JPH09222845A - Management of training and method for learning support by computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate information collection and the retrieval of an object item and relevant items and provide a systematic and efficient generating/ utilizing method for the training aid management and learning support of a specific subject. SOLUTION: The information collected from existing materials related to a specific subject is sorted based on the related element words to form raw material blocks 2 as subdivided information units, and they are vertically and horizontally linked to form a tree structure 5. The raw material blocks 2 are adopted, rejected, selected, combined, and arranged to form and register theme blocks and a lecture transcript block serving as the superior concept of a series of the theme blocks according to the theme and purpose of learning separately from the tree structure 5 of the raw material blocks 2, and the standardized lecture transcript can be quickly and easily generated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of creating a lecture record and learning support method by managing teaching materials using a computer. More specifically, the description portion and data of an existing teaching material as a material is based on element terms. Classify and form unit blocks into which information is subdivided, divide these material blocks into upper, middle, lower or higher levels according to the conceptual stages, and attach a tag to each block to make it horizontal. A method for systematically and efficiently creating lecture records and supporting learning by linking vertically and vertically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, not only in the field of science but also in the field of information processing in general, use of documents stored in databases,
Various inventions have been made to improve the efficiency of search. The generally used method is to add the keyword when inputting information to the database, or add an appropriate number to this, and enter this keyword or number when searching to obtain the target information. Something to search for. However, with this method, it is necessary to create a separate list of keywords or numbers for the search, and at the same time, it takes time and effort to search for the keywords or numbers, and the search time increases in proportion to the increase in the amount of information, which is not much. Not efficient. Further, in this method, since all information is recorded without being associated with each other, it is impossible to search peripheral knowledge of search information and related items. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of the search and the information search of the peripheral knowledge, a method of selecting and inputting an appropriate item using a synonym dictionary having a hierarchical structure called a thesaurus has come to be used. However, even with this method, the synonym search is easy, but it is difficult to collectively search for items that are not synonymous with the keyword but are related, or related items included in a specific field. In addition, a commercially available thesaurus has a major drawback that it cannot be modified by adding or deleting items.

[0003]

The present invention not only facilitates the above-mentioned information collection and retrieval of relevant items and related items,
It is intended to provide a method of systematically and efficiently creating and using materials for managing teaching materials of specific subjects and learning support. Conventionally, individual teachers / researchers have selected existing materials represented by textbooks and many other media, created auxiliary materials, or created lecture records and used them for education. However, preparation of such supplementary teaching materials and lecture records requires time and labor to prepare, as it requires organizing and selecting the essential items that should be taught, and in some cases researching non-specialty peripheral items. Furthermore, if it is attempted to effectively manage and use the information such as the created teaching materials and lecture records, the problems faced by general information processing as described above will be encountered.

On the other hand, the learner who is the other user of the above information can understand the flow of the lecture itself, the peripheral knowledge and the information according to the flow of the lecture, even though the learner can prepare in the outline book. It may take time to collect and organize the materials, and may lose motivation at the stage of preparation work, or may just stop learning in the range of the distributed materials and lecture records, so a free search tool is needed. It was It is extremely important for the efficiency of learning that the learner searches for information on the entire area of interest, systematizes related knowledge in advance, and obtains it widely and appropriately.

Further, in the case where a plurality of teachers and researchers at the university or research institution share the existing materials,
It is necessary to manage a huge amount of information with some index according to the knowledge system of the target subject. For the expression form of the system, it is essential to establish an expression form suitable for managing materials such as table of contents, headwords, index words, charts, that is, a unified management method of information units. By doing so, the information that is suitable for each educational purpose can be partially used, replaced, and added, and the information can be freely processed, existing materials can be effectively used, and effective sharing can be achieved.

[0006]

[Means for Solving Problems] Existing teaching materials related to a specific subject, that is, a textbook, a review book, a technical book, a dictionary, a collection of papers,
Elemental terms are extracted and selected from magazines, etc. with reference to their table of contents, headwords, index words, chart explanations, etc. What are element terms?
Refers to an important term for studying the subject. This element term is
After that, it becomes the basis of the general information retrieval method based on the present invention.

