Patent ID: 6996366

Claim:
A computer-based method for implementing a system for automatically producing an individualized learning sequence in a subject area to a user for addressing a skill gap between a skill level of the user and a skill level desired to be possessed, the method comprising the steps of: entering into a first electronic database a natural language description of a skill level currently possessed by a user in at least one skill in a predetermined subject area; comparing the possessed skill level with a skill level desired to be possessed by the user in the at least one skill; determining from the comparing step a skill gap between the possessed skill level and the desired skill level; mapping the skill gap with at least one course having an entry in a second electronic database to fill the skill gap, each course entry comprising a natural language description of the course, the mapping step comprising; matching words in the natural language descriptions of the mapped course in the second database and of the at least one skill in the predetermined subject area; and ranking each course having at least one matching word with the description of the at least one skill in the predetermined subject area for probable relevancy, wherein the ranking step comprises: multiplying a count of each matching word by a predetermined weighting value to calculate a weighted value for each matching word; summing the weighted values for all the matching words to obtain a score; ordering the at least one course according to the scores thereof; and imposing a predetermined limit for the score above which a course is mapped for possible inclusion in a training intervention set; automatically creating a set of training interventions the training intervention set to be recommended to the user, the set containing the at least one mapped course; permitting an administrator to review the at least one mapped course and, if desired, to manually select the at least one mapped course for including in the set of training interventions to be recommended to the user; and presenting the user with a training regimen comprising the set of training interventions.