MENTOR-TUNED GUIDED LEARNING IN ONLINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
Computer-based systems, methods, media, and educational system assembling platforms comprising an educational environment which further comprises: at least one area of skill, interest, or expertise; a population of learning activities associated with each area of skill, interest, or expertise; and a guided learning mode comprising: a software module configured to display and provide access to one or more subpopulations of learning activities to be completed by a learner; a software module configured to suggest or recommend one or more particular learning activities to a learner based on analysis of learner data; and a software module configured to allow a mentor to view and tune learner data on which suggestions or recommendations are based.
1 . An educational system assembling platform comprising:
a. a digital processing device comprising a memory and an operating system configured to perform executable instructions;
b. a computer program, provided to the digital processing device, including executable instructions that create an educational environment, the educational environment comprising: at least one area of skill, interest, or expertise; a population of learning activities associated with each area of skill, interest, or expertise; and a guided learning mode comprising:
i. a software module configured to display and provide a learner access to one or more subpopulations of learning activities to be completed by a learner;
ii. a database of learner data in a computer memory;
iii. a software module configured to suggest or recommend one or more particular learning activities to a learner based on analysis of the learner data; and
iv. a software module configured to allow a mentor to view and tune learner data on which suggestions or recommendations are based.
2 . The educational system assembling platform of claim 1 , wherein the guided learning mode further comprises a software module, adapted for a mentor, for selecting one or more learners.
3 . The educational system assembling platform of claim 2 , wherein the software module configured to allow a mentor to view and tune learner data on which suggestions or recommendations are based allows a mentor to score, rate, or rank subjects, skills, educational objectives, or learning activities for suggestion or recommendation.
4 . The educational system assembling platform of claim 2 , wherein the guided learning mode further comprises a software module, adapted for a mentor, configured to allow selection of learning activities from among the population of activities to create one or more subpopulations of activities to be completed by a learner.
5 . The educational system assembling platform of claim 1 , wherein the software module configured to suggest or recommend one or more particular learning activities to a learner generates a character-based guide to make suggestions or recommendations.
6 . The educational system assembling platform of claim 1 , wherein the guided learning mode further comprises a software module configured to track and store learner data associated with learner interactions with the educational environment.
7 . Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a processor to create an educational system assembling platform, the platform comprising: at least one area of skill, interest, or expertise; a population of learning activities associated with each area of skill, interest, or expertise; and a guided learning mode comprising:
a. a software module configured to display and provide a learner access to one or more subpopulations of learning activities to be completed by a learner;
b. a database of learner data in a computer memory;
c. a software module configured to suggest or recommend one or more particular learning activities to a learner based on analysis of the learner data; and
d. a software module configured to allow a mentor to view and tune learner data on which suggestions or recommendations are based.
8 . The media of claim 7 , wherein the guided learning mode further comprises a software module, adapted for a mentor, for selecting one or more learners.
9 . The media of claim 8 , wherein the software module configured to allow a mentor to view and tune learner data on which suggestions or recommendations are based allows a mentor to score, rate, or rank subjects, skills, educational objectives, or learning activities for suggestion or recommendation.
10 . The media of claim 8 , wherein the guided learning mode further comprises a software module, adapted for a mentor, configured to allow selection of learning activities from among the population of activities to create one or more subpopulations of activities to be completed by a learner.
11 . The media of claim 7 , wherein the software module configured to suggest or recommend one or more particular learning activities to a learner generates a character-based guide to make suggestions or recommendations.
12 . The media of claim 7 , wherein the guided learning mode further comprises a software module configured to track and store learner data associated with learner interactions with the educational environment.
13 . A computer-implemented method of educating a learner in a guided learning mode comprising the steps of:
a. providing, by a computer, a population of learning activities associated with an area of skill, interest, or expertise;
b. providing, by the computer, a software module configured to display and provide the learner access to one or more subpopulations of learning activities to be completed by the learner;
c. providing, by the computer, a database of learner data;
d. providing, by the computer, a software module configured to suggest or recommend one or more particular learning activities to a learner based on analysis of the learner data; and
e. providing, by the computer, a software module configured to allow a mentor to view and tune learner data on which suggestions or recommendations are based.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises the step of providing, by the computer, a software module, adapted for a mentor, for selecting one or more learners.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the software module configured to allow a mentor to view and tune learner data on which suggestions or recommendations are based allows a mentor to score, rate, or rank subjects, skills, educational objectives, or learning activities for suggestion or recommendation.
16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises the step of providing, by the computer, a software module, adapted for a mentor, configured to allow selection of learning activities from among the population of activities to create one or more subpopulations of activities to be completed by a learner.
17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the software module configured to suggest or recommend one or more particular learning activities to a learner generates a character-based guide to make suggestions or recommendations.
18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises the step of providing, by the computer, a software module configured to track and store learner data associated with learner interactions with the educational environment.