[0007] The extracted / selected element terms include high, middle,
A material block, which is a subdivided unit, which is a unit that is assigned a level according to a lower level concept or higher concept level, and classifies the description part or data of the teaching material based on the relationship with the element term. To form. For example,
The upper rank refers to major categories such as physics, chemistry, and biology, the middle rank refers to middle categories such as mechanics, thermology, and atomic physics, and the lower rank refers to subcategories such as force, materials, and movements. Subordinate concepts can be further classified into multiple conceptual stages. Classification at the same conceptual stage is called horizontal classification, and classification at different conceptual stages is called vertical classification. Since it is written horizontally on the computer screen, the horizontal and vertical classifications and the directions of the links are vertical and horizontal on the screen, respectively. As described above, the upper, middle, and lower classifications are merely for convenience, and the conceptual classification can be arbitrarily determined for each subject, and the number of stages can be further increased.

As described above, each material block is information on a unit that is classified based on the relation with the element term, and specifically, a description part and a numerical value, a chart, a footnote and the like. Each material block is attached with a tag that includes an element term for identification. The relationship between the tag tag of the material block and the material block is the relationship between the luggage tag (sign including the element term) and the package (information unit related to the element term). The tag tag of the material block is horizontal as described below. -A vertically linked tree structure is used for the search screen and the display when creating a lecture record. The tag tag of each material block may be the element term itself.

The tree structure of the above-mentioned identification tag is represented by connecting the indicator tags including the element terms with a pointer as shown in FIG.
It has a hierarchical structure. This physical link is called a vertical link. The vertical link allows the creator to associate the tag tags of various material blocks with the upper and lower levels in advance and make this into a tree structure, so that it is easy to find where the concept of the relevant element term is located in the whole. This is to make it easy to understand and to facilitate searching for related element terms. As shown in FIG. 2, necessary data for building a vertical link is a tag including a level depth, element terms and upper and lower element terms. In this way, a tree structure is created by preliminarily vertically associating with the tag that includes the element term and registering it in the recording medium.

Further, related material blocks on the same conceptual level are also horizontally linked via the tag.
That is, when registering to the recording medium, the material blocks are vertically linked according to the depth of the level as described above, and the material blocks at the same concept level are horizontally linked and registered, thereby -Related items can be traced in either horizontal direction.

As described above, the material block is unit information obtained by dividing the teaching material based on the element term, and is attached to the recording medium of the computer by attaching a tag tag including the element term to the unit block. A target material block can be searched and displayed by inputting a tag, clicking a sign tag on a tree structure, or clicking a corresponding sign tag from the listed sign tags. That is,
Create a list in which all tag tags of material blocks are arranged in the order of Japanese syllabary in advance and register them. By clicking on any tag in the list, you can search and display the corresponding material block. The list in the Japanese syllabary of the tag can be used as a search / display heading of the term dictionary, and the material block can be used as the term dictionary. The registration format is as shown in FIG. 3, but in addition to the explanatory text and figures, the title of the reference paper, the date of publication of the paper, footnotes, etc. may be added. This material block is efficiently searched by adopting the recording format and display format of the above-mentioned horizontal and vertical links to the computer via the tag.

Further, one or more material blocks are selected and combined to create a subject for learning, which is a subject block. Each subject block is labeled with a tag for identification and registered in the subject block file on the computer. The subject block is arbitrarily created by the creator according to the system of subject or the purpose of learning, and is registered in the computer separately from the tree structure of the material block, and is registered in the computer separately from the tree structure of the material block. File. It is preferable that the tag tag of the subject block is made up of one or more element terms that most directly represent the contents of the block. Therefore,
The content of the subject block is a set of indicator tags of the related material block. In order to systematically standardize the material blocks to be searched and to speed up / simplify the search, by clicking the indicator tag of the displayed subject block, the material blocks that form the content of the subject block can be searched collectively. Can be displayed. In addition, select one or more subject blocks, create a lecture subject according to the horizontal classification of the subject, and make a lecture record block, and attach a tag for identification to each lecture record block. Then, it is registered in the lecture record block file on the computer separately from the tree structure of the material block. The tag tag of the lecture record block is created in the same manner as the tag tag of the subject block. Similar to the subject block, the lecture record block is a set of indicator tags of the subject block, and the information itself always exists as a material block as unit information. By clicking on the displayed tag tag of the lecture record block, the tag tag of the subject block included in the lecture record block and the material blocks that form the content of the subject block are searched and displayed together, and printed. By out, a standardized lecture record can be created easily and quickly.

