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Wimba Conference 2008
Experiences of Laura J. Sederberg
Manager of the Technology and Learning Program
California State University, Chico
Photo collage of the Conference grounds and people we met in Orlando.
All Conference PowerPoint Presentations are available to download.
Session |
Presenter | Description | Resources |
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Implementation Strategies for Wimba Collaboration Suite |
Chance Spiker, Wimba Scott Smith, Wimba Matt Christian, Wimba |
Review of 7 Step Implementation Cycle:
Ten Critical Factors:
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http://www.wimba.com/products/collaboration Institutional support includes Champions such as provost and deans and Evangelists who are faculty members. To win support use the technology to supplement existing policies. *Put admin meetings online using Live Classroom. Points of Learning:
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Wimba Collaboration Suite Application Administration focus here on Voice (Hands-on) |
Edwin Perez, Wimba |
Features
 Live Conversation and/or Voice Coaching
Practice a language by actually speaking it with someone. This real-time voice conferencing feature allows for live oral language instruction, small group role-plays, and other live, conversation-based tasks. Additionally, instructors can conduct lectures, conferences, discussions and debates, keep virtual office hours for conversations with students, and even record discussions for future playback. Threaded Voice Boards
Speak and read a language at the same time, or simply create threaded voice discussions about any subject. Great for brainstorming and collaborating on almost any topic in any language, instructors and students can post vocal messages with accompanying text into our voice-based message boards. Discuss multiple subjects at once by dividing new topics into their own threads. This is one of the best ways to practice all aspects of a new language. Embedded Voice within Course Pages
Easily add listening exercises and voice messages into any CMS course page. Our Wimba Voice incorporate a small recorder and playback feature that can be placed within any CMS page allowing instructors to verbally explain complex ideas, post assignments, or simply highlight important ideas that will be discussed in upcoming lessons. |
http://www.wimba.com/products/wimbavoice http://wcadmin08.wimba.com/admin/ http://wvadmin08.wimba.com/admin/ |
Create with Wimba Create (Hands-on) |
Keith Buckler, Sr. Manager, Professional Services, Wimba |
Hands on practice creating a course of documents with navigation, images, links, etc. | http://www.wimba.com/products/wimbacreate |
Succeeding with Wimba Classroom (Hands-on) |
James Rutkowski, Wimba |
Administrator view of all aspects of the Classroom tools. See manual for details. | http://www.wimba.com/products/wimbaclassroom |
Executive Roundtable with Carol Vallone |
Panelists: Michael Evans, Dir. ATEC, Centennial College; Michael Hites, CIO Planning & IT, New Mexico State University; John P. Campbell, Assoc. VP of Advanced Computing Information Technology, Purdue University | This session was really informative and interesting for Scott and me. We got to go in place of Kathy and Dave attending. Of course, Chico was right up there in the innovative top 10% of attendees. We discussed how learning technologies can be used to improve student engagement, improve faculty learning communities, and increase access to higher education. Carol Vallone did a great job of keeping us on track and formulating questions to move us farther into the vision for the future. |
Link to PDF of brainstorming. Link to the three panelists' PowerPoint presentations. |
More Option Choice Means Better Wimba Voice: Creative Use of the Latest Enhancements |
Peter Lafford, Arizona State University |
http://www.wimba.com/products/wimbavoice | |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Wimba's Powerful Assessment Products |
Mack Brown, Wimba; Kirk Pedrick, FA Davis; Douglas Quinney, Keele University and Barry Render, Rollins College |
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Wimba Create and Common Cartridge |
Paul Lewis, Wimba | Wimba is working with publishers to collaborate on course packs with question databases and quizzes, assessments built-in. One product, Diploma was demonstrated. Diploma is a Windows-based application that allows instructors to bring a textbook's assessments online. Instructors can create or edit questions, drag-and-drop questions to create quizzes quickly and easily, and then publish them automatically to their online course | http://www.wimba.com/products/wimbacreate http://www.wimba.com/products/publishing/services.php http://www.wimba.com/products/publishing/diploma.php WAI WCAG Compliant Standards based Metadata, IMS Standards
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The New Wimba Pronto |
Annie Chechitelli & Marlen Rattiner, Wimba | The only IM focused solely on education. Three areas: contacts, classmates (from enrolled classes), and school (groups created for Help Desks, Financial Aid, DSS, Learning Centers, Advisors, etc.). Blended audio and video with voice activated switching; application sharing; and queued chatting for office hour waiting room. |
http://www.wimba.com/products/wimbapronto |
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Updated 3/18/08
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