Patent ID: 6347943
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method of providing to at least one person an individualized course of instruction, comprising the steps of:a) authoring at least one knowledge base relating to a predetermined topic, wherein the authored knowledge base is associated with a learning environment including an assessment mechanism, a research library, and a learning mechanism; b) activating the assessment mechanism to assess a knowledgeability of the at least one person on the predetermined topic before the at least one person receives instruction relating to the predetermined topic, wherein the assessment mechanism determines for the at least one person an associated set of sub-topics selected from a set of knowledge sources, wherein the associated set of sub-topics relates to the predetermined topic, wherein a selection of which sub-topics to include in the associated set of sub-topics depends on the assessed knowledgeability of the at least one person, and wherein, during an assessment performed by the assessment mechanism, the assessment mechanism presents to the at least one person feedback information regarding the predetermined topic; c) accessing for each sub-topic a set of resource materials for instructing the person on the associated sub-topic, wherein each set of resource materials is accessed from at least one of the learning mechanism and the research library; and d) after the assessment is completed, presenting to the person the set of resource materials relating to each determined sub-topic.