Patents Assigned to Capella Education Company
  • Publication number: 20040002050
    Abstract: A method for providing professional coaching to a learner in connection with an online academic program. Course web pages are provided in connection with the online academic program. The course web pages links to a personal information web page for the learner to record his or her personal information through use of Internet-based communications. The method further includes the step of assisting the learner to establish a professional coaching relationship through use of the Internet-based communications. One or more virtual coaching sessions are provided to the learner during the academic program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Capella Education Company
    Inventors: Mary Kay Wagner, Samuel Turner Tutterow, David Marlyn Gilbert, Shelley Ruth Robbins, Stephen Walker Scofield, Jeffrey William Staggs, Barbara Butts Williams
  • Publication number: 20030055842
    Abstract: A system and method for evaluating and granting educational transfer credits including a web server with an Internet interface, an automated registrar, and a database. The automated registrar is a software component which programmatically evaluates submitted transcript information for rendering an automatic credit transfer decision based on a successful hit ratio between keywords and a programmatically retrieved course description associated with a submitted course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Capella Education Company
    Inventors: Sharon Fields, Kurt R. Linberg