公开(公告)号：US6135776A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-24

申请号：US071139

申请日：1998-04-30

申请人： Erol Erturk ,  Jessica Susan Toth

发明人： Erol Erturk ,  Jessica Susan Toth

IPC分类号： G09B7/02 ,  G09B23/00

CPC分类号： G09B7/02

摘要： A new and improved learning system that contains a highly interactive environment rich with educational information. The new and improved learning system contains an interactive educational software program with a companion hands-on educational activities kit. The learning system includes software which guides the user through activities, instructions, and educational material. The program's virtual expert explains material. The program also consists of several virtual machines that the user interacts with. One virtual machine holds readily accessible entertaining and scientific facts; another holds a readily accessible glossary of scientific terms. There is also a virtual machine that functions as a laboratory journal for user input of desired observations and measurements. At the completion of the project, the software compiles the user's information into an accessible final report for reading and printing. The kit is a seed growing kit with which the user experiences plant germination, anatomy, photosynthesis, and other relating educational concepts firsthand. With the help of the virtual expert, the user steps through a sequence of activities timed with plant growth. The activities generally last one to two weeks. The software delivers the necessary instructions and information for the user to successfully grow the seeds in the kit, access related facts, and input and compile observations and measurements during the learning process. The present invention has the potential for abundant educational information available from the software, the kit provides for thorough hands-on interaction with the subject, and the user is fully in control of the learning process as no supervision is necessary.

摘要翻译： 一个新的和改进的学习系统，包含一个富有教育信息的高度互动的环境。 新的和改进的学习系统包含一个交互式教育软件程序与一个配套的实践教育活动工具包。 学习系统包括指导用户进行活动，指导和教育材料的软件。 程序的虚拟专家解释材料。 该程序还包括用户与之交互的多个虚拟机。 一个虚拟机拥有易于访问的娱乐和科学事实; 另一个则是容易理解的术语表。 还有一个虚拟机作为实验室日志，用于输入所需的观测和测量。 项目完成后，软件会将用户的信息编入可读取和打印的最终报告。 该套件是种子成长套件，用户可以亲自体验植物萌发，解剖学，光合作用和其他相关教育概念。 在虚拟专家的帮助下，用户将按照植物生长计时进行一系列活动。 活动通常持续一至两周。 该软件提供必要的指导和信息，供用户成功种植套件中的种子，访问相关事实，以及在学习过程中输入和编译观察和测量。 本发明具有从软件获得的丰富的教育信息的潜力，该套件提供与主题的彻底的动手互动，并且用户完全控制学习过程，因为不需要监督。