Online Learning Community and Zoom
Online
Learning Community and Zoom
Online Learning Community (OLC), also known as virtual
learning communities or networked learning communities, are one of the forms of
learning which happens on the internet. As the name suggests, it is a virtual community
for learning and learners which is solely based on the internet and technology.
It is mainly based on ICT and on the internet. It can be also explained as the
bunch of people with common interests who come jointly online to
collaboratively learn together. It is a virtual type of learning whose members
use internet technologies to interact and co-operate.
According to Schwier (2001), Online Learning community is “A
bonded group of learners who interact with each other in a virtual learning environment and share
their perspectives and during this process constructs knowledge.”
History of Online Learning Community
Online Learning Community has a long history. Since the
1950s, slide projectors and television-based classes have been in use. In 1959,
Daniel Alpert and Don Bitzer created PLATO, a home for the first internet-based
community created for learning purposes. The first ever completely online
courses were offered in 1984 by the University of Toronto.
The Open University in Britain was one of the first
universities in the world to begin online distance learning, in the early
1990s. Currently, the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India is the
largest university in the world with around 4 million students enrolled, most
of whom currently receive education via online methods.
Online Learning Community Platforms
Some of the online learning platforms are listed below-
1) Skillshare
2) Google Classroom
3) Udemy
4) edX
5) Coursera
6) Thinkific
7) MS-Teams
8) Zoom (can be also used for business meetings
and conferencing)
Importance of Online learning community
ü Helps to connect like-minded people.
ü Enables shared learning.
ü Facilitates distance learning.
ü Helps to achieve shared goal.
ü Helps to know different cultures and practices
around the world.
Zoom
Zoom is cloud-based video conferencing platform that
offers audio and video meetings for up to 100 participants with HD audio and
video. It is also a online learning tools which allows the users to connect
online for meetings, webinars, live chat and online classes through computer or
mobile app using internet. In the free version, meetings have a 40-minute
limit. Paid versions can host up to 1000 participants for an unlimited time. Zoom offers four distinct pricing tiers
for the business subscriptions.
Zoom is founded by Eric Yuan in April 2011 and by September 2012; its first beta version was released. Zoom 1.0 became available to the public in January 2013. In March 2020, Zoom got downloaded 2.13 million times in one day. Till this date, zoom averages 300 million daily active users in meeting. All this happened in less than 2 years time.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, all the educational
institutions were closed. The use and popularity of Zoom increased rapidly
during the Covid-19 crisis. During the Covid-19 pandemic time, to address the
global efforts and in support of primary and secondary education, zoom lifted
the 40 minutes time limit but this program is now concluded on June 30, 2022.
Photo Credit- Pixabay
Reference
https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/online-learning-communities/21000
https://adamasuniversity.ac.in/a-brief-history-of-online-education/
https://dispatch.m.io/eric-yuan-zoom/
https://resources.owllabs.com/blog/zoom
https://explore.zoom.us/en/lp/minute-meeting-education/
https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/work/zoom-user-statistics/
posted by Digital Literacy Prakash @ October 26, 2022
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