VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

WWHAT IS A VIRTUAL CLASS ROOM ?

The virtual classroom is a collaborative teaching tool to assist the students to learn in an interactive manner.

A virtual classroom must contain:•Class activities•Group and individual learning activities•Discussion and chat with students , parents and guests•Quizzes and surveys•Home work activities and assessment documents•Full online courses with modules of work•Forms and synchronous chat section•Web Quests, Holists etc..

CHARECTERISTICSAffordableNon-restrictingFlexible learningPractical and provenAccessible

The virtual classroom has taken on three different forms

(1)Teleconferencing(2)World Wide Web(3)Teleconferencing in Conjunction with the WorldWide Web

ADVANTAGES OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOMThere are several more advantages of using the virtual classroom• Virtual classroom remove the need to travel to a location in which to participate in the course or lesson.• Virtual classroom can be accessed from any computer that has the necessary software, hardware, internet connection and internet browser requirements in order to participate in the virtual classroom.• Virtual classrooms are accessible to students with physical disabilities, which is an advantage over the real classroom, as they access it from home.

•Students can access the course materials and activities in the virtual classroom at a time that is most convenient to them.• The teacher is not required to work from an office or classroom to instruct lessons or organize material and lessons; this can be done from anywhere where they have access to a computer with an internet connection and other necessary software/hardware which is an advantage.• Electronic context can be updated more efficiently than printed material and at a lower test which saves the teacher time and money when preparing and adjusting material to suit their lessons and courses within their virtual classroom.

• Large numbers of students can benefit from distance learning.• Scheduling problems of classrooms is lessened or eliminated.• Cost effective since maintenance on rooms is not involved.• Particularly applicable to rural and remote settings.

DISADVANTAGES• Limited offerings: the choice

of courses is limited at present.

• Equipment requirements: students who do not have a computer will have to travel to use the necessary equipment.

• Belayed feedback: it may be hours until a question is answered by the teacher.

•The teacher must develop education content that is interesting, relevant and important to students and in an appropriate format, which is difficult task.•Instructor who pace when they teach feel that the medium is confining.•Not all schools have the technology, however this is rapidly changing. •Cost of the technology

C0NCLUSION•Virtual classrooms are more accessible, flexible and convenient in their approach towards education, students and teachers.•The future of virtual learning environments has many innovative and exciting possibilities. At the same time adventures in learning call for creative and potent environments where individuals share meaningful knowledge and experiences in constructing new information and ideas.

•These adventures foster mutual collaboration that allows learners to apply newly acquired learning in the design of insightful, cognitive processing without detachment/ obscurity from real-life situations. • A judicious blend of both traditional and virtual learning environment with special attention to students’ needs and satisfaction can create constructive and creative learners, teaching community and learned society.

REFERENCEAtasiMohanty,MadanmohanSamanta:LEARNING THROUGH VIRTUALCLASSROOM

www.aiaer.net/ejournal/vol19207/24.Atasi___Madan.htm

https://www.wiziq.com/Virtual_Classroom.aspxwww.learndash.com/characteristics-of-a-virtual-cla

ssroomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_class