JP2002108195A - Education support method and support server - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a distance learning system that allows parents to properly grasp the progress of learning and learning attitudes of students. A management server of an education support site.
Is provided with a member DB 44 for storing tasks completed on the student side and mails of questions and answers communicated between the student and teacher terminals. The management server 20 allows the student terminal to input the parent's e-mail address and allows the parent terminal to input the parent's e-mail address so as to allow the user to view the assignment and the e-mail. The music list management unit 38, the mail management unit 40, and the performance data management read out from the member DB 44 only the assignments relating to the students concerning the students who have been permitted to browse and the emails communicated between the student terminals and the teacher terminals. A portion 42 is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an education support system for providing distance learning using the Internet, and more particularly, to a system that allows parents to appropriately grasp the progress of a child's education.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, the number of homes that have a personal computer has increased significantly. Accordingly, many correspondence courses using the Internet or e-mail have been realized.

[0003] Such distance learning using the Internet, for example, music training, generally proceeds in the following procedure. (1) A terminal used by the teacher (teacher-side terminal) selects a song to be learned by the student. (2) The terminal (student terminal) used by the student downloads the musical score data and the model performance data of the music selected by the teacher terminal from the designated server. (3) The student plays the music of the score with reference to the model performance data. Performance data recording this performance is transmitted from the student terminal to the server. (4) The teacher terminal downloads the performance data from the server, reproduces the performance data, evaluates the performance of the student, and sends advice by e-mail. (5) In addition, questions and answers are exchanged between the teacher terminal and the student terminal by e-mail. In education other than music education (eg, correction), substantially the same procedure is taken.

[0004] In such distance learning using the Internet, students do not face the teacher directly,
The student himself works alone at the terminal, which is relatively dry. Therefore, there is a problem that it is not easy for the student to continue.

[0005]

In order for the student to continue, it is important that a person who is always in contact with the student, that is, a parent such as a parent, encourages the student. However, in the distance learning using the Internet, it is difficult to know a student's learning progress and learning attitude. That is, in principle, only the student can know the password, so if the student cannot directly answer the progress status, etc., it is impossible to access the distance learning system using the terminal. . As described above, in the conventional distance learning system using the Internet, it is difficult for a parent to grasp the progress of learning or to grasp the learning attitude by contacting a teacher.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a distance learning system in which a parent can appropriately grasp the progress and learning attitude of a student.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to store a task set at a teacher terminal operated by a teacher and to transmit the task to a student terminal operated by a student according to a request. It is configured to store completed tasks, transmit to the teacher-side terminal according to a request, and store data communicated between these terminals, and provide the stored data to the terminal as needed. An education support method using the educational support site, wherein the student and the teacher are allowed to view the task and the data communicated between the student terminal and the teacher terminal. Causing the side terminal to input information for specifying the other person, and in response to a request from the specified other person, an assignment relating to the student relating to the student who has accepted the browsing,
And presenting, to the other person, only data communicated between the student terminal operated by the student and the teacher terminal. According to the present invention, other than the student, other persons who are allowed to view the task or the transmitted data, for example, a parent, are identified, and only the data communicated between the student and the teacher and the task related to the student are determined. They are presented in response to requests from others. Therefore, others can grasp the progress of the student's learning.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step of inputting the information for specifying the other person is configured to input the e-mail address of the other person. Regarding the input of the other person's e-mail address, it is desirable to input the other person's e-mail address when registering the student. That is, the student is permitted to use the education support site on condition that the data can be viewed by a parent or the like. Thereby, it is possible to notify the student of the policy of the education support site.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises the step of giving an ID and a password for authenticating the other person. In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, at the time of data communication between the student terminal and the teacher terminal, the data related to the communication is stored in an area in a storage device reserved for the other person. And only the data in the area reserved for the other person can be viewed by the other person.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a task set at a teacher terminal operated by a teacher, a completed task transmitted from the student terminal operated by the student and transmitted from the student terminal operated by the student, and An education support site comprising a database that stores data communicated between these terminals, and configured to provide the assignment and data to the student terminal and / or the teacher terminal as necessary. The task regarding the student and the teacher, and to allow viewing of data communicated between the student terminal and the teacher terminal, allowing the student terminal to input information specifying another person, A registration unit for registering information that identifies the other person, and, in response to a request from the identified other person, an assignment relating to the student related to the student who has been permitted to browse.
And, comprises a data reading means for reading only data communicated between the student terminal and the teacher terminal operated by the student from the database, the data read by the data reading means, This is achieved by an education support site, which is transmitted to another terminal operated by the other person.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the education support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, for example, a system is used for music education for learning music using a musical instrument such as a piano.

