Proposal of Virtual Classroom Network’s concept based on VXLAN’s in the COVID-19 context: the experience of Ecole Superieure Polytechnique of Dakar

Abstract

As covid-19 lockdown forced education institutions to find solutions to maintain pedagogical activities while respecting safety measures. We here share a proposal from Ecole Superieure Polytechnic of Dakar based on the application of VXLAN technology to educational network systems, in order to provide to each class a specific virtual classroom network. Using Wireguard to create a VPN connection, devices are dynamically set to a specific class VXLAN and Zeroconf used for Autodiscover between terminals. The solution integrates multiple services to offer a virtual space for social constructivism based pedagogic interactions.