Patent ID: 6711378
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An online education device with which online education can be provided over a network to participants, the online education device comprising:a schedule information database which stores standard schedule information on at least one educational course, where the standard schedule information includes a standard total course period, and where total course period refers to a length of time for actually performing the online educational course; a reception unit which receives information on at least a day when a participant desires to start the course and a custom total course period for which the participant desires to perform the course, where the custom total course period is created by the participant changing the standard total course period; a schedule information creation unit which sets the day when the participant desires to start the course as a day on which the course starts, and rearranges the standard schedule information to generate a schedule information corresponding to the custom total course period for which the participant desires to perform the course; and an electronic bulletin board control unit which controls an electronic bulletin board exclusive for the participant, the electronic bulletin board unit displaying at least curriculum information on the education course, previously submitted and stored bulletin board communication messages corresponding to the educational course and submitted by a teacher and participants enrolled in the course, and teaching-material information, where the participants each have an individual learning schedule independent of the other, and where the messages are displayed responsive to a participant accessing the bulletin board or the messages therein.