Distinguished Lecture Series
The Wimba Distinguished Lecture Series is a free, online presentation series that brings experts from the education and technology industries LIVE to the desktops of people throughout the world. Learn about topics such as instructional design, new technologies, and e-learning policy.
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The Wimba Podcaster
Podcasting has arrived in Wimba! Now faculty have the easiest means of creating their own podcasts! Wimba Voice features the Wimba Podcaster - the easiest tool available that enables faculty and staff to record their own podcasts. This presentation shows you how the Wimba Podcaster allows your instructors to combine Wimba, RSS Feeds, and iPods to bring their voices to the students!
Date and Time:
Wednesday August 6, 2008 at 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 11am PDT
Presented by:
Matt Wasowski, Wimba
Wimba Collaboration Suite Express™ – Installation Is Easy
You’ve completed the registration and we’ve sent you the links to download. The installation is easy, and help is available if you need it.
This web seminar, delivered using Wimba Classroom and the features of application sharing, will present a step-by-step explanation of the quick and easy installation process. Use the summer break to complete the download and provide free access to Wimba Collaboration Suite Express™ for teachers when they return to the classroom this Fall.
Intended Audience: K-12 Blackboard Enterprise Customers
What are you waiting for?
Date and Time:
Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 1pm EDT / 10am PDT / 6pm BST
Presented by:
Steven Montano, Professional Services Manager, Wimba
Using Asynchronous Audio Feedback to Enhance Teaching Presence and Students' Sense of Community
This presentation reports the findings of a case study in which audio feedback replaced text-based feedback in synchronous courses. Previous research has demonstrated that participants in online courses can build effective learning communities through text-based communication alone. Similarly, it has been demonstrated that instructors for online courses can adequately project immediacy behaviors using text-based communication. However, we believed that the inclusion of an auditory element might strengthen both the sense of community and the instructor’s ability to affect more personalized communication with students. Our findings revealed extremely high student satisfaction with embedded asynchronous audio feedback as compared to asynchronous text only feedback.
Date and Time:
Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 11am PDT
Presented by:
Philip Ice, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Reagan Curtis & Perry Phillips, West Virginia University, and John Wells, Virginia Tech
Overview of Wimba Create (formerly Course Genie)
Now that you've downloaded Wimba Create (formerly Course Genie), let us show you how to use it effectively! Besides showing you how to convert your Word documents into CMS-ready content, we'll demonstrate how to create quizzes, Flashcards, embed HTML (in Wimba Voice), and create tables for easier editing.
Date and Time:
Thursday August 14, 2008 at 10am EDT / 3pm BST / 7am PDT
Presented by:
Matt Wasowski, Wimba
Unveiling the New Wimba Pronto!
The educational experience does not end when a student leaves a classroom; it carries over into hallways, the library, computer lab and common areas. Come learn about how the newest version of Wimba Pronto replicates these informal learning settings in the online environment that are imperative to student retention, engagement, and successful learning outcomes.
Date and Time:
Tuesday August 19, 2008 at 10am EDT / 7am PDT / 3pm BST
Presented by:
Matt Wasowski
Best Practices for Enhancing Learning and Creating Community Using Wimba Classroom
Among the fundamental challenges faced by distance education instructors and administrators is keeping learners satisfied and engaged despite the asynchronous and independent nature of online learning. This presentation will explore best practices for reducing learner anxiety, improving comfort levels with the platform, decreasing Transactional Distance, and creating community, by examining the working strategies of the Lookstein Center online professional development program.
Date and Time:
Tuesday September 16, 2008 at 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 11am PDT
Presented by:
Chana Honig, The Lookstein Center
Archived LecturesEconomic & Environmental Savings of Wimba and Online EducationThe 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.
Providing Equal Access of Information to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Online CoursesDr. 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/
Teaching Information Literacy with a Virtual ClassroomLearn 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.
