to perform multiple-intelligence evaluation through selection of one of a first reaction and a second reaction, and a content unit receiving a result of the evaluated multiple-intelligence from the multiple-intelligence measurement model unit to generate an individual portfolio on the basis of the received result. The multiple-intelligence measurement model unit selects one of the first and second reactions on the basis of a reference reaction according to feelings and behavior patterns of the user. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140170629 | PRODUCING CONTROLLED VARIATIONS IN AUTOMATED TEACHING SYSTEM INTERACTIONS - The content of an instructor-student interaction set in an automated teaching system is represented in a graph-based format. In a graph-based representation, not only can variations branch away from each other at a node (branching point), as in the tree-based representation, but they can also merge back together. Not only does this make the -structure more compact, but it increases the number of variations that can be represented in the content while simultaneously eliminating the need to individually author each variation. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140170630 | LEARNING CONTENT-PROVIDING METHOD - Provided is a method of providing learning contents by a server. The method includes providing a list of steps of review contents to a user terminal; receiving a selection of a step on the list of the steps of the review contents from the user terminal, and providing the review contents of the selected step to the user terminal; and providing a point score according to a learning performance on each step of the review contents by a user, and an evaluation score according to a correct answer rate, to the user terminal. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140178849 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEARNING STRUCTURE FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN - Systems, methods, and devices relating to an educational system for children as young as a few months old. The system has different modules which are geared towards different educational aims. Each module teaches a different educational area with the areas ranging from science, math, history, social interaction. The system provides a structured approach such that the child user is tasked with a single module to be completed per month. At the end of a predetermined period, a test module may be completed with assistance from an adult to test the child's retention of the lessons. The various lessons are structured as playful, fun activities with colorful icons, fun sounds, and varying degrees of complexity. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140178850 | FRACTAL-BASED DECISION ENGINE FOR INTERVENTION - A method/apparatus/system for educational intervention based on a response metric is disclosed. The notice is generated in response to the collection of user and question data, the sending of questions, the receipt of answers, the evaluation of the correctness of the answers, the generation of a response metric, the comparison of the response metric to a threshold, and the generation of the report or notice. The response metric can be reflect the scatter, randomness, and/or slope of student provided answer data, and can be a fractal dimension. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140178851 | PROCESS FOR CREATING EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS USING REUSABLE MODULAR COMPONENTS - Some embodiments include a process for creating educational assessments using modular or reusable widget components that enables a non-technical user to assemble a test experience and to define test scoring logic using simple WYSISYG approaches to UI design in some embodiments. In some embodiments, the process comprises an intuitive widget-driven WYSIWYG workflow process that allows the user to assemble a test experience and define test scoring logic using WYSIWYG approaches to UI design. In some embodiments, the modular and reusable widgets used in the intuitive workflow process to create educational assessments replace pre-determined templates that constrain the creative ability of the user. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140178852 | Virtual Lesson Plan Integration - A student personal computer (PC) presents educational questions at break points in a video game. It receives an identifier of a student. It receives a selection by the student of one of a plurality of video games, each of the video games including break points. It correlates the identifier of the student to a corresponding set of educational questions from a plurality of sets of educational questions. It begins execution of the video game. It, responsive to occurrence of a break point, interrupts the execution of the video game and render to the student playing the video game a question of the corresponding set of educational questions. It receives from the student an answer to the educational question of the corresponding set and determines whether the answer is correct. The student PC continues execution of the video game after receiving the answer from the student. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140186816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING ANIMATED WIDGETS IN A VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for teaching in a virtual learning environment. In one example method comprises displaying a problem on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computing system, receiving a user input of one or more potential solutions to the problem, animating, via the GUI, one or more graphical representations of the one or more potential solutions, receiving a user input selecting a first one of the one or more potential solutions, and displaying, on the GUI, an animation that illustrates a workability or accuracy of the one or more potential solutions. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140186817 | RANKING AND RECOMMENDATION OF OPEN EDUCATION MATERIALS - A method of automatically ranking and recommending open education materials includes receiving a query. The method also includes calculating a content similarity measurement for each of multiple learning materials based on the query. The method also includes extracting multiple learning-specific features from the learning materials. The method also includes calculating one or more additional measurements for each of the learning materials based on the extracted learning-specific features. The one or more additional measurements are different than the content similarity measurement. The method also includes ranking each of the plurality of learning materials based on both the content similarity measurement and the one or more additional measurements. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140186818 | COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING AN INTERVIEWEE IN REMEMBERING AND RECOUNTING INFORMATION ABOUT A PRIOR EVENT USING A COGNITIVE INTERVIEW AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING - A computer based system and method for assisting an interviewee in remembering and recounting information about a prior event that occurred using a cognitive interview and natural language processing. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140193794 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ADAPTIVE SURVEYS AND REVIEW PROSE - Systems and methods are provided for generating adaptive surveys including questions and answer options selectable by users, and human-readable review prose based on answers to the questions. The survey may be related to an assessment of a business, and may be transmitted to a user electronic device. The generated survey may include one or more questions with selectable answer options. The selection of the answer options can be received from the user electronic device, and be used to generate the prose for the review. The user and/or the business may edit the prose and/or modify the intensity of the generated review. Tree data structures may be utilized to generate the questions of the survey, to store the answers, and generate the sentences of the review. Analytic data may be generated based on the selected answer options, which can be used to assess and influence marketing and business efforts. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140193795 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL COURSES - A method of dynamically generating electronically presented educational courses. The automated method evaluates a user's skill levels and desires and dynamically constructs a lesson plan specifically tailored to the user's desires and understanding of the subject material. Also included are a software application utilizing the method and a mobile device having a software application utilizing the method. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140199676 | Systems and Methods for Natural Language Processing for Speech Content Scoring - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for scoring content of a spoken response to a prompt. A scoring model is generated for a prompt, where generating the scoring model includes generating a transcript for each of a plurality of training responses to the prompt, dividing the plurality of training responses into clusters based on the transcripts of the training responses, selecting a subset of the training responses in each cluster for scoring, scoring the selected subset of training responses for each cluster, and generating content training vectors using the transcripts from the scored subset. A transcript is generated for a received spoken response to be scored, and a similarity metric is computed between the transcript of the spoken response to be scored and the content training vectors. A score is assigned to the spoken response based on the determined similarity metric. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140205990 | Machine Learning for Student Engagement - Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for determining student engagement. A method includes receiving data collected from interactions of a plurality of students with an electronic learning system. A method includes identifying a plurality of archetypal learning patterns in received data using machine learning. A method may also include associating a student with at least one identified archetypal learning patterns using machine learning. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140205991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TEACHING-LEARNING MATERIALS CORRESPONDING TO REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS - A method is provided for providing teaching-learning materials corresponding to real-world scenarios. Teaching-learning materials are provided and stored in advance, wherein each item of the teaching-learning materials corresponds to coordinates marking locations for at least one landmark. A service request specifying the coordinates of a location for a specific client device is received. One item of the teaching-learning materials is then selected in response to the service request, wherein the selected teaching-learning material corresponding to the landmark that is located on or near the location of the client device. Learning service is provided based on the selected teaching-learning material. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140212866 | METHOD OF INDUCING LEARNER TO LOG INTO LEARNING CONTENT-PROVIDING SERVER - A method of inducing a learner to log into a learning content-providing server, which is performed by a learner terminal, the method including: receiving an input of uniform resource locator (URL) information that is printed in a textbook; accessing a location in the learning content-providing server, which corresponds to the URL information; receiving and playing a learning content file, which is stored in the location in the learning content-providing server; and if a period or number of times the received learning content file is played expires, frequently accessing the learning content-providing server and requesting to extend the period or number of times the learning content file is played. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140220539 | Usage of quantitative information measure to support decisions in sequential clinical risk assessment examinations - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for supporting decisions in sequential clinical risk assessment examinations, the method comprising receiving one or more first test results and a question, both associated with a patient; and assessing by a processor associated with a computing platform, information gain provided by a second test which may be performed for the patient, as the conditional mutual information between a second test and the question, using the first test result. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140220540 | System and Method for Adaptive Knowledge Assessment and Learning Using Dopamine Weighted Feedback - A services-oriented system for knowledge assessment and learning performs a method of receiving a plurality of two-dimensional answers to a plurality of first multiple-choice questions, determining, after a period of time, which of the answered multiple choice questions remain unfinished and which are completed, separating the unfinished questions from the completed questions, determining which of the unfinished and completed questions to include in a mastery-eligible list of questions, assigning a weight to each of the mastery-eligible questions based on the current learning state of the learner, a target learning score of the learner, and a calculated dopamine level of the learner. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140220541 | REPORTING RESULTS OF GAMES FOR LEARNING REGULATORY BEST PRACTICES - An apparatus, method, and program product are provided for games for learning regulatory best practices. A display module presents a virtual learning environment for an organization associated with an industry sector. A gaming module presents a game within the virtual learning environment that is designed to train and/or test a user on regulations associated with the industry sector. A reporting module provides a graphical representation of results of the game. The results indicate understanding of the regulations. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140220542 | Educational Game - An educational tool is presented that provides a user with the ability to easily relate and understand how a complex subject's facts and concepts relate in a way which enhances the speed, ease, and depth a subject can be learned. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140220543 | ONLINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE NAVIGATIONAL MODES - A web-based educational system comprising at least one area of skill, interest, or expertise, a plurality of activities associated with each area of skill, interest, or expertise, and at least three navigational modes, wherein the navigational modes comprise a sequenced navigational mode, a guided navigational mode, and an independent navigational mode. Optionally, the learner can switch between available navigational modes. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140234826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND TRAINING ACADEMIC SKILLS - System and method for improving reading speed and comprehension of a user that use a special software application operable through a computer processor. The method and system are configured for receiving personal details and reading level of the user; setting initial presentation pace and acceleration rate; presenting textual content over a computer screen, selected according to the received reading level and personal details; determining a current presentation pace according to the initial presentation pace and acceleration rate at each given timeframe; and manipulating presentation of text parts of the presented textual content at each given timeframe, according to the current presentation pace. The manipulation is done by erasing or blurring these text parts at a rate that corresponds to the current presentation pace. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140242567 | Underlying Student Test Error Detection System and Method - A system for improving a student's knowledge or problem solving skills that identifies errors of a student's understanding of an underlying topic or application of a requisite skill needed to answer a test question correctly. The system includes a computer with a testing software program that presents a set of two or more questions regarding a topic to a student. Associated to the topic is a set of core concepts. Each question is associated with one or more core concepts and related with the other questions so that at least one core concept matches the core concept on the other questions. When the student incorrectly answers a question, the core concepts associated with the question is reviewed and the answers to the questions containing the matching core concepts are reviewed. If a question associated with the common core concept is previously answered correctly, the core concept associated exclusively to the question answered incorrectly is deemed the source of the error. Instructional materials associated with the core concept deemed to the source of the error are provided to the student. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140248599 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE TRAINING - The present invention is related to interactive training. In one embodiment, a training system presents a stored scenario to a user via a terminal. The user is provided with the ability to intervene and stop the pre-recorded scenario to identify an error in handling the situation presented in the scenario and/or an opportunity presented in the scenario. Once the user has intervened, the user can be presented with a question regarding the opportunity and/or error. The user is scored based in part on the number of errors and/or opportunities that the user identified and optionally on the user's response to the question. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140255900 | DUAL TASK MENTAL DEFICIENCY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for simultaneously conducting a non-reflex motor test and a cognitive test are described herein. This dual-test methodology compares a baseline performance for an individual to a diagnostic performance for the individual to determine whether an individual has suffered a concussion or other mental deficiency. The baseline performance data is collected before a suspected injury, and the diagnostic performance data is collected after the suspected injury. The methodology may also be used to determine how an individual is recovering from a concussion or mental deficiency by comparing later performances to earlier performances. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140255901 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Displaying Content - An apparatus, system, and method for displaying content. A portion of content may be displayed to a user. Personal and community data relating to the portion of content may be displayed alongside the portion of content. The personal and community data may include performance-related data. Furthermore, portions of content may be selectively displayed based on customizable performance thresholds. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140272901 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING IN A CLASS SITUATION - In one example embodiment, the learning content management system includes a processor configured to determine a local level of understanding for a learning object based on a plurality of received inputs. The local level of understanding indicates a collective understanding level of the learning object by a plurality of users. Each of the plurality of received inputs indicates a level of understanding of the learning object by one of the plurality of users. The processor is further configured to determine a global level of understanding based on the determined local level of understanding. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING A SURVEY - A system and method for generating and distributing a survey includes an executable survey generation application. The survey generation application permits a survey designer to select at least one survey component template associated with a type of survey question from a repository pane of the survey generation application. Selection of the survey component template creates a corresponding survey component within at least one of a working pane and a review pane of the survey generation application. The survey designer may edit the survey component to include desired survey content by entering desired parameters within a data entry pane of the survey generation application. The completed survey may then be distributed to desired recipients by the survey designer activating a publish control of the survey generation application. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272903 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ORIENTATIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL - A system for identifying preferences of a user and demonstrating the preferences in a graphical manner, the system comprising an input apparatus to facilitate recording of answers to a plurality of groups of questions from the user, a processing apparatus to facilitate calculation of output parameters, each of the output parameters is calculated by averaging answers to each of the plurality of groups of questions and a graphical apparatus to display the output parameters of each of the user in a graphical format, wherein each of the output parameters is depicted as its affinity to two diverse poles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272904 | COMBINING DIFFERENT TYPE COERCION COMPONENTS FOR DEFERRED TYPE EVALUATION - In a method of answering questions, a question is received, a question LAT is determined, and a candidate answer to the question is identified. Preliminary types for the candidate answer are determined using first components to produce the preliminary types. Each of the first components produces a preliminary type using different methods. A first type-score representing a degree of match between the preliminary type and the question LAT is produced. Each preliminary type and each first type-score is evaluated using second components. Each of the second components produces a second score based on a combination of the first type-score and a measure of degree that the preliminary type matches the question LAT. The second components use different methods to produce the second score. A final score representing a degree of confidence that the candidate answer matches the question LAT is calculated based on the second score. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272905 | ADAPTIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSES - Adaptive learning systems and process are described herein for providing an online learning environment for delivering a course comprising a plurality of learning activities having different levels of difficulty to a user in a manner that supports user motivation. The systems and processes described herein dynamically adapt the selection of learning activities to display to the user to find/maintain a personally selected challenge for the user. Learning activities require user input and can be used to test a user's proficiency of the corresponding subject matter. The system can also support user motivation by affording a user multiple opportunities to correctly complete a learning activity as well as providing hints to the user to increase the user's chance of successfully completing a learning activity on a subsequent attempt. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272906 | MASTERY-BASED ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM - An online learning system includes a student engine, a courses engine and a reports engine. The student engine processes identification information for students registered in an online university. The courses engine includes a competencies engine, a challenges engine and a milestones engine. The competencies engine organizes online courses into topics of study. The challenges engine provides one or more series of open-ended questions on the topics of study. The milestones engine provides a series of multiple choice questions on the topics of study. The multiple choice questions are only accessible when a percentage of the open-ended questions in each of the series of open-ended questions are answered correctly. The reports engine provides data relating to student performance. