Virtual Learning Environment in Classroom

Journal on School Educational Technology, 2009

Demands for a more personalized approach to education as well as flexibility have spurred learners to seek alternatives to the traditional approach. As a result of technological advantages in society, the options for learning in and outside the classroom have broadened tremendously. The great option is “Virtual classroom”. A virtual classroom is a system that creates an environment designed to facilitate teachers in the management of educational courses for their students, especially a system using computer hardware and software, which involves distance learning. Education in the virtual classrooms has been described as being “just as vivid, meaningful and dynamic as face-to-face interactions in a traditional classroom or even more so”. As the virtual classroom is one that aims to give the student an experience equal to or better than the sort they would find in a traditional classroom, there are obviously many advantages of the virtual classroom to the student, as well as the teacher and the associated educational institution. Virtual classrooms “foster the dimensions of interest, involvement, imagination, and interactivity”, which make the virtual classroom an “immersive environment in which to learn”, perhaps even more immersive than the traditional classroom because of what is offered by new technologies used in the virtual classroom. This paper discusses the virtual classroom as a new move in the nonformal distance education, which is an advanced technique of Education Technology. The Collaborative and Independent virtual learning types form the key features for Communication, Assessment and Support. Moreover, a comparison of this virtual classroom with the traditional classroom blooms out the merits of virtual classroom which is definitely “A Boon to the Learners”. Keywords: Virtual Environment, Virtual Learning, Distance Education.

Cherkasy University Bulletin: Pedagogical Sciences

Introduction. Nowadays the system of future engineers training is entering the new stage of its development and new horizons are opening-connected with formation of teaching pluralism, developing of new teaching ways and methods, which lead to the appearance of new approaches to training process due to the necessity of novel technologies implementation that should support students motivation for lifelong learning and stimulate their creativity. E-learning, mlearning, interactive e-books, virtual learning realities-such neologisms integrate to all spheres of education constantly, and engineering training is not an exception. Purpose. The aim of the paper is to specify the main methodological and psychological principles of virtual educational environment creation and implementation. Results. Essential features of the "virtual learning environment" concept are described and fundamental properties of virtual learning environment which is used in the educational process are given. Originality. The major pro and contra arguments of these novelties utilization for the educational purposes in the process of training are observed in the paper on the example of virtual gamificated learning environment creation. Conclusion. Pedagogic system which corresponds to the virtual learning in the artificial environment, should be considered as situational, because the features of its application are determined each time by the specific conditions of training and that virtual educational situation that exists only in this area, at this time, between specific subjects and objects of education. The necessity of the special didactics development for virtual learning environments is obvious. It is necessary to create and implement virtual learning environments for every

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 2020

A virtual classroom is an online learning method that is carried out via internet that provides communication for distance learner just like face-to-face classroom. This field of education is going to be in high trend in the upcoming days and soon will be replacing the traditional mode of education as internet dependent learning is growing rapidly in almost every schools and colleges. Two major forms of virtual classroom are synchronous and asynchronous. In virtual classroom it’s the choice of student to take synchronous form of learning or asynchronous form, if synchronous is selected the online teaching is scheduled which is led by a teacher and students can interact at same time and can get their queries solved at the same time even from remote area. In asynchronous form the learner attain their education at their own pace and at their convenient time and it is time independent which in turn is sought to control the order of activities. It is a great field as the students can cla...

ABSTRACT The development of Information Technology (IT) has contributed to changes in the teaching and learning process. IT is redefining completely the mode of education delivery and methods of acquiring knowledge. As a result, there are new educational classrooms called Virtual Classroom. Virtual Classroom is an online simulated classroom that allows students and instructors located in different places to participate in self-paced and real time classes, record and archive the entire classroom experience for later review. E-Learning and virtual classroom is a critical support mechanism for educational institutions to grow, improve the performance of students, teachers, as well as useful for organizations to enhance the performance of their employees. This research is based on literature review, academic analysis and design that gather information from university environment for the implementation of the virtual classroom system architecture. A multi-tier Virtual Classroom System architecture is proposed. These include the Client Tier, Web Tier and Enterprise Information System (EIS) Tier. The implementation environment is characterized by Window operating system, Apache web server, My SQL and PHP (WAMP); MOODLE and Blackboard Collaborate. The SMS messaging system of the virtual classroom make communication between the users of the virtual classroom fast and easy. A prototype of the Virtual Classroom System implemented provides a platform for conducting both self-paced and real-time class session via the Internet. It provide perfect environment for online teaching and learning with a feel of being in the classroom itself. The virtual classroom is a replica of traditional classroom and the case study of CSC 806 (Expert System) an M. Tech Degree course in the Department of Computer Science, the Federal University of Technology, Akure carried out shows that the proposed Virtual Classroom System is effective and efficient for teaching and learning and could yield significant improvement over the existing system if adopted for teaching and learning in university environment and beyond.

