JP5304007B2 - Course support device and course support system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a course support apparatus and a course support system .

In recent years, a system for conducting lectures via a network such as the Internet is known. Some of these systems can acquire credits by taking a plurality of lectures, and can acquire various qualifications such as a bachelor's qualification by acquiring a plurality of credits. According to such a system, the student can take a desired lecture at a convenient time without being bound by a predetermined time or a predetermined curriculum. Further, Patent Document 1 discloses a diving course for realizing sufficient and necessary lecture learning in a lecture process for the purpose of acquiring basic knowledge as a diver in a diving course process in a lecture system using a network. A system has been proposed.
JP 2002-341739 A

By the way, when the number of lectures provided by the lecture system is large, a plurality of combinations may be recognized as a combination of lectures for acquiring a unit, qualification, etc. of a certain subject. In such a case, the student needs to think about which lecture he / she wants to take in order to obtain the credits and qualifications of the subject he / she desires. The more lectures and subjects, the more complicated the task. In addition, the degree of understanding and the level of attainment of students often varies from lecture to lecture, and some lectures include items that should be reviewed. In such a case, it is preferable that the student can review the lecture that has already been taken by taking another lecture.
The present invention has been made under the above-described background, and is a lecture that a student should take when reviewing a lecture or the like (lecture and the like) and reviewing a lecture that has already been taken. The purpose is to provide a technology capable of notifying students of lectures that can be performed.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a lecture group data storage means for storing a plurality of lecture group data indicating a lecture group composed of a combination of one or a plurality of lectures for each subject identification data indicating a subject, Correspondence level storage means for storing the correspondence relations of the lectures, understanding level data storage means for storing the understanding level data indicating the understanding level of the lecture that the student has already taken for each lecture identification data indicating the lecture, Determination means for acquiring subject identification data for identifying the subject, and determining for each lecture identification data whether or not the understanding level data stored in the understanding level data storage means is less than a predetermined threshold And a correspondence corresponding to a lecture in which the determination result by the determination means is affirmative with reference to the correspondence relationship stored in the correspondence relationship storage means A specifying means for specifying, a selecting means for selecting lecture group data indicating a lecture group including the lecture specified by the specifying means from the lecture group data stored in the lecture group data storage means; and the selecting means And an output means for outputting the lecture group data selected by the above.

  In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the lecture group data selected by the selection means is analyzed, the ranking means for ranking the selected lecture group data according to the analysis result, and the ranking result of the ranking means And ranking data output means for outputting ranking data indicating.

  In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the lecture group data storage means indicates a lecture group constituted by a combination of one or a plurality of lectures and lecture group data indicating attributes of each lecture included in the lecture group, A plurality of items are stored for each subject identification data, and the ranking means statistics the lecture group data selected by the selection means for each attribute, and ranks the selected lecture group data according to the statistical result. Also good.

  Further, the present invention relates to a lecture composed of one or more lecture elements, and stores a set of lecture element data indicating lecture elements included in each lecture in association with lecture identification data for identifying the lecture. For each lecture element identification data for identifying the lecture element, the data storage means and the understanding level data indicating the understanding level of the student are stored for each lecture element included in the lecture that the student has taken. Data storage means, determination means for determining for each lecture element identification data whether or not the understanding level data stored in the understanding level data storage means is less than a predetermined threshold, and the lecture data storage means Referring to the specifying means for specifying the lecture including the lecture element for which the determination result by the determining means is positive, and the lecture specified by the specifying means Providing course support apparatus characterized by comprising an output means for outputting to the data.

  In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a lecture group data storage means for storing a plurality of lecture group data indicating a lecture group composed of a combination of one or a plurality of the lectures for each subject identification data indicating a subject, and identifying the subject Acquisition means for acquiring subject identification data, and lecture group data corresponding to the subject identification data acquired by the acquisition means from the lecture group data stored in the lecture group data storage means, wherein the determination means Selecting means for selecting a lecture group data indicating a lecture group including a lecture element for which the determination result is positive, and a lecture group data output means for outputting the lecture group data selected by the selecting means Good.