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272907 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AND ASCERTAINING MATERIAL - A method for communicating and ascertaining material includes: (a) providing a plurality of assemblages, wherein an assemblage is comprised of a plurality of intelligences; (b) providing an issue and a plurality of material to the plurality of assemblages; (c) communicating and ascertaining the plurality of material between the intelligences of each plurality of assemblage to reach at least one outcome to the issue; (d) reorganizing the plurality of assemblages from a plurality of previous assemblages to a plurality of subsequent assemblages; (e) integrating the at least one outcome of each of the previous assemblages to each of the subsequent assemblages; (f) communicating and ascertaining the plurality of modified material by the intelligences of the plurality of transformed assemblages to reach at least one modified outcome to the issue; and (g) reiterating (d) through (f) until a previous modified outcome of plurality of previous assemblages and a subsequent modified outcome of a plurality of subsequent assemblages are analogous is provided. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272908 | DYNAMIC LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention contemplates a real time learning system and method with machine executed steps of creating a student learning profile based upon testing the student, and dynamically optimizing the learning profile based upon student responsive data to instruction. The method includes dynamically optimizing a curriculum based upon the dynamically optimized learning profile (DOLP) of the student and providing lessons or lesson guidance for the student based upon the dynamically optimized curriculum (DOC). The DOLP stores data including real time frequency curves of affect value versus success rate for multiple content delivery methods (DMs). Frequency curves of multiple DMs are compared and optimal DM amounts obtained. Affect value is a measurement of affective state based upon sensor data or determined sensor-free. Affective state may be engaged concentration, boredom, confusion, frustration, etc. A dynamically optimized teaching profile (DOTP) is contemplated. The DOLP and DOTP are based upon preliminary profiles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272909 | Results of Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for modifying an operation of a question answering (QA) system. An input question is received and processed to generate at least one query to be applied to a corpus of information. The at least one query is applied to the corpus of information to generate candidate answers to the input question from which a final answer is selected for output. A training engine modifies, using a machine learning technique that compares the final answer to a known correct answer for the input question, at least one of logic or configuration parameters of the QA system for at least one of the processing of the input question to generate the at least one query, applying of the at least one query to the corpus of information to generate the candidate answers, or the selecting of the final answer from the candidate answers. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272910 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED TEACHING AND LEARNING PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT AND TRACKING - A system and method for assessing and tracking learning proficiency that includes presenting a problem for solution by a student in a workspace displayed on a student processing device and assessing a plurality of lines entered by the student in the workspace for correctness and correspondingly providing scores for each of the plurality of lines The system and method also includes modifying a plurality of assessed skill levels each based on the scores for each of the plurality of lines. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272911 | EDUCATIONAL NETWORK BASED INTERVENTION - Methods and systems for educational intervention are disclosed. The methods can include receiving a user response and analyzing the user response and other user data to determine a user typology. The user typology can be compared with risk data that indicates the user's risk of failing to achieve a target outcome based on the identified user typology. If the user's risk of failing to achieve the target outcome exceeds a desired level, a mitigation plan can be generated and provided to the user to thereby facilitate in the attainment of the target outcome. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272912 | METHOD OF ONLINE LEARNING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM - A comprehensive electronic learning program that evaluates student's learning style preferences and assesses the student's proficiency periodically prior to and/or during an electronic learning course. The information is used to determine subsequent content and supplementary resources for the next section of the course based on the student's learning style preferences. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272913 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT LEARNING - A learning support method is provided. First, an n-th review of each of a plurality of learned items is provided, and the n-th review comprises at least one question. Then, an (n+1)-th review of each of the plurality of learned items is provided after a period of time determined based on an n-th memory strength of each of the plurality of learned items and a memory retention threshold. The n-th memory strength of each of the plurality of learned items is determined based on answer time and an answer to each of the at least one question. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272914 | Sparse Factor Analysis for Learning Analytics and Content Analytics - A mechanism for facilitating personalized learning. A computer receives graded response data including grades that have been assigned to answers provided by learners in response to a set of questions. Output data is computed based on the graded response data using a latent factor model. The output data includes at least: an association matrix that defines a set of K concepts implicit in the set of questions, wherein K is smaller than the number of questions, wherein, for each of the K concepts, the association matrix defines the concept by specifying strengths of association between the concept and the questions; and a learner knowledge matrix including, for each learner and each of the K concepts, an extent of the learner's knowledge of the concept. The computer may display a visual representation of the association strengths in the association matrix and/or the extents in the learner knowledge matrix. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140287399 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEARNING AND LEARNING ORIENTED ASSESSMENT - The technique relates to a system and method for learning and learning oriented assessment of at least one learner based on a role to be performed by the at least one learner. This technique involves identifying knowledge areas related to a particular role to be performed by the learner. Under each knowledge area different learning workflows are identified and relevant topics are mapped to the learning workflows. The performance expectation from the learner at each learning workflow level is defined. The one more challenges related to the mapped topics are created and presented to the learner to solve and a score is generated for solving the challenges. This score is compared with the predefined performance expectation to determine the learning effectiveness of the learner and a capability index is computed for the learner. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140287400 | OBJECT-BASED SYSTEM AND LANGUAGE FOR DYNAMIC DATA OR NETWORK INTERACTION INCLUDING LEARNING MANAGEMENT - A system including an object-oriented programming language for building state-based applications with flow control, event loops, measures of similarity, and Boolean logic to dynamically control the interaction between members in a social network around content and, in particular, project-based activities, where the system collects and groups individuals who are members of a social network, projects or assignments and their content, and activities or processes within projects based on the attributes of the objects and runtime events to create a social context for learning or for other interaction. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140295399 | Systems and Methods for Evaluating Susceptibility of Automated Scoring Engines to Gaming Behavior - Systems and methods are provided for determining a susceptibility of a computer-implemented automated scoring engine to gaming strategies. A plurality of responses to a prompt are provided to a computer-implemented automated scoring engine to receive a first set of scores. A first transformation is performed on each of the plurality of responses to generate a first set of transformed responses. The first set of transformed responses is provided to the computer-implemented automatic scoring engine to receive a second set of scores, and a gaming susceptibility metric is determined based on the first set of scores and the second set of scores. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140295400 | Systems and Methods for Assessing Conversation Aptitude - Systems and methods are described for providing an assessment of a conversational aptitude of a test taker. A system includes a computer-readable medium configured for storage of a conversational aptitude assessment data structure. A conversational aptitude assessment data structure includes conversation cycle data records describing a plurality of conversation cycles between a virtual personality and the test taker, where a conversation cycle data record includes a virtual personality script and a plurality of model test taker responses and associated cycle links, where each cycle link identifies a next conversation cycle data record. A data processor is configured to access a first conversation cycle data record, determine the model test taker response with which a test taker response is most similar, and select a next conversation cycle data record identified with the cycle link associated with the most similar model test taker response. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140295401 | PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PHONE EDUCATION - A platform and method for providing telephonic education. The platform utilizes a telephone-server connection to provide automated registration, payment, course materials, and sending of a notice of completion. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140302478 | CENTRALIZED TRAINING EXERCISE CONTROL PROCESS - A method to conduct operations-based training exercises is described herein including one or more control groups, one or more observation groups and one or more training audiences subjected to implementer and/or injects, the method comprising the one or more control groups directing the one or more observation groups to specific positions by utilizing real time communication, the one or more observation groups observing the one or more training audiences and recording observations, the one or more observation groups uploading the observations to a database accessible by the one or more control groups, and the one or more control groups retrieving and analyzing the observations and, optionally, modifying the operations-based training exercises. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140308647 | COMPUTER-BASED VIRTUAL TRAINER - Embodiments of a system and method for generating a computer-based virtual training application are generally described herein. One embodiment for the method comprises generating input data, converting the input data to a predefined format for use by a virtual trainer framework, and generating the virtual training application comprising interactive displays, configured for use on a computer, in response to the virtual trainer framework rendering the input data in the predefined format. