What is a virtual Classroom?
Increasing penetration of broadband, Busy Life style, increasing distance, real estate prices and safety issues demand a revolution in the mode of knowledge dissemination and virtual classrooms are sure to become the ultimate mode. The article explains the concept of Virtual classroom.
Tweet-- A Virtual Classroom is a learning environment created in the virtual space. The objectives of a Virtual Classroom are to improve access to advanced educational experiences by allowing students and instructors to participate in remote learning communities using personal computers; and to improve the quality and effectiveness of education by using the computer to support a collaborative learning process.
There are a number of Virtual classrooms across the globe. www.wiziq.com is one of these platforms. It is a platform which provides complete freedom of learning. Teachers can also build a profile, keep an availability schedule, and maintain a content library, which is associated with their profiles, by uploading PowerPoint presentations and PDF Files.
WiZiQ offers the following features:
- Works in Flash format and needs no downloads
- 2-way live audio/video delivery
- Whiteboard with Math tools
- Synchronous Content sharing such as PowerPoint (retains animations and transitions), PDF, Flash, MS Word, MS
- Excel files and videos
- Records all sessions to be played back in Flash format (needs no downloads)
WiZiQ has also introduced a Live Class module for Moodle (a known learning management system), which makes it possible for teachers to schedule and launch free virtual classroom sessions on WiZiQ right from within Moodle.
Like the web added a new facet to knowledge and connectivity, virtual classroom uses the same phase to add a new dimension to knowledge and its acquisition.
The explosion of the knowledge age has changed the context of what is learnt and how it is learnt – the concept of virtual classrooms is a manifestation of this knowledge revolution.