System and method for on-line interactive learning and feedback
A system and method for on-line interactive learning and feedback is provided. The system elicits user responses and provides a means for the users to evaluate responses and receive feedback from other users and from subject matter experts.
1. An electronic network-based method for enhancing the experience of a student user, through an interactive peer-to-peer learning and feedback exercise, by presenting an assignment to a plurality of peer student users, via the network, and for providing feedback to the student user's responses to the assignment, via the network, such that each student user receives peer student users' responses for feedback by such peer student users, such other student users defining a network-based community of peer student users with respect to the student user's response being evaluated, and such that an expert user receives student user responses for feedback by the expert, wherein the presentation of the assignment to the student users and the feedback from the peer student users and the expert user is conducted via internet enabled devices in communication with a server on the network employed by an author, the student user, peer student users, and the expert user, the server causing (a) a first user interface to be presented on the peer student users' internet enabled device for allowing the student user to watch and respond to the assignment and for peer student users to provide feedback, and (b) a second interface to be presented on the expert's internet enabled device for allowing the expert to provide feedback and/or generate a model response, the method comprising:
(i) receiving, at the server, from the student user, a user-generated search request for a first media file comprising at least one of an assignment, a challenge or instructional materials relating to the exercise;
(ii) performing, at the server, a search in response to the user-generated search request for the first media file, and presenting the first media file to the student user such that the student user is able to interact with the first media file via the first user interface;
(iii) receiving, at the server, from the student user, a second media file created in response to the student user interacting with the first media file, and cataloguing and depositing the second media file in a database, the database comprising plural second media files created by the student user and a plurality of peer student users who participated in the exercise;
(iv) selecting, at the server, ones of the second media files stored in the database created by at least two of the peer student users who participated in the exercise;
(v) presenting to the student user, at least a portion of the selected peer student users' second media files via the first user interface;
(vi) providing, at the server, an opportunity for the student user to provide feedback to the selected peer student users' second media files via the first user interface;
(vii) at the server, receiving the student users' feedback of the selected peer student users' second media files, aggregating feedback from the student user and peer student users participating in the exercise, and generating information indicative of a report that lists the second media files associated with the exercise;
(viii) processing the aggregated feedback, employing an algorithm based at least in part on the student user and peer student users' feedback, to generate and display a ranking of the second media files;
(ix) providing, at the server, an opportunity for the expert user to view the student users' second media files, to provide feedback, and to generate a model second media file via the second interface; and
(x) providing, at the server, an opportunity for the student user and peer student users to view the expert's model response, the top-ranked second media files, and accompanying feedback.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the server provides the expert user a single point of entry to the platform, via the second interface, and ingestion tools to develop a profile, record and present the expert user's demonstrations and feedback.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein access to the electronic network is based upon a subscription purchase and users gain access to the server through direct purchase of a subscription or by purchase of a portion of a bulk subscription by the author of the assignment.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the server maintains, on the database, files and protocols for allowing users to create an account, log into the account, make payments and manage the account or any combination thereof.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the author employs an author internet enabled device to generate the assignment via a web-based template residing on the server that includes a plurality of customizable options consisting of media presentation, media review, feedback, gamification and badging options.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the author's first media file contains data indicative of one of a video, a written document, an audio file or any combination.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the student, peer student user, and expert users' second media file contain data indicative of one of a video, a written document, an audio file or any combination.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein prior to receiving peer student user feedback, the second media file is processed through a document collaboration tool that allows for drafting, conferencing, question and answer sessions and queries.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the second media files are presented to the student and peer student users' for feedback singly, in pairs or in other configurations as previously determined by the software.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the opportunity to provide feedback on the second media files is presented in the form of a ranking that indicates the student, peer student and expert user's relative assessment of the second media files, as a responsive comment, and/or as some other form of communication.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the student and peer student user may view, on an internet enabled device, the feedback of his or her own second media file and provide responsive comments.
12. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable executable instructions to be carried out by an internet enabled device for presenting an assignment to a plurality of peer student users, via the network, and for providing feedback to the student users' responses to the assignment, via the network, such that each student user receives peer student users' responses for feedback by such peer student users, such other student users defining a network based community of peer student users with respect to the student user's response being evaluated, and such that an expert user receives student user responses for feedback by the expert, wherein the presentation of the assignment to the student users and the feedback from the peer student users and the expert is conducted via internet enabled devices in communication with a server on the network employed by an author, student user, peer student users, and the expert user, the server causing (a) a first user interface to be presented on the peer student users' internet enabled device for allowing the student user to watch and respond to the assignment and for peer student users to provide feedback, and (b) a second interface to be presented on the expert's internet enabled device for allowing the expert to provide feedback and/or generate a model response, the instructions, when executed, enhance the experience of a student user, by directing student, peer student, and expert users through an interactive network-based learning and feedback assignment by:
(i) receiving, at the server, from the student users, a user-generated search request for a first media file comprising at least one of an assignment, a challenge or instructional materials relating to the exercise;
(ii) performing, at the server, a search in response to the user-generated search request for the first media file, and presenting the first media file to the student user such that the student user is able to interact with the first media file via the first user interface;
(iii) receiving, at the server, from the student user, a second media file created in response to the student user interacting with the first media file, and cataloguing and depositing the second media file in a database, the database comprising plural second media files created by the student user and a plurality of peer student users who participated in the exercise;
(iv) selecting, at the server, ones of the second media files stored in the database created by at least two of the other peer student users who participated in the exercise;
(v) presenting to the student user, at least a portion of the selected peer student users' second media files via the first user interface;
(vi) providing, at the server, an opportunity for the student user to provide feedback to the selected peer student users' second media files via the first user interface;
(vii) at the server, receiving the student users' feedback of the selected peer student users' second media files, aggregating feedback from the student and peer student users participating in the exercise, and generating information indicative of a report that lists the second media files associated with the exercise;
(viii) processing the aggregated feedback, employing an algorithm based at least in part on the student and peer student users' feedback, to generate and display a ranking of the second media files;
(ix) providing, at the server, an opportunity for the expert user to view the student users' second media files, to provide feedback, and to generate a model second media file via the second interface; and
(x) providing, at the server, an opportunity for the student and peer student users to view the expert's model response, the top-ranked second media files, and accompanying feedback.
13. The storage medium of claim 12 further comprising executable instructions that cause the server to provide the expert user with a single point of entry to the platform, via the second interface, and ingestion tools to develop a profile, record and present the expert user's demonstrations and feedback.
14. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein access to the electronic network is based upon a subscription purchase and users gain access to the server through direct purchase of a subscription or by purchase of a portion of a bulk subscription by the author of the assignment.
15. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein the server maintains, on the database, files and protocols for allowing users to create an account, log into the account, make payments and manage the account or any combination thereof.
16. The storage medium of claim 12 further comprising executable instructions that cause the server to display on an author internet enabled device an opportunity to generate the assignment by employing a web-based template residing on the server that includes a plurality of customizable options comprising media presentation, media review, feedback, gamification and badging options.
17. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein the author's first media file contains data indicative of one of a video, a written document, an audio file or any combination.
18. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein the student, peer student user, and expert users' second media file contains data indicative of one of a video, a written document, an audio file or any combination.
19. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein prior to receiving peer student user feedback, the second media file is processed through a document collaboration tool that allows for drafting, conferencing, question and answer sessions and queries.
20. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein the second media files are presented to the student and peer student users' for feedback singly, in pairs or in other configurations as previously determined by the software.
21. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein the opportunity to provide feedback on the second media files is presented in the form of a ranking that indicates the student, peer student and expert user's relative assessment of the second media files, as a responsive comment, and/or as some other form of communication.
22. The storage medium of claim 12 wherein the student and peer student user may view, on an internet enabled device, the feedback of his or her own second media file and provide responsive comments.