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140308648 | SYSTEM FOR QUESTION ANSWERING - A system includes: a controller; a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the controller; wherein in response to executing the program instructions, the controller is configured to: in response to receiving a request to generate an advisor list, wherein the request includes a topic area value, access a database including a plurality of advisor records, wherein each advisor record includes at least one topic area value, an advisor merit score value, and a recency of registration value; selecting advisor records for use in the advisor list, wherein the selected advisor records include at least three of the advisor records, including a first record selected based on advisor merit score values and a second record based on recency of registration values; and generate the advisor list using the selected advisor records. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140308649 | CUMULATIVE TESTS IN EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT - New methods and systems are disclosed for improved assessments of student progress in education. Using a new concept called a cumulative test, examinee ability may be measured by combining discrete measures into one test representing ability measured over an extended period of time. (FIG. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140308650 | EVALUATION CONTROL - Systems and methods for evaluation control are disclosed herein. An evaluation control system can be used in evaluating one or several artifacts. The evaluation control system can be used to verify an evaluation and/or to provide evaluation training. The evaluation system can include a processor and a user device. The evaluation system can provide one or several artifacts and evaluation criteria to an evaluator. The evaluation system can receive one or several tags associated with the one or several artifacts and/or the evaluation criteria. The one or several tags can include information that, in connection with the evaluation criteria, support an evaluation and/or score for the one or several artifacts. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140315179 | Educational Content and/or Dictionary Entry with Complementary Related Trivia - A fast convenient process for understanding a word or phrase displayed on a computer screen. A user selects the word and instantly triggers the display of an educational content such as a definition for the word. A complementary related trivia meant to be fun also is displayed. A pop-up space can be utilized to present the educational content and the trivia. The educational content can be dictionary entries such as parts of speech, senses, and etymologies. The educational content can be other reference materials, or literary criticisms, or historical information. The educational content can be images or moving images that convey, for example, a meaning for the selected word. The complementary trivia can be related, for example, to the selected word or to the educational content. The trivia can be presented in multiple formats. The process helps a person learn about words, and the fun trivia enlivens the educational experience. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140315180 | AUTOMATED ESSAY EVALUATION SYSTEM - Automated essay evaluation includes receiving an essay in text form and determining, using a processor, curriculum data for the essay. The curriculum data includes evaluation criteria for the essay and specifies an instructor. A profile for the instructor including a writing preference for the instructor is retrieved. Using the processor, a plurality of queries for the essay can be generated according the curriculum data for the essay and the profile for the instructor. Using the processor executing an inference engine, a conclusion for each of the queries is determined according to confidence scores. The essay is scored according to the conclusions. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140315181 | ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PROTECTION - Methods, systems, and devices for maintaining academic integrity are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an academic integrity system can maintain user profile data and receive integrity data. The integrity data can include data identifying one or several attributes of an actual user. This integrity data can be compared to the user profile data to determine a likelihood that the alleged user is the actual user. The likelihood that the alleged user is the actual user is compared to an academic integrity criterion. The result of this comparison is used to determine whether to request additional integrity data or to confirm or deny the identity of the actual user. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140322694 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING LEARNING OBJECT ATTRIBUTES - A method and system are provided for enabling one or more attribute values of a learning object to be derived and updated based upon learner actions taken by a plurality of learners on that learning object or on one or more related learning objects. To keep the attribute values current, the attribute values may be updated as new/additional information is received. Once the one or more attribute values are derived and updated, they can be used to make intelligent and effective decisions on whether and when to use the learning object to educate a learner. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140322695 | INTEGRATION OF AN E-BOOK E-REPORT WITH DATA COLLECTION AND CONTROL DEVICES USING APIS THAT OPERATE WITHIN A BROWSER - An educational electronic book (e-Book) facility that may be suitable for use in public school classrooms and many other environments may be based on an encapsulated HTML technology to facilitate complete interactive operation without use or risks associated with an external network connection, such as the Internet. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140335500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING EMOTIONAL STATE OF A USER - The present disclosure provides a method and system for recording emotional state of one or more users is provided. The method and system includes providing one or more pre-defined set of questionnaires for a web-based displayed content, recording responses of the one or more users pertaining to the web-based displayed content for the one or more pre-defined set of questionnaires, analyzing responses of each of the one or more users for each of the one or more pre-defined set of questionnaires for the web-based displayed content and generating an emotion profile report for the web-based displayed content for each of the one or more users based on analyzed responses. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140342342 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT UTILIZE TOUCH-SCREEN TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE USER-CENTRIC EDUCATIONAL TRAINING - One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that can provide user-centric training. The system can include a touch screen that can be configured to receive a touch input from a user. The system can also include a non-transitory memory that stores instructions and a processor that can be configured to execute the instructions to at least: receive the touch input (that corresponds to a first node of a concept map related to a question) from the user in response to the question; create a user generated concept map based on a connection between the first node and a second node of the concept map related to the question; and score the touch input based on the connection in response to the question. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140342343 | TUTORING INTERFACES FOR LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN A MODULAR LEARNING SYSTEM - A modular learning system is provided for managing interface items for a tutoring user supervising the performance of a learning application by a learning user. The tutoring interface items are provided to the tutoring user based on the tutoring user's presence at a learning facility during the learning application performance and after determining the tutor's credentials are compatible with the learning application. A user device provides the tutoring user with performance monitoring items and receives performance completion and measurement information from the tutoring user for providing to the modular learning system. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140349272 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF A USER ON AN E-LEARNING SYSTEM - Method and system for evaluating performance a user on an e-learning system is disclosed. A capturing module is configured to capture activity data related to a plurality of entities from the user in un-structured form wherein the activity data comprises a transactional data and a log data. An ETL module is configured to process the transactional data and the log data to derive a structured data. After processing, the ETL module is further configured to load the structured data into a structured database and further determines an evaluation index for the user by performing statistical analysis on the structured data. Based on the statistical analysis, the ETL module is further configured to compare the evaluation index with a benchmark value pre-defined for the evaluation index by other user. Moreover an analytics module is configured to generate a report and an alert for the other user to evaluate the performance of the user based on the comparison. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140356843 | PORTABLE APPARATUS AND SCREEN DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A screen displaying method in a portable apparatus includes displaying a personal screen of an application executed by the portable apparatus in response to input user identification information; detecting a touch on the personal screen; and controlling the personal screen in response to the touch to display a second screen, wherein the second screen includes at least a portion of a common screen which is a screen of an external device connectable through a network. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140356844 | COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PLATFORM FOR GENERATING AND PRESENTING CONTEXT-ORIENTED CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The embodiments herein disclose a system and method for presenting a context-oriented content from a plurality of information sources. The method includes receiving a request from an electronic device for the context-oriented content associated with an item of a particular object. Further, the method includes identifying the context-oriented content associated with the item from the plurality of information sources. Furthermore, the method includes generating an overlay framework layers including context-oriented content. Furthermore, the method includes presenting the overlay framework layers associated with the item within the particular object to the user on an electronic device. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140356845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED ONLINE EDUCATION - A method for online distributed education comprising, receiving a course materials from a teacher at a processor, publishing a course based on the course materials to a plurality of students using the processor, receiving at least one registration from a first student in the plurality of students to the course at the processor, publishing a customized course experience to the first student using the processor, the first student completing the course, and the first student teaching the course to at least one student in the plurality of students. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140356846 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE - Embodiments of apparatus, systems and methods facilitate knowledge dissemination and promote knowledge acquisition, in part, by automatically presenting elements of an interlinked knowledge base to optimize learning efficiency. In some embodiments, a graphical user interface (GUI) facilitates user interaction with subject items, ordered arrangements of subject items, and display of subject items and their interconnections in the knowledge base. For example, the GUI facilitates operations such as the determination and display of: subject items with the same subject tag, and subject items with similar connectivity. Other operations facilitate simplification and modification of the displayed knowledge graph comprising the subject items. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140370486 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TEACHING PLAYBOOK CONTENT AND TESTING KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAME - Systems and methods for testing an individual's knowledge or group knowledge are disclosed. Specifically, the testing systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to test and teach playbook skills, such as a football playbook. The testing and teaching system and methods disclosed herein enable a learning progression that helps with retention of the playbook contents. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140370487 | EMBEDDED ASSESSMENT WITH CURRICULUM FEEDBACK OF TESTS GENERATED FROM AN INFINITE TEST BANK OF QUESTIONS WITHIN AN ENCAPSULATED E-BOOK - An educational electronic book (e-Book) facility that may be suitable for use in public school classrooms and many other environments may be based on an encapsulated HTML technology to facilitate complete interactive operation without use or risks associated with an external network connection, such as the Internet. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140370488 | LEARNER ADMISSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN A MODULAR LEARNING SYSTEM - A system is provided for admitting learning users to a modular learning system. The user provides identity items and a preferred course of study to the modular learning system. The modular learning system maintains databases of learning applications, learning events, and learning services. The identity items and course of study are used to select a set of learning applications and other learning activities that would be of interest to the user. The selected set of activities is determined based on metadata associated with the various learning activities and the information provided by the learning user. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140377735 | Caching Natural Language Questions and Results in a Question and Answer System - Mechanisms are provided for answering an input question. An input question to be answered from a source is received and processed to one or more extract features of the input question. The extracted one or more features are compared to cached features stored in one or more entries of a question and answer (QA) cache. A determination is made as to whether there is a matching entry in the one or more entries of the QA cache based on results of the comparing and, if so, candidate answer information is retrieved from the matching entry. The retrieved candidate answer information is returned to the source of the input question as candidate answer information for answering the input question. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150010894 | System and Method for Authoring and Delivering Online Educational Courses - A system and method for authoring and delivering online educational courses is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a central computing system is provided with details related to a desired subject matter for which the course is to cover, a total duration of time allotted for the user to complete the course, and a minimum number of total points required for the user to receive a passing score upon completion of the course. Based on those course-related details, the computing system generates a course structure comprising an at least one instructional unit and learning activity, along with associated user interfaces and allows the developer to selectively populate each learning activity with content and selectively adjust the time duration and points. The system and method for authoring and delivering online educational courses of the present invention also including a variety of delivering features that the developer can employ. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150010895 | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Performance management systems and methods may utilize a plurality of modules. A performance network module may receive a post from a user and cause the post to be displayed on a display, and receive a comment associated with the post from the user and cause the post to be displayed on the display. A report module may generate a report including a question and send the report to the user, and receive an answer to the question in the report from the user and store the answer in a database. A goal module may receive a goal and/or an update to the goal, and update a status associated with the goal. A review module may generate a review including a question and send the review to the user, and receive an answer to the question in the review from the user and store the answer in the database. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150024367 | COST-AWARE NON-STATIONARY ONLINE LEARNING - Online learning of an ensemble of classifiers or regressors is performed to predict a non-stationary time-varying parameter over a time series of episodes. For an episode, an ensemble action is selected from a set of ensemble actions based on ensemble action quality values (Q values) at an error state for the episode. The selected ensemble action is executed to update the ensemble. A cost of executing the selected ensemble action is computed or retrieved, and a reward is computed indicating how well the updated ensemble predicts the non-stationary time-varying parameter over the episode. The Q value for the selected ensemble action at the error state for the episode is updated based on both the reward and the cost of executing the selected ensemble action. The cost may be based on the ensemble action alone, or on both the ensemble action and the error state for the episode. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150031009 | NEUROPERFORMANCE - A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject includes: selecting one or more serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and providing the subject with one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; prompting the subject to manipulate symbols within the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or to discriminate differences or sameness between two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; determining whether the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; if the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, then displaying the correct manipulations or discriminated selection with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute, to highlight the correct answer. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150031010 | IMPROVING NEUROPERFORMANCE - A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject includes: selecting one or more serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and providing the subject with one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; prompting the subject to manipulate symbols within the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or to discriminate differences or sameness between two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; determining whether the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; if the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, then displaying the correct manipulations or discriminated selection with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute, to highlight the correct answer. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150031011 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING CONCEPT INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A BODY OF TEXT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing concepts associated with a body of text are described. The body of text may be processed to determine whether words, symbols, phrases, or other elements thereof are keywords. For example, the elements of the body of text may be parsed using an expression dictionary. The keywords may be used to determine one or more concepts associated with the body of text and/or the keywords. For instance, the body of text may include a test question and the keywords may be configured to indicate concepts associated with the test question. A modified body of text may be provided to a user that includes highlighted keywords and/or other information embedded in the text that is associated with the keywords and/or concepts. A user may select the highlighted keywords and/or embedded information to access information associated with the selected keyword, such as concepts associated therewith. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150037781 | MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE TEST TAKING - Arrangement for remote transaction session for use with a computer having an operating system, including a support structure, at least one audio sensor for detecting sound and arranged on the support structure, at least one radio frequency communication detecting sensor arranged on the support structure, at least one optical imaging device that obtains images of an area including the computer or the user and arranged on the support structure, at least one biometric sensor that receives data about or from a user using the computer to participate in an remote session, and at least one motion sensor system for detecting motion in an area around the user. A processing unit is coupled to the sensors and receives and analyzes data therefrom to (1. verify the identity of the user as the intended, registered participant in an remote session, (2. verify that the user is present within the remote session environment throughout the entirety of the remote session, and (3. verify that the user complies with remote session rules of behavior set by the administrator or institution. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150044660 | Caching Natural Language Questions and Results in a Question and Answer System - Mechanisms are provided for answering an input question. An input question to be answered from a source is received and processed to one or more extract features of the input question. The extracted one or more features are compared to cached features stored in one or more entries of a question and answer (QA) cache. A determination is made as to whether there is a matching entry in the one or more entries of the QA cache based on results of the comparing and, if so, candidate answer information is retrieved from the matching entry. The retrieved candidate answer information is returned to the source of the input question as candidate answer information for answering the input question. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150050637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EARLY WARNING AND RECOGNITION FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOLS - A system and method for assessing student performance. The method includes receiving student data, third party data, a set of predetermined thresholds, and an activity guide at a computer processor. The student data and third party data are linked into a collected data, at least a part of which is evaluated against the set of predetermined thresholds. The student's performance is classified based on a determination if the collected data meets the predetermined thresholds. The collected data and classifications are stored and displayed, and a performance score is provided. A targeted strategy is provided for the student by identifying a set of targeted actions corresponding to the student classifications, and displaying targeted actions to authorized users. