Newrow Updates Video Classroom Platform with Study Rooms

Newrow has launched a new version of its video classroom platform with a tool that allows students to create and control their own video study rooms.

 The new breakout rooms are designed to "enhance the collaborative study experience and foster peer-to-peer discussion by making learning more active and allowing students to work together beyond the traditional confines of an online-discussion-board-and-avatar-based learning environment," according to a news release.

Using the feature, students can create study groups outside of classroom that will leverage tools such as live video, chat tools and real-time resource sharing to mimic in-person collaboration.

Teachers can use the tool to create in-class discussion groups with up to 10 students in each. Groups launched by teachers can be recorded for later reference by students or faculty or used for long-term project management.

"Our goal is to remove learning barriers for students by giving them a seamless way to facilitate the discussions they want and need to have with peers," said Rony Zarom, founder and CEO of newrow, in a prepared statement. "This ensures that the most effective type of learning - peer learning - becomes a natural part of how students become educated online."

More information is available at newrow.com.

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