System and method for tracking instructional material for change calculation

Abstract

This invention is a computer based system for the assessment, management and instruction of students, and for the delivery of work pages and other instructional materials in the form of electronic student workbooks. The computer based assessment of the student produces a student profile including skill gaps or learning objectives. Teacher ( 20 ) and student ( 22 ) workstations are networked CPUs with pen-based tablet inputs, and displays network with a central processor ( 10 ) and data base. A director workstation may also be networked with the central processor. The central processor generates a teacher workbook either directly or with input from the director workstation. The teacher, or teacher and director together, assemble an electronic student workbook containing instructional materials correlated with the student profile. The system tracks useful data such as instructional material (e.g., textbook pages, work sheets, software, simulations, tests, etc.) delivered to students.

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         40 . A method of charging for delivery of instructional material over a network, comprising: 
 establishing a learning session with a student over the network;    generating a student workbook at the student workstation based on a student profile that specifies a learning objective associated with the student, said student workbook being generated by running a software module at the student workstation, said software module being supplied to the student workstation over the network;    delivering instructional material to the student workbook, said instructional material being correlated with the learning objective specified in the student profile;    tracking instructional material delivered to the student workstation; and    calculating a charge for the tracked instructional material.    
     
     
         41 . The method of  claim 40 , wherein the charge relates to compensating owners of copyrighted instructional material.  
     
     
         42 . The method of  claim 40 , wherein the charge is calculated at a teacher work station that forwards the instructional material to the student workstation.  
     
     
         43 . The method of  claim 42 , where in the teacher workbook at the teacher workstation is used to forward the instructional material to the student workstation, the teacher workbook being generated by supplying a software module to the teacher work station over the network.  
     
     
         44 . The method of  claim 43;  wherein said teacher workbook displays records associated with a plurality of students, wherein said teacher workbook provides a user interface for a teacher at the teacher workbook to select any one record associated with the plurality of students, a selected record including a listing of one or more instructional materials related to a learning objective associated with the student as specified in the corresponding student profile.  
     
     
         45 . The method of  claim 44 , wherein an instructional material is simultaneously presented on the teacher work book and a corresponding student workbook.  
     
     
         46 . A method of charging for delivery of instructional material over a network, comprising: 
 establishing a learning session with a student over the network;    delivering instructional material to the student workstation;    tracking instructional material delivered to the student workstation; and    calculating a charge for the tracked instructional material to compensate the copyright owner of the delivered instructional material.