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150056598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER-SPECIFIC CONTENT ON AN E-LEARNING PLATFORM - The present disclosure described herein, generally relates to a system and method for displaying user-specific content on an online learning platform. In one aspect, a method and system are disclosed for displaying user-specific content retrieved from an internet to the user, based on user's requirement. Based on the interaction of the user with the learning platform, a user-profile may be generated and further categorized into a pre-defined learning category. Along with the user-profile, the system may be also configured to generate a profile of content fetched from the online library of the learning platform on basis of pre-defined parameters. From the content profiled, phrases may be extracted for generating search strings. These search strings may be further used to perform an automated search over the internet to retrieve the user-specific content. Further, the user-specific content may be also profiled on basis of the pre-defined parameters. The user-specific content may be evaluated against the content fetched to evaluate and assign a score to the user-specific content. Based on the score assigned, the user-specific content may be displayed to the user. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150072335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTATION BASED LEARNING CONTENT - The present subject matter discloses a system and a method for providing augmented based learning content to a user. In one embodiment, based on a learning source accessed by the user, the system is enabled to extract topics for retrieving learning content from online or offline resources such as the Internet or a system database, respectively. Thus, the learning source may be augmented by retrieving the learning content from the online or offline sources. Further, information layers may be generated based on topics/subjects being read by the user. The generated information layers may be populated with the retrieved learning content. The system may be enabled for matching the learning content populated in the information layers with a profile of the user stored in a user profile database. Based on the matching, the learning content may be delivered to the user. The delivered learning content may be personalized to the user. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150079578 | NEUROLOGICAL PERFORMANCE QUOTIENT - This Invention is a psychometric instrument that generates scores for highly specific neurological skills. UNDERLYING RESEARCH: Brain-mapping data is generated by EEG testing on multiple human subjects while performing tasks related to specific brain regions. Scores are calculated, algorithms developed, and visual diagrams drawn. The data is compared to known functions for specific brain neocortex regions, and verified by independent testing for psychological types by statistical analysis. PSYCHOMETRIC INSTRUMENT: Patterns in the brain-mapping data are identified and sorted into neurological skill sets. Questions for specific neurological skills are developed from the data, and a scoring system devised. The instrument is administered to clients who answer specific graded questions. SKILLS PROFILE: The instrument compiles and reports on multiple neurological skill sets, including: 20 cognitive skills, right/left hemispheric balance, five sensory modalities (auditory, kinesthetic, visual, meta, executive), and four competency skill sets (directive, analytical, expressive, reflective). Applications include: counseling, business and education. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150079579 | INTEGRATED PHYSICAL SENSOR GRID AND LESSON SYSTEM - An integrated physical sensor grid system includes a plurality of nodes, a processor, and a computing device. One or more nodes consisting of electrical contacts and one or more sensors to detect electrical properties at each electrical contact are connected to a processor. The computing device is configured to display instructions to a user. The processor and mobile computing measure and compares readings of the one or more sensors against expected values indicated in the lesson plan. The computing device is configured to display results to the user in response to the comparison of readings against expected progress. The lesson plan consists of instructions and expected values to verify. The lesson plan may be shared by access to a database. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150099257 | EMPATHY INJECTION FOR QUESTION-ANSWERING SYSTEMS - Exemplary methods and devices herein receive an inquiry and automatically analyze words used in the inquiry, potential answers, and data maintained by evidence sources using the computerized device to determine the sensitivity level associated with the inquiry. The sensitivity level associated with the inquiry represents an emotional and cognitive state of the user. Such methods and devices automatically generate at least one follow-up question based on the sensitivity level associated with the inquiry and receive a follow-up response into the computerized device in response to the follow-up question(s). The methods and devices also automatically produce scores for the potential answers using the computerized device based on the inquiry, the follow-up responses, and ratings of the evidence sources. Following this, these methods and devices automatically generate output answers to the inquiry based on the sensitivity level associated with the inquiry using the computerized device. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150111192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for conducting an electronic assessment in an electronic learning (eLearning) environment are provided. The system includes a display and at least one processor operatively coupled to the display. The at least one processor configured for: providing an electronic assessment comprising a plurality of assessment tasks for a current participant to complete within an allocated amount of assessment time; determining context-dependent time requirement (CDTR) value for at least one of the assessment tasks based upon historical performance data associated with that task, the CDTR value being indicative of a suggested amount of time required to complete that task; and providing the CDTR value to the current participant. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150118672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING MANAGEMENT - A method includes receiving, at one or more server computers, an assignment creation request from a leader user account. The assignment creation request identifies a document that is stored at a storage system, identifies a plurality of participant user accounts, and causes creation of an assignment at the one or more server computers. The method also includes storing, at the storage system, a respective copy of the document for each participant user account, wherein an ownership parameter for each respective copy of the document references a respective participant user account from the plurality of participant user accounts. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150147741 | LEARNING SYSTEM SELF-OPTIMIZATION - A method/system for learning system self-optimization is disclosed. The learning system can include a plurality of learning objects that are connected to each other by a plurality of learning vectors. The learning vectors can identify a prerequisite relationship between the connected learning objects and include data indicating a likelihood of success of a student in traversing the learning vector and/or an expected speed for traversing the learning vector. Data generated from a student's traversal of one of the learning vectors can be used to strengthen or weaken the traversed learning vector based on the student experience. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150147742 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS - An electronic system and method for providing educational course materials including rendering a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of separately rendered connected screens on the display device. The rendered screens of the graphical user interface include active areas selectable using the user input means to navigate between connected ones of the rendered screens. The rendered screens are connected in a structure corresponding to the data structure of the plurality of data items. The rendered screens of the graphical user interface include active areas selectable using the user input means to enable user selection of data items from the plurality of data items. The method further includes using the user input means to select active areas of the rendered screens of the graphical user interface to navigate between connected ones of the rendered screens; using the user input means to select active areas of the rendered screens of the graphical user interface to select data items from the plurality of data items; and grouping the selected data items to form educational course materials. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150294580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING FLUID INTELLEGENCE ABILITIES IN A SUBJECT - A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject includes: selecting one or more serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and providing the subject with one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; prompting the subject to manipulate symbols within the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or to discriminate differences or sameness between two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; determining whether the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; if the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, then displaying the correct manipulations or discriminated selection with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute, to highlight the correct answer. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294581 | NEUROPERFORMANCE - Methods of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject including the steps of: selecting a complete serial order of different open-bigram terms with the same spatial and time perceptual related attributes, providing the subject, from the selected complete serial order, with a randomized open-bigrams sequence having a plurality of repeated open-bigram terms, a plurality of open-bigram terms out of serial order, and a plurality of missing open-bigram terms; prompting the subject to serially sensorially discriminate and sensory motor remove the repeated open-bigram terms; prompting the subject to sensory motor reorganize the out of serial order open-bigram terms; prompting the subject to sensory motor insert the missing open-bigram terms; and displaying the correctly sensory motor inserted open-bigram terms with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute to highlight the correct open-bigram terms answer. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150302755 | MEASUREMENT OF EDUCATIONAL CONTENT EFFECTIVENESS - A method and system for evaluating the effectiveness of educational content is disclosed. An indicator of behavior of a user operating a user device is obtained. The indicator of the behavior of the user represents a usage of the user device by the user. An expected educational level of the user is obtained and a current educational skill level of the user is determined based on the indicator of the behavior of the user. The effectiveness of the educational content is evaluated based on a comparison of the current and expected educational skill levels of the user. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150310756 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TERMINAL - A learner's terminal is provided with a time acquiring unit for acquiring time, an input unit capable of carrying out a handwriting input, and answer input history data notifying unit for use in notifying a school server of the time acquired by the time acquiring unit and handwriting input data inputted thereto by the input unit as answer input history data, and the school server is provided with an answer input history data storage unit for storing the answer input history data notified by the learner's terminal and an answer input history data transmitting unit for transmitting the answer input history data stored in the answer input history data storage unit to an instructor's terminal, while the instructor's terminal is provided with an answer screen display unit for displaying a screen at the time of answering in time series based upon the answer input history data transmitted by the answer input history data transmitting unit. