Patents by Inventor James Stuart Tanton

James Stuart Tanton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and Apparatus for Inquiry Driven Learning
    Publication number: 20210158714
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing inquiry-driven presentation of an online educational course. Course content may be illustrated as a course map having multiple content nodes interconnected by indicia of questions relating an originating content node with a destination content node. After consuming course content associated with a node, participants may specify a question concerning the content. The participant's specified question is used to determine the next portion of course content presented to the participant. Participants may frame new questions, which may be linked to existing content nodes or new content nodes. A participant's interaction with, and progression through, a course map may be utilized to assess the quality of a participant's activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Turner Kolbe Bohlen, Linda Tarbox Elkins-Tanton, James Stuart Tanton
  • Method and Apparatus for Inquiry Driven Learning
    Publication number: 20170358234
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing inquiry-driven presentation of an online educational course. Course content may be illustrated as a course map having multiple content nodes interconnected by indicia of questions relating an originating content node with a destination content node. After consuming course content associated with a node, participants may specify a question concerning the content. The participant's specified question is used to determine the next portion of course content presented to the participant. Participants may frame new questions, which may be linked to existing content nodes or new content nodes. A participant's interaction with, and progression through, a course map may be utilized to assess the quality of a participant's activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Turner Kolbe Bohlen, Linda Tarbox Elkins-Tanton, James Stuart Tanton