As shown in FIG. 1, an education support system 10
In the Internet 12, a student terminal 14 used by students and a parent terminal 15 used by parents
And the teacher-side terminal 16 used by the teacher. In the system 10, a learning support website 18 is provided and connected to the Internet 12. As shown in FIG. 1, the website 18 has a management server 20, a mail server 22, and a music server 24, and exchanges data with the student terminal 14, the parent terminal 15, and the teacher terminal 16. It is possible. For example, the management server 20, the mail server 22, and the music server 24 are connected via a LAN or the like, and can exchange data with each other. A personal computer can be used as each of the terminals 14, 15, and 16.
Further, an electronic musical instrument 17 such as a MIDI keyboard is connected to the student side terminal 14, and an MIDI musical instrument 17 generated along with the performance is provided.
The DI data can be transmitted to the student terminal 14. In the present embodiment, the student terminal 14
Although the parent and the parent terminal 15 are provided separately, it goes without saying that the student and the parent may use a single terminal.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server according to the present embodiment. The management server 20 stores the communication histories of the students, parents, and teachers, the songs the students taught, and various other data, and presents necessary data to the terminal in response to requests from the students and the like. Can be done.

As shown in FIG. 2, the management server 20 includes a communication control unit 3 for controlling communication via the Internet 12.
0, a registration processing unit 32 for executing a process of registering a student who is a member of the distance learning, a member authentication unit 34 for authenticating the student, the guardian, and the like, and specifying the student and the like for storing various histories. An ID management unit 36 for managing IDs to be played, a music list management unit 38 for managing a music list to be presented to students and the like, a mail management unit 40 for managing questions from students and the like, answers and advice from teachers, A performance data management unit 42 for managing data and a member DB 44 for storing various data communicated via the Internet 12 are provided. When the member registration unit 32 executes the process and registers the student, a data area for the student and the guardian is secured in the member DB 42, and data transmitted from the student and the guardian is stored. It is supposed to be.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the member DB according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3A, in this embodiment, a data area for each student (1), student (2),... (See reference numerals 301 and 302), and a guardian (1) for each student , Parents (2), ...
A data area for each (see reference numerals 311 and 312) and a teacher data area are provided. In this example, since there is only one teacher, the number of teacher data areas (see reference numeral 320) is one, but it goes without saying that the data area is not limited to this.

As shown in FIG. 3B, in the student data area 301, an ID, a password, a name, an address, a credit number for billing, a student mail address, a guardian mail address, a student The song title (acquisition song name) of the song from which the score data and model performance data are acquired, the song played by the student himself (performance data), advice and answers from the teacher, questions from the student,
Data indicating each music list selected by the teacher is stored.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), an ID for identifying the guardian is stored in the guardian data area 311.
It contains data indicating passwords, questions from parents to teachers, and responses from teachers. Similarly, in the teacher data area 320, in addition to the ID and the password, questions and performance data for each student, and data indicating questions and answers for each guardian are stored. The outline of the main operation in such an embodiment will be described below. The education support system 10 basically allows a student to learn music by making the following communication. FIGS. 4 to 7 and FIGS. 11 to 12 are flowcharts showing the outline of the processing executed between the terminal and the server. (1) Registration by student terminal (see FIG. 4) (2) Selection of music to be learned by the student from teacher terminal (see FIG. 5 (a)) (3) Music score data and model performance data by student terminal Acquisition (see FIG. 5 (b)) (4) Upload of performance data related to music played by students and e-mail communication of questions (see FIG. 6) (5) Download of performance data and evaluation of performance by teacher terminal, Email communication of advice and answers (see FIG. 7), and browsing of advice and answers by the student terminal (see FIG. 11) (6) Reference of various data, transmission of questions and reception of answers by the parent terminal ( (See FIG. 12)

First, the registration of a student will be described with reference to FIG. A communication path is established between the student terminal 14 and the management server 20 of the learning support website 18 via the Internet 12 (step 401), and when the student terminal 14 requests a registration form (step 40).
2), the registration form is transmitted from the management server 20 to the student terminal 14 (step 403). FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a registration form. As shown in FIG. 8, a registration form 801 can be filled in with a name, an address, a credit card number, an own e-mail address, and an e-mail address of a guardian. Student is student terminal 1
By operating the input device of No. 4, necessary items are entered in blanks in the registration form (step 404), and a send button 802
Is turned on, the completed registration form is displayed on the management server 20.
(Step 405).

