Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer executable program that, when executed, causes a computer to perform a method for learning support includes collecting a first opinion information and a second opinion information from a plurality of information terminals of a group, determining whether a representative opinion information of a group is included in a majority opinion information among collected opinion information of a first opinion information and a second opinion information, and outputting a minority opinion information among the collected opinion information when the representative opinion information is included in the majority opinion information.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to various aspects of the present disclosure includes: retrieving, by a computer system, a lesson module from a database; receiving, by the computer system, information regarding a student; modifying the lesson module, by the computer system, based on the information regarding the student; and providing the lesson module to the student.

Abstract: A system and method for assessing the co-scholastic skills of users have been disclosed. The system envisaged by the present disclosure envisages screening speechless short films to individuals in order to assess their strengths and weaknesses in co scholastic areas such as attitude towards life, moral values, critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills, decision making skills, analytical skills; problem solving skills, communication skills and emotional sensitivity. The system exploits various ideas, concepts and messages imparted by the short speechless movies to enhance the co-scholastic skills of individuals. The user is required to view the short speechless film displayed on a user interface. Subsequent to viewing the short speechless film, the user is required to answer an assessment test, preferably online assessment test. Based on the answers of users to the displayed assessment questions, the user's competency in co-scholastic skills is determined by an assessment processor.

Abstract: A collaborative learning environment receives an assignment from a first student user identity. In response to receiving the data representing the submission of the assignment, the collaborative learning environment sends a notification that the first student user identity has submitted the assignment to a plurality of student user identities and an instructor user identity, and makes the assignment and a comment module associated with the assignment accessible to the plurality of student user identities and the instructor user identity. The collaborative learning environment receives a comment from a second student user identity in the comment module. The collaborative learning environment receives data representing an evaluation of the assignment from the instructor user identity.

Abstract: A learning system including an information bus, a student information system, a content repository, a learning content management system, and a learning engine is provided. The student information system, the content repository, the learning content management system, and the learning engine each publish messages to the information bus and subscribe to messages from the information bus. The learning system may present and track the efficacy of both learning map-based course materials and traditional course materials. Methods of using a learning system and creating course learning maps are also presented.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for remote education. In one aspect, the disclosed method includes the steps of recording, at an instructor device, a lesson plan, the lesson plan including at least one lesson service identifier, associating the lesson plan with at least one student, storing, in a database accessible to an application server, the lesson plan and the at least one student association of the lesson plan, receiving, at a student device associated with the lesson plan, the associated lesson plan, determining a physical location of the student device, identifying a facility service identifier associated with the physical location, comparing the lesson service identifier associated with the lesson to the facility service identifier associated with the physical location, and revising the lesson in accordance with the comparison.

Abstract: A conference mode screen is displayed on a computing device. The conference mode screen includes a list of students. A selection of a student from the list of students is received from a user. In response to the selection of the student, a list of action buttons is presented. The action buttons may correspond to actions that can be taken by a teacher during a conference with the selected student. A selection of an action button from the list of action buttons is received. The selected action button corresponds to an action taken by the teacher during the conference with the selected student. An indicator of the action is stored in association with a student identifier for the selected student and a sequence indicator.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for managing multi-layer rewards and multi-device control in reward-based learning experiences for users having mobile electronic devices. These technologies require that a user complete education modules using his or her mobile electronic device before receiving a reward, such as access of certain features of the mobile electronic device, one layer at a time. A more difficult education module and a bigger reward may be associated with a higher layer. These technologies also ensure that when a user has a plurality of mobile electronic devices, the user may complete an education module on one or more of these electronic devices and the user would not receive a reward from any of these electronic devices until the user has completed the education module.

Abstract: A system and method of e-learning involving an online asynchronous interdisciplinary project-based curriculum where students are provided with learning content relating to an interdisciplinary project and complete role-based tasks relating to the project. The students work collaboratively to complete the project thereby developing core learning skills that foster the growth of each student's social communication skills.

Abstract: A classroom management system which includes a centralized cloud infrastructure, a first user interface having a geo-locating device in communication with the centralized cloud infrastructure, and a second user communication interface in communication with the centralized cloud infrastructure to define authorized users and authorized locations. The centralized cloud infrastructure transmits an in-attendance signal for each authorized user located in the authorized location based on data received from the geo-locating device to the second user communication interface.

