What a fabulous Wimba Connect 2009 conference? I have been attending conferences for several decades and I can say with great pleasure that this was one of the best conferences I have ever been to! Great opportunities to collaborate and learn about how to use Wimba. Fantastic sessions - delicious food - wonderful hosts - and a wealth of ideas to follow-up with at home.
Just 2 of the NEW techiniques learned at Wimba Connect 2009:
1- Learned how to improve the accessibility of my fully online courses with the use of Wimba. I am so excited about being able to make my courses accessible for students that may have sight and hearing disabilities. I will incorporating these tips in my summer classes over the next few weeks.
2-Learned that I could use the polls in an archived lesson on Monday and started using this on Monday night. All my students were instructed to listen to my lesson on Tuesday with the poll included as part of the learning objectives at the beginning of the lesson and then again as a learning check at the end. When students came to class on Thursday, we started with a quiz. The questions came straight from the learning check at the end. The students commented that they wish they had taken the time to take the poll rather than skip over it to save time. Even my student learned very quickly. It will be interesting to see if the students take more time to review the archives before coming to class.