WizIQ Scores a Hat-trick; Wins 'Best Virtual Classroom' Award for Third Consecutive Year

CHANDIGARH, India, August 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Online education platform, WizIQ, has been announced as the 'Best Virtual Classroom Provider' at World Education Awards 2014. The award was presented by Mr. Ramen Deka, MP from Assam, Dr. Shabistan Ghaffer, Chairperson, Committee on Girls' Education, National Commission for Minority Education Institutions and Mr. MP Narayan, President, eLets group at the awards ceremony conducted by the World Education Summit (WES) 2014 on August 8, 2014 at Hotel Eros Hilton, New Delhi.

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This is the third time in a row that WizIQ has been announced as the 'Best Virtual Classroom Provider'. Earlier in 2012 and 2013, WizIQ was honoured with Global e-Learning Award for the same category by World Education Congress.

With more than 4500 live classes hosted daily and having already served over 1 billion minutes of live online learning, WizIQ Virtual Classroom has emerged as the best online software for conducting high impact and engaging virtual classes from anywhere, anytime. It has a multilingual interface that supports 19 languages and also provides apps for iPads and Android devices. The WizIQ platform is currently being used by over 290,000 educators and 3.7 million registered learners in more than 100 countries across the world.

Amit Kumar Pundhir, Event Coordinator, WES says, "We congratulate WizIQ on winning this award. Over 200 participants both nationally and internationally, were nominated for these awards under more than 40 categories. WizIQ is the proud winner for 'Best Virtual Classroom Provider' award, and has been honoured for truly reflecting the change that technology can bring to education. WizIQ is commendable for using technology to replicate the physical classroom online and providing tools to empower teachers to teach online."

The 4th World Education Summit was a two-day event held from August 7-8, 2014, organized to bring together leaders in education from around the world to exchange ideas and showcase best practices in teaching, learning and training.

WizIQ's state-of-the-art Virtual Classroom, designed specifically for education, provides all the features and tools needed to simulate the face-to-face classroom experience. It has features like real-time audiovisual communication, text chat, breakout rooms, interactive whiteboards, screen sharing, online tests and assessments, attendance report and notifications, polling, and more.

WizIQ Virtual Classroom works from any web browser and can also be integrated with learning management systems like Moodle, Blackboard, Instructure Canvas, Sakai, Joomla or with any website through WizIQ APIs.

WizIQ had also won the World Education Public Choice Award at World Education Awards 2011 in the 'Best Innovation in Open and Distance Learning' category.

About WizIQ

Founded in 2006, WizIQ has evolved to be the first and only online global education marketplace to offer live instructor-led learning, where anyone can teach and learn. The company is successfully leveraging technology to replicate the classroom experience online making it more accessible for both students and teachers. The WizIQ Learning Marketplace enables students to choose from courses offered by thousands of instructors. Educators and organizations can create comprehensive quality online courses, with live classes or self-paced instruction, in no time, and teach any learner or employee anywhere in the world. WizIQ is backed by Bertelsmann SE & Co., which runs Random House, and Kaizen, a private equity fund focused on the education sector.

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