  According to the present invention, when a lecture or the like is performed, a lecture that the student should attend and a lecture that can review the lecture that has already been taken is notified to the student. be able to.

<A: First Embodiment>
<A-1: Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network lecture system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a server device 1 is a device that distributes lecture data indicating a lecture to the terminal 2 and informs a student of a lecture to be attended. The terminal 2 is a device that can communicate with the server device 1 and is, for example, a personal computer. Note that the terminal 2 is not limited to a personal computer, and various communication devices capable of performing operations described later can be employed. The terminal 2 is a communication device used by a user who takes a lecture in this system. A user who uses the terminal 2 is hereinafter referred to as a “student”. There are a plurality of students in this system, and they take a lecture using each terminal 2. The network 3 is a network that enables the server device 1 and the terminal 2 to communicate with each other, and is, for example, the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network). The network 3 may be, for example, a so-called Peer to Peer type network as long as it enables the server device 1 and the terminal 2 to communicate with each other. Further, the network 3 may be wired or wireless, or may be a combination of these.

  Here, the usage form of the network lecture system which is this embodiment is demonstrated. The student uses the terminal 2 to access the server apparatus 1 and listens to the lecture by receiving distribution of lecture data from the server apparatus 1. In this system, it is possible to acquire credits for a subject by taking a preset lecture for each subject. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a lecture, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the correspondence between subjects and lectures. As illustrated in FIG. 2, various lectures are provided in this system, and a student can select and attend a desired lecture from the plurality of lectures. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 3, for each subject, one or a plurality of combinations of lectures (hereinafter referred to as “lecture groups”) that need to be taken to acquire credits are set. The student can acquire credits by selecting one of the set lecture groups and taking all the lectures included in the selected lecture group.

  Next, the configuration of the server device 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server device 1. In the figure, the control unit 11 includes an arithmetic device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory, and controls the operation of the server device 1 by executing a program stored in advance. The communication unit 12 is an interface that enables transmission / reception of data via the network 3. The communication unit 12 transmits data supplied from the control unit 11 via the network 3, and controls data received via the network 3. 11 is supplied. The information input unit 13 is an interface for inputting various data. The information input unit 13 of the present embodiment includes a microphone for inputting voice, and a keyboard and mouse for inputting characters and the like. The information output unit 14 is an interface for outputting data. The information output unit 14 of the present embodiment includes a speaker that emits sound and a display device that displays an image including characters and the like. Note that the image displayed by the information output unit 14 may be a still image or a moving image. The storage unit 15 is a storage unit that stores data referred to by the control unit 11, and is, for example, a hard disk. The storage unit 15 may be configured separately from the server device 1 such as an optical disk (DVD or the like), or may be a remote storage device connected to a network.

  As shown in the figure, the storage unit 15 stores a lecture database DB1, a subject database DB2, a student database DB3, and a related lecture database DB4. The lecture database DB1 stores lecture data in which lectures viewed by students are recorded. The lecture data of this embodiment is data recorded and recorded in advance.

  The subject database DB2 stores a plurality of lecture group data indicating a lecture group constituted by combining one or a plurality of lectures for each subject. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of the subject database DB2. As shown in the figure, this database is configured by associating items of “subject ID” and “lecture group” with each other. Among these items, a “subject ID” item stores a subject ID (subject identification data) for identifying a subject. In the “Lecture Group” item, lecture group data indicating a lecture group composed of a combination of one or more lectures is stored. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of lecture groups of “lecture group 01”, “lecture group 02”,... In the present embodiment, the student can acquire the unit of the subject by taking the lecture in any combination of these lecture groups.

  The student database DB3 stores data indicating the course history for each student and the subjects to be acquired. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of the student database DB3. As shown in the figure, this database is configured by associating items of “student ID”, “study history”, and “scheduled course” with each other. Among these items, the “student ID” item stores a student ID (student identification data) for identifying the student. The item “Learning History” stores lecture identification data indicating a lecture that the student has already taken. Whenever the lecture is distributed, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 registers the lecture identification data indicating the distributed lecture in the item of the attendance history corresponding to the student ID indicating the distribution destination student. Thereby, the attendance history for each attendee is accumulated in the attendee database DB3. In the following description, the group of lecture identification data stored in the “attendance history” item will be referred to as “attendance history data”. The item “scheduled course” stores the course ID (course identification data) of the course that the student plans to acquire credits. The student can register the course ID of the course for which he / she wishes to acquire credits in the student database DB 3 using the terminal 2.

