Patent ID: 7171155
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A learning support method with an on-line computer that holds a plurality of learning materials, explanations to describe said contents in detail and relevance information that gives indication to choose at least one of said explanations, said method comprising: transmitting one of said learning materials to a client machine; receiving an intelligibility declaration of a learner about the transmitted learning material from said client machine; transmitting to said client machine explanation choice information including headings of said explanations corresponding to the transmitted learning material and said relevance information when said intelligibility declaration of the learner represents that the learner did not understand said learning material; receiving information representing which explanation the learner chose based on the transmitted headings; and transmitting the chosen explanation to said client machine, so that said client machine displays the chosen explanation, wherein said relevance information contains a choosing ratio of each of said explanations chosen by learners who used the same learning material.