Abstract: A method for implementing a collaborative training and learning system on a computer system accessible to a plurality of remote users through a computer network includes (a) submitting questions, (b) combining the questions to provide a test, (c) administering the test to a group of students, and (d) computing a power score for each question.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a collaborative training and learning system on a computer system accessible to a plurality of remote users through a computer network includes (a) means for displaying at a user site at least one template which includes a question field, an answer field, a discussion field, a rationale field and a references field, (b) means for inputting user-data including a user-defined question to be included in a predetermined area of the template, (c) means for storing the user-data in a predetermined field of a database, (d) means for retrieving the user-data from the database and for displaying the template and the user-data on a display of the computer system, and (e) means for collaborating with other users of the system.

Abstract: An electronic document authoring system and method that feature maintaining a library of textual components, displaying a document including some of them in a word processor window, responding to user input to an interface of the word processor to edit the document while it is displayed in the window, and maintaining a database of marks identifying each of the components within the document displayed in the window. The system and method also feature responding to user input to edit another document including components, updating some of the components that belong to both documents, and generating a second version of the documents that include updated components.