Method, system and computer program for providing an intelligent collaborative content infrastructure

Abstract

The system of the present invention provides an E-learning platform that enables one or more student users to access teaching content that is in part user defined, from a variety of network-connected devices. In one aspect of the invention, the teaching content is user defined in that it is in part A) teacher generated or teacher assembled, and in part (B) student generated or student directed, as further explained below. A system, method and computer program is provided for creating content and dynamically updating content is provided based on meta data extracted from semantic analysis of content and of electronic social interactions among users and between users and content.

1 . A computer implemented system for providing an intelligent collaborative content infrastructure, characterized in that the system comprises:
 (a) one or more computers including or being linked to a server computer, the server computer implementing a server application, the server application defining an intelligent collaborative content management utility, the intelligent collaborative content management utility being operable to:   (b) manage a library of digital content items, and enable one or more users to access the digital content items;   (c) capture and analyze (i) feedback from users regarding the digital content items, and (ii) interactions between users regarding the digital content items, and   (d) based on the analysis of (b), dynamically create, assemble, modify, promote, or demote content, so as to generate collaborative digital content.   
     
     
         2 . The computer implemented system of  claim 1 , characterized in that the server application is operable to enable the dynamic modification and/or customization of one or more of the digital content items based on the feedback and/or interactions. 
     
     
         3 . The computer implemented system of  claim 1 , characterized in that the server computer includes or is linked to one or more social media utilities for monitoring social media interactions between users relevant to the digital content items. 
     
     
         4 . The computer implemented system of  claim 3 , characterized in that the server computer further includes or is linked to an analysis utility, wherein the analysis utility is linked to the one or more social media utilities in order to enable the capture and analysis of social media interactions between users that relate to one or more particular digital content items. 
     
     
         5 . The computer implemented system of  claim 1 , characterized in that the server application includes, or the server computer is linked to a semantic network engine, linked to the analysis utility, for enabling the semantic analysis of the feedback of users and/or the interactions between the users. 
     
     
         6 . The computer implemented system of  claim 5 , characterized in that the analysis utility is operable to monitor feedback provided by one or more users regarding particular digital content items and/or the taking of notes by one or more users regarding particular digital content items using a note taking tool of the server application, or linked to the server computer. 
     
     
         7 . The computer implemented system of  claim 4 , characterized in that the analysis utility is operable to define one or more attributes for a plurality of users, including demographic and/or location data, and the analysis utility is operable to interoperate with the content management utility so as to customize the digital content items based on such demographic and/or location data. 
     
     
         8 . The computer implemented system of  claim 4 , characterized in that the one or more digital content items constitute educational content, and the analysis utility is operable to define one or more educational milestones or objectives, and monitor one or more users' progress in using the content management utility against such milestones or objectives. 
     
     
         9 . The computer implemented system of  claim 8 , characterized in that the analysis utility is operable to identify one or more students that are not meeting the educational milestones or objectives, and suggest content and/or instructor interactions for such one or more students. 
     
     
         10 . The computer implemented system of  claim 9 , characterized in that the analysis utility embodies one or more assessment tools, the assessment tools being operable to receive input from one or more students, and/or to receive performance data for one or more students relative to educational milestones or objectives, and based on such input or data generate a learning assessment for the one or more students. 
     
     
         11 . The computer implemented system of  claim 10 , characterized in that the content management utility is operable to identify and retrieve digital content items, or modify digital content items dynamically, so as to produce digital content items in response to results of the learning assessment. 
     
     
         12 . The computer implemented system of  claim 1 , characterized in that the analysis utility is operable to monitor learning activities of users, and based on such learning activities identify shared learning attributes amongst two or more users, and based on such shared learning attributes the analysis utility being operable to suggest that the two or more users form a study group, using the social media utilities. 
     
     
         13 . The computer implemented system of  claim 1 , characterized in that the server computer further implements a digital content item creation utility, the digital content item creation utility being operable to enable one or more users to assemble audio/video content, and to highlight one or more key concepts, the digital content item creation utility being operable to tag the audio/video content with the one or more key concepts. 
     
     
         14 . The computer implemented system of  claim 1 , characterized in that the server computer is operable to search for and locate digital content items from one or more databases connected to the server computer, or remote from the server computer, based on the feedback or interactions of the users.