  Here, an example of the content of the lecture identification data registered in the student database DB3 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of the lecture identification data. In the example shown in the figure, the lecture identification data is configured by adding one or more tags indicating lecture attributes to a lecture ID for identifying a lecture. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the lecture identification data includes a “lecturer tag” that identifies a lecturer, a “guidance method tag” that identifies a guidance method (lecture, discussion, etc.), and a “time tag” that indicates the length of the lecture. A “fee tag” indicating a lecture fee and an “understanding level tag” indicating a student's understanding level for the lecture are assigned to the lecture ID for identifying the lecture. In this embodiment, the above-mentioned five types of tags are used: “instructor tag”, “teaching method tag”, “time tag”, “fee tag”, and “understanding level tag”. For example, a “difficulty level tag” indicating the level of difficulty of a lecture and a “language tag” indicating a language in which the lecture is given may be used as long as they indicate the attributes of the lecture, and various types may be used. Can do.

  The related lecture database DB4 stores data indicating the correspondence between a plurality of lectures. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the related lecture database DB4. As shown in the figure, this database is configured by associating items of “lecture ID” and “related lecture” with each other. Among these items, the “Lecture ID” item stores a lecture ID for identifying a lecture. In the item “related lecture”, one or a plurality of lecture IDs indicating a lecture (hereinafter referred to as “related lecture”) related to (corresponding to) the lecture indicated by the lecture ID is stored. The lecture indicated by the lecture ID stored in the “Lecture ID” item and the lecture having the lecture ID stored in the “Related Lecture” item are related to each other (for example, include items having the same contents). By attending the related lecture, the student can review the lecture that was previously taken.

  Next, the configuration of the terminal 2 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the terminal 2. In the figure, the functions of the control unit 21, the communication unit 22, the information input unit 23, and the information output unit 24 are almost the same as the functions of the control unit 11, the communication unit 12, the information input unit 13, and the information output unit 14 of the server device 1, respectively. This is the same and will not be described. In short, the terminal 2 has the same configuration as that of the server device 1 except for the storage unit 25. The storage unit 25 is a storage unit that stores data referred to by the control unit 21 and is, for example, a hard disk.

<A-2: Operation>
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
<A-2-1: Lecture action>
First, the lecture operation of this system will be described. First, the student operates his / her terminal to transmit distribution request data including the student ID assigned to him / her and the lecture ID of the lecture he / she wants to take to the server apparatus 1 via the network 3. When the server apparatus 1 receives the distribution request data from the terminal 2, the server apparatus 1 distributes lecture data representing the lecture indicated by the received distribution request data to the terminal 2. The terminal 2 outputs the lecture data distributed from the server device 1 to the information output unit 24. That is, the terminal 2 emits the sound represented by the lecture data from the speaker and displays the image represented by the lecture data on the display device. The student attends the lecture by listening to sound and images emitted from the terminal 2.

  When the distribution of the lecture data is finished, the server device 1 registers the lecture identification data indicating the distributed lecture in the student database DB3 as a course history. In this way, each time a lecture is taken, the server device 1 registers lecture identification data indicating the taken lecture in the student database DB 3 in association with the student ID that has received the distribution request. Thereby, the attendance history is accumulated in the attendee database DB3 for each attendee.

<A-2-2: Lecture notification operation>
Next, a lecture notification operation performed by the server device 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of notification processing performed by the server device 1. The server device 1 executes this notification process at a timing (for example, every month, every week, etc.) that satisfies a predetermined condition. Note that the notification process may be performed at the timing when the server apparatus 1 receives an inquiry from the student, that is, collation request data indicating the inquiry from the terminal 2.

