Humanity Research IN S.T.E.A.M.
Development of an Advanced Dynamically Real-Time Information into Knowledge eReader–kReader™ Dr. Nina Oukhina
Summary Abstract: Mount Knowledge Inc. (MK) provides products and services which are changing the way that consumers of all ages learn and retain subject matter, starting in childhood and continuing for the rest of their personal and business lives. MK has developed software learning tools and teaching methodologies used by more than 300 million students in China and other countries, from grade school to university, who are seeking to learn English. kReader is designed to deliver a real-time reading and learning system that easily converts static information into Knowledge (iiK) faster and easier than traditional learning and reading methods. With kReader, an eBook can be not only easily read anywhere but also absorbed by using advanced patented iiK learning tools.
A. Scientific Technological Advancements MK started to develop a new web application named kReader to create new functions for online books. The kReader web application not only provided the opportunity to read an eBook conveniently, but it also provided an environment to allow a user to convert a book’s contents into knowledge acquisition faster and easier with reader speed training tools such as eye fixation and keyword realization over traditional methods.
MK development produced the following advancements: 1. Based on an analysis of various front and back-end web technologies, the MK dramatically improved the layout and GUI design for eBook services to find solutions for the issues created by implementing intuitive design techniques for kReader. With this new intuitive design, users could easily understand the GUI’s behaviour without requiring extra assistance or special training. 2. The MK developed new presentation formats for eBook services to deliver various tools to a client and provide learning functions such as book summarization, keyword highlighting, note-taking, and “mind webbing” from a book’s contents. 3. kReader components were intended to promote effective online text processes through a creative 6