Abstract: A system for asynchronous education content delivery is disclosed. A data store comprises education content associated with a course of learning and sequence data specifying an order for presentation of the content. Education content comprises video recordings of lectures, questions, and model responses. The system receives students' requests for data, queries the database in order to identify the appropriate content, and transmits the content. The system may require that a student provide input in response to a recorded prompt in order to proceed with a planned course of study. The student's inputs are made available to other students and teachers for further review and critique.

Abstract: A custom course builder computer application allowing users to search, view, preview, and select e-learning course components based on specific achievement objectives to assemble e-learning custom courses using a repository of content and assessment items. The custom courses may be used for the particular curriculum or may be shared with other schools or institutions.

Abstract: Engaging a plurality of users in an interactive activity in an educational environment includes receiving information that corresponds to an annotation entered by a first user of a first subordinate device of a plurality of subordinate devices. A representation of the annotation entered by the first user while the first user is annotating on the first subordinate device is presented, using a processor, on an instructor device. Information is received that corresponds to an annotation entered by a second user of a second subordinate device of the plurality of subordinate devices. A representation of the annotation entered by the second user is presented on the second the instructor device using the processor while the second user is annotating on the second subordinate device and while the instructor device simultaneously presents the representation of the annotation entered by the first user on the first subordinate device.

Abstract: A computer-aided learning system with adaptive optimization is disclosed.

Abstract: A training portal facilitates an agent's management of training courses, including reviewing a training goal, indicating training courses available for the agent to download, downloading a specified training course to the agent, and receiving uploaded test results associated with a previously downloaded training course. The training portal may cooperate with an e-learning system for identifying downloadable courses, and may cooperate with a content delivery system for receiving the specified course which is to be downloaded to the agent. At a subsequent time, after the agent has interacted with a testing portion of the downloadable course, the agent may upload the test results to the portal. The training portal may be configured to receive test results uploaded within a certain time period. Once the training portal receives the test results, it provides the test results to the content delivery source. The content delivery source may then update the e-learning system.

Abstract: A method includes receiving data associated with a characteristic of a set of students from a educational delivery system. The characteristic can include, for example, a demographic characteristic, a geographical location, a score of an assessment associated with a learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives, a time to complete the assessment, a number of attempts to complete the assessment and/or an indicator of knowledge of the learning objective based on prior educational experience. A first group of students and a second group of students are automatically selected from the set of students based on the data such that first group of students is substantially identical to the second group of students. A first educational material is delivered to the first group of students. A second educational material is delivered to the second group of students.

Abstract: A competency assessment system enables reading comprehension and critical thinking skills of a knowledge worker to be assessed. The competency assessment system enables a knowledge worker to create an assertion map based on one or more source literals. The assertion map comprises several assertion objects that link to different portions of the source literals or other assertion objects. The competency assessment system compares the assertion map created by the knowledge worker with another assertion map to assess the worker's reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for testing alternative teaching approaches for specific portions of a curriculum. Test-triggering rules are established, each of which corresponds to a specific target-area. Each test-triggering rule specifies conditions which, if satisfied, indicate that a new teaching approach should be tested for the test-triggering rule's target-area. Once the test-triggering rules are established, the assessment results produced by students in instances of courses that implement the curriculum are monitored. If the assessment results satisfy the conditions, a revised teaching approach is selected for the target-area. The revision is then pushed out in waves where some course takers see the revision and others are held constant (A/B analysis). If a hypothesis is validated, then the appropriate revision can be permanently adopted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a “learning and doing” process-oriented learning management system designed to incorporate learning into collaborative work processes by managing work processes for users to submit, review, and approve work products; provide just-in-time access to learning resources for workers to learn how to complete the work products that are intended to result from the collaborative work process; and update the work process where worker/learners collaborate to create/update, review, and approve the learning resources. The learning management system can also manage a large number of collaborative work processes and integrates learning, training, and education on a single platform. In addition, it provides the capability to embed help for using the software into the work processes that the software manages.

