Paper based intermedium for providing interactive educational services
US6178308A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S706/927
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for providing interactive computer assisted teaching. The system is premised on and extends the ubiquitous nature of paper in classroom environments to be an interaction medium with a computer based system. By utilizing intelligent form and embedded data processing, highly interactive and customized teaching applications can be created. A student and other members of the educational community interacts with the system by making marks on an educational material and then scanning that educational material back into the system. Intelligent forms processing techniques are used to identify the marks made and pass them on to a teaching application. The teaching application will then determine an appropriate course of interaction, which may include having a responsive educational material printed out for the student. The system provides for having a single computer in a classroom, wherein students can use a familiar medium, paper, to interact with the computer. Moreover, each student in the classroom can concurrently benefit from having the computer in the classroom. Teaching applications may also be created used by the system to facilitate participation of parents and…
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