[DG: Teaching & Learning] Evil Patents

[Mark J. Norton]

I came across the following patent application while doing related research:

*Rubric-based assessment with personalized learning recommendations*, US 
Patent Application 20100316986 
<http://www.google.com/patents/US20100316986>A1, Jun. 2009.

Abstract reads:
A rubric-based assessment and personalized learning recommendation 
system and method to aid an educator in teaching an entity in an 
efficient manner. Embodiments of the system and method include a 
computational representation of a rubric that is composed of composable 
rubric constructs. Each composable rubric construct corresponds to a 
particular sub-area of a skill being learned. Embodiments of the system 
and method also allow the educator to select a level of granularity of 
the rubric. This allows grouping together of entities that are having 
similar problems learning the skill and are performing similarly in 
certain areas. Embodiments of the system and method can suggest 
available learning resources for a single or groups of entities 
struggling in the same or similar areas based on their assessment 
results. The idea is for the entity to use these learning resources to 
improve its performance and competency in a given subject area.

That pretty much covers self-paced computerized learning using 
assessments, eh?  BTW, the above is from Microsoft Corp.

- Mark Norton
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