As described above, the subject block and the lecture record block are formed and managed separately from the tree structure of the material block. That is, the tree structure of the material block is a set of unit information in which the existing teaching materials are used as the reference and the levels according to each conceptual stage are attached, and the levels are associated horizontally and vertically. The subject block and the lecture record block are created by the teaching material creator as standard items in accordance with the learning subject and the content of the lecture. Instead of creating a standardized lecture record using the lecture record block and the subject block, the teaching material creator carefully traces the tree structure and selects the material blocks that should be the contents of the lecture record, and It is also possible to create a more unique lecture record by selecting related material blocks that are not directly linked to the starting point in the structure, that is, related material blocks scattered in the tree structure. .

On the other hand, the learner can collectively display the material blocks included in the subject block and the lecture record block by using the tag tags of the subject block and the lecture record block as clues. That is, since the subject block and the lecture record block each have a tag tag, the learner selects and designates the required tag of the subject block and lecture record block on the computer screen. It is possible to search and display all the created material blocks. The learning information can be obtained very easily by printing the material block searched and displayed in this manner with a printer as needed. Regarding the particularly necessary material blocks among them, by displaying only the tree structure of the tag including the tag of the material block on the screen, the block is in a conceptual stage in the whole system of the subject. The tree structure can be easily grasped and the tree structure can be
By vertically tracing, it becomes possible to systematically grasp the peripheral knowledge. On the other hand, in the material block, as described in FIG. 3, the related element terms included in the material block are also displayed. Therefore, by clicking the related element term on the computer screen or inputting it from the keyboard, It is also possible to display the material block including the related element term in the tag and the other material block linked to the material block.

As described above, according to the present invention, a huge amount of information contained in many media in each subject is divided into unit information as material blocks, which are horizontally and vertically associated and classified and registered to form a tree structure. By doing so, existing materials can be centrally managed and search can be facilitated.
In addition, by creating subject blocks and lecture record blocks in advance, it becomes possible to collectively search and display a group of related standardized material blocks by theme,
It facilitates the use of information by the material creator and the systematic learning of learners.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, creation of a lecture record in the field of global environmental science, retrieval by a learner, and description of related hardware configuration will be described mainly in time series of work. Work begins with the collection and classification of element terms. FIG. 4 shows that the element terms (1) extracted and selected from the existing teaching materials necessary for the lecture are vertically classified by classifying them into upper, middle, and lower levels to create a lecture record, and the same concept is used. It is a horizontal classification of element terms (1) in stages. Element terms (1) are collected from existing materials in accordance with the knowledge system of the education target area, and material blocks (2) are formed from information related to these element terms (1). As described above, the material block (2) is subdivided unit information including a description part of an existing material, a chart, a data footnote, etc. related to the specific element term (1). FIG. 5 shows the contents of the material block (2) created in FIG. 3 on the computer screen (3). In this example, the element term (1) is “BUV.
Method ”, the contents of which are an explanation sentence related to the“ BUV method ”and a chart for assisting understanding of the explanation sentence. As described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, each material block has an element term (1) itself, which should also be called a luggage tag, or an appropriate code as necessary for the element term (1) according to the recording format of the computer. A tag tag (4) consisting of the above is added, the upper tag tag (4) and the lower tag tag (4) are vertically linked, and the element term (1) at the same conceptual stage is horizontal. It is linked (A), and is registered and managed in a recording medium of a computer together with related element terms (1), explanations, etc. according to the format of FIG. In the screen of this embodiment shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the “marker tag”, “element term”, “kana headword”, “English name”, and “related element term”, the same conceptual level as the “BUV method” is set. The tag (4) of a certain material block, that is, "ozone hole", "photochemical process", etc., is also displayed. The "related element term" is an element term (1) which is not linked horizontally or vertically on the tree structure (5) with the element term (1), but which is particularly desired to be associated in advance.

