From Language Learning to Agriculture, Auburn University Utilizes Wimba for Countless Teaching Needs
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Auburn University epitomizes a traditional university in the United States. With an enrollment of nearly 25,000 students, it has a large residential population as well as thousands of working and adult students who commute to campus. A major research institution blending arts and applied sciences, it offers degrees in 13 schools and colleges at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. In addition to academics, it even boasts one of the premier athletic programs in the country.
A recent study determined AU had a $4 billion economic impact on its home state of Alabama, including a $1.5 billion impact on the economy and a $2.4 billion impact in “human capital.”
Auburn has developed into one of the largest universities in the South, remaining at the educational forefront with its traditional blend of arts and applied science, and changing with the needs of today while living with a respect for the traditions and spirit that are Auburn.
And changing it has done – especially when it comes to catering to the unique technological needs of today’s students.
After being an early adopter of WebCT Campus Edition (now Blackboard) in the 1990’s, Auburn turned to the Wimba Collaboration Suite in 2002 as a means of adding critical speaking and listening components to its foreign language courses. But after seeing how its students excelled by adding just a few collaborative elements to its language courses, Auburn quickly added the rest of the Wimba Collaboration Suite to its distance program. In fact, the Wimba Collaboration Suite offers so many different collaborative elements, a significant number of departments at Auburn quickly filled a need by using Wimba.
A short list of programs utilizing Wimba includes:
- Agricultural Extension Service
- Educational Foundations & Leadership
- Engineering
- English as a Second Language
- Foreign Languages & Literatures
- Foreign Language Education
- Forestry
- History
- Music
- Music Education
- Nursing
- Pharmacy
- Rehabilitation & Special Education