Abstract: A training system for providing training to agents of an enterprise is provided. The training system may include a retrieval module for retrieving content from at least one predetermined resource. The training system further may include a topic determining module for determining at least one topic based on the retrieved content. The training system further may include an answer selecting module for selecting an answer for the at least one topic from the retrieved content based upon predefined rules. The training system further may include a reporting module for reporting the at least one topic and answer to one or more agents of the enterprise.

Abstract: A system and a method for generating individualized academic worksheets are provided. The method includes accessing a database of problems and student data relating to at least one student, including evaluation data associated with practice worksheets that were previously administered to the students. The method further includes selecting problems from the database using the evaluation data for each student and generating an individualized practice worksheet file including the selected problems. Each practice worksheet file includes instructions for printing a presentation of each problem and at least one evaluation area. The method further includes updating the evaluation data, wherein after a printed copy of a practice worksheet file is administered to the student, the evaluation areas of the printed copy are marked with evaluation marks by a human evaluator in accordance with the human evaluator's evaluation, and the updated evaluation data is based on the evaluation marks.

Abstract: A central server outside of a school network receives assignments from educator computing devices, where each assignment includes content for distribution to student computing devices and a schedule indicating when the assignment is active for distribution. A local server within the school network receives the assignments and stores the assignments in a local server datastore. The local server receives from a gateway within the school network a request for active assignments, identifies the active assignments, and returns a list of the active assignments to the gateway. The gateway determines whether the list of the active assignments contains any assignments unretrieved by the given gateway. If so, the gateway sends to the local server a request for the unretrieved assignments. The gateway receives the requested assignments from the local server and stores them in a gateway datastore.

Abstract: A system for managing course content for a course includes a database configured to store course content. Course content includes problem-solving learning environments and design (PSLED) blocks. An interface is configured to provide information from a PSLED block for a student. An input and output module are configured to receive and send input regarding at least one of the PSLED blocks stored in the database. An evaluation module is configured to evaluate the student based on assessment requirements in at least one of the PSLED blocks stored in the database and based on the assessment data. A mapping module is configured for analyzing and mapping attributes between PSLED blocks stored in the database, the attributes including at least one of equivalency of instructional units, equivalency of standards of learning and practice, equivalency of micro-certificates, and equivalency of micro-credentials.

Abstract: A system and method for making use of formative assessment data collected is disclosed that identifies clusters of students and concurrently determines the characteristics of the student clusters. A decomposition of the data is performed with spectral theories of graphs and fuzzy logic algorithms to identify the clusters of students, clusters of assessment data and relationships between them. An actionable output is presented to teachers for the evaluation of educational progress.

Abstract: An assignment sharing device includes an assignment-related information storage unit configured to store assignment-related information including assignment information, challenger identification information, assignment approval information, and assignment achievement status information; an assignment information receiving unit configured to receive the assignment information and so forth; an assignment-related information accumulating unit configured to accumulate the assignment information and so forth as a single piece of assignment-related information; an assignment information transmitting unit configured to transmit corresponding assignment information to a challenger; an assignment approval receiving unit configured to receive assignment identification information identifying an assignment approved by the challenger; an assignment approving unit configured to set assignment approval information; and an assignment result information receiving unit configured to receive assignment result information, whi

Abstract: Disclosed is an interactive learning system and method comprising a plurality of student computing devices and database(s) connected through a network with teacher computing device(s), each adapted to help teachers and students engage in real-time qualitative content engagement, and may also provide real-time quantitative content engagement and analytics, to help determine the appropriate next learning steps of individual students and groups of students in real-time. In various example embodiments the system and method may provide actionable feedback and suggestions for students, for instance to help them understand the quality of their work and areas for further investigation.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for a software-as-a-service platform supporting every level of a national educational system. The system organizes users into subgroups based upon the users' level and function in the educational hierarchy; for example, teachers or parents at school could share a user group. The system provides platforms for email, and collaborative tools, live and on-demand streaming of lessons, recreation, and personal web pages and data spaces. User access is controlled by groups or individual accounts, and any portion of the platform may be private or public. Also disclosed is a method for the implementation of the system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are e-learning lesson delivery platforms, products, programs, and methods comprising a digital processing device and a program that creates a lesson delivery server, wherein said server comprises: a plurality of learning activities, wherein said activities are organized according to an instructional plan designed to accomplish one or more educational objectives in at least one subject, wherein said plan identifies one or more activities for use in a guided environment and one or more activities for assignment as independent work; a module for displaying and providing access to said one or more activities in a guided environment; a module for assigning said one or more activities as independent work to one or more learners, wherein said module is only accessible by a mentor; and a module for displaying and providing access to activities assigned as independent work, wherein said module is accessible by a mentor or a learner.