The tag tag (4) of the material block is displayed on the computer screen (3) as one item on the tree structure (5) as shown in FIG. 6, and the entire tree structure (5) is displayed. , It is possible to clearly recognize the mutual relationship and positional relationship with other items necessary for learning in the subject. Further, the tree structure (5) allows a general understanding of the entire system, and at the same time, by inputting the element term (1), the tag tag (4) of the material block including the element term (1) is searched,
By displaying the block (2) or selecting the tag tag (4) of the listed material block, it can be used as a term dictionary. In FIG. 6, when the tag tag (4) of the material block on the tree structure (5) displayed on the computer screen (3) is clicked, as shown in FIG. 9, the content of the tag tag (4), that is, the material Block (2) is displayed. In addition, when it is used as a term dictionary, by specifying it in the search method selection window (15) as shown in FIG. 9, the tree structure (5) on the computer screen (3) can be clicked and the keyboard can be used. It is possible to search by inputting the tag tag (4) of the material block or the element term (1). The search method selection window (15) has a function of selecting and instructing various procedures for searching and displaying. Further, the marker tag selection window (14) separately displays the marker tag (13) of the lecture record block or the marker tag (10) of the subject block, and the same as the search method selection window (15). It has a function of selecting and instructing the tag tag (13) and the tag tag (10) of the subject block. When the element term (1) is entered from the keyboard, as described above, the tag tag (4) of the material block containing the term is displayed, so-called "fuzzy search" or by the teaching material creator or learner. It can also be used as a confirmation search list for peripheral related items.

As described above, the material block (2) is subdivided unit information related to each individual element term (1), but is separate from the tree structure (5) of the material block marker tag (4). Then, a subject block (8) is created as an individual subject that has been collected to some extent. Here, a method of creating a subject block (8) will be described with reference to FIG. 7 by taking the subject “ozone layers in the northern and southern hemispheres” as an example. In the course of the lecture, the most appropriate material block (2) when the subject of the change is the season and region of the ozone layer, 6 material blocks from the material block file (6) shown in FIG. 10 based on the element term (1). The tag tag (4) of No. 2 was selected and displayed, and the tag tag (10) of the subject block was added and registered in the subject block file (9). When creating, first search for the material block (2) that contains the "ozone layer" in the tag tag (4) of the material block, and then select the peripheral items from the tree structure (5) to select information appropriate for this subject. The content of the subject was done. That is, "Ozone layer", "Ozone hole", by searching the tag tag (4) of the material block,
"Ozone layer (south, autumn)", "Ozone layer (south, spring)",
"Ozone layer (North / Autumn)", "Ozone layer (North / Spring)",
Of the material blocks (2) such as “Dobson unit” and “BUV method”, the one that best represents the content of the subject is 6
The individual material block (2) was selected, and the subject block (8) was created by using "the ozone layer of the northern and southern hemispheres" as a tag. In FIG. 7, 2 shows the contents of the material blocks included in the created subject block (8) collectively displayed on the computer screen.

The lecture record block (11) is created as a sum of each subject block (8) in the same manner as the above-mentioned subject block (8), and the tag tag (13) of the lecture record block is added to the block shown in FIG. Register in the lecture record block file (12) shown. As shown in FIG. 8, the lecture record block (11) is a set of tag tags (10) of the subject blocks, and the lecture record “depletion of the ozone layer” in this example is a set of 10 subject blocks (8). In the tag tag (10) of the subject block which is the content of the lecture record block (11) in FIG.
Including the tag tag (10) "Northern and Southern Hemisphere ozone layer" created in 1., and the content of the subject block (8) is "Ozone layer", "Ozone hole",
Material blocks such as "BUV method" and "general circulation" (2)
Is formed by When creating a lecture record, the subject can be selected and its content can be arbitrarily set in consideration of the content and time of the lecture. In this embodiment, part of the content of the subject block (8) created in FIG. 7 is changed in FIG. 8 in consideration of the theme of “depletion of the ozone layer”. As described above, the subject block (8) and the lecture record block (11) are created and registered separately from the tree structure (5) of the material block (2), and the tag tag (13) of the selected lecture record block or By clicking the marker tag (10) of the subject block on the marker tag selection window (14), the contents of the material blocks (2) included in the block can be collectively output to the screen.

