Allen Rodgers

US Patent:

7937416, May 3, 2011

Filed:

Aug 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/189025

Inventors:

Cassandra Hossfeld - Littleton CO, US
Allen Rodgers - Evergreen CO, US
Matthew Schnittman - Highland Ranch CO, US
Marc Holliday - Dublin OH, US

Assignee:

Ecollege.com - Denver CO

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707803

Abstract:

A business intelligence and data management system is disclosed comprising a database for storing multi-dimensional business data from multiple online educational institutions; a usage tracking engine for recording within a user profile the time and duration of access to disparate system features. A reporting engine provides periodic and custom reports and a benchmarking engine facilitates comparison of internal institution data with aggregate data from multiple institutions, to compare student retention, course completion, student satisfaction, and student performance. The reporting engine provides reports on course retention rates, course evaluations, faculty evaluations, enrollment, student performance, and course run rates. The usage tracking engine, benchmarking engine, and reporting engine facilitate determination of best practices to improve student enrollment, student retention, course completion, student performance, and student satisfaction. A custom query engine facilitates freeform searches of business data and a data mining engine provides access to detailed data supporting the periodic reports.

US Patent:

20020115052, Aug 22, 2002

Filed:

Feb 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/061794

Inventors:

Melanie Anderson - Denver CO, US
James Allen - Denver CO, US
Allen Rodgers - Evergreen CO, US
Lynne Burdette - Littleton CO, US

International Classification:

G09B003/00

US Classification:

434/350000

Abstract:

An on-line educational system. An instructor builds a course on-line containing identification of assignments and educational materials, which are compiled into an on-line electronic syllabus. Users enrolled in the course may access the electronic syllabus and perform various functions with the on-line educational system in order to participate in the on-line educational course. An editor tool permits instructors or others to dynamically change, modify, and edit educational courses for the on-line educational courses. An interface facilitates the creation and editing of content between a user and the database for the on-line educational system.

US Patent:

20070156718, Jul 5, 2007

Filed:

Dec 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/323435

Inventors:

Cassandra Hossfeld - Littleton CO, US
Allen Rodgers - Evergreen CO, US
Matthew Schnittman - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Marc Holliday - Dublin OH, US

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707100000

Abstract:

A business intelligence and data management system is disclosed comprising a database for storing multi-dimensional business data from multiple online educational institutions; a usage tracking engine for recording within a user profile the time and duration of access to disparate system features. A reporting engine provides periodic and custom reports and a benchmarking engine facilitates comparison of internal institution data with aggregate data from multiple institutions, to compare student retention, course completion, student satisfaction, and student performance. The reporting engine provides reports on course retention rates, course evaluations, faculty evaluations, enrollment, student performance, and course run rates. The usage tracking engine, benchmarking engine, and reporting engine facilitate determination of best practices to improve student enrollment, student retention, course completion, student performance, and student satisfaction. A custom query engine facilitates freeform searches of business data and a data mining engine provides access to detailed data supporting the periodic reports.