The member registration unit 32 of the management server 20 secures the student and guardian data areas in the member DB 44 (step 406), and notifies the student terminal 14 that the registration form has been received (step 406). Step 407). The member registration unit 32 stores a student ID (student ID) and password, and a parent ID (parent ID).
And a password are generated (steps 408 and 40).
9) A notification mail for notifying the student and the guardian of the related ID and password is generated (step 410). The student ID and the guardian ID may be their respective email addresses, or may be separately set in the management server 20. Also, the password may be notified by e-mail, or may be notified using other off-line means such as mailing in consideration of security. The student ID and possibly the password are transmitted to the student terminal 14 (step 411),
The guardian ID and, in some cases, the password are transmitted to the mailbox for the guardian terminal 15 (step 412). In this way, the registration of the student is completed.

Next, a process executed when the teacher selects a song to be learned by the student will be described. It is assumed that the ID and the password have already been issued between the teacher and the education support site. As shown in FIG. 5A, after a communication path has been established between the teacher terminal 15 and the education support site 18 and authentication using a password has been performed (step 501), the teacher sends the teacher terminal 15 Of the music list is requested (step 502). The management server 20 transmits to the teacher terminal 15 a list (song list) of songs held by the song server, which has been received in advance from the song server (step 503). In this step 503, the student name and the student ID are desirably sent to the teacher terminal 15.

The teacher refers to the list and designates the music to be learned by a certain student (step 504).
The specified music title (selected music title) and student ID are transmitted to the management server 20 (step 505). The song list management unit 38 of the management server 20 refers to the student ID and
In the data area related to the student ID in the member DB 44,
The data is added as data indicating the selected music list (step 506). In this way, the data indicating the music that the student should learn can be stored in the member DB 44.

Next, a description will be given of how the student terminal 14 obtains data related to music. As shown in FIG. 5B, when a communication path is established between the student terminal 14 and the management server 20 (step 511), the student operates the input device of the student terminal 14 to enter the ID and the ID. Enter your password. These are transmitted to the management server 20 (step 51).
2), the member authentication unit 34 authenticates the student (step 51)
3). If the ID and the password have been registered, the menu screen is transmitted from the management server 20 to the student terminal 14 (step 514). FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of the menu screen. As shown in FIG. 9A, the menu screen 901 includes a model song acquisition, a model song preview (listening to the model song), advice / answer viewing (see advice / answer), performance data transmission, and performance data transmission. Buttons for recording and transmitting a question (asking a question) are included, and any of these buttons can be designated. When the student operates the input device of the student side terminal 14 and turns on the button 902 for obtaining the model music, a music list request is transmitted to the management server 20 (step 51).
5).

The music list management section 38 of the management server 20
With reference to the student ID, the selected music list is extracted from the data area of the student in the member DB 44 and transmitted to the student terminal 14 (step 516). FIG. 9B
5 is a diagram showing an example of a music list displayed on the screen of the display device of the student terminal 14. FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, songs that can be selected by the students are listed on the screen (reference numeral 9).
03). Therefore, the student only has to operate the input device of the student side terminal 14 to select a desired music piece and turn on the acquisition button 904. Thereby, the student terminal 1
4 transmits the data indicating the music title to the management server 20 (step 518).

The music list management section 38 of the management server 20 transfers the received data to the music server 24 (step 51).
9). In response to this, the music server 24 transmits the score data and the model performance data of the music indicated by the data to the student terminal 1.
4 (step 520). The student terminal 14 downloads the data and stores it in a predetermined area such as a hard disk (step 522). Management server 20
The song list management unit 38 of the member D refers to the student ID and
In the student's data area of B44, the name of the song downloaded this time is added to the acquired song title along with the date (step 521). In this way, it is possible for the student to refer to the score or to play the model performance.