23. A system comprising (a) an internet enabled user device capable of communicating with a server on the network, and (b) computer instructions executable by the user device for enhancing the experience of a student user, through an interactive network-based peer-to-peer learning and feedback assignment, by presenting an assignment to a plurality of peer student users, via the network, and for providing feedback to the student users' responses to the assignment, via the network, such that each student user receives peer student users' responses for feedback by such peer student users, such other student users defining a network based community of peer student users with respect to the student user's response being evaluated, and such that an expert user receives student user responses for feedback by the expert, wherein the presentation of the assignment to the student users and the feedback from the peer student users and the expert is conducted via internet enabled devices in communication with a server on the network employed by an author, student user, peer student users, and expert user, the server causing (a) a first user interface to be presented on the peer student users' internet enabled device for allowing the student user to watch and respond to the assignment and for peer student users to provide feedback, and (b) a second interface to be presented on the expert's internet enabled device for allowing the expert to provide feedback and/or generate a model response, the instructions, when executed by the server, programmed to:
(i) receive, at the server, from the student users, a user-generated search request for a first media file comprising at least one of an assignment, a challenge or instructional materials relating to the exercise;
(ii) perform, at the server, a search in response to the user-generated search request for the first media file, and present the first media file to the student user such that the student user is able to interact with the first media file via the first user interface;
(iii) receive, at the server, from the student user, a second media file created in response to the student user interacting with the first media file, and catalogue and deposit the second media file in a database, the database comprising plural second media files created by the student user and a plurality of other peer student users who participated in the exercise;
(iv) select, at the server, ones of the second media files stored in the database created by at least two of the other peer student users who participated in the exercise;
(v) present to the student user, at least a portion of the selected peer student users' second media files via the first user interface;
(vi) provide, at the server, an opportunity for the student user to provide feedback to the selected peer student users' second media files via the first user interface;
(vii) at the server, receive the student users' feedback of the selected peer student users' second media files, aggregate feedback from the student and peer student users participating in the exercise, and generate information indicative of a report that lists the second media files associated with the exercise;
(viii) process the aggregated feedback, employing an algorithm based at least in part on the student and peer student users' feedback, to generate and display a ranking of the second media files;
(ix) provide, at the server, an opportunity for the expert user to view the student users' second media files, to provide feedback, and to generate a model second media file via the second interface; and
(x) provide, at the server, an opportunity for the student and peer student users to view the expert's model response, the top-ranked second media files, and accompanying feedback.
24. The system of claim 23 wherein the server is further programmed to cause to provide the expert user with a single point of entry to the platform, via the second interface, and ingestion tools to develop a profile, record and present the expert user's demonstrations and feedback.
25. The system of claim 23 wherein access to the electronic network is based upon a subscription purchase and users gain access to the server through direct purchase of a subscription or by purchase of a portion of a bulk subscription by the author of the assignment.
26. The system of claim 23 wherein the server maintains, on the database, files and protocols for allowing users to create an account, log into the account, make payments and manage the account or any combination thereof.
27. The system of claim 23 wherein the server is further programmed to display on an author internet enabled device an opportunity to generate the assignment by employing a web-based template residing on the server that includes a plurality of customizable options comprising media presentation, media review, feedback, gamification and badging options.
28. The system of claim 23 wherein the author's first media file contains data indicative of one of a video, a written document, an audio file or any combination.
29. The system of claim 23 wherein the student, peer student user, and expert users' second media file contains data indicative of one of a video, a written document, an audio file or any combination.
30. The system of claim 23 wherein prior to receiving peer student user feedback, the second media file is processed through a document collaboration tool that allows for drafting, conferencing, question and answer sessions and queries.
31. The system of claim 23 wherein the second media files are presented to the student and peer student users' for feedback singly, in pairs or in other configurations as previously determined by the software.
32. The system of claim 23 wherein the opportunity to provide feedback on the second media files is presented in the form of a ranking that indicates the student, peer student and expert user's relative assessment of the second media files, as a responsive comment, and/or as some other form of communication.
33. The system of claim 23 wherein the student and peer student user may view, on an internet enabled device, the feedback of his or her own second media file and provide responsive comments.