  First, the control unit 11 of the server device 1 refers to the student database DB3, acquires a student ID, and indicates a course for which a student assigned with the student ID desires to acquire a unit. A subject ID is acquired (step S1). In this operation example, the control unit 11 acquires the student ID and the course ID from the student database DB3. However, the acquisition mode of the student ID and the course ID is not limited to this. For example, The server device 1 may acquire the student ID and the subject ID by receiving the collation request data including the student ID and the subject ID from the terminal 2.

  When the student ID and the subject ID are acquired, the control unit 11 reads the attendance history data corresponding to the obtained attendee ID from the attendee database DB3 (step S2), and the lecture identification data included in the read attendance history data. The “understanding level tag” is referred to, and it is determined for each lecture identification data whether or not the understanding level is less than a predetermined threshold (step S3). When the understanding level is equal to or higher than the threshold value (step S3; NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to the process of step S5 without performing the process shown in step S4.

  On the other hand, when the understanding level is less than the threshold (step S3; YES), the control unit 11 reads the lecture ID of the lecture related to (corresponding to) the lecture from the related lecture database DB4 and reads the read lecture ID. Are stored in a predetermined buffer area (step S4). Next, the control unit 11 determines whether or not other lecture identification data is included in the attendance history data read in step S2 (step S5). If the determination result is affirmative (step S5; YES), the process returns to step S3, and an understanding level determination process is performed for each lecture identification data.

  When the control unit 11 repeatedly executes the processing from step S3 to step S5, the predetermined buffer area in the storage unit 15 is a lecture in which the student has already attended and the understanding level is less than the threshold. A lecture ID indicating a related lecture is accumulated.

  When the understanding level determination process is completed for all of the lecture identification data included in the attendance history data read in step S2 (step S5; NO), the control unit 11 refers to the subject database DB2 to obtain the acquired subject ID. A plurality of corresponding lecture groups are collated with a lecture ID stored in a predetermined buffer area of the storage unit 15, and according to the collation result, the degree of coincidence between the two lecture groups is determined in advance. A lecture group that satisfies the conditions is selected (step S6). As this predetermined condition, for example, the control unit 11 may select all the lecture groups including at least one lecture ID stored in the buffer area, or, for example, stored in the buffer area. It is also possible to select a lecture group that includes at least a predetermined threshold value that matches a given lecture ID. In short, the control unit 11 selects a lecture group whose matching result satisfies a predetermined condition. What should I do?

  The control unit 11 notifies the student by transmitting lecture group data indicating the selected lecture group to the terminal 2 (step S7). The terminal 2 notifies the student by displaying the lecture group data transmitted from the server device 1 on the display device of the information output unit 24.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the terminal 2. As illustrated, a plurality of lecture groups are displayed on the display device. The displayed lecture group includes lectures related to the lesser understanding level of the lectures that the student has already taken, so that the lectures that are effective for review can be shown to the students. Can be reviewed.

<B: Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment described above in that the configuration of the server device is different from the lecture notification operation performed by the server device. The other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment described above. This is the same as the embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, the same reference numerals are given to the same configurations and operations as those of the above-described first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted as appropriate.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server apparatus 1A according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The server device 1A shown in FIG. 12 differs from the server device 1 shown in FIG. 4 in the first embodiment described above in that the component database DB5 is stored in the storage unit 15A and the contents of the student database DB3. Is a different point.

  In the lecture element database DB5 of the storage unit 15A, for a lecture composed of one or more lecture elements, a set of lecture element IDs indicating lecture elements included in each lecture is associated with a lecture ID for identifying the lecture. It is remembered. Each lecture is composed of one or a plurality of lecture elements, and a student can acquire a unit of the subject by taking a lecture including a lecture element set in advance for each subject. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the lecture element database DB5. As shown in the figure, this database is configured by associating items of “lecture ID” and “lecture element ID” with each other. Among these items, the “Lecture ID” item stores a lecture ID for identifying a lecture. In the item “Lecture element”, a set of lecture element IDs indicating lecture elements included in the lecture is stored. As illustrated in FIG. 13, each lecture is configured by combining a plurality of lecture elements. In the example shown in FIG. 13, “1-1”, “1-2”, “1-3”, “1-4”, “1-5” are included in the lecture whose “lecture ID” is “a1”. , “1-8” includes a plurality of lecture elements. In addition, it is shown that the lecture whose “lecture ID” is “a2” includes lecture elements “1-5”, “1-8”, and “1-9”. In the example shown in FIG. 13, the lecture element “1-5” is included in both the lecture a1 and the lecture a2. Thus, one lecture element may be included in a plurality of lectures.

