MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM FOR HUMAN SENSORY EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT

摘要

Multimedia systems and methods for human sensory education and assessment are disclosed. A system according to the invention may include an administrative sub-system, which may be a local or remote server, and a delivery device (112), which may be a local, micro-processor-based device, such as a PC, PDA, telephone. The delivery device may include one or more optional add-on devices that simulate a sense or provide enhanced sensory capabilities. The administrative sub-system may include a data store that may contain, for example: one or more respective content modules and test batteries associated with each of the human senses; assessment results and other information relating to the senses, users of the system, test subjects, etc., and a list of employees, students, or other users that can be given access to the stored information. An administrator can dynamically create/customize, and download to the delivery device, one or more computer files that may include, for example, an extracted subset of information about the ensuing user's demographics, curriculum of selectable education modules, history of previously reviewed modules, previous assessment results, and other information the delivery device can access to pre-load information for the anticipated user session. The delivery device configures the downloaded modules to enable a user to study the educational modules (204) and perform sensory tests and assessments as provided in the downloaded file, and provides results data (210) to the administrative sub-system, which stores the results data for later retrieval and reporting by authorized persons.