The processes by which learners learn and teachers teach are about as ever-changing as the seasons. Throughout time, pedagogical researchers have developed new methods for the educational process, but none have been quite as revolutionary or as controversial as e-learning. E-learning, often referred to as distance learning or online learning, provides a platform that facilitates learning through communication without requiring a face-to-face contact in the same space and time (Wahlstedt 1021).

International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001

The paper presents the results of the "Virtual Classroom" project sponsored by the University of Westminster, Educational Initiative Centre (EIC) for delivering lectures online. The ultimate aim was to provide a portable hardware and easy to use software toolset as well as easy to follow guidelines on how to propel the lectures from the conventional dull chalk and talk environment to the realm of all interactive computer assisted Web based electronic classroom. The additional goal was to minimise the number of staff required to give the lectures and allow them to use their valuable time for other academic duties. The proposed hardware/software setup is a fully automatic solution controllable from a single PC. It allowed full student interaction and use of multimedia in the lecture. Although the best quality was achieved by use of multicasting, the students connecting via modem can also take interactive part in the lectures

In 21st Century, Education emerges as effective tool of change in the society. It has several dimensions like philosophy, psychology, sociology etc. Now the technology is playing a vital role in the field of education particularly in school education. Classrooms are going to change from traditional to smart. When we talk about smart classroom we require certain things like computer, internet, video camera, speakers, microphone, projector etc. This technology is also called Virtual Classroom Technology where the teacher can deliver lecture with both the mode like synchronous and asynchronous virtual mode through internet. This paper focuses on the role of virtual classroom software which provides the facility of synchronous and asynchronous virtual mode of teaching. By using this Virtual Classroom Software [VCS], the teacher can not only deliver the lecture but also evaluate the students. This software has several features like live class/online class, offline class, create future class, notice board, assessment, feedback etc. The teacher can use power point presentation/word documents while delivering live lecture. Students can easily communicate through chat/feedback segment to teacher and get quick reply also. The role of Virtual Classroom Software is very important. It reduces the huge paperwork and gives quick assessment. It is called “Any time, Any where classroom”. Teacher should manage the progress of the each students of the class through this software. It will be very beneficial for teachers, students and entire educational system. Keywords: Virtual Classroom Software, Synchronous and Asynchronous Mode, any time any where classroom

2020

The paper is a descriptive ascertaining study that comes with the analysis of the phenomenon of virtual classrooms' using at different educational levels and / or in different educational situations in digital age, characterized by the migration of the implementation of certain ICT instruments, which have already become traditional to the so-called online learning platforms of various types and configurations. The research is carried out on several dimensions, in particular, conceptual, but also application-functional, reviewing several platforms dedicated to virtual learning. The comparative analysis of the set of tools offered by various virtual classroom platforms comes with a description of its special operating characteristics which depends on the typology of teaching activities to be implemented in online environment during direct and indirect hours of contact with students enrolled at a virtual course. Although, in this article, the model of using virtual platforms for le...

Skills and Technology for Teaching and Learning, Edited Book, Buddha Mission of India, Patna, ISBN 978-81-932595-5-9,, 2023

With the advent of the concept of the 'global village' and 'knowledge era', the use of information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education has become imperative.

2017

1. INTRODUCTION: There has been a rapid increase in the number of online courses due to high advancement in information technology. Through online communication students are getting lot of experiences in everyday life. A virtual classroom is an online learning environment using internet, computers where teachers and students are not physically present but communicate with each other through internet. "Virtual" is used here to characterize the fact that the course is not taught in a classroom face-to-face but through some substitute techniques that can be associated with conventional classroom teaching. It is basically designed for students who are unable to attend regular classroom for some specific reasons. It provides students with variety of learning experiences. The students used to get both direct and indirect experiences through such online courses. Today a number of website exists in World Wide Web online database which offers students with variety of study material...