Last semester I had a hybrid class in Public Speaking course and I liked that. The advantages of a hybrid class are I could do my homework and other assignments from my home computer; I had the opportunity to meet my professor in class. This is a kind of combination between old school and new school kind of learning experience. Although it is a great experience, I would not prefer to have online classes for my degree, I want to have more human interactions.

Now I want to share you a success story about online learning.

Students learning from video conferences

A teacher from Dhaka conducting a class

 

The JAAGO Foundation is a civil society organization established in April 2007 in Bangladesh to work towards the betterment of people living below the poverty line. In 2007, the JAAGO Foundation started its school with 17 children on a piece of carpet and a whiteboard. It has now expanded to 13 fully functional branches and over 3,000 students. In September 2011, JAAGO Foundation began its first online school as a pilot program. Now out of the 13 existing schools 10 are 'Online Schools.The JAAGO Foundation currently has schools spread all over Bangladesh catering free of cost 

The mechanism of JAAGO online school is fairly simple. A rural classroom is connected to a teacher in capital city Dhaka via video conferencing technology and Internet. The classes are operated with a teachers from JAAGO Foundation’s Teaching Center in Dhaka and two local classroom teachers in the rural areas. Online teachers are responsible for designing and managing the Audio and Visual clips, charts, graphs needed for teaching. The class room teachers are responsible for operating all  the equipment, maintaining students records, helping children individually, and in groups to understand the lesson given by the online teachers.

https://jaago.com.bd/online-school/