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edubeam is a live virtual classroom, solution which brings uniformity in teaching, provides access to quality education, reaches remotest corner of the country and helps to achieve goals as an government organization or a private entity trying to reach a larger student population. Through edubeam, organizations can bring quality education (2D as well as in 3D) and training to facilities like schools, colleges, universities. It is a versatile solution which can be use also for tele-medicine & remote diagnosis, vocational training, conducting trainings for banks, insurance & cooperate companies.

Overview
edubeam is an innovative distance learning solution that eliminates time & distances constrains and renders a learning experience that can be as enriching and engaging as any live learning environment can be. It is the perfect answer to the traditional challenges posed by resources, distance & time in reaching out to geographically distributed learners, simultaneously and in real time. It can be use across various networks (satellite & Terrestrial) and is highly scalable within -built conferencing applications. It can provide quality education to backward & remote areas across the country. Learning with this solution is interactive, highly explanative, with advanced graphics and eventually very immersive with 3D.

edubeam Virtual education not only facilitates student training in an interactive manner but also enables teacher training at two levels. Teachers taking lectures in studio chart out & understand the lesson plan to be taught in the virtual session. They are better prepared to handle the student queries which are raised during the interactive session which is seen by all the remote classrooms that are connected to a particular session. Local teachers in the remote classrooms also view how expert teachers are teaching a particular lesson plan from the studio. This enables them to improve their own teaching skills. The teaching has become more interesting & informative with teachers now using power point presentations, audio video clips, animations etc. This has revolutionized the teaching process in schools and would eventually help in raising the overall standard of education.

Edubeam is currently offering its virtual classroom solution in High Definition, the same can be upgraded to 3D. The same encoding and decoding technology supports Standard Definition, High Definition and 3D. The only incremental cost while upgrading to 3D is the 3D camera at the studio side and the 3D display with 3D glasses at the remote side.

The network bandwidth required for 3D transmission using the edubeam technology is comparatively low. The whole solution becomes the universal solution for all standards of video audio (SD, HD, 3D) for its encoding & decoding based on the network resources available and the end equipments used. This edubeam technology has the capability to handle all types of 3D inputs like, frame sequential, side by side, top to bottom and line by line. This 3D technology has also been made more effective by integrating an audio interactivity. The edubeam 3D technology at the remote end supports passive as well as active 3D display devices.

History
As a CSR activity Valuable Group has initiate & set up 24 Virtual Training Centers in Municipal schools run by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai which were spread across entire Mumbai city. The centers were set up in the secondary schools and were used by MCGM to impart education to students appearing for the X board exams in last quarter of 2010-11. Valuable Group had constructed a special studio equipped with cameras, audio video equipments and necessary infrastructure from where lectures were delivered by teachers. Satellite bandwidth for connecting the studio with the 24 schools was arranged by Valuable Group. The MCGM teachers giving lectures were trained on the aspects of how to deliver lectures while facing the camera. They were also made aware about the way in which interactive sessions should be conducted. The entire exercise was carried out in a professional manner with experienced technicians present in the studio at the time of lectures and a coordinator who helped the teacher in the interactive sessions. The coordinator also made the teachers familiar with the modern teaching aids like smart board, laptop etc. Technicians also imparted training in basic skills to operate the equipment installed in each school to local teachers who were shortlisted by MCGM.

Enthused by the success of this pilot project MCGM floated open tender for operating 80 schools from two studios on design, build & operate basis. Valuable Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. participated in this open tender and won the contract for running this project for 5 years. Now MCGM is using the same network for scholarship exams and even during vacation period the network is being used for various non academic training. Taking a step ahead MCGM now has covered additional 400 schools in the current financial year 2013-14. The phase II of the project will cover 360 primary schools & 40 secondary schools. With the implementation of Virtual Classrooms Project, MCGM is now in a position to efficiently utilize its resource of talented and committed teachers to a larger audience of students from its state of the art studios. Valuable Group undertakes complete responsibility of training the teachers to operate the high end gadgets and other modern equipments in the studio and makes them fully proficient. This reaffirms the theory that many wonders can take place and masses can be benefited immensely when technology and strong political will, unite to make them happen.

edubeam will shortly launch in private sectors also like coaching classes.