[DG: Teaching & Learning] Evil Patents

[Mark J. Norton]

I would think so, too.  SCORM, for example, provided hooks for 
assessment based remediation.

-Mark

On 8/28/2013 4:07 PM, Sean DeMonner wrote:
> There must be /some/ prior art out there from before 2009...
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> SMD.
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> *Sean DeMonner*
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> Information Systems Director
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> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Mark J. Norton 
> <markjnorton at earthlink.net <mailto:markjnorton at earthlink.net>> wrote:
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>     I came across the following patent application while doing related
>     research:
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>     *Rubric-based assessment with personalized learning
>     recommendations*, US Patent Application 20100316986
>     <http://www.google.com/patents/US20100316986>A1, Jun. 2009.
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>     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.
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>     That pretty much covers self-paced computerized learning using
>     assessments, eh?  BTW, the above is from Microsoft Corp.
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>     - Mark Norton
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