Virtual Classrooms - A Reality

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Virtual Classrooms - A Reality

• Mukund Moorthy,
• Dr. François E. Cellier,
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

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Contents

• Learning on the Web
• Instructors Wish List
• Current Technology
• Conventional Vs Virtual Classroom
• Software Tools
• Summary

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Learning on the Web

• Lack of adequate teaching resources
• Abundance of material for potential long-distance
  learner
• Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CGI programming
  etc.,
• Instant access to information
• Planned sequential instruction presented with
  absolute clarity

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Instructors Wish List

• Faster, easier and wider dissemination of
  knowledge
• Adequate time for clarifications and doubts
• Flexibility
• Ease of Use
• Mixed on-line and local audience

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Technology currently in use

• Video Campus
• Class notes and Homework assignments
• PowerPoint lectures
• Chat rooms
• Internet Universities

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Conventional vs Virtual Classrooms

• Convenience of Time and Place
• Speed of Instruction and Grasp of student
• No missed or cancelled lectures
• Schedule of coverage of material

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Software Tools

• Presentation of Material
• Testing

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Class in Session
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Sample Quiz
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Summary

• No prior knowledge of HTML required
• Convenient web-based interface
• Easily customizable
• http//www.ece.arizona.edu/moorthy/vclass.html