Services
Our services include online teaching and curriculum and course design, online faculty training and development, online faculty recruitment and coaching, online training courses, online program development, and general enhancement of online education through our research findings.
We save you the embarrassment, frustration, isolation, confusion and headache by preparing you ahead of time before you begin your online learning or teaching. We prep and train you on how to be a successful online educator or online student. We take away all the agonies of computer phobia and glitches that you may have running through your mind.
Online education is not as easy as anyone might think. It is time-consuming and you also work twice as hard compared to traditional or face-to-face classrooms. We teach you the strategies to become an effective online teacher or online student. We take pride in our work because it guarantees you have a school to teach or learn. Enhancing Education through Technology Virtual Classrooms Institute engages and supports continuing, sustainable professional development programs and private-public partnerships. Virtual Classrooms uses new and existing technologies to improve academic achievement, curricula that integrate technology and designs to meet challenging any academic standards. Virtual Classrooms also adopts the use of technology to increase parent involvement in schools and the use of technology to collect, manage, and analyze data to enhance teaching, learning and school improvement. Virtual Classrooms Institute helps entering students to develop a more effective approach to college success, facilitates positive self-evaluation, goal setting and motivation; practical skills of successful students and effective use of the library. Virtual Classrooms introduces many sources of information available; the concepts and tools of critical thinking and their applications. In addition, students will learn: · How to take Inventory of Learning Platform · Identify their learning and teaching styles · Acquaint themselves with Online Education through Orientation · Gain Knowledge on Personal Collegiate Practices · Learn about The Writing Process · How to Avoid Online Plagiarism · Learn Personal Health and Wellness · Learn How to Practice Time Management and Stress Management Our Student Orientation Tutorial (SOT) covers: · Achieving Online Success · Taking Exams and Checking Grades · Ensuring Your Are Ready · General Navigation of Learning Platform Our Instructional Design Tutorial (IDT) covers: · Preparing to Develop and Teach Online · Using Course Tools · Designing Online Course · Adding Course Content · Teaching Online Course · Adding Multimedia · Effective Online Learning for Students [3-week training] · Effective Online teaching for Educators [3-week training] · English [4-week training] · General Science [4-week training] · Mathematics [4-week training] · Instructional Design and Evaluation · Web-based Course Development · Academic Computing · Math, English and Science for Students [12-week training] · Consumer Finance and Economics [4-week training] · Business Management and Technology [4-week training] · Technology Evaluation and Assessment · Introduction to Health Care [4-week training] · Web Page Design and Evaluation · Online Collaborative Learning for Students [3-week training] · Effective Use of Technology in Education · Strategies in Online Facilitation for Educators [3-week training] · Employees and Management Seminar [4-week training] · Online Web Scripting Training starts first Monday of every month and runs for 3 to 12 weeks. Access to the learning platform is given three days prior to the starting of the training. Interested candidates may:
· Choose desired course(s) · Pay fees [or contact the office to see if you are qualified for free enrollment] Payment Options: · Checks and Money Orders only · No Cash, please You will be contacted after this process is completed and a schedule/syllabus will be sent to you along with your login information. Nondiscriminatory Policy Virtual Classrooms Institute's approach to staff, educator, student recruitment and educational diversity inclusion is to seek and integrate individuals from varied backgrounds and with varied characteristics such as those defined by race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, socioeconomic background, religion, sexual orientation, financial or physical disability, and intellectual perspective. Virtual Classrooms Institute is committed to comply with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
Training Development for Educators and Students
In addition to working with major universities and colleges, we offer the following development courses:
Virtual Classrooms Institute is collaborating with its moodle partner to bring an open source state-of-the-art Learning Management System (LMS) to online environment. Now, as an educator, you can teach from any part of the globe or as a student you can learn from anywhere in the world from any brand of computer. The training specialists are available 24/7 during the training to guide, help and see that you succeed and that your individual goal for the course is achieved.