The material block (2) in the lecture record
With regard to the presentation order and the like, it is possible to automatically perform that step. That is, the tag tag (4) of the material block, which is the content of each subject block (8) included in the lecture record, is changed to the tag tag (4) of the upper material block of the tree structure (5).
If it is decided to present in order, the tag tags (4) of the material blocks included in the subject block (8) are the tree structure (5).
The presentation order is shown in descending order according to the conceptual stage of the tree structure (5) from the higher order, and it is possible to present in order from the large concept. The lecture record block (1
The tag tag (10) of the subject block included in 1) or the tag tag (4) of the material block included in the subject block (8) is output from the printer (7), and this is output to the table of contents and lecture schedule of the lecture record. It can also be used as such.
As described above, the content of the lecture record block (11) is a set of indicator tags (10) of the subject blocks, and the subject block (8) is a set of indicator tags (4) of the material blocks, and the information itself is , Always exists as a material block (2) as unit information based on the element term (1).
Therefore, the lecture record is also presented to the learner as a combined array of information units based on these element terms (1).
Although it is possible to print out all the subject blocks (8) contained in the lecture record and all the material blocks (2) contained in the blocks, printout in the unit term (1) of the necessary part, or a diagram As shown in 7-2, it is possible to print out in screen units in which each material block (2) is combined and displayed on the computer screen (3), and information can be added / added / deleted as appropriate. . As shown in 2 of FIG. 7, if you want to create and add a description for the subject block (8) “Northern and Southern Hemisphere ozone layer”,
Such a descriptive text is created, and a tag "4" of the material block "Change of ozone layer with time" is added and registered as a new material block (2).

With respect to each material block (2), as shown in FIG. 9, various kinds of searches can be performed by using the marker tag selection window (14) and the search method selection window (15). First, by inputting the tag tag (4) of the material block, the block (2) is directly called from the material block file (6) and displayed on the computer screen (3) to enable the search as a term dictionary. Become. Similarly, by inputting the element term (1), the indicator free (4) of all material blocks including the term can be called, and general search for peripheral items and so-called "fuzzy search" for memorable items are performed. It becomes possible.
Further, where in the tree structure (5) these items are located, in other words, where in the whole system of the subject concerned, can be recognized very easily.

In addition to the above various searches, the learner can call the tag tag (13) of the lecture record block to cover the learning order, range, learning items included in the range, etc. of the lecture itself. In addition, it is possible to easily understand and to search peripheral items according to the tree structure (5). As described above, since the tag tag (4) of each material block is horizontally linked (A) and simultaneously vertically linked (B), learning can be arbitrarily advanced in any direction.

A specific learner search procedure will be described with reference to FIG. When the power is turned on, the sign tag (13) of the lecture record block is displayed in the sign tag selection window (14) on the computer screen (3). Click the lecture record "Ozone layer depletion" to display the tag tag (1
0) is displayed. When "Ozone layer in northern and southern hemispheres" is clicked from the tag tag (10) of the subject block, the material block (2) which is the content of the subject block is displayed. Further, by displaying the tree structure (5) of the tag, the learner can systematically recognize the contents of the lecture, the procedure, related items, etc. according to the tree structure (5). If you want to get more information about the contents, computer screen (3)
When the tag tag (4) of an arbitrary material block is clicked from the above tree structure (5), the content of the material block (2) which is the content of the subject block is displayed. The screen of the material block (2) is the same as that of FIG. 5, but the marker tag (4) of the material block vertically linked (B) of the block by this screen is horizontally linked (A) with this tag. ) The identified tag (4) of the material block, the synonym and the related element term (1), etc. are known, and the learner follows the vertical link (Λ) and the horizontal link (B) according to his / her interest. You can also proceed. By repeating these steps, the learner systematically learns the relevant range of the lecture and can search information freely.

