{"id":2828,"date":"2021-06-21T04:02:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T04:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalindianschool.org\/my\/?post_type=blog-details&p=2828"},"modified":"2025-12-08T05:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:48:51","slug":"virtual-international-school-is-the-future-of-education","status":"publish","type":"blog-details","link":"https:\/\/globalindianschool.org\/my\/blog-details\/virtual-international-school-is-the-future-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual International School is the Future of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

2020, 1 year ago, was when the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 worldwide. Schools at every level switched to virtual learning and digital assessment techniques into the curriculum; adopting an entirely new way of teaching and learning.<\/p>\n

A year later, the scenario is still the same and has raised a big question;<\/p>\n

Will COVID-19 change the education system forever?<\/p>\n

The concept of traditional education has changed, where being physically present in a classroom is not needed. Children can have access to quality education from anywhere with smart devices, laptops and good internet connections.<\/p>\n

It will continue to play a vital role in the education system even when the school starts; there are many reasons which are as follows:-<\/p>\n

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Flexibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Online education provides the flexibility to the teacher and the student to set their own learning pace.<\/p>\n

Easy access from anywhere<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Online education helps students to learn and helps teachers to teach from anywhere in the world. This means there is no need for travelling and no wasting time in commuting.<\/p>\n

Digital content<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Students have access to digital content like apps, videos, photos, ebooks and online forums to improve their lessons and easy learning on the go.<\/p>\n

Cost-effective<\/strong><\/h2>\n


\nOnline education is more affordable compared to traditional classes, <\/span>which is especially important when evaluating <\/span>international schools in Malaysia fees<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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High Retention<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Students learn 5 times more than they do in traditional courses; their retention rates are higher due to the full control over their own learning and access to digital content.<\/p>\n

However, there are some cons too…<\/p>\n

Hi-tech Infrastructure<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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It requires scaling up of infrastructure and good internet connectivity to get access to online classes. In case there is a glitch, you might miss the session, however some schools send the recordings of these sessions, which can be a saviour at such times.<\/p>\n

Increase Screen time\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Children are always on the phone playing video games, watching videos and now they have to attend classes (4-5 hours daily) which drastically increase screen time; which affects their eyes at an early age.<\/p>\n

No brainstorming session<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Children in traditional school used to get enough time to brainstorm and think logically. This is not the case online; children often\u00a0 find answers through the internet quickly without understanding the logic behind the solution, which affects their cognitive skills.<\/p>\n

GIIS – Virtual School<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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GIIS was the first school that quickly transitioned to Virtual School during the pandemic in order to minimise the loss of study time. In just 3 days, GIIS was able to offer a Virtual Classroom facility to over 15,000 students across the campuses worldwide. Management and faculty worked diligently to provide an improved quality of education through the virtual classroom.<\/p>\n

GIIS has always been incorporating leading-edge educational technology for the benefit of its students. In Kuala Lumpur, GIIS was the first International \u00a0<\/span>Kuala Lumpur Schools<\/a> \u00a0to start to offer virtual classrooms where students logged in to the MyGIIS portal (EduERP system developed by GIIS R&D) through a link and attended their regular subject wise classes online and carried extra curricular activities. The virtual classrooms were made easy to operate by students of age groups from 5 years to 18 years, supporting everything from <\/span>kindergarten in Kuala Lumpur<\/a> to pre-university learning.<\/span><\/p>\n