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317906 | CONTEMPORANEOUS CAPTURE AND TAGGING OF MEDIA EVIDENCE FOR EDUCATION EVALUATION - An educational evidence and evaluation system for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to education profiles during evaluation of a subject is disclosed. An example educational evidence and evaluation system comprises a capture engine that captures two media files, a context engine that tags the media files with context parameters, and a linking engine that links the media files and their tagged context parameters to an education profiles of a subject, wherein the evaluation engine links a first media file and its first context parameter to the education profile of a first subject before the capture engine captures a second media file. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150332595 | INTEGRATED USER AUTHENTICATION AND PROCTORING SYSTEM FOR ONLINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to an integrated student authentication and proctoring system for online and distance education programs, methods of producing the same, and methods of utilizing the same. In particular, the present invention relates to a software plugin or API that integrates with an existing Learning Management System (LMS) to provide customizable settings that enables one party (e.g., an academic institution or instructor) to take photos, compare photo from existing database, video, audio recordings, screen shots, thumb and finger print scan, retina scan, and/or provide security questions that must be answered by another party (e.g., student being tested) in order to authenticate the user and deter academic dishonesty. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO EVALUATE ASSESS AND ENHANCE INDIVIDUAL/GROUP SKILL SET FOR TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL EFFICIENCY - The embodiments herein disclose a method and system to evaluate assess and enhance human potential in an individual or group environment. A user answers a set of questions compiled by a behavior model. The questions are based on the personality or the personality traits which need to be assessed. Reports are generated in a plurality of forms which provide a comprehensive analysis while also suggesting remedial measures. A people intelligence tool identifies group and individual effectiveness in order to select competencies to formulate a virtual team. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150359477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING POSSIBLE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT - The systems and methods described herein relate to impairment assessments that may use frequent baseline examinations of users to generate a performance threshold that allows more reliable impairment tests to be administered at accident sites. Assessment test results may also be forwarded to other parties to indicate when a user should seek medical attention. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160005324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN QUESTION ANSWERING - The present disclosure relates generally to question answering systems and methods and, particularly, to systems and methods for domain adaptation in question answering. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN QUESTION ANSWERING - The present disclosure relates generally to question answering systems and methods and, particularly, to systems and methods for domain adaptation in question answering. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005326 | ADAPTIVE, IMMERSIVE, AND EMOTION-DRIVEN INTERACTIVE MEDIA SYSTEM - An interactive, educational system that provides an immersive and adaptive environment for a user to explore content through dimensional, time-sensitive, and emotion-sensitive inputs and outputs. The system is implemented on a networked device, such as a mobile tablet, and can contain a real-time, three-dimensional, content delivery engine that is capable of providing an augmented reality interaction model for the user. Therefore, a real world, physical movement that the user takes with the networked device will be reflected on the device. The system can use image recognition technology to recognize objects within the real world and display those objects on the interface. Further, the system can superimpose computer-generated images onto the virtual display of objects from the user's real world environment. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160012742 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME INTERWORKING WITH ELECTRONIC BOOK | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012743 | MAINTAINING A SECURE COMPUTING DEVICE IN A TEST TAKING ENVIRONMENT | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160019379 | E-Learning Utilizing Remote Proctoring and Analytical Metrics Captured During Training and Testing - A device configured to utilize training techniques and to gather information while training and administering certification examinations. Certification examinations may require security to ensure users taking the certification examination are actually the user designated on any issued certificate. When certification examinations are administered remotely from a proctor, different techniques to identify the user and attempt to guarantee that the user is not obtaining outside aid during the examination may be performed. Tests may be administered off-line while not connected to any network and locally cached data may be collected on the testing device for later transmittal to a back-end server for further analysis. In addition to remote proctoring/invigilating capabilities, the disclosed techniques and device may collect metrics that have a number of uses. For example, skill level of different geographical regions may be calculated to assist companies in determining a location for a new factory (e.g., assembly plant). | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160049088 | COMPUTER-BASED METHOD FOR SHARING ONLINE MUSIC EDUCATION CONTENT - A computer-based method for sharing online music education content. The computer-based method may comprise the steps of: providing a server; wherein the server may comprise a server application configured to access a machine readable media; wherein the machine readable may store one or more music education content; wherein the one or more music education content may be one or more copyrighted music education content and one or more user generated music education content; allowing a user to preview the one or more music education content; prompting the user to select the one or more music education content; prompting the user to edit the one or more music education content; receiving one or more selections from the user; copying the one or more music education content to an online classroom based on the one or more selections of the user; and prompting the user to schedule the one or more music education content on a course schedule for at least one student. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160086502 | ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM, SKILL EVALUATION METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIA STORING THE METHOD - An online learning system, a skill evaluation method thereof, and a storage media storing the method are provided in which the skill evaluation method thereof includes steps as follows. Providing at least one remote device to log in an online learning platform, quantifying a learning result of the online learning process executed by the remote device on the online learning platform to obtain a professional skill data, quantifying an online community interaction of the remote device on the online learning platform to obtain a soft skill data, and utilizing the professional skill data and the soft skill data. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086503 | COMBINING DIFFERENT TYPE COERCION COMPONENTS FOR DEFERRED TYPE EVALUATION - In a method of answering questions, a question is received, a question LAT is determined, and a candidate answer to the question is identified. Preliminary types for the candidate answer are determined using first components to produce the preliminary types. Each of the first components produces a preliminary type using different methods. A first type-score representing a degree of match between the preliminary type and the question LAT is produced. Each preliminary type and each first type-score is evaluated using second components. Each of the second components produces a second score based on a combination of the first type-score and a measure of degree that the preliminary type matches the question LAT. The second components use different methods to produce the second score. A final score representing a degree of confidence that the candidate answer matches the question LAT is calculated based on the second score. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086504 | Layered Multimedia Interactive Assessment System - Generally, a computer implemented layered multimedia assessment system which provides one or more server computers that allow one or more client devices and one or more administrator devices access to an layered multimedia assessment application which provides an administrator user interface and client user interface which serially provide one or more assignment events each having a first step in which the client user interacts with the client user interface to perform an assessment of assignment content and performs an interactive examination and a second step in which the client user participates to evaluate the performance of other client users. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160111010 | INFORMATION SEARCH/PRESENTATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION SEARCH/PRESENTATION METHOD - Provided is a technology capable of appropriately presenting an answer in accordance with an attribute of a user such as an operating environment. An information search/presentation device includes: an operation information acquisition unit configured to acquire a question transmitted from a terminal; a storage unit configured to store an answer candidate to the question and user attribute information on a user of the terminal to which the answer candidate is expected to be transmitted; an answer extraction unit configured to calculate a similarity for each answer candidate associated in the storage unit with the question acquired by the operation information acquisition unit, and extract an answer from the answer candidate by using the similarity; and an output unit configured to output the extracted answer to the terminal. The answer extraction unit identifies the user attribute information on the user who has transmitted the question, and calculates the similarity between the identified user attribute information and the user attribute information associated with the answer candidate in the storage unit. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160117941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING EMERGENT LEARNING IN RELATION TO KNOWLEDGE CONTENT - A content navigation/discovery system is provided. A computer is linked to a library of information objects, and includes a content navigation/discovery utility that includes both a global content discovery utility that is made available to a plurality of users to navigate/discover a plurality of information objects using one or more content filters presented in a content navigation/discovery interface, and a private or semi-private content discovery utility that is made available to one or more selected users for a selected group of users. The global content discovery utility and the private or semi-private content discovery tool are integrated so as to support user workflows that allow one or more users to selectively interact with content through the global content discovery utility and/or the primate or semi-private content discovery utility, and configured to promote emergent and collaborative learning. Related computer implemented methods are also provided. The computer system may be implemented as an e-learning platform or a part thereof. