4. V IRTUAL C LASSROOM
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 OF V IRTUAL
C LASSROOM
Interactivity
Synchrony
Usefulness and Ease of use
Sense of Community
6. T ECHNOLOGY FOR V 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 OF V 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 OF V IRTUAL
CLASSROOM OVER T RADITIONAL
CLASSROOM
Familiarity
Time dependency
Infrastructure
Technical Limitations
10. D ISTANCE E DUCATION /
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
BANGLADESH FOR 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.
15. D IFFERENT STEPS FOR
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 STEPS FOR
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 –O NE
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 –T WO
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 –T WO
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 –T HREE
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 –F OUR
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 –F IVE - 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 –S IX
E NABLE COMMUNICATION
Which form of
communication?
Which tools should be used?
24. S TEP –S EVEN – 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 –T EN
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?
