A distance learning device for providing laboratory instruction via two-way interaction with a student at a remote location and system for using same.

Disclosed is a mobile handwriting recording instrument for use in a lecture or classroom setting that includes a writing tablet, which has a writing surface, a transmitter and a receiver. Also included is a scanning device that is operably connected to the writing tablet. The scanning device is configured for capturing two or three dimensional indicia placed within the scanning device's field of view. The writing surface is configured to display handwritten indicia thereon while simultaneously displaying an image representing the handwritten indicia remotely.

Disclosed is a mobile handwriting recording instrument for use in a lecture or classroom setting that includes a writing tablet, which has a writing surface, a transmitter and a receiver. Also included is a scanning device that is operably connected to the writing tablet. The scanning device is configured for capturing two or three dimensional indicia placed within the scanning device's field of view. The writing surface is configured to display handwritten indicia thereon while simultaneously displaying an image representing the handwritten indicia remotely.

A telesurgical mentoring platform with a wheeled base, a lower rack mounted on the base, an upper rack extending vertically from the lower rack, a compactly foldable articulated arm that is configured to extend horizontally outward away from the upper rack and configured to connect to a connector piece holding an end effectuator at its distal end, a tablet personal computer; the console configured to be readily mobilized on the floor of an existing operating room and is capable of providing a connectivity point for communication, audiovisual, and data transfer services in an operating room.

The present disclosures relates to a control terminal, comprising: a data communication unit for receiving a first user voice by data communication with a first audio device and receiving a second user voice by data communication with a second audio device; a turn information generating unit for generating turn information, which is voice unit information, by using the first and second user voices; and a metalanguage processing unit for determining a conversation pattern of the first and second users by using the turn information, and outputting a reminder message corresponding to a reminder event to the first user when the conversation pattern corresponds to a preset reminder event occurrence condition.

The present disclosures relates to a control terminal, comprising: a data communication unit for receiving a first user voice by data communication with a first audio device and receiving a second user voice by data communication with a second audio device; a turn information generating unit for generating turn information, which is voice unit information, by using the first and second user voices; and a metalanguage processing unit for determining a conversation pattern of the first and second users by using the turn information, and outputting a reminder message corresponding to a reminder event to the first user when the conversation pattern corresponds to a preset reminder event occurrence condition.

Electronic arrangement comprising at least one electronic device or a system of multiple at least functionally connected electronic devices, comprising data repository configured to store digital online course material for distance learning, provided by a plurality of content providers, said digital course material encompassing course content divided into a plurality of different learning objectives, said digital course material being further arranged into a plurality of separately accessible digital data ensembles each of which addressing a learning objective of said plurality, wherein each learning objective of said plurality is covered by at least one of the plurality of ensembles, and wherein at least one learning objective of said plurality, optionally each learning objective of said plurality, is covered by multiple alternative data ensembles of the plurality of ensembles, online platform configured to provide online access to a plurality of users regarding said stored digital course material including the plurality of digital data ensembles and communicate indications of multiple alternative ensembles covering said at least one learning objective for enabling related user selection, access monitor for tracking the usage including access of said digital course material during a selected monitoring period, wherein tracking comprises detecting and storing user-specifically both at least an indication of accessed data ensembles and the cumulative number of related access times per ensemble, and usage analyzer for determining, based on the stored user-specific indications regarding the monitoring period, user-specific rewards for a content provider of said plurality of providers, and preferably total reward based on the user-specific rewards. Method to be executed by the arrangement is presented.

Electronic arrangement comprising at least one electronic device or a system of multiple at least functionally connected electronic devices, comprising data repository configured to store digital online course material for distance learning, provided by a plurality of content providers, said digital course material encompassing course content divided into a plurality of different learning objectives, said digital course material being further arranged into a plurality of separately accessible digital data ensembles each of which addressing a learning objective of said plurality, wherein each learning objective of said plurality is covered by at least one of the plurality of ensembles, and wherein at least one learning objective of said plurality, optionally each learning objective of said plurality, is covered by multiple alternative data ensembles of the plurality of ensembles, online platform configured to provide online access to a plurality of users regarding said stored digital course material including the plurality of digital data ensembles and communicate indications of multiple alternative ensembles covering said at least one learning objective for enabling related user selection, access monitor for tracking the usage including access of said digital course material during a selected monitoring period, wherein tracking comprises detecting and storing user-specifically both at least an indication of accessed data ensembles and the cumulative number of related access times per ensemble, and usage analyzer for determining, based on the stored user-specific indications regarding the monitoring period, user-specific rewards for a content provider of said plurality of providers, and preferably total reward based on the user-specific rewards. Method to be executed by the arrangement is presented.

An e-learning system has a local classroom with an instructor station and a microphone and a local student station with a microphone, a plurality of remote classrooms with an instructor display and a student station with a microphone, and planar displays and video cameras in each of the classrooms, the remote and local classrooms connected over a network, with a server monitoring feeds and enforcing exclusive states, with sets of video displays, each set dedicated to a remote classroom, arrayed along a line orthogonal to a line between the instructor station and the local student station, with one display in each set facing toward the instructor station, and one display in each set facing toward the local student station.

An e-learning system has a local classroom with an instructor station and a microphone and a local student station with a microphone, a plurality of remote classrooms with an instructor display and a student station with a microphone, and planar displays and video cameras in each of the classrooms, the remote and local classrooms connected over a network, with a server monitoring feeds and enforcing exclusive states, with sets of video displays, each set dedicated to a remote classroom, arrayed along a line orthogonal to a line between the instructor station and the local student station, with one display in each set facing toward the instructor station, and one display in each set facing toward the local student station.