Abstract: Computer implemented methods, systems, and products uses learning cycles of individual and group work to emphasize the importance of collaborative behaviors and demonstrate the values of effective team work on outcomes. The computer implemented methods, systems, and products relate to team based learning with individual and group assessment for addressing a project or a problem, particularly to promote interaction between participants. In the computer implemented learning cycle, a team works as individuals and then as a group to determine responses to an overall project or problem. In addition to assessing the performance of the individuals and the determined individualized and overall responses, the computer implemented methods, systems, and products track the progress and activity of individuals and the team. Through the cycle of learning activities, individuals demonstrate personal responsibility, collaborative orientation, communication skills, conflict management, and problem solving.

Abstract: A system for tagging atomic learning units of instructional content and for dynamically generating a curriculum tailored to an individual using the tagged units is disclosed. The system includes a tagging module for tagging atomic learning units of instructional content with at least one standard and at least one level of rigor to form learning objects. The system further includes a learning objects database for storing the learning objects. The system further includes a dynamic curriculum generation module for dynamically generating a curriculum tailored to an individual by selecting individual learning objects from the database using the tags and for presenting the curriculum to the individual.

Abstract: A method and system for estimating uncalibrated task performance are disclosed.

Abstract: A computerized educational presentation system is provided. The system may include a presentation application program. The presentation application program may include a presentation module that is operable in an author mode to create an educational presentation having a plurality of educational resources. The educational resources may include at least a poll. Further, the presentation module may be operable in a presentation mode to make the educational presentation accessible for viewing at a plurality of student computing devices. The presentation application program further may include an interaction module. During the author mode, the interaction module may update one or more educational resources of the educational presentation in response to receiving user edits via an author tool. During the presentation mode, the interaction module may receive student feedback at a teacher computing device in response to presentation of the poll at the plurality of student computing devices.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A system and method for computer-based testing includes a test driver that controls delivery of a computer-based test to one or more test candidates and that controls caching of test components during delivery of the test. The system includes various monitoring components, including monitoring of candidate progress, candidate performance, network bandwidth, network latency and server response, during delivery of the test and adjusting the source of the test components or the volume of the test components being cached for delivery of the test. Based upon this monitoring of the system, for example, if network communication failure is detected, the test candidate is able to continue computer-based testing while connectivity is being reestablished.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method and system for scoring task information. Through the use of an electronic time management device, such as a cell phone or other portable digital computer based device programmed to support this method, a user enters a description of a task and when the task should be completed. This information is then communicated to a scoring system, and the information is scored without human intervention and points are given. Optionally, if the information cannot be automatically scored, it is scored by a person. These points can be banked and then be used toward a socially desirable reward, such as sending text messages or playing music or watching videos. This is particularly effective in teaching time management skills to young students who may have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Abstract: A system for enabling real time live proctoring of an exam across a distributed network includes a first remote computer. The first remote computer is capable of real time audio visual capture and display of an image of a user of the first remote computer. A second remote computer is capable of real time audio visual capture and display of an image of the user of the second remote computer. A server is in communication with the first remote computer and the second remote computer, and provides an interactive web based scheduling portal accessible from the first remote computer and the second remote computer. A database is associated with the server for storing data regarding the rules for proctoring of an exam including the rate at which an exam may be proctored at a given date and time.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to collect, integrate, and marshal the academic course offerings and requirements of secondary educational institutions, the admission requirements and preferences of postsecondary educational institutions, and the academic and career goals of current and prospective secondary students to assist and facilitate the creation of academic plans in a collaborative informed manner. The apparatus collects relevant information from various informed parties and makes such information available in an integrated and marshaled form enabling efficient and effective planning. The system can be adapted to assist in the academic planning of postsecondary students in light of the admissions requirements and preferences of graduate and postgraduate programs as well.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a web-based computer system, a web-based computer software, and a method of use thereof for the transfer of information between a moderator and a plurality of recipients either in a face-to-face environment or in a remote environment, and more specifically the use of a moderator station, a projector display, and a plurality of user web-enabled devices connected to a network in a group and team competitive environment.

