Coincidentally, this year the 2010 TTIX organizing committee was comprised of members in both Salt Lake and Orem, and we have made very effective use of the UEN-hosted Wimba video conferencing system for our weekly collaborative meetings. So, I can personally state my valuation of Wimba goes beyond their generous sponsorship of TTIX 2010 to the quality tools and services that enable us to plan TTIX 2010 from around the State.

P.S. If your company is interested in supporting TTIX 2010, there’s still time to sign up as a sponsor or exhibitor!

Abstract

This presentation will demonstrate how Wimba’s Collaboration Suite empowers educators with a unique collaborative approach that facilitates learning interactions, addresses multiple learning styles, and builds community online. Regardless of discipline or subject, faculty can EASILY add interactive elements to blended, hybrid or online courses.
Learn how you increase collaboration among your students with one single source of interactive tools. We will demonstrate how Wimba’s suite of collaborative products can allow faculty to EASILY create a complete and engaging teaching and learning environment by adding numerous interactive elements to their online courses.
Wimba Classroom supports audio, video, application sharing, and content display, enabling instructors to add vitally important elements of interaction that simply cannot be provided in a text-based course. Instructors can personalize their online courses by holding live, online classes, office hours, guest lectures, webcasts, and meetings. Instructors consider personal interaction to be the most valuable element of the teaching and learning process. Wimba Classroom allows faculty and students to build relationships by combining state-of-the-art interactive technologies such as voice, video, application sharing, polling, and whiteboarding, with traditional best practices of instruction. Now, enjoy the best elements of face-to-face and online instruction as faculty and students can talk to each other, express emotion, and feel as if they’re part of a single community.
Wimba Voice allows faculty to add voice to their course with Voice Email, Voice Board, Voice Direct, Voice Recorder, Voice Presentation and Podcaster. You’ll see actual examples of how these tools are used in the online environment regardless of the Course Management System you use.
Wimba Pronto is an instant messaging system that uses text video and voice to communicate with students. The list is populated with the names in your current CMS.
Wimba Create helps faculty create content and content modules easily from within the MS Word environment.
Wimba is helping educators enhance learning, improve outcomes, and increase student retention. Find out what Wimba can do for you and your students….

Presenters

Steve Kann – Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Engineering

Steve Kann is responsible for the research, product strategy, architecture, and development of Wimba’s Collaboration Suite of products. He is a co-founder of Wimba and chief architect of Wimba Classroom, the industry’s first virtual classroom technology to use voice-activated switching to enhance the natural flow of collaboration.

Kann received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering from The Cooper Union. He is a thought leader on open source with several published articles in security and multimedia domains. Kann also is an industry expert on eliminating barriers in information technology for people with disabilities, a key part of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Shelley Constant

Shelley Constant taught computer courses at Barton County Community College in Kansas for over 12 years and was an Education Account Executive with Apple for 13 years. She is a former IT Director and was the owner of an education technology consulting company. Shelley has been a Regional Sales Manager for Wimba since June of 2008.