Abstract: A system and method for developing a course requires a plurality of participants that collaborate over a network, for example, a social network. A database stores an initial framework that defines a sequence of learning units for creating a desired learning environment for students, those learning units made of specifically ordered content objects. The learning units are identified by corresponding learning unit identifiers. A plurality of workstations coupled to the network are used for entry of reviewer information by the participants using the learning environment created for the students. The reviewer information comprise one or more comments entered by one participant about a learning unit or content object and a rank entered by anther participant about the comment, with the rank being correlated with a defined ranking standard. A processor processes the rank according to a predefined criteria to produce a ranking result that is associated with a learning unit identifier.

Abstract: A system and method for developing a course requires a plurality of participants that collaborate over a network, for example, a social network. A database stores an initial framework that defines a sequence of learning units for creating a desired learning environment for students, those learning units made of specifically ordered content objects. The learning units are identified by corresponding learning unit identifiers. A plurality of workstations coupled to the network are used for entry of reviewer information by the participants using the learning environment created for the students. The reviewer information comprise one or more comments entered by one participant about a learning unit or content object and a rank entered by anther participant about the comment, with the rank being correlated with a defined ranking standard. A processor processes the rank according to a predefined criteria to produce a ranking result that is associated with a learning unit identifier.

Abstract: A computer system that may, for example, be used for educational purposes delivers content, e.g., instructional content, to a plurality of users, e.g., students. The content is presented to such users in units, e.g., learning units. Each unit has associated with it an assessment information relating to each one of the users. One or more systems, e.g., learning systems, present the one or more units to one or more users in a first interactive environment, e.g., a first learning environment, and a second interactive environment, e.g., a second learning environment, that is different from the first interactive environment. A digital rights and asset management application controls access to the content associated with each one of said one or more units according to corresponding unit identifiers, e.g., learning unit identifiers, and presents such content to the plurality of users in the first and second interactive environments for assessment purposes. An assessment application, e.g.