http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/onlinelearning/virtual-classroom.html
The article I read explains a virtual classroom as a private online space in Blackboard that teachers can use to better support student learning. The article stresses the convenience of it being accessible via the Internet, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just like your face–to–face classroom, a Virtual Classroom can be a very busy place. The main class activities posed in the virtual classroom are:
-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.
Even though it may seem like an ordinary classroom, it just doesn’t seem to have the same affect on me as a regular on site classroom with a teacher interacting with the class. This tequne would be great for an after lesson project to help fallow up on the learners knowledge. I would like to see more information on the virtual classroom.
3 comments:
I agree with you when you said that a virtual classroom should not take the place of an actual classroom. Students need to interact with a teacher. I used the same website for my post. I agree with the activities used for the virtual classroom.
I also saw this article when I was looking at the different articles. I think that virtual classrooms are not for everyone and ideally should only be used when it is not an option to have regular classroom. But, you do interact with the teacher in the virtual classroom. As you post things to each assignment and to each discussion, your instructor should be giving you feedback.
I agree that virtual classrooms should not take the place of an actual classroom setting, but I do think that they should continue to be used just not take the place. I thought it was interesting that you mentioned you prefer face to face classroom settings, which leads me back to thinking that it depends on the individual's personal learning style as to whether he or she would prefer being in class versus the virtual setting.
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