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Auburn University Teaching a Breadth of Languages

2008-10-08T06:42:15-05:00

Stacey Powell of Auburn University is an expert when it comes to using technology to teach languages online. She and her colleagues at Auburn have been using Wimba for several years and have many innovative ideas to share, as Wimba Voice plays a major role in her Foreign Language classes and Auburn instructors have developed many unique, creative activities using Voice Boards to teach everything from Spanish and French to Italian and Russian.

Feel free to drop Stacey an email if you ever want some tips and tricks.

Technology Question

2009-07-03T13:29:02-05:00

I have a special education math teacher asking my advice on some technology and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas. Here is the question:

“I am going to try to get a grant to get some type of technology that will allow me to do demo’s and things during wimbas. I’m looking for something that’s quite a bit better than a webcam. I need something that I can use on a daily basis so the streaming unit isn’t an option.

I’ve been told that there is something out there that will do what I want, but I don’t know where to begin. Once I find something, I then have to see if it will be compatible in wimba. “

Thanks!

Tara

not being able to connect on day of class

2009-02-02T18:45:42-05:00

What do other institutions do if a student cannot—for legitimate reasons—connect to the Wimba Classroom on the day of the class? For example, their cable modem provider experiences outages due to an ice storm.

Can you point me to some best practices?

Peter

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Peter Campbell
Lead Instructional Designer
Montclair State University

Chat font size

2009-07-01T23:12:53-05:00

Does anyone know if there is a way to make the font on the chat box form Wimba Classroom bigger?

Java improvements with Classroom 6.0 ?

2009-06-22T14:37:00-05:00

My institution currently uses Classroom 5.3, and the largest hurdle that we have with new users is when multiple installations of Java exist on their Windows machines. Does anyone know if these problems have sorted themselves out with the new version of Classroom? It’s quite frustrating.

Tim

THE IMPACT OF ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION AND DISCUSSION ON PRESENCE AND LEARNING

2009-02-26T21:07:06-05:00

I am a doctoral student who is working on a two part study (casual comparative and true experimental design) exploring how the use of synchronous audio/visual CMC systems such as Wimba, as a complement to asynchronous CMC systems, in online courses enhances or detracts from students’ sense of presence and learning. Results should be released in August 2009.

I am still currently seeking faculty willing and able to assist me in collecting data for my significant and timely dissertation study. Specifically, I am seeking faculty across the country who are teaching online counseling, human service, psychology, social work , or highly related courses (delivered asynchronously or both asynchronously and synchronously) to participate. During the final two to three weeks of their courses, I am asking faculty to take a few minutes to send a participation letter to their students that requests students’ voluntary and anonymous participation in an online survey (about 60 questions). If you know a colleague who would be interested, able, and willing to participate in the casual comparative part of this study in Spring 2009 (16-week; 8-week ;5-week, etc.), please feel free to contact me at amanroc at regent dot edu.

P.S. Someone on this forum asked about research regarding Wimba and blended courses; thus far, in my research, I have found limited studies on this topic. Bonk and Park (2007) and Wang & Chen (2007) have published on similar topics.

Is Anyone Out There?

2009-05-27T17:21:43-05:00

Okay, I know that Utah has a robust group of Wimba users and I know some of you, too!! If you’re reading this, just post a little note hello and tell us all what you’re working on re: Wimba right now.

It’s been a little slower this summer because a lot of faculty are off. I suspect that as Fall semester approaches I will be busy with getting people trained to use this. I’m excited about a department head who wants to have his instructors trained in Wimba so that they can offer hybrid classes where one day a week they meet live, and one day a week they will meet on Wimba. He plans on doubling the offerings of his department, which will grow more revenue and give people more choices re: class.

Donna Mirabile
Distance Education
Assistant Applications Administrator
Salt Lake Community College
TB 216C, Mailstop DE
4600 South Redwood Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84130
801-957-2641
donna dot mirabile at slcc dot edu

Training Teachers at Idaho Digital Learning Academy

2009-06-08T11:45:21-05:00

Idaho Digital Learning Academy is a K-12 virtual school serving the entire state of Idaho. One of its biggest collaborative technology boons has been using Wimba Classroom to train teachers. Since Idaho is so large in terms of geography, IDLA training via Wimba Classroom has:
· Trained 600 teaches throughout Idaho
· Saved $50,400 in mileage reimbursement costs.
· Eliminated more than 3,100 “out of office” hours!
· Saved 97,000+ travel miles.
· Saved 4,850+ gallons of gasoline
· Addtl cost savings include overnight accomm, meals, etc. & is not included in the $50,400.

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2009-05-25T23:12:53-05:00

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Pronto for Linux

2009-02-17T12:20:41-05:00

Need I say more. I am a CIS student and I/we have been using Linux exclusively. It would be nice if we could use pronto. Even if it is just the IM client, and all the bells and whistles were left out.

I would think that modifying the OS X code would be a step in the right direction?

Are there any other Linux users out there that feel the same way?