Patent Application
20130040278
The invention relates generally to electronic devices. More particularly, the invention relates to an electronic device used to read educational electronic documents.
Over time, more and more information has become available on the internet. Many websites have an educational slant and aim to proactively teach, as can be done in a traditional classroom setting, rather than just serve as a reference type resource. One way these websites have been more proactive is to utilize interactive online quizzes to teach selected topics. The website provides questions related to a particular topic and accepts input for each question. Feedback on entered quiz answers is then provided either after each question is answered or after all of the questions of the quiz have been answered. This type of interactive quiz can be more helpful than simply reading a reference document about the topic because often the interactive aspect allows more information to be retained. Additionally, an interactive quiz can reveal aspects of a topic the reader had not fully considered.
In the educational environment, more and more textbooks and other documents are available electronically. These textbooks often have some limited electronic interactive features such as bookmarking and highlighting but do not provide the advantages of a more fully interactive learning experience.
An apparatus and method to provide a more interactive book learning experience. The invention provides an interactive quiz component to book figures. Figures within an electronic document can be enlarged by a user input such as a touch gesture. Selected information from the enlarged figure can be hidden and used as an interactive quiz. Feedback and options for further review or interactions are provided based on user input.
This invention helps meet the described need by providing a way to have improved interactive learning with an electronic book.
In the educational environment, interactive learning can increase retention and improve the overall learning experience. The instant invention provides an apparatus and method for an interactive learning experience with an electronic book.
The interactive quiz does not need to focus on figure labels. Instead, a quiz can be generated based on user input and the topic currently being viewed. The questions are selected from a pre-defined question bank where each question is associated with at least one topic. For example, as shown in
The reader can then input answers for each of the questions and receive feedback on whether the answers were correct. The input can be through gestures, capturing and recognizing handwriting, keypad input, voice etc. For the incorrect answers, a more comprehensive explanation can be provided. For example, the reader can be taken to the portion of the book that is related to the correct and incorrect answer. Additionally, alternative material external to the current document that is relevant to the quiz related material can be suggested.
In this case, since the topic of the page (5) in
In another aspect of the invention, the reader will be given the option to chat or email with a tutor on the particular subject area and the reader will have the capability to ask questions on the specific material to their classmates, friends, or anyone using the book through social media features. In this way the electronic book interface facilitates a more comprehensive interactive learning experience.