Next, uploading of performance data obtained by playing the electronic musical instrument 17 and creation and transmission of a question mail in the student terminal 14 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, in the student terminal 17, the student first operates the input device to start recording (step 601), plays the electronic musical instrument, records the performance data of the music, and ends the recording. (Step 602). When the performance data is stored, for example, by pressing a storage button displayed on the screen of the display device, the performance data is stored on the hard disk together with the music name (file name) (step 604).

When transmitting the performance data stored in this manner, first, a communication path is established between the student terminal 14 and the management server 20, and authentication based on the student ID and the password is performed. (Step 610) Then, the menu screen is transmitted to the student side terminal 14 (Step 611). When the student operates the input device of the student side terminal 14 and presses the performance data transmission button 905 in the screen shown in FIG. 9A, a screen (not shown) for transmitting the performance data is displayed. Is done. Here, the performance data is transmitted to the management server 20 by inputting the file name and pressing the transmission button (step 612).

The performance data management unit 42 of the management server 20
Stores the performance data in the member DB 44 in the area specified by the student ID in the data area for the teacher (step 614). Further, the performance data management unit 42
Refers to the student ID and stores the performance data in the data area specified by the student ID in the member DB (step 615). Thereafter, the completion of the upload is notified to the student terminal 14 (step 616).

Next, a case where a question mail is transmitted will be described. When the student operates the input device of the student-side terminal 14 and turns on the button 906 for asking a question on the menu screen, a screen as shown in FIG. 10A is displayed on the display device. The student enters necessary items to create a question e-mail (step 617), and a send button 1001
Is turned on, a question mail is transmitted to the management server 20 (step 618). The mail management unit 40 of the management server 20 stores the question mail in the area specified by the student ID in the data area related to the teacher in the member DB 44 (Step 619). Further, the performance data management unit 42 stores the inquiry mail in the data area specified by the student ID in the member DB with reference to the student ID (Step 620).

Next, downloading of performance data and mail communication of advice and answers by the teacher's terminal will be described. When a communication path is established between the teacher terminal 16 and the management server 20 (step 701), the teacher operates the input device of the teacher terminal 16 to specify a student whose performance data is to be acquired (step 701). 702). For example,
This can be easily realized by transmitting a list or the like indicating student names from the management server 20 to the teacher terminal 16 after the communication path is established.

The performance data management unit 42 of the management server 20
Is a member DB4 based on the student ID of the designated student.
In step 4, a performance music list is created with reference to the performance music data in the data area specified by the student ID (step 703). The music list is stored in the management server 20.
Is transmitted to the teacher-side terminal 16 (step 704).

Next, a music title is designated in the teacher terminal 16, and a distribution request of performance data is transmitted from the teacher terminal 16 to the management server 20 (step 705). The performance data management unit 42 of the management server 20 searches the member DB 44 for a data area specified by the student ID based on the student ID and the song name, reads out the specified performance data, and stores the read performance data in the teacher terminal. 16 (step 706). The teacher terminal 16 stores the performance data in a predetermined area of the hard disk (step 707).
Here, the music based on the performance data may be configured to be reproduced. In this way, the teacher can listen to the music played by the student.

In order for the teacher to refer to the student's question, the following processing is executed. When a question mail distribution request is transmitted from the teacher side terminal 16 to the management server 20 (step 708), the mail management unit 40 of the management server 20
From the data area related to teachers in the member DB 44,
The question mail in the area specified by the student ID is read (step 709), and transmitted to the teacher terminal 16 (step 710). The question e-mail received by the teacher terminal 16 is displayed on the screen of the display device.
Teachers can check student questions. The teacher operates the input device of the teacher-side terminal 16 to create an answer mail (step 711). The created reply mail is transmitted to the management server 20 (step 712).

The mail management section 40 of the management server 20 refers to the student ID and stores the reply mail in the member DB in an area for accommodating advice / answer in the data area specified by the student ID ( Step 713).