  Next, in the student database DB3, data indicating the attendance history for each student and the subject of the unit acquisition schedule is stored. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of the student database DB3. As shown in the figure, this database is configured by associating items of “student ID”, “study history”, “scheduled course”, and “learned lecture element” with each other. Among these items, the “student ID”, “study history”, and “scheduled subjects” are the same as those shown in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted here. The item “Lecture Element Taken” stores lecture element identification data indicating a lecture element (hereinafter referred to as “Learned Lecture Element”) included in the lecture that the student has taken. Each time the control unit 11 of the server apparatus 1A distributes a lecture, the control element 11 indicates a lecture element included in the distributed lecture in the item "Learned Lecture Element" corresponding to the student ID indicating the distribution destination student. Register element identification data. Thereby, the attendance history of the lecture elements for each attendee is accumulated in the attendee database DB3.

  Next, an example of the content of the lecture element identification data registered in the student database DB3 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content of lecture element identification data. In the example shown in the figure, the lecture element identification data is a lecture element ID that identifies a lecture element, and an “understanding level tag” that indicates the level of understanding (understanding level) of the student for that lecture element identifies the lecture element. To be assigned to the lecture element ID. As described above, in the present embodiment, the server apparatus 1A manages the level of understanding of the student for each lecture element.

  Next, the lecture notification operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the lecture notification process performed by the server apparatus 1A. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 16, the same reference numerals are given to the same processes as those in the flowchart shown in FIG. 10 in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted as appropriate.

  In FIG. 16, when the student ID and the subject ID are acquired in step S1, the control unit 11 associates the acquired student ID with the lecture element identification data stored in the item “Learned lecture elements”. Read from the database DB3 (step S12), refer to the “understanding level tag” of the read lecture element identification data, and determine for each lecture element identification data whether or not the understanding level is less than a predetermined threshold (step). S13). If the understanding level is equal to or higher than the threshold (step S13; NO), the control unit 11 does not perform the process shown in step S14, and proceeds to the process in step S15.

  On the other hand, when the understanding level is less than the threshold (step S13; YES), the control unit 11 stores the lecture element ID indicating the lecture element in a predetermined buffer area (step S14). Next, the control unit 11 determines whether there is another lecture element identification data read out in step S12 (step S15). If the determination result is affirmative (step S15; YES), step Returning to the process of S13, an understanding level determination process for each lecture element identification data is performed. When the control unit 11 repeatedly executes the processing from step S13 to step S15, a lecture element ID indicating a lecture element whose understanding level is less than the threshold is accumulated in a predetermined buffer area of the storage unit 15. The

  When the understanding level determination process is completed for all the lecture element identification data read in step S12 (step S15; NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to the process of step S6, and refers to the subject database DB2 and the lecture element database DB5. A lecture group including the lecture element indicated by the lecture element ID stored in the predetermined buffer area of the storage unit 15 is selected from the plurality of lecture groups corresponding to the acquired subject ID (step S6). At this time, the control unit 11 may select a minimum lecture group including all the lecture elements indicated by the lecture element IDs stored in the predetermined buffer area. Further, for example, the control unit 11 may select a lecture group including at least a majority of the lecture elements indicated by the lecture element ID stored in the predetermined buffer area. For example, the predetermined buffer area Alternatively, a lecture group including at least one lecture element indicated by the lecture element ID stored in may be selected.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the lecture is a lecture to be taken by the student (a lecture that needs to be taken in order to acquire credits of a desired subject), and the understanding level of the lecture elements that have been taken is low. By informing students of lectures including lecture elements, lectures useful for review can be shown to students. That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to learn lecture elements having a low understanding level as efficiently as possible.

