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The document outlines the implementation of a virtual classroom for distance learning in Bangladesh. It discusses the conceptual background of virtual classrooms and their key characteristics like interactivity, synchrony, and sense of community. It then describes 10 steps for implementing a virtual classroom in Bangladesh, including assessing needs, estimating costs, planning classroom goals, designing the structure, preparing content, enabling communication tools, setting up online assessments, managing the class, setting up required hardware/software, and maintaining the system over time. The overall goal of the project described is to use mobile technologies to create an interactive virtual learning environment for remote students in Bangladesh.
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- 1. I MPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL C LASSROOM IN D ISTANCE L EARNING P ERSPECTIVE OF B ANGLADESH
- 2. R EPORT INFO Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Conceptual Background Chapter 3 Virtual Classroom in Bangladesh for Distance Learning Chapter 4 Implementation strategy of Virtual Classroom for Distance Learning Chapter 5 Conclusion
- 3. V IRTUAL CLASSROOM
- 4. V IRTUAL CLASSROOM A virtual classroom is a system that provides the same opportunities for the teaching and learning process, beyond the physical limits of the traditional classroom's walls, thanks to the use of computer communication networks.
- 5. C HARACTERISTICS OFV IRTUAL C LASSROOM Interactivity Synchrony Usefulness and Ease of use Sense of Community
- 6. T ECHNOLOGY FORV IRTUAL C LASSROOM Cisco WebEx - http://www.webex.com Wimba Collaboration Suite - https://wimba.com/products/wimba_collaboration_s uite/ Adobe - http://www.adobe.com Moodle VLE - https://vle.wit.ie Wiziq - http://www.wiziq.com/Virtual_Classroom.aspx Visionet - http://www.visionet.in/index.html
- 7. A DVANTAGES OFV IRTUAL C LASSROOM FOR D ISTANCE L EARNING Removal of geographical barriers (Anywhere learning) Quicker to organize One to one communication Sessions can be recorded
- 8. L IMITATIONS OFV IRTUAL CLASSROOM OVER T RADITIONAL CLASSROOM Familiarity Time dependency Infrastructure Technical Limitations
- 9. D ISTANCE EDUCATION / L EARNING
- 10. D ISTANCE EDUCATION / L EARNING "Distance education is beset with a remarkable paradox - it has asserted its existence, but it cannot define itself.”
- 11. F EATURES OF D ISTANCE EDUCATION Distance education implies that the majority of educational communication between teacher and student occurs non-contiguously. Distance education involves two-way communication between teacher and student for the purpose of facilitating and supporting the educational process. Distance education uses technology to mediate the necessary two-way communication.
- 12. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM IN BANGLADESHFOR DISTANCE LEARNING Bangladesh Virtual Classroom is a project run by Örebro University (Sweden), Soft- Ed Limited and Bangladesh Open University (BOU), the project is funded by SPIDER. Bangladesh Virtual Classroom project focuses on using electronic means to provide education to rural areas in Bangladesh.
- 13. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM IN BANGLADESH FOR DISTANCE LEARNING The project proposed will use mobile technology’s Short Messaging Service along with perceived live telecast to create an ‘almost’ ideal classroom situation for distance learning using the Question based Participation (QBP) technique.
- 14. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY OF VIRTUAL CLASSROOM FOR DISTANCE LEARNING Activities for Virtual Classroom
- 15. D IFFERENT STEPSFOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL CLASSROOM IN B ANGLADESH Assess the needs and the necessary conditions to satisfy specific target group Estimate the development cost, effort, and implications Plan the virtual classroom Design the virtual classroom Prepare and distribute contents
- 16. D IFFERENT STEPSFOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL CLASSROOM IN B ANGLADESH Enable communication Implement online student assessment methods Teaching Implement class management procedures Set up the system Maintain and update the virtual classroom
- 17. S TEP –ONE A SSESS THE NEEDS AND THE NECESSARY Are there remote students for that course? Will they be able to access the course site and perform all the necessary interactions? Is there institutional support and interest? Are there administrative policies and procedures for these cases?
- 18. S TEP –TWO DEVELOPMENT COST, EFFORT, AND IMPLICATIONS How long is it going to take develops the virtual classroom? Which tools will be needed? How much will they cost? Which equipment will they require? How many people with which specific will be needed? How much will the development impact the instructor’s workloads? How much will it impact the teaching methods used so far?
- 19. S TEP –TWO DEVELOPMENT COST, EFFORT, AND IMPLICATIONS ( CONTD .) What are the institution's Web publishing and Internet access policies? How much of the total contents are already available in electronic format? What will be the software/hardware requirements for the client (student) machine? What will be the software/hardware requirements for the server machine?
- 20. S TEP –THREE P LAN THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM What are the educational goals? How will these goals be accomplished? Which goals will possibly not be accomplished and how can we compensate for them? Which approaches could be used to achieve a given goal? Which of them is more viable?
- 21. S TEP –FOUR D ESIGN THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM How will the (maybe thousands of) HTML pages be structured? Can we provide a (preferably consistent) "look-and-feel" for the Web pages? What should be the layout for a typical course page? How fancy should the pages be? What is the related hardware/software/ technology impact?
- 22. S TEP –FIVE - P REPARE AND DISTRIBUTE CONTENTS Which authoring tools should be used? How to import, create, and edit images? How to import, create, and edit sounds? How to import, create, and edit graphics and animations? How to import, create, and edit videos? Where will the Web pages be posted?
- 23. S TEP –SIX E NABLE COMMUNICATION Which form of communication? Which tools should be used?
- 24. S TEP –SEVEN – I MPLEMENT ONLINE STUDENT ASSESSMENT METHODS T EACHING Should the virtual classroom contain quizzes? What about online assignments? Should we provide some kind of student evaluation? How tests are implemented online? What about cheating? How will assignments, tests, etc. be submitted, graded, and returned to students?
- 25. S TEP –E IGHT I MPLEMENT CLASS MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES Which type of class management information is relevant? Which tools can be used to perform those tasks?
- 26. S TEP –N INE S ET UP THE SYSTEM Which hardware and software components are necessary? What is needed to install, configure, and protect the virtual classroom contents?
- 27. S TEP –TEN M AINTAIN AND UPDATE THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM What are the media, software, and policies for backup? Should the site contents and links also be maintained on a regular basis?
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