Claims:1. A computer implemented network enabled system for structured and progressive online learning and learning assessment, the system comprising:
a learning content repository for storing a plurality of learning contents;
a user repository for storing a plurality of user profiles wherein a first user is designated as a moderator and a second user has a user level relative to the first user, and wherein one or more second users is at least one of a learning content creator, a learning content reviewer, a question creator, a question reviewer, a learning assessment creator, a learning assessment reviewer and a learning assessment taker;
a question bank repository for storing a plurality of questions and at least one answer to each of said questions from amongst the plurality of questions;
a learning assessment repository for storing a plurality of learning assessments as created by the second user from a plurality of users; -
a user course repository for storing a plurality of learning courses registered for by the second user from said user repository, number of learning content assets from said learning content repository viewed or created or reviewed by the second user, number of learning assessments created by or taken or reviewed by the second user, the second user’s score in each learning assessment, number of learning assessment questions created or reviewed by the second user in said question bank repository, and a competency indicator which indicates the current and target skill level of the second user in the particular course;
a duplicate question checker configured to check if a new question created by the question creator from said user repository matches any question in said question bank repository and send a system message to the question creator in case of a match;
a learning assessment selection processor configured to cooperate with said learning assessment repository to fetch a learning assessment from said learning assessment repository selected by the learning assessment taker from said user repository based on selection of the option by the learning assessment taker to take a learning assessment as created by a learning assessment creator and based on the learning assessment taker’s competency indicator information from said user course repository;
a learning assessment generator configured to create a learning assessment by fetching a set of questions from said question bank repository among the questions tagged with star rating, randomizing the said questions, and aggregating them into a system-generated learning assessment to be presented to a learning assessment taker, based on selection of the option by the learning assessment-taker to take a system-generated learning assessment, on the course being undertaken by the learning assessment taker, the type of assessment selected and the competency indicator information of the learning assessment taker from said user course repository;
a learning assessment question response evaluator configured in the system to record the response provided by the learning assessment taker from said user repository to each question in the learning assessment from said learning assessment repository or generated by the learning assessment generator and compare it with the available response for said question in said question bank repository, assign a score based on the correctness or incorrectness of the response and record the question quality rating for the said question in the question bank repository as provided by the learning assessment-taker;
a question quality rating rationalizer configured to cooperate with said question bank repository and said user repository to rationalize the question quality rating for each question in said question bank repository by adjusting at a question level, the question quality ratings provided by each of the plurality of the learning assessment takers by comparing the level of each learning assessment-taker relative to the level of the first user as available in said user repository, and then further averaging the question quality rating among the number of quality ratings received for said question in said question bank repository;
a learning assessment rating calculator configured to calculate the aggregate score of the learning assessment taken by the learning assessment taker from said user repository by aggregating the scores for each question in the said learning assessment;
a user point and badge scorecard repository configured to show the points and badges accrued by the second user on the completion of different activities pertaining to creating, viewing or updating learning content in said learning content repository, creating, taking or reviewing a learning assessment in said learning assessment repository, receiving a question quality rating for a question in said question bank repository, such that the points and badges accrued by the second user results in enhanced user level relative to the first user in said user repository and unlocks privileges that the second user was earlier not allowed to do; and
a learning assessment arc configured to interact with said user repository, said user course repository, said learning assessment repository, and said user point and badge scorecard repository to provide real-time analytics to reflect learning progress of the second user at a granular level.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of learning content in the said learning content repository is categorized by learning category or course and is stored in the form of videos, documents, audio files, and multiplayer online games.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said user repository is further configured to store user information including at least registration information, incentive-based points received by the second user and the second user’s progress within a group or system.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said question bank repository is configured to include a question type tag to tag each question with at least one of a plurality of question types including True or False statement, Match the following statement, Para-jumbles statement, and multiple choice questions, with at least one answer to each of the said questions as created by the second user; a question creator tag to tag each question with a user identifier that is indicative of creation of said question, wherein said user identifier is associated with a specific second user from said user repository, a learning content tag to tag said question with a learning content identifier that is indicative of the learning content obtained from said learning content repository, a question complexity rating to indicate the complexity of the question, a question quality rating to tag a quality rating for said question, a question score to score a response for each question, and a star rating to indicate which questions have quality ratings above a defined threshold value.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a learning assessment creator tag is configured in said learning assessment repository to tag each learning assessment with a user identifier that is indicative of creation of said learning assessment, wherein said user identifier is associated with the second user from said user repository and a learning assessment content tag is configured to tag a learning assessment with a learning content from said learning content repository.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said learning arc is configured to include the number of courses from said user course repository taken by each second user from a plurality of users, number of content based assets created, viewed or reviewed by the second user from the said user course repository, number of learning assessments generated by or taken or reviewed by the second user, the second user’s score in each learning assessment from a plurality of learning assessments from said user course repository, no. of questions created or reviewed by the second user from said user course repository, no. of questions the second user from said user course repository has provided quality feedback for, the points and badges earned by the second user from said user point and badge scorecard repository, and the competency indicator of the second user in the courses from said user course repository, and the user level of the second user relative to the first user from said user repository.
