Good study matter for BEd student

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Murtadha ALAjmi 68691
Hussian ALAjmi 68710
Submitted to : Dr. Alaa Sadik

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WHAT IS A VIRTUAL CLASSROOM?
•A teaching and learning environment located
within a computer-mediated communication
system.
•All activities and interactions take place through
the computer instead of face-to-face.
• Virtual classrooms may involve three overlapping
scopes of interaction technologies: VC courses,
meetings and presentations.
•Among the synchronous events are online
meetings, which may include online presentations.
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Definitions of Virtual classroom on the
Web:
Virtual education refers to instruction in a
learning environment where teacher and
student are separated by time or space, or
both, and the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_classroom
The online learning space where students
and instructors interact.
www.uen.org/core/edtech/glossary.shtml
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Definitions of Virtual classroom on the Web:
Courses or entire degree programs delivered in
whole or in part electronically via a combination of
World Wide Web pages, Internet newsgroups, e ...
www.maine.gov/education/highered/Glossary/Glossary.htm
The electronic, learning community where students
and teaching faculty interact using Internet listservs
and the World Wide Web.
www.tarleton.edu/~lilly/B.htm
Cont…
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Virtual classrooms may involve three
overlapping scopes of interaction technologies:
VC courses
, meetings
and presentations.
Among the synchronous events are online
meetings, which may include online
presentations.
Features

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Virtual classrooms provide the community and control
.some learners need
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Flexible time: students may participate at any time of the
.(day..( Learning is flexible
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Efficient learning
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Location : students are not limited to courses offered in
(their geographic locality.( Overcome distances
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More active learning: the computer forces response and
.attention
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A Virtual Classroom might contain:
Class activities
Group and individual learning activities
Discussions and chats with students, parents
and guests
Quizzes and surveys
Homework activities and assessment
documents
Full online courses with modules of work
Forums and synchronous chat sessions
WebQuests, Hotlists, Scavenger Hunts, etc.
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Advantages for students
- Virtual classrooms remove the need to
travel to a location in which to participate in
the course or lessons.
- Virtual classrooms 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
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Advantages for students
-virtual classrooms are accessible to
students with physical disabilities, which is
an advantage over the real classroom, as
they can access it from home.
-Virtual classrooms have been affirmed as
“time independent meaning that
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students can access the course material
and activities in the virtual classroom at a
time that is most convenient to them.
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Advantages for teacher
The teacher is not required to work from
an office or classroom to instruct lessons
or organise 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.
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Advantages for teacher
Electronic content can be updated more
efficiently than printed material, and at a
lower cost, which saves the teacher time
and money when preparing and adjusting
material to suit their lessons and courses
within their virtual classroom.
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limitations for students
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.
 Delayed feedback: it may be hours until a
question is answered by the teacher.
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limitations for teachers
The teacher must develop educational
content that is interesting, relevant and
important to students, and in an
appropriate format (using asynchronous
communication or synchronous
communication tools), which is a difficult
task.
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limitations for teachers
The teacher must develop educational
content that is interesting, relevant and
important to students, and in an
appropriate format (using asynchronous
communication or synchronous
communication tools), which is a difficult
task.
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Examples of VC
Second Life has
recently become a
virtual classroom for
major colleges and
universities

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Examples of VC
Cisco webex : provides on-demand collaboration, on
meeting, web conferencing and video conferencing
applications. Its products include Meeting Center, Tr
Center, Event Center, Support Center, Sales Center
MeetMeNow, PCNow, WebEx AIM Pro Business Ed
WebEx WebOffice, WebEx Connect, and others.

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Examples of VC
• Centra
• Click-to-Meet
• Horizon Wimba
• iLinc
• MacroMedia Breeze
• Marratech
• Microsoft Live Meeting

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Time of interaction
Synchronous
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Asynchronous
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Type of interaction
Student-student
√
Student-teacher
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Student-content
√
Student-machine
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Learning style
Group-based
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Self-based learning
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Examples

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Flexibility
Anytime √
Anyplace √
Ease of access/use √
Speed
Development √
Feedback √
Delivery √
Instruction
Stand-alone medium √
Multimedia support √
Cost √

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The research has concentrated the most used
Virtual classroom tools which are as follows :
•Centra
• Click-to-Meet
• Horizon Wimba
• iLinc
• MacroMedia Breeze
• Marratech
• Microsoft Live Meeting
• WebEx

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The researcher has found out that
• Horizon Wimba,
• iLinc,
•Microsoft Live Meeting
Are the most attractive and implemented
tools of virtual classroom through
internet.
Dana Parrish