[0024]

[Effects of the Invention] Information collected from existing materials related to a specific subject is formed into a material block as an information unit subdivided based on related element terms, and the material block is vertically and vertically arranged. By linking and using a tree structure, not only is it easy to search for relevant items and related items, but it is also possible to systematically and efficiently create and use materials for teaching material management and learning support. Separately from the tree structure of such material blocks, a subject block in which such material blocks are selected and arranged according to the theme and purpose of learning and a lecture record block as a superordinate concept of the group of subject blocks are arranged. By creating / registering and selecting such lecture record blocks and subject blocks, the material blocks included in such blocks are collectively displayed in an array, and a standardized lecture record can be created quickly and easily. Furthermore, at universities and research institutions,
Multiple teachers and researchers will be able to jointly use and centrally manage existing materials and created information, and learners will be able to search information in all areas of interest and systematically recognize related items that are widely needed for learning. Can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

Figure 1 Display format in which indicator tags of material blocks are linked vertically / horizontally Figure 2 Recording format in computer for building vertical / horizontal links Figure 3 Format of material block registration in computer Figure 4 Element terms Classification and registration format Figure 5 Material block computer display screen Figure 6 Tree structure computer display screen Figure 7 1 Subject block registration format Figure 7 2 Material block computer display screen included in subject block Figure 8 Lecture record block Computer display screen Fig. 9 Tag tag selection window, search method selection window, computer screen displaying material blocks and tree structure Fig. 10 Conceptual diagram of teaching material management / learning support database

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Element terms 2. Material block 3. Computer screen 4. Material block tag 5. Tree structure 6. Material block file 7. Printer 8. Subject block 9. Subject block file 10. Indicator tag of subject block 11. Lecture record block 12. Lecture record block file 13. Sign tag of lecture record block 14. Marker tag selection window 15. Search method selection window A. Horizontal link B. Vertical link C. Horizontal classification D. Vertical classification

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. Elementary terms for learning are selected / extracted from various existing teaching materials related to a specific subject, and a level corresponding to each of higher, middle, and lower concepts or higher conceptual stages is selected. A material block is formed by grouping the description parts and data of the teaching materials based on the relationship with each of the element terms, and each related material block is vertically arranged according to the level of the element term. In addition to linking, each material block in the same conceptual stage is further linked in the horizontal direction according to the classification system of the subject concerned to form a tree structure of the material block, and each material block includes a sign including an element term for identification. Add tags to the storage medium of the computer, select and specify one or more material blocks from the tree structure separately from the tree structure of such material blocks. , Create a subject for learning consisting of the element terms or a combination thereof to form a subject block, attach a tag for identification to each subject block, and register the subject block in a storage medium of a computer. Select and specify the above subject blocks, create a lecture subject according to the horizontal classification of the subject and make it a lecture record block, add a tag for identification to each lecture record block, and store it in the computer If you register in the medium and select any lecture record block or subject block on the computer screen by its tag, all material blocks selected / designated by such lecture record block or subject block will be displayed on the computer screen. , Select any of the displayed blocks and use the printer connected to the computer. By printing, it is possible to create a lectures desired for the lectures block or subject block, materials management and learning support method by a computer. 2. By selecting the lecture record block or the subject block, instead of displaying a group of material blocks designated by these blocks on the computer screen, only the entire tree structure of the tag tags of the material blocks is displayed. The computer-aided teaching material management and learning support method according to claim 1, which is displayed on a computer screen. 3. By selecting a related element term included in the displayed material block, another material block including the related element term in a tag and another material block linked to the block are displayed. The computer-aided teaching material management and learning support method according to claim 1. 4. A learner who uses the lecture record created by the method according to claim 1, 2, or 3 selects and displays an arbitrary material block in the lecture record instead of creating the lecture record. Then, all the material blocks that are linked horizontally and vertically to the block are displayed, which allows the learner to check the related blocks that are not included in the lecture record, depending on their understanding and motivation. The computer-aided teaching material management and learning support method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, which enables learning. 5. A block to be displayed on the screen of the computer is selected by displaying only a tag tag corresponding to the block on the screen of the computer and selecting and clicking the tag tag. 1, 2,
The computer-aided teaching material management and learning support method described in 3 or 4. 6. The teaching material management and learning by the computer according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein a block displayed on the screen of the computer is selected by inputting a tag tag to the computer. How to help.