Making Online Learning a Competitive Advantage Through Virtual Classrooms

India’s online education market is booming and as of 2015, India was already the second largest market for eLearning after the United States. This is rapidly changing the traditional paradigms of how learning is delivered and consumed. Learners are now breaking the shackles of classroom training and varsity imposed rigid curriculum. Online learning enables access to a vast pool of on-demand educational content that helps learners to personalize what they want to learn. This has led to democratization of learning, transferring control to learners.

Online learning has a tremendous potential to become a competitive advantage to learners if it builds an ecosystem of skills assessment, training, certification, mentorship and placement assistance around it.  Online learning needs a holistic approach wherein all these dots are connected to enable desired outcomes for learners.

A virtual classroom is a step in the direction of enabling a holistic online learning environment. It eliminates the constraints of a physical classroom in that it does not require physical presence of all learners in a single place. It throws open a digital platform to all learners to not only access learning but also to collaborate with mentors and each other on several topics. It encourages healthy competition between learners and allows trainers to assess and benchmark their individual skills. 

iLrnn- A Personalized Virtual Classroom

Innolat, an Education Technology startup based in Raipur recently launched iLrnn. It’s a cloud-based, data-analytics driven platform that offers a suite of features to colleges, schools and training organizations to create an interactive learning environment. Users of iLrnn include institution heads, their staff and the learners. By putting all the relevant stakeholders related to learning process on a common platform, it spawns a virtual classroom.

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For learners, the biggest advantage is the ease of access to the entire library of customized courses offered by the college or the training institute at the click of a mouse. Marking attendance, submitting assignments, completing tests and getting queries resolved in real-time greatly enhances their learning experience and gives them a sense of control over their learning outcomes. iLrnn caters to a wide variety of learners- undergraduates, high school students and candidates appearing for GATE, CA and other major national-level competitive exams. Learners can also avail placement opportunities on the portal.

For trainers, assessing learners’ skills, tracking their performance on individual tests and subsequently profiling them is one of the biggest advantages. A smart dashboard gives real-time details on every learner thus helping trainers to better identify and focus on learners who need handholding.

Gamification of learning is one of the noteworthy features iLrnn offers to its users. It’s based on the premise that competing with one another is the hallmark of classroom learning. Learners earn points for the quality and the level of their engagement on the portal. Excelling tests, sharing of useful information with other learners, contribution to discussions and such other activities allows learners to achieve star ratings and badges that boost their overall profile. This foments a spirit of competition and induces fun in the learning process.

iLrnn is optimum for all learning environments that have a minimum of 300 users and spans a bouquet of courses. Colleges, higher secondary schools and vocational training institutes will find it highly useful in enabling a virtual classroom.

Conclusion

Online learning through virtual classroom opens a whole new way of learning, collaborating and achieving outcomes. It liberates learners from a restrictive environment and offers them ability to take control of their learning. iLrnn is such a new-age platform, designed to make online learning a competitive advantage for trainers and learners alike.

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