  In FIG. 16, the control unit 11 does not perform the lecture group selection process shown in step S6, and includes a lecture including a lecture element whose understanding level is less than the threshold (that is, a predetermined buffer after step S15 is completed). A lecture including a lecture element ID stored in the area may be specified, and data indicating the specified lecture may be transmitted to the terminal 2 to notify the student of a lecture useful for review. In this way, it is possible to show lectures useful for review by informing lectures that include lecture elements with insufficient understanding. Further, in this case, the control unit 11 extracts a lecture that the student has not attended from lectures including lecture elements whose understanding level is less than the threshold, and notifies the student of the extracted lecture. May be.

<C: Modification>
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, It can implement with another various form. An example is shown below. In addition, you may combine each following aspect suitably.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 11 analyzes the selected lecture group, ranks (sorts) the selected lecture groups according to the analysis result, and sorts data indicating the result of the sorting, The sort result may be notified to the student by transmitting it to 2 or the like. Specifically, for example, the control unit 11 may statistically analyze lecture identification data included in the selected lecture group for each attribute (tag), and rank the selected lecture groups according to the statistical result. Good. In this case, for example, when sorting using “time tags”, the lecture groups are rearranged in ascending order (or descending order) of the time length required for attendance, so that students can easily compare the attendance efficiency. can do.

(2) In the above embodiment, lecture identification data to which an “understanding level tag” indicating an understanding level for each lecture is stored in advance in the student database DB3. You may make it acquire the understanding level data which show every understanding level via the information input part 13 grade | etc.,. In this case, as an aspect of acquisition of the understanding level data, for example, the administrator of the server device 1 may manually input using the information input unit 13 and the control unit 11 may acquire the understanding level data. For example, the test may be performed using a network, and the server apparatus 1 may receive the understanding level data from the terminal 2. In short, the control unit 11 of the server apparatus 1 acquires the understanding level data. Any thing can be used.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the student is informed by displaying the lecture on the display device. However, the manner of notification is not limited thereto, and may be notified by, for example, outputting a voice message. Alternatively, the generated data indicating the lecture may be transmitted to the student's mail terminal in an e-mail format. In addition, information indicating the lecture may be output and stored on a storage medium. In this case, the student can refer to the information by reading the information from the recording medium using a computer. . The lecture may be printed out on a predetermined sheet. In short, any information may be used as long as the information indicating the lecture is output so that the message or information can be transmitted to the student by some means.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, two or more devices connected via a communication network share functions related to the server device 1 of the above-described embodiment, and a system including the plurality of devices is the server device of the same embodiment. 1 may be realized. For example, a lecture distribution device that distributes lecture data and a course support device that includes a subject database DB2 and a student database DB3 and that informs students of courses that students should take with reference to these databases are configured separately. May be. In this case, for example, the lecture distribution device distributes the lecture data to the terminal 2, and the course support device refers to the subject database DB2 and the student database DB3 to identify the lecture that the student should take, Lecture identification data indicating the identified lecture may be transmitted to the terminal 2.

(5) The programs executed by the control unit 11 of the server device 1 or the server device 1A in the above-described embodiment are a magnetic recording medium (magnetic tape, magnetic disk, etc.), an optical recording medium (optical disc, etc.), and a magneto-optical recording medium. It can be provided in a state of being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory. Moreover, it is also possible to download to the server apparatus 1 or the server apparatus 1A via a network such as the Internet.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the network lecture system which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a lecture. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of the lecture pattern for every subject. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a subject database. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a student database. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of lecture identification data. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a related lecture database. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a server apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on a display apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a lecture element database. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of a student database. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of lecture element identification data. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a server apparatus performs.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1A ... Server apparatus, 2 ... Terminal, 3 ... Network, 11, 21 ... Control part, 12, 22 ... Communication part, 13, 23 ... Information input part, 14, 24 ... Information output part, 15, 15A, 25 ... storage unit, DB1 ... lecture database, DB2 ... subject database, DB3 ... student database, DB4 ... related lecture database, DB5 ... lecture element database.

