{"id":355,"date":"2020-03-20T17:21:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.praxilabs.com\/?p=355"},"modified":"2025-09-06T20:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:58:20","slug":"distance-learning-in-universities-an-initiative-to-support-practical-colleges-while-study-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/distance-learning-in-universities-an-initiative-to-support-practical-colleges-while-study-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance Learning in Universities: An Initiative to Support Practical Colleges While Study Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">At present, educational institutions realized the importance of distance learning and its effectiveness in the continuation of the educational process during the spread of epidemics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the spread of the new coronavirus all over the world, most of the countries are applying social distance theory. So, it became necessary to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lock down <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">educational institutions as they are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the largest forms of social gatherings.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In this situation, distance learning technologies have provided an opportunity for students and teachers to keep the educational process running regularly. Convinced of its social role, PraxiLabs has provided many of its scientific experiments for free.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a class=\"maxbutton-3 maxbutton\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/sign-up\"><span class='mb-text'>Try PraxiLabs Virtual Lab For FREE!<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lab_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lab_04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lab_04-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lab_04-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lab_04-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In this article, you will learn about the concept of distance learning, details of PraxiLabs initiative, and how professors and students in practical colleges can benefit from it, in addition to your registration link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The article also contains details of the PCR experiment, which is one of the initiative&#8217;s experiments. The PCR is the analysis that is currently used to detect infected people with Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\r\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\r\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/distance-learning-in-universities-an-initiative-to-support-practical-colleges-while-study-lockdown\/#Distance_Learning\" >Distance Learning:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/distance-learning-in-universities-an-initiative-to-support-practical-colleges-while-study-lockdown\/#PraxiLabs_initiative_to_support_practical_colleges_during_the_Corona_crisis\" >PraxiLabs initiative to support practical colleges during the Corona crisis:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/distance-learning-in-universities-an-initiative-to-support-practical-colleges-while-study-lockdown\/#PCR_Experiment\" >PCR Experiment:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Distance_Learning\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Distance Learning:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Distance learning is defined as the use of modern technologies of communication, computers, the Internet, and various media such as audio, video, and video in educational process, which helps conduct lessons at any time and place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Distance learning is defined as the use of modern technologies of communication, computers, the Internet, and various media such as audio, video, and video in educational process. Which helps conduct lessons at any time and place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Distance learning can also be known as e-learning, open education, and distributed education. And there are other expressions, home study and independent study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual Lab of Science (PraxiLabs)\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d890nGLefqU?start=1&#038;feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/praxilabs.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PraxiLabs_initiative_to_support_practical_colleges_during_the_Corona_crisis\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>PraxiLabs initiative to support practical colleges during the Corona crisis:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the current circumstances and with the measures taken by many countries<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including Egypt<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to confront the Corona epidemic, the study was temporarily suspended in educational institutions of various levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Therefore, the PraxiLabs Foundation decided to launch an initiative to support practical colleges by providing 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/\">3D virtual lab<\/a> experiments for the most important biology, chemistry, and physics experiments online for free. And one of the most important experiments of these is the PCR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-357\" src=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tubes-3857899_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tubes-3857899_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tubes-3857899_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tubes-3857899_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tubes-3857899_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PCR_Experiment\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>PCR Experiment:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction (<a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/3d-simulations\/conventional-pcr-biology-virtual-lab-simulation\">conventional PCR<\/a>) is the main analysis that is currently used to detect infected people with the COVID-19 epidemic. PraxiLabs provides the PCR experiment within the initiative laboratories, where you can learn how to conduct the experiment and apply its steps yourself using the 3D simulation provided by PraxiLabs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-356\" src=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020_03_20_17_58_56_Greenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1917\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020_03_20_17_58_56_Greenshot.png 1917w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020_03_20_17_58_56_Greenshot-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020_03_20_17_58_56_Greenshot-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020_03_20_17_58_56_Greenshot-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020_03_20_17_58_56_Greenshot-310x165.png 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1917px) 100vw, 1917px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a powerful technique used for the amplification of a specific segment of a nucleic acid. Starting with only a very small amount of material, a DNA segment can be multiplied by over a million-fold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this great sensitivity, PCR has found popularity in a wide range of applications. Molecular biologists use PCR in gene cloning and <a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/3d-simulations\/dna-sequencing-virtual-lab-simulation\">DNA sequencing<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forensic scientists use PCR to connect blood, saliva, or tissue left at the scene of a crime to a suspect or victim.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Clinical geneticists use PCR to determine whether or not potential parents might carry a genetic disease that could be passed along to their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/virtual-biology-lab\">virtual biology lab<\/a> of Praxilabs to test all DNA &amp; RNA simulations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a class=\"maxbutton-3 maxbutton\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class='mb-text'>Pick The Best virtual Plan for You<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At present, educational institutions realized the importance of distance learning and its effectiveness in the continuation of the educational process during the spread of epidemics.\u00a0 With the spread of the new coronavirus all over the world, most of the countries are applying social distance theory. 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