Newer technologies in modern education system

(SANEPR.com) July 16, 2008 -- Virtual Classroom is a web-based environment that allows you to participate in live training events without the need to travel. You listen to lectures, participate in lab exercises, ask questions, and receive feedback just as you would do in a conventional classroom—except you do it from the convenience of your desktop, or anywhere you have an Internet and phone connection. It saves the hassle, expense, and travel time to a training site. A Virtual Classroom is private online space in Whiteboard that tutors can use to support student learning. It is accessible via the Internet, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just like your face–to–face classroom. Enrolling in the Virtual Classroom training is a very cost-effective way to improve your productivity by learning the very latest about Cadence tools. Virtual Classroom also enables efficient multi-site training because team members spread across geographic regions can collaborate on the same tools simultaneously.
Most of us experience more satisfying interactions when we can see and hear each other in the same space and at the same time. While online interactions support flexibility and convenience, synchronicity provides for more efficient and natural interaction. It is more spontaneous, with more richness of communication information. While an e-mail can take minutes to compose, a question after a real-time class can be addressed in seconds. You can experience these things at www.tutorbene.com
When we gather in the physical classroom, we bundle many types of experiences: We combine lecture demonstrations, discussions, question-and-answer sessions, and large and small group activities. And although many of the traditional synchronous tools were designed with the “tutor” or “presenter” paradigm in mind, the newer synchronous tools are more specialized and have been designed for collaborative interactions. Most likely, then, we will want a minimum of two to three synchronous tools for the diverse uses that faculty, staff, and students will suddenly discover for synchronous, real-time interaction. The good news is that we are being overwhelmed by the choices and types of tools supporting synchronous interactions. Now, that is changing. www.tutorbene.com is using these tools in his virtual classroom.
The challenge lies in sorting through the host of synchronous collaboration tools (probably about 50) that support one or more of these types of collaboration. These tools fall into the categories of Web conferencing, videoconferencing, full collaboration, interactive classrooms, and screen sharing. (To follow the evolution and refinement of these tools, a helpful site to visit is www.tutorbene.com)