Economic & Environmental Savings of Wimba and Online Education
The University of Georgia's Cooperative Extension has been using Wimba Classroom to deliver training sessions in an online environment. This has allowed Extension personnel to overcome common constraints such as: limited travel budgets, rising fuel costs, and time spent away from county offices and local clientele. This archive discusses the: 1) Economic benefits in terms of travel dollars and travel time gained, as well as 2) Environmental impact of reducing statewide travel.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Robert Ethier & Janet Sylvia, University of Georgia

Providing Equal Access of Information to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Online Courses
Dr. Sam Slike, a professor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, discusses his use of Wimba to provide college courses to deaf and hard of hearing students. His innovative courses use a sign language interpreter broadcast through a web cam (and simultaneously broadcast via a Sorenson videophone); closed captioning of spoken lecture material via Caption Colorado; PowerPoint slides; text chat; and spoken lecture. His presentation will provide an overview of the deaf/hh population; general challenges encountered in providing equal access of information for this group of individuals; and creating an online course for deaf/hh and hearing students using Wimba as the delivery tool. Read the article about Dr. Slike and Berman in Campus Technology Magazine: http://campustechnology.com/articles/56259/

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Dr. Sam Slike & Pam Berman, Bloomsburg University

Teaching Information Literacy with a Virtual Classroom
Learn how to maximize a virtual classroom when teaching low enrollment courses. LSCI130 Information Literacy in the Digital Age is taught each term at a small rural community college using Wimba Classroom. This session provides examples of how this class is taught online.

Originally Aired:
Summer 2008

Presented by:
Louis Mays, Southern State Community College

Practical Uses of Wimba Pronto
Eric Kunnen of Grand Rapids Community College gives practical examples of how to use Pronto in your school.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2007

Presented by:
Eric Kunnen, Grand Rapids CC

Report Out on a Longitudinal Study - Synchronous or Asynchronous Course Elements - Why Choose? Use Both!
Course management systems bring faculty many opportunities to enhance their teaching and learning while their workload sometimes tends to increase. Asynchronous tools are the features of choice, but, incorporating synchronous elements might bring about unanticipated responses, outcomes, and opportunities. This updated report-out will highlight several myths on synchronous course elements, share them, discuss them, and, ultimately, dispel them. Data gathered over the past four years, and insights that emerged from that data, highlights some strategies that can help in balancing quality and workload.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Mike Scheuermann, Drexel University

Student Collaboration via Live Classrooms: Extending Group Study beyond the Physical
A few years ago, the University of Maryland's Office of Information Technology was approached by the libraries with an offer of space to expand campus technology access in the libraries. As Chris Higgins's team started down this road they discovered a great need for group study and collaboration space. With limited physical space, they turned to technological tools to meet the need. The goal was to allow for group study to happen at a distance by the creation of virtual group study spaces. To do this at a distance they purchased Wimba Classroom. With multiplatform access and an easy connection into its learning management system, Wimba provided a way for students to share their desktops and collaboratively work on projects. The recent addition of video into the mix of capabilities has added a great deal to the experience for students. The virtual group study spaces are designed to be student run spaces for students. This stretches the limits of the software as it is designed. It also stretches the limits of our users’ concepts of such spaces deliverd in Blackboard. In this presentation, Higgins will share his team's experiences and lessons learned using this tool as a virtual group study space. He will have student feedback to share regarding the use of the virtual groups study rooms.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Chris Higgins, University of Maryland

Build It, They Will... USE IT?
Learn how UT-Dallas is developing a checklist that can help faculty build their online environments.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Rhonda D Blackburn, PhD, Assistant Provost, Institutional Effectiveness, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, The University of Texas at Dallas

Managing Online Discussions Through A Participation Portfolio
If you want students to use online discussions, how do you avoid initiating every thread or simply counting all their replies (including their "I agree" posts)? By defining and rewarding substantive Q&A--and requiring students to submit an online "participation portfolio" of their best work--students will take responsibility for discussions and reduce your burden in assessing them.

Originally Aired:
Summer 2008

Presented by:
John Fritz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Measuring the Effectiveness of Virtual School Programs – Research and Beyond
Based on a presentation that Pape gave at the BbWorld 2007 conference with Donna Vakili, Executive Director, Idaho Digital Learning Academy and Becky Nunally of Cobb County eSchool, this presentation will discuss the evolution of two virtual school program evaluation processes and the need for ongoing research on measures of effectiveness of online programs. Liz Pape, Virtual High School Global Consortium, and Matt Wicks, Illinois Virtual High School, will discuss how to measure the effectiveness of your online program, including what measures to use and when to measure. Learn about the necessity for a "common language" of program effectiveness and see examples of data-driven and self-reported indicators of effectiveness.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Liz R. Pape, CEO, Virtual High School & Matt Wicks,

Fostering Team Work in a Virtual Classroom
We've all heard that collaborative software is beneficial for producing positive student outcomes and helping schools retain students. But still, very few know how to foster team work in a virtual classroom environment. This presentation will give specific, proven examples of how to foster team work in an online environment. It was also explain the benefits that result from successful team work.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Mike Orey, University of Georgia

Interactive Techniques in Large Classes
Let's face it - high enrollment, big lecture courses are a challenge! How do we keep students engaged? Can large classrooms become interactive environments? Which technologies work best in which situations? Drawing on the expertise of faculty at three institutions, this presentation will discuss ways to increase student engagement and class interaction by incorporating active learning methods into physical and virtual classrooms.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Presented by:
Ellen Borkowski, Ann C. Smith, University of Maryland, Jeff Longland, University of Western Ontario, & Laura Sederberg, California State University, Chico

Effective Online Discussions
The heart and soul of many online courses is the discussion area. However, those new to online teaching are often skeptical about the use of discussions, asking questions like: “Will students overwhelm me?” or worse: “What if they don’t respond?” This session will explore how instructors can approach online discussions including considerations related to the purpose of discussions, tips on managing student (and instructor) expectations, techniques for assessment, and tips on how to stimulate discussion.