Next, a description will be given of a method in which the student refers to the reply mail. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing this processing. As shown in FIG. 11, when a communication path is established between the student terminal 14 and the management server 20 and the authentication using the student ID and the password is completed (step 1101), the menu screen is displayed from the management server 20 on the student side. The information is transmitted to the terminal 14 (step 1102). The student displays a screen (FIG. 9) displayed on the display device of the student terminal 14.
A button 907 for viewing advice / answer is selected from (a) reference numeral 901). As a result, the advice / answer viewing request is transmitted to the management server 20 (step 1103). Mail management unit 40 of management server 20
Is the student ID in the member DB 44 based on the student ID.
A list of e-mails is created by referring to the advice / response e-mails in the data area indicated by
4), this is transmitted to the student terminal 14 (step 11)
05). For example, the list may include a headline of the mail in addition to a subject indicating advice on performance or an answer to a question.

When the student operates the input device of the student terminal 14 and selects an advice / answer mail to be viewed (step 1106), data indicating the selected advice / answer mail is transmitted to the management server 20. (Step 1107). Mail management unit 50 of management server 20
Sends the designated advice / answer mail to the member DB 44
And transmits it to the student terminal 14 (step 1109). In the student terminal, the received advice / answer mail is displayed on the screen of the display device (step 1110). In this way, the student can know advice on his performance and answers to questions.

Next, reference will be made to the reference of data and the transmission and reception of questions and answers by the guardian terminal 15. As shown in FIG. 12, a communication path has been established between the parent terminal 15 and the management server 20 (step 1201).
Thereafter, authentication is performed using the guardian ID and the password (steps 1202 and 1203). Since the parent ID is given at the time of student registration, the parent ID is
Unique to D. Therefore, this makes it possible to define a data range regarding the student that can be accessed on the parent terminal.

When the guardian is authenticated, the management server 20
Transmits a parent menu screen (parent menu screen) to the parent terminal 15 (step 1204).
FIG. 13A shows an example of a parent menu screen. As shown in FIG. 13A, the parent menu includes
Refer to the song title of the song that the student has acquired (acquired song) (see the acquired song), play the student's performance (listen to the performance), refer to the question that the student asked the teacher (see the question), Answers can be referenced (see advice and answers). In the present specification, these items are hereinafter referred to as “reference items”.
Called. These are related to matters (acquisition of music) made by the student to the management server 20 using the student side terminal 14 and communication records between the student and the teacher. It is possible to know at what frequency students acquire music and transmit performance data. In addition, since the communication record between the student and the teacher can be referred to, the student's learning attitude and learning degree can be estimated.

Further, in this embodiment, since a question can be issued to the teacher and the answer can be referred to,
It is possible to know the student's learning progress and learning attitude in more detail.

When the guardian selects a reference item by operating the input device of the guardian terminal 15 (step 1205), the guardian terminal 15 manages a transmission request for a list relating to the selected reference item. The information is transmitted to the server 20 (step 1206). The management server 20 responds to the list transmission request and sends the student I
Based on D, the necessary data is referenced from the data area specified by the student ID in the member DB 40 (step 1207), and a list is created (step 120).
8). The created list is transmitted to the guardian terminal 15 (step 1209). As a result, the received list is displayed on the screen of the display device of the parent-side terminal 15 (step 1210).

For example, when a reproduction of an acquired music title or performance is requested, the music list management unit 38 is specified by the student ID in the member DB 44 based on the student ID defined by the guardian ID. A list is created by referring to the acquired music and performance data from the data area. Or,
In the case of browsing a question or browsing an advice / answer, a list is created by the mail management unit 40.

FIGS. 13B and 13C respectively show
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a list of acquired music titles displayed on the screen of the display device of the parent terminal 15 and a list of performances by students. FIGS. 14A and 14B respectively show a list of questions from the displayed students and
It is a figure showing an example of a list of advice and answers from a teacher.

For example, in the acquired music title list 1301, the title of the music acquired by the student and the date and time of acquisition are shown. It is desirable that the performance list 1302 also indicates the name of the played music and the date and time of the upload. This allows the parent to properly know both the date and time when the student acquired the music and the date and time when the student uploaded the practice result. Also, it is desirable that the transmission date and time be indicated together with the subject and the like in the question list 1401 and the advice / answer list 1402. These lists also include
Not only the subject but also the text at the beginning of the email may be included.