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160133141 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND PROCESSES FOR USING SMART LEARNING TOOLS WITH TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a first user-provided topic among a plurality of user-provided topics. Topic-based information related to the first user-provided topic is received. The first user-provided topic is assigned to a first game wheel segment among a plurality of game wheel segments. The plurality of game wheel segments define a game wheel. The first user-provided topic is selected based on a spinning of the game wheel. A problem based on the topic-based information is presented. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133144 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCOURAGING STUDYING BY CONTROLLING STUDENT'S ACCESS TO A DEVICE BASED ON RESULTS OF STUDYING - Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for motivating and rewarding a student to study new subjects by controlling student's access to an electronic device based on results of studying. An example method includes generating, by a hardware processor, an exercise for a user based on a learning criteria; associating the exercise with an access control policy for at least one user's device; providing the exercise to the user and receiving a user's answer to the exercise; determining based on the user's answer whether to apply or not apply to the user's device the access control policy associated with the exercise; and based on the determination whether to apply or not apply the access control policy to the user's device, controlling or not controlling access of the user to the user's device. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133145 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING PERFORMANCE MILESTONE TRACK FOR PLANNED PROCESS - A method of defining a performance milestone track for a planned process includes: selecting a time range relating to a repeatable process to define a set of average assessment trajectories, retrieving historical data representative of assessment data for actors in conjunction with selective assessments of the actors during performances of the repeatable process. The historical data includes an assessment parameter identifying a value for the selective assessment. The method includes processing a select time portion of the historical data using a binning algorithm to assign historical data for the select time portion across quantile range bins based on select ranges of assessment parameter values for the historical data and separately processing a select actor portion of the historical data for each quantile range bin using a smoothing algorithm to form the set of average assessment trajectories for the repeatable process. A computational device for performing the method is also provided. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160140319 | REMOTE MONITORING OF A PATIENT - Orthoses with microprocessor control placed around the joint of a patient are used to perform and to monitor isometric, range-of-motion, proprioception and isotonic exercises of the joint. A variety of improved hardware elements result in an orthosis that is easier to use and interacts more efficiently with the controller to allow the monitoring of a greater range of motions while holding down cost and provide suitable accurate evaluation of the exercises. Efficient ways of programming the exercises, monitoring the exercises and evaluating the exercise provide a comprehensive program for the rehabilitation of an injured or weakened joint. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND USING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN HEALTH - A system and method for predicting a health outcome of a user based on a determination of knowledge the user possesses regarding issues of physiological or mental health. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160143570 | AUTOMATED DETECTION METHOD FOR INSIDER THREAT - The present invention provides a system and a method for eliciting information to sensitive questions and reliably detecting whether one is being deceptive, concealing information, or experiencing a heightened emotional response to the question. In particular, the system and the method of the invention are based on analyzing the user behavioral biometric of using one or more input device(s). | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148516 | Sustained Learning Flow Process - This invention is about a sustained learning flow process making e-learning and advertising more efficient and effective by enabling the personalization narratives to be delivered to the user that combine e-learning and advertising content. The invention makes itself aware of the user and his or her needs, skills, interests, and many other aspects to present the user with advertisements and e-learning content blended together and delivered to the user according to the multiple narrative flows, telling the user a multi-faceted story which is relevant to both e-learning goals and advertising preferences, as opposed to traditonal online ads devoid of personalized e-learning content. This invention combines the recent developments in e-learning and online advertising space in a unique manner to implement this Sustained Learning Flow Process. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148522 | ELECTRONIC EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR ENABLING AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING SESSION - The invention provides an electronic education system for enabling an interactive learning session. The electronic education system includes one or more student devices and an instructor device. A student device includes a student workspace module for enabling a student to interact with one or more assignments pertaining to the interactive learning session. The student device further includes a student query module for enabling a student to request assistance pertaining to one or more queries from an instructor and/or other students. The instructor device includes an instructor workspace module for enabling an instructor to manage the one or more assignments. The instructor device further includes an instructor query module for enabling the instructor to receive the one or more queries and respond to the one or more queries. Further, the instructor device includes a monitoring module that allows the instructor to monitor the interactive learning session in one of a synchronous mode and an asynchronous mode, on the one or more student devices. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160163226 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, comprising: a microphone which inputs voice produced by an examinee of a test which includes speaking; a display which displays an indicator indicative of a volume of the voice during execution of an application of the test; and an execution part which changes a display form of the indicator depending on whether or not the volume is at a predetermined value or more during execution of the application. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160171901 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE INTERFACE FOR A SEMANTIC-BASED CREATIVITY ASSESSMENT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160180728 | MANAGING ANSWER FEASIBILITY | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160189556 | EVALUATING PRESENTATION DATA - The present disclosure describes evaluating presentation data. Presentation data is collected from a presentation using a set of monitoring devices. Context information is extracted from the presentation data. Based on the context information, a subject matter topic for the presentation and a presentation technique for the presentation are determined. By comparing the presentation technique and a corpus of presentation techniques for the subject matter topic, an evaluation of the presentation technique pertaining to the subject matter topic is generated. In response to generating an evaluation of the presentation technique for a subject matter topic, a curriculum for a subject matter topic is calculated. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160379509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEMAND FOR QUESTIONS OF A CATEGORY IN A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED QUIZ - A computer-implemented method of managing a computer-implemented quiz in which questions are delivered to at least one player using a computer system. Questions are assigned to question categories in category hierarchies. Players can navigate through the category hierarchies to select a question category of interest. The path taken by the players through the hierarchy and the number of times the players select the question categories are recorded and analysed to detect patterns in the players behaviour. The patterns are used to predict the next question category to be selected by the players and so to determine demand for questions. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE DIFFICULTY OF A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED QUIZ - A computer-implemented method of delivering a quiz that includes adjusting the difficulty of the quiz in response to a player's performance. Ranking data that enables the relative difficulty of the respective instances of each question to be determined is maintained and a target performance level for the player is determined. The player's current performance level is compared to the target performance level and the next question is selected depending on the result of the comparison. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379511 | DIFFERENTIALLY WEIGHTED MODIFIABLE PRESCRIBED HISTORY REPORTING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DECISION SUPPORT AND HEALTH - Apparatus, systems, and methods of health reporting are disclosed that enhance decision support and provide alerts when health deterioration or the need for intervention has been detected. Embodiments utilize combined pictorial representations (including physical, mental, and social health determinants) as an avatar or pictogram, comparing health status to a general or target population, and using different methods to represent and reinforce health status. The apparatus, systems, and methods further enable individuals to access their own medical records in a way that can be understood by them and therefore is more widely accessible. The invention enhances health reporting, improving utility, usability and desirability of health reporting tools. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170236431 | SIMULATION SERVER CAPABLE OF INTERACTING WITH A PLURALITY OF SIMULATORS TO PERFORM A PLURALITY OF SIMULATIONS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236433 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING INTERACTIVE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL LEARNING TOOLS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236437 | SIMULATION SERVER CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING A VISUAL ALARM REPRESENTATIVE OF A SIMULATION EVENT DISCREPANCY TO A COMPUTING DEVICE | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236438 | SIMULATION SERVER CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING A VISUAL PREDICTION INDICATOR REPRESENTATIVE OF A PREDICTED SIMULATION EVENT DISCREPANCY | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236439 | SIMULATION SERVER CAPABLE OF CREATING EVENTS OF A LESSON PLAN BASED ON SIMULATION DATA STATISTICS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20190146969 | HINT-BASED QUERIES | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND REMEDIATING A MISCONCEPTION | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220139246 | GENERATING AND RATING USER ASSESSMENTS - A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for generating and rating assessments is disclosed. Exemplary embodiments include gathering data relating to one or more specialized subject areas and generating a knowledge base based on extracting one or more concepts from the data. Exemplary embodiments further include generating one or more questions and one or more corresponding answer keys relating to the one or more concepts, as well as generating an assessment related to the one or more concepts based on the one or more questions and one or more answer keys. | 05-05-2022 |