Claims (5)

Lecture group data storage means for storing lecture group data indicating a plurality of lecture groups composed of a combination of one or a plurality of lectures that need to be taken in order to acquire a course unit, for each subject identification data indicating the subject When,
Correspondence storage means for storing correspondences that are lectures related to each other in the plurality of lectures;
Understanding level data storage means for storing, for each lecture identification data indicating the lecture, understanding level data indicating an understanding level of the lecture that the student has taken,
Obtaining means for obtaining subject identification data for identifying the subject;
Determining means for determining for each lecture identification data whether or not the understanding level data stored in the understanding level data storage means is less than a predetermined threshold;
A specifying unit that identifies a lecture corresponding to a lecture for which the determination result by the determination unit is positive, with reference to the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage unit;
Lecture group data corresponding to the subject identification data acquired by the acquisition unit, the lecture group data indicating a lecture group including at least one lecture specified by the specifying unit is stored in the lecture group data storage unit Selection means to select all from the lecture group data that has been made,
An attendance support apparatus comprising: output means for outputting the lecture group data selected by the selection means. Analyzing the lecture group data selected by the selection means, and ranking means for ranking the selected lecture group data according to the analysis results;
The course support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising ranking data output means for outputting ranking data indicating a ranking result of the ranking means. The lecture group data storage means stores a plurality of lecture group data for each subject identification data indicating a lecture group constituted by a combination of one or a plurality of lectures and indicating attributes of each lecture included in the lecture group. ,
The ranking means statistics the lecture group data selected by the selection means for each attribute, and ranks the selected lecture group data according to a statistical result. Course support device. Lecture data storage means for storing a set of lecture element data indicating lecture elements included in each lecture in association with lecture identification data for identifying the lecture for a lecture composed of one or more lecture elements;
Understanding level data storage means for storing, for each lecture element identification data for identifying the lecture element, understanding level data indicating an understanding level of the student for each lecture element included in the lecture that the student has taken,
Lecture group data storage means for storing lecture group data indicating a plurality of lecture groups composed of a combination of one or a plurality of the lectures that need to be taken in order to acquire a course unit for each subject identification data indicating a subject When,
Obtaining means for obtaining subject identification data for identifying the subject;
Determining means for determining for each lecture element identification data whether or not the understanding level data stored in the understanding level data storage means is less than a predetermined threshold;
A specifying means for identifying a lecture including a lecture element for which the determination result by the determination means is positive with reference to the lecture data storage means;
Lecture group data corresponding to the subject identification data acquired by the acquiring means and indicating a lecture group including at least one lecture specified by the specifying means is stored in the lecture group data storage means. Selection means to select all from the lecture group data,
An attendance support apparatus comprising: output means for outputting lecture group data selected by the selection means . A terminal and a course support device,
The course support device
Lecture group data storage means for storing lecture group data indicating a plurality of lecture groups composed of a combination of one or a plurality of lectures that need to be taken in order to acquire a course unit, for each subject identification data indicating the subject When,
Correspondence storage means for storing correspondences that are lectures related to each other in the plurality of lectures;
Understanding level data storage means for storing, for each lecture identification data indicating the lecture, understanding level data indicating an understanding level of the lecture that the student has taken,
Obtaining means for obtaining subject identification data for identifying the subject;
Determining means for determining for each lecture identification data whether or not the understanding level data stored in the understanding level data storage means is less than a predetermined threshold;
A specifying unit that identifies a lecture corresponding to a lecture for which the determination result by the determination unit is positive, with reference to the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage unit;
Lecture group data corresponding to the subject identification data acquired by the acquisition unit, the lecture group data indicating a lecture group including at least one lecture specified by the specifying unit is stored in the lecture group data storage unit Selection means to select all from the lecture group data that has been made,
Transmission means for transmitting the lecture group data selected by the selection means to the terminal via a network;
The terminal
An enrollment support system comprising: an output unit that outputs lecture group data transmitted from the enrollment support apparatus to a notification unit.

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