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Many
virtual study programs are mainly text based, using
HTML, PowerPoint, or PDF documents. Multimedia
technologies have been investigated for many years and
eventually found their way into practice. Today a wide
spectrum of instruction modes is available, including
the following ones:
A
Virtual Classroom is a learning environment created in
the virtual space. The objectives of a Virtual Classroom
are to improve access to advanced educational
experiences by allowing students and instructors to
participate in remote learning communities using
personal computers; and to improve the quality and
effectiveness of education by using the computer to
support a collaborative learning process.
There
are a number of Virtual classrooms across the globe.
Some of them picking momentum are Elluminate, Global
Scholar and WiZiQ. A virtual classroom is a platform
which provides complete freedom of learning. It is
equipped with live audio-video communication, chat,
content sharing, and session recording capabilities.
Some of the virtual classrooms require downlaods like
second life, elluminate and Global Scholar whereas some
work online like Wiziq.com since they work with any web
browser and on any operating system. Like the web added
a new facet to knowledge and connectivity, virtual
classroom uses the same phase to add a new dimension to
knowledge and its acquisition.
The
explosion of the knowledge age has changed the context
of what is learnt and how it is learnt – the concept of
virtual classrooms is a manifestation of this knowledge
revolution.
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