Abstract: A software program for evaluating and enhancing at least one user cognitive skill, the program including an animation module for displaying at least one first display that includes at least one first object having a first cognitively recognizable changing property of movement and at least one second cognitively recognizable changing property, a response module that receives input from a user signaling device that signals user recognition of the changing, an evaluation module that evaluates the user response based upon at least one evaluation parameter, and an evaluation appraisal module that generates an evaluation display based upon the evaluation.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present invention helps generate connected communities of students and educators through access to an increased pool of granular learning resources that benefit from standardization of formats for creating and utilizing individual discussions on individual topics. The present invention also circumvents the complexity of existing repository systems by creating a standard platform format. Because this format is de facto implemented for any educator using the platform, standardized question types (e.g., discussion types or topic types) become functionally interchangeable notwithstanding any particular individuals utilizing the invention. The interchangeability of individual topics allows for creation of a global “topic library,” which may be made available to any educator using the system.

Abstract: A method for enabling users to offer educational support in response to a designation of instructor identifier (ID) tags associated with network accessible learning documents. The method comprises selecting by a first user using a first client terminal a network accessible learning document, associating an instructor ID tag indicative of the first user with the network accessible learning document, instructing a presentation of the instructor ID tag in association with the presentation of the network accessible learning document to a second user accessing the network accessible learning document via a second client terminal, identifying a user selection designating the instructor ID tag and made by the second user, and establishing a tutorial session which is based on an interactive communication connection between the first user and the second user.

Abstract: A combined curriculum and grade book manager with integrated student/teacher evaluation functions based on adopted standards is described. A curriculum managing module is configured to provide for display a plurality of course identifiers for courses taught by a teacher and a curriculum associated with each course identifier. Each curriculum includes a plurality of activity identifiers of assessment activities (e.g. tests) for each curriculum. At least some of the activity identifiers are selectively associated with a standards-based assessment activity and adopted standard. A grade book managing module is configured to provide for display a plurality of student identifiers for each course identifier and to provide for entry and display of grades for the assessment activities for each student identifier. The grade book managing module is further configured to interface with a standards-based evaluation module to produce and provide for display standards-based student scores for the assessment activities.

Abstract: The present description refers in particular to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for processing and managing test data.

Abstract: The invention facilitates asynchronous interaction between a geographically separated facilitator and at least one user. The said invention provides asynchronous interaction between rural classrooms (teacher-student community) and expert teachers to increase the outreach of the expert teachers much beyond that is permitted with the teachings of the prior art.

Abstract: 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, compiling the personal statistics for the plurality of users to generate community statistics regarding the performance of the plurality of users, comparing the personal statistics of a user to the community statistics or to a subset thereof, collecting personal information from each user of the plurality of users, subdividing the plurality of users into a plurality of communities based on the personal information of each user, facilitating interactions between the users within a community of the plurality of communities, and generating a credibility score for each user within the community.

Abstract: A Portal Assessment Design System includes a system for designing assessment models and assessments (e.g., standardized tests). In assessment design, specifications are organized around three basic elements: 1) what knowledge, skill or abilities are important to measure; 2) what is necessary evidence of that knowledge, skill or ability; 3) what performance situations are needed to elicit the required evidence from students and other assessment users. The system includes three modules (i.e., Domain Analysis, Domain Modeling, Conceptual Assessment Framework), each of which targets a specific phase of the design process, for designing an assessment in accordance with the three basic elements. The sequence of modules represents the structure of a design process that helps assessment developers work through successive stages or phases of assessment design, from the gathering of raw information to the creation of a complete set of specifications for an assessment product.