By Roderick L. Abad
AS the country’s education system continues to embrace distance learning, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has responded to the need for uninterrupted conduct of online classes with the launch of the Rainbow Classroom.
“Home learning is…here to stay,” said Moussa Zaghdoud, executive vice president of ALE Cloud Communication Business Division. “However, this change requires flexibility among learning establishments, and we created Rainbow Classroom to meet that exact need. [It can be tailored by schools or universities to optimize their] remote learning experience, while ensuring data security and ease of use for teachers and students alike.”
Like elsewhere in the world, the Philippines is now in the middle of a blended learning framework of the Department of Education for School Year 2020-2021, yet it is still being faced by challenges of the remote online learning arrangement.
“Our education system abruptly shifted from physical venues to virtual classrooms; so educators, students, and even parents alike are still in the phase of growing accustomed to the new setup,” noted ALE Country Manager for the Philippines Kit Andal. “We made the Rainbow Classroom with digital learning in mind, to ensure that users can experience a truly flexible and intuitive platform that supports their learning.”
The one-of-a-kind, cloud-based virtual classroom engine enables educators to empower their teaching styles to meet their students’ needs through real-time collaboration and communication equipment—including monitored study groups, whiteboarding, audio, video, instant messaging functionality, as well as file and screen sharing.
Rainbow Classroom, likewise, allows the curation of all classroom activity as it is capable of retaining all documents, conversations and posts until the term is complete. It flawlessly integrates with existing learning management systems to enable a familiar virtual learning environment and toolset.
Security-wise, Rainbow Classroom is fully adherent to the General Data Protection Regulation and approved by The Open Web Application Security Project. Hosted on ALE’s infrastructure, subscribers can expect a robust level of security which is also applied to other Rainbow products, where communications are encrypted in transit and at rest.
“Rainbow Classroom’s inherent versatility enables it to be leveraged in any learning environment. By using the platform, a business, school, or university can turn a simple web browser into a sophisticated and powerful learning tool.” Zaghdoud stressed. “Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is here to support you in the evolution to a hybrid digital learning environment.”