7. A computer implemented method for providing structured and progressive online learning and learning assessment, the method comprising:
storing, in a learning content repository, a plurality of learning contents;
storing, in a user repository, a plurality of user profiles wherein a first user is designated as a moderator and a second user has a user level relative to the first user and one or more second users is at least one of a learning content creator, a learning content reviewer, a question creator, a question reviewer, a learning assessment creator, a learning assessment reviewer and a learning assessment taker;
storing, in a question bank repository a plurality of questions and at least one answer to each of said questions;
storing, in a learning assessment repository, a plurality of learning assessments as created by the second user from a plurality of users;
storing, in a user course repository, a plurality of learning courses registered for by the second user from said user repository , number of learning content assets from said learning content repository viewed or created or reviewed by second user , number of learning assessments created by or taken or reviewed by the second user, the second user’s score in each learning assessment, number of learning assessment questions created or reviewed by second user in said question bank repository, a competency indicator which indicates the current and target skill level of the second user in the particular course;
checking, using a duplicate question checker, if a new question created by the question creator from said user repository matches any question in said question bank repository and sending a system message to the second user in case of a match;
prompting the second user to select among a number of tasks that the system allows and confirm if he would like to create, view or review learning content in said learning content repository, take a test/quiz or any other form of learning assessment from said learning assessment repository, create or review a test/quiz or any other form of learning assessment into said learning assessment repository or create questions or review the questions in said question bank repository to provide question quality rating;
fetching using a learning assessment selection processor, a learning assessment from said learning assessment repository and presenting it to the learning assessment taker from said user repository based on selection of the option by the learning assessment taker to take a learning assessment as created by a learning assessment-creator from said user repository and based on the learning assessment taker’s competency indicator information from said user course repository;
using a learning assessment generator to fetch one or more from a plurality of questions from the said question bank repository tagged with star rating, randomizing the said questions, and aggregating them into a system-generated learning assessment to be presented to a learning assessment taker, based on selection of the option by the learning assessment-taker to take a system-generated learning assessment, , on the course being undertaken by the learning assessment taker user, the type of assessment selected and the competency indicator information of the learning assessment taker from said user course repository;
using the learning assessment question response evaluator to record the response of the learning assessment taker from said user repository to each question in the learning assessment from said learning assessment repository or generated by the learning assessment generator and compare it with the available response for the said question in the said question bank repository, assign a score based on the correctness or incorrectness of the response and record the question quality rating for the said question in the question bank repository as provided by the learning assessment-taker;
using the question quality rating rationalizer to rationalize the question quality rating for each question in said question bank repository by adjusting at a question level, the question quality ratings provided by each of the plurality of learning assessment-takers by comparing the level of each learning assessment taker relative to the level of the first user as available in the said user repository, and then further averaging the question quality rating among the number of quality ratings received for said question in said question bank repository;
using the learning assessment rating calculator to calculate the aggregate score of the learning assessment taken by the learning assessment taker from said user repository by aggregating the scores for the each question in the said learning assessment;
storing, in a user point and badge scorecard repository, the points and badges accrued by the second user on the completion of different activities pertaining to creating, viewing or updating learning content in said learning content repository, creating , taking or reviewing a learning assessment in said learning assessment repository, receiving a quality rating for a question in said question bank repository, such that the points and badges accrued by the second user results in enhanced user level relative to the first user in said user repository and unlocks privileges that the second user was earlier not allowed to do; and
automatically calibrating a learning assessment arc to interact with said user course repository, said learning assessment repository and said user point and badge scorecard repository to provide real-time analytics to reflect learning progress of the second user at a granular level.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of storing the plurality of learning content in the said learning repository further includes the step of categorizing the said learning content by learning category or course and storing the learning content in the form of videos, documents, audio files, and multiplayer online games.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of storing user information in a user repository, further includes the step of storing at least registration information, incentive-based points received by the second user and the second user’s progress within a group or system.
10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of storing a plurality of questions in the question bank repository includes the step of storing a question type tag to tag each question with at least one of a plurality of question types including True or False statement, Match the following statement, Para-jumbles statement, and multiple choice questions, with at least one answer to each of the said questions as created by the second user; a question creator tag to tag each question with a user identifier that is indicative of creation of said question, wherein said user identifier is associated with a specific second user from said user repository, a learning content tag to tag said question with a learning content identifier that is indicative of the learning content obtained from said learning content repository, a question complexity rating to indicate the complexity of the question, a question quality rating to tag a quality rating for said question, a question score to score a response for each question, and a star rating to indicate which questions have quality ratings above a defined threshold value
11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of storing a plurality of learning assessments in said learning assessment repository further includes the step of tagging each learning assessment with a user identifier that is indicative of creation of said learning assessment, wherein each user identifier is associated with the second user from said user repository and tagging each learning assessment content with a learning assessment content tag from said learning content repository.
12. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of configuring the said learning arc further includes the step of storing the number of courses from said user course repository taken by each second user from a plurality of users, number of content based assets created, viewed or reviewed by the second user from the said user course repository, number of learning assessments generated by or taken or reviewed by the second user, the second user’s score in each learning assessment from a plurality of learning assessments from said user course repository, no. of questions created or reviewed by the second user from said user course repository, no. of questions the second user from said user course repository has provided quality feedback for, the points and badges earned by the second user from said user point and badge scorecard repository, the competency indicator of the second user in the courses from said user course repository, and the user level of the second user relative to the first user from said user repository.
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