The guardian operates the input device of the guardian side terminal 15 to select a desired one by referring to the performance music title, the mail subject and the like shown in the list (step 121).
1). Thereby, a predetermined data transmission request is transmitted from the guardian terminal 15 to the management server 20 (step 1).
212). In the management server 20, the music list management unit 38 and the mail management unit 40 read necessary data from the member DB 44 in response to the data transmission request (step 1213). For example, if a music piece is specified from a play list, the music piece list management unit 38 refers to the student ID defined by the guardian ID and selects the member D.
From B44, the performance data of the specified music piece is read from the data area defined by the student ID. Also,
If it is a question mail or an advice / answer mail, the mail management unit 40 reads the corresponding mail from the member DB 44 from the data area defined by the student ID. The performance data and mail thus obtained are transmitted from the management server 20 to the guardian terminal 15 (step 12).
14). In the parent terminal 15, the received performance data can be reproduced or a mail can be displayed (step 1215).

In the present embodiment, mail communication between a parent and a teacher is possible. FIG. 15A is a flowchart showing transmission of a question mail from the guardian side terminal, and FIG. 15B is a flowchart showing acquisition of a question mail by the teacher side terminal 15. As shown in FIG. 15A, a communication path is established between the guardian terminal 15 and the management server 20, and when the authentication is completed (step 15).
01, 1502), parent menu screen (FIG. 13A)
Is transmitted to the guardian terminal 15. The parent operates the input device of the parent terminal 15 to turn on the button indicating the reference of the question mail (step 1503), and opens the question mail creation screen to create the question mail (step 150).
4). FIG. 16A is a diagram showing an example of a question mail creation screen.

When the inquiry mail is transmitted from the parent terminal 15 to the management server 20 (step 1505), the mail management unit 40 of the management server 20 is specified by the parent ID in the teacher data area in the member DB 44. A question mail is stored in that area (step 1506). In addition, the mail management unit 40 stores the member DB 44
In the middle, the inquiry mail is stored in the data area specified by the guardian ID (step 1507). In this way,
A parent's question email can be accommodated.

As shown in FIG. 15B, the teacher terminal 1
6 requests the transmission of a question mail from the management server 20, the teacher terminal 16 establishes a communication path with the management server 20 and then sends a request for delivery of the question mail to the management server 20.
(Steps 1510 and 1511). The mail management unit 40 of the management server 20 reads the question mail from the data area of the teacher in the member DB 44 (step 1).
512), and transmits this to the teacher-side terminal 16 (step 1513). As a result, a question e-mail is displayed on the screen of the display device of the teacher-side terminal 16 so that a question given by a parent or guardian can be confirmed.

Next, the communication of the reply mail from the teacher to the guardian will be described. FIG. 17A is a flowchart showing the transmission of a reply mail from the teacher's terminal.
(B) is a flowchart showing acquisition of a reply mail by the guardian side terminal. As shown in FIG. 17A, after a communication path is established between the teacher terminal 16 and the management server 20 (step 1701), the teacher operates the input device of the teacher terminal 16 to send a reply mail. Is created (step 1702). At this time, it is desirable that a list of question e-mails and the like be presented from the management server 20, and the guardian to whom a reply should be made and the guardian ID are specified. Next, a reply e-mail is transmitted from the teacher side terminal 16 to the management server 20 together with the guardian ID (step 1703). The mail management unit 40 of the management server 40 stores the received reply mail in the area specified by the guardian ID in the teacher data area in the member DB 44 (Step 170).
Along with 4), it is also stored in the data area specified by the guardian ID (step 1705). In this way,
The reply mail can be stored in the member DB 44.

When the guardian views the reply mail,
As shown in FIG. 5B, after a communication path is established between the parent terminal 15 and the management server 20 and the authentication is completed (step 1710), a parent menu screen (FIG. 13)
(See (a)) is transmitted to the guardian terminal 15 (step 1711). When the parent operates the input device and selects viewing of the reply mail (see the reply mail from the teacher) in the menu (step 1712), the reply mail request is transmitted to the management server 20 (step 171).
3).

