[DG: Teaching & Learning] Evil Patents

[Sean DeMonner]

There must be *some* prior art out there from before 2009...

SMD.


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*Sean DeMonner*

Information Systems Director

Information and Technology Services

Teaching & Learning


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Mark J. Norton
<markjnorton at earthlink.net>wrote:

>  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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