Virtual Learning Center
Paving the Way in Current Education
It’s a small world after all. And the Center for Excellence’s Virtual Distance Learning program just made it smaller.
Utilizing the most advanced technology available today, E2K has yet again managed to raise the level of enthusiasm and participation in a classroom. This unique distance learning program creates an international learning community among all E2K schools in Israel and the United States.
An International "Virtual Classroom"
Virtual learning classes are broadcast live to all participating schools using basic internet infrastructures displayed on an overhead projector. A moderator stationed at the Center for Excellence's headquarters controls the flow of information. Students' questions and answers are submitted by typing or using a microphone situated in the classrooms.
Teachers in the Virtual Learning Program go through intensive training presented by the Excellence Educators Institute. Within the framework of this training they gain on-line experience in orchestrating an on-screen classroom environment. The teachers learn to translate familiar classroom behavior such as hand raising, responding to questions and submitting answers - into the language of virtual education.
An Advanced and Exciting Educational Environment
At the beginning of every lesson the participating classes throughout the country confirm that they are on-line and introduce themselves to the other classes. The lesson, whether in science or math, catches the attention of every student.
Some of the on-line lessons are competitions that challenge the science and math capabilities of all the students. The students participate eagerly, contributing their knowledge and bringing pride to their class.
The Virtual Learning Program developed by the Center for Excellence creates an international scholastic community among E2K schools, teachers and students. One past lesson, broadcast live from NASA headquarters in Houston, Texas, is an example of the exceptional tools virtual learning provides to the E2K community.
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No Virtual Learning Center activities may be copied, distributed, recorded or taught, in whole or in part, other than as part of the Excellence 2000 program, without the written authorization of the Israel Center for Excellence in Education.
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