Originally Aired:
January 2008

Presented by:
Cindy Underhill & Emily Renoe, University of British Columbia

The Wimba Podcaster
Podcasting has arrived in Wimba! Now you can easily record your own podcasts!

Originally Aired:
Spring 2008

Demonstration of Wimba's Blackboard Building Blocks
This demonstration explains how the Wimba Collaboration Suite integrate with Blackboard to help Blackboard users add a personal touch to their existing online courses.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2006

Presented by:
Matt Wasowski, Wimba

Overview of Wimba Create
In 30 minutes you'll learn everything you need to know about changing a Word document into online course content.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2006

Presented by:
Matt Wasowski, Wimba

The University of Salford and Synchronous Instruction
Learn how the University of Salford uses Live Classroom so its supervisors and tutors can communicate with their students in countries around the world such as the Republic of Ireland, Canada, Lebanon, Gaza, and the United Arab Emirates.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2006

Presented by:
Sarah Ricketts, Mel Lees, Vian Ahmed of The University of Salford

Real-Life Tips of Using Wimba Classroom
Get a first-hand look at how two Horizon Wimba customers integrate a virtual classroom into their Blackboard and WebCT courses in order to add a collaborative, personal element to their online courses.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2006

Presented by:
Alan Zaitchik (Hebrew College) & Christy Talley (University of West Georgia)

How To Moodle
Ray Lawrence, one of the world's foremost Moodle experts, shares his experiences of adding Moodle to online courses. Also, see how Horizon Wimba's Live Classroom integrates with Moodle.

Originally Aired:
Spring 2007

Presented by:
Ray Lawrence, How To Moodle

Originally Aired:
Spring 2007

Presented by:
Andy Ramsden, University of Bristol

Originally Aired:
Spring 2006

Presented by:
Aaron Bond & Matt Wasowski, Horizon Wimba

Originally Aired:
Fall 2005

Presented by:
Maria Isabel Charle Poza, West Virginia University

Originally Aired:
Fall 2005

Presented by:
Sarah Eaton, University of Calgary

Originally Aired:
April 20, 2005

Presented by:
Michael Orey, University of Georgia

Originally Aired:
January 11, 2005

Presented by:
Laura Sederbeg & Cris Guenter, CSU, Chico

Originally Aired:
November 11, 2004

Presented by:
Jim Rieger, Tim Scobie, and Margaret Dupuis

Originally Aired:
August 12, 2004

Presented by:
Susan Boyd, Susan Boyd Associates

The Benefits of Live Online Learning...by the Experts!
You know that interactive software is out there, but do you really know why it can be so useful? Think personalization. Think humanization....now you're on the right track!

Originally Aired:
August 4, 2004

Presented by:
Christy Talley, State University of West Georgia
Phil O'Hara, Dalhousie University
Maggie McVay Lynch, Portland State University

Originally Aired:
July 8, 2004

Presented by:
Michael Orey, University of Georgia

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June 10, 2004

Presented by:
Phil O'Hara, Dalhousie University

Originally Aired:
October 13, 2003

Presented by:
Richard Katz, Educause
Steve Gilbert, TLT Group
Farimah Schuerman

Originally Aired:
May 5, 2004

Presented by:
Anne Grenon & Anne O'Brien, Univ of Vermont

Pedagogy of Online Instruction
Creating Collaborative Synchronous Exercises

Originally Aired:
May 28, 2003

Presented by:
Jennifer Hofmann, InSync Training

The Business of Education
Marketing Your Online Education Programs

Originally Aired:
March 3, 2004

Presented by:
Teri Karpman, Illinois Virtual Campus

Law
Intellectual Property in 2003

Originally Aired:
May 20, 2003

Presented by:
Ivan Hoffman, Attorney at Law

Accessibility
Disability Accommodations for the Public

Originally Aired:
March 20, 2003

Presented by:
California State Libraries

Higher Education
Benefits of Teaching Live Online

Originally Aired:
September 11, 2003

Presented by:
Joe Reddy, HorizonLive

Online Tools
Assessments in the Learning Process

Originally Aired:
August 20, 2003

Presented by:
Eric Shepherd, QuestionMark

Pedagogy of Live Online Instruction
A Trainer's Odyssey: Crossing the Chasm

Originally Aired:
July 10, 2003

Presented by:
Susan Boyd, Training Consultant

Higher Education
Emerging National Issues for Community Colleges

Originally Aired:
January 14, 2003

Presented by:
Dr. George Boggs, American Assocation Community Colleges

Higher Education
Ensuring A-Synchronous Discussions are Interactive

Originally Aired:
February 6, 2003

Presented by:
Carla Payne, University of Vermont

Higher Education
Dancing with the Devil: IT and the New Competition in Higher Education

Originally Aired:
December 14, 2000

Presented by:
Richard Katz, VP, EDUCAUSE

Adding Synchronous Technology to WebCT
How CSU Chico uses HorizonLive & WebCT to deliver live oline classes

Presented by:
Jon Knolle, CSU, Chico

Higher Education
Using Electronic Portfolios in your Online Class

Originally Aired:
August 11, 2003

Presented by:
Mark Farrelly, University of Washington