virtual class room

1. VIRTUAL CLASS
ROOM
Rajshahi Medical University

2. Points to be Discussed
• Virtual Classroom definition.
• Learning theories and technology.
• Online Virtual Classroom types :
• Live Class Room Streaming
• Recorded Virtual Class Archive
• VC advantages.
• VC disadvantages.
• Engagement enhancing.
• RMU Planning

3. Virtual Classroom definition.
“Virtual Classroom is a web-based environment that allows you
to participate in live training event without the need to travel,
You listen to lectures, participate in lab exercises, ask question,
receive feedback just as you would do in a conventional
classroom- except you do it from the convenience of your
desktop, or anywhere you have an Internet and phone
connection.”
Professor Murray Turoff of New Jersey Institution of Technology, USA

4. Learning theories and technology
The main two theories are the Instructivism and The
constructivism.
1. Instructivism is considered a teacher-centred(the passive
learning).
2. constructivism is a learner-centred learning, the teacher role is
only to prepare the activities.
Virtual Classroom can support either constructivism or
instructivism.
Technology role is to transfer learning materials and to increase
remote-interaction without need to face-to-face interaction

5. Live Class Room Streaming
Student in this type can learn, communicate and exchange their
knowledge and materials instantly, as it would be in a real classroom.
The most advantage of this type that all related conversation or
presentation or explanation can be saved in
a memory to be achieved when needed.
1. Interactive Whiteboard.
2. Video Conferencing.
3. Audio Conferencing.
4. Chatting rooms.

6. Recorded Virtual Classroom Archive
It refers to all the offline technological learning activities. Students can
do their learning in their convenience time and place and use all
electronic handouts, presentations or videos and also they can Submit
their assignments .
Examples :
1. Web Conferencing Tools (PC, Headphone etc)
3. Virtual Class Room Software

7. Virtual Classroom advantages
1. Accessing to advanced knowledge and educational
experiences.
2. Delivering learning services to all needed people.
3. Increase the interaction environment by sharing some
materials.
4. Improving the quality of the education by using the computer
to Support a collaborative learning environment.
5. Reducing learning expenses
6. Remove many hassles on teachers by adding some CAA and
electronic materials.

8. Virtual Classroom disadvantages
1. All traditional materials should be transferred to an electronic
electronic files by teachers.
2. Time limitation with some instructors and some time is not
paid.
3. Lack of Socialization and increase the isolation is a serious
problem.
4. Getting an immediate responses from teacher is slightly
difficult.
5. Teacher’s skills might not help him to make the class more
active.
6. Technical problems could be one of the best excuse for some
Students absence.

9. RMU Plan
• Connect all the institutes (under RMU) with RMU Central
Server
• Control, Monitor and Support the Virtual Class Facility
• Stream Live Classes online where participating Institute can
join
• Store Virtual classes in RMU central server where students and
interested groups can access the classes at their own pace.

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