System and method for collaborative development of online courses and programs of study

摘要

A system and method for developing a course requires a plurality of participants that collaborate over a network, for example, a social network. A database stores an initial framework that defines a sequence of learning units for creating a desired learning environment for students, those learning units made of specifically ordered content objects. The learning units are identified by corresponding learning unit identifiers. A plurality of workstations coupled to the network are used for entry of reviewer information by the participants using the learning environment created for the students. The reviewer information comprise one or more comments entered by one participant about a learning unit or content object and a rank entered by anther participant about the comment, with the rank being correlated with a defined ranking standard. A processor processes the rank according to a predefined criteria to produce a ranking result that is associated with a learning unit identifier. The ranking result is used for associating learning content to the learning unit identified by the learning unit identifier.

主权项

1. A system for developing a course of study for students by a plurality of participants over a collaborative network, comprising:
a database coupled to the network, said database storing an initial framework that defines a sequence of learning units that create a desired learning environment for the students, said sequence of learning units being presented to students over a time period based on a template that is associated with a student work timeframe, the sequence of learning units being presented to the students during the desired learning environment to achieve learning objectives over the time period, said learning units having corresponding learning unit identifiers, a collaborative course development server coupled to the network, said collaborative course development server executing applications that provide one or more collaborative course development environments to said plurality of participants; a plurality of workstations coupled to the network for entry of reviewer information by the participants, said reviewer information comprising a comment entered by a first participant about a learning unit and a rank entered by a second participant about the comment, said rank being correlated with a defined ranking standard, wherein said comment is posted anonymously and said comment is on course content that is uploaded by a third participant; a processing unit in communication with the network, said processing unit sorts participant information automatically and processes the rank according to a predefined criteria to produce at least one ranking result that is associated with a learning unit identifier, wherein said at least one ranking result, the comment on course content, and the course content are used for associating learning content to the learning unit identified by the learning unit identifier.