The mail processing unit 40 of the management server 20 reads out the reply mail from the data area specified by the guardian ID in the member DB 44, and generates and transmits an image including the reply mail (step 1715). Here, a reply mail list and reply mail data are transmitted. Therefore, first, a list of reply mails is displayed on the screen of the display device of the parent-side terminal 15 (step 171).
6). FIG. 16B shows an example of a reply mail list. Here, when the parent operates the input device to select a desired reply mail and turns on a button 1610 for opening, the selected reply mail is displayed (step 1717). In this way, the parent can view the answer to the question given to the teacher.

According to the present embodiment, the guardian can refer to the mail between the student and the teacher and the performance data of the student on his / her own terminal. Therefore, parents must:
It is possible to appropriately grasp the progress of the student's learning. In addition, since the guardian can also communicate with the teacher, it is possible to receive information about the student from the teacher.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, which are also included in the scope of the present invention. It goes without saying that this is done. For example, in the above-described embodiment, music education is used, in particular, music acquisition. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Education that involves some kind of communication between a student and a teacher, for example, a teacher It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a case where the teacher presents and presents the assignment, and the teacher adds corrections and advice after the student performs the assignment.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the guardian browses the communication between the student and the teacher has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the guardian. It goes without saying that he may be a person. In this specification, the function of one unit may be realized by two or more physical units, or the function of two or more units may be realized by one physical unit.

[0053]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a distance learning system that allows parents to properly grasp the progress of learning and learning attitudes of students.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an education support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a management server according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of a member DB according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a student registration process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating selection of a song by the teacher terminal and transmission of data related to the song to the student terminal according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing transmission of performance data and a question mail to the management server according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of acquiring performance data and creating an answer mail by the teacher terminal according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a registration form according to the embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on a screen of the display device of the student terminal according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device of the student terminal according to the embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a process of browsing an advice / answer mail by the student terminal according to the embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process related to reception of performance data and the like by the guardian terminal according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device of the parent terminal according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on a screen of a display device of the parent terminal according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating processing related to transmission of a question mail from the parent terminal and reception by the teacher terminal according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device of the parent terminal according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating processing related to transmission of a reply mail from the teacher terminal and reception by the parent terminal according to the present embodiment;

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 14 Student-side terminal 15 Parent-side terminal 16 Teacher-side terminal 18 Education support site 20 Management server 24 Music server 32 Member registration unit 34 Member authentication unit 36 ID management unit 38 Song list management unit 40 Mail management unit 42 Performance data management unit 44 Member DB

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A task set at a teacher-side terminal operated by a teacher is stored and transmitted to a student-side terminal operated by a student according to a request, and a completed task is stored at a student side. An education support method using an education support site configured to transmit data to a teacher-side terminal, store data communicated between these terminals, and provide the stored data to the terminal as needed. The task relating to the student and the teacher, and information for identifying the other person to the student side terminal so as to allow browsing of data communicated between the student side terminal and the teacher side terminal. Inputting, in response to a request from the specified other person, an assignment relating to a student concerning the student who has been permitted to browse, and a student-side terminal operated by the student and the teacher-side Educational support method only communication data to and from the end, characterized by comprising a step of presenting to the others. 2. The education support method according to claim 1, wherein the step of inputting the information for specifying the other person is configured to input the e-mail address of the other person. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of inputting the information for specifying the other person is configured to input the e-mail address of the other person when registering the student.
Education support method described in. 4. An ID for authenticating the other person.
The education support method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a step of giving a password and a password. 5. When data communication is performed between the student terminal and the teacher terminal, data relating to the communication is stored in an area in a storage device reserved for the other person, The education support method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein only data in an area reserved for another person can be browsed by the other person. 6. A task set at a teacher-side terminal operated by a teacher, a completed task transmitted from a student-side terminal operated by the student, and a completed task transmitted from the student-side terminal operated by the student. An education support site comprising a database for storing the data and the assignment data provided to the student side terminal and / or the teacher side terminal as necessary. The assignment, and inputting information for specifying another person to the student side terminal so as to allow browsing of data communicated between the student side terminal and the teacher side terminal, and specifying the other person Registration means for registering information, in response to a request from the identified other person, an assignment relating to a student concerning the student who has been permitted to browse, and a student-side terminal operated by the student and Data reading means for reading only data communicated with the master terminal from the database, and the data read by the data reading means is transmitted to another terminal operated by the other person. An educational support site that is characterized by: