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Thank you Ian!
this is excellent, thank you!!
--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Calder, Ian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Calder, Ian <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [VLES] VLE Digest - 16 Nov 2009 to 23 Nov 2009 (#2009-72)
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:28 AM
> Dear Nikki,
>
> I have experience of using two Wimba products, from my time
> at King's College London (currently) and University of
> Surrey. These are;
>
> Wimba Create (formerly CourseGenie)
> Wimba Voice (formerly Voice Tools)
>
> I have used Wimba Create since about 2003 for the creation
> of e-learning materials and have mostly found it easy to use
> and it produces good results. At King's we have an annual
> site licence for the software and it is therefore available
> to all staff to make use of if they wish to use it. I
> deliver a training course on use of Wimba Create at
> semi-regular intervals. I first used the software while at
> University of Surrey, when it was known as CourseGenie,
> prior to the acquisition of the company by Wimba. I haven't
> had cause to use support for the product in recent times,
> but in the past I have mostly found it pretty responsive in
> dealing with queries.
>
> At King's we also use Wimba Voice - I would say that the
> adoption of this is less widespread than Create, as it is
> somewhat more specialised to language-based disciplines. My
> involvement is primarily through its integration with our
> VLE, Blackboard Vista 8 - this is referred to as a
> 'powerlink' in WebCT speak! (The equivalent in Blackboard's
> main system would be a 'Building Block'.) The feedback from
> staff using it appears quite positive, though it is less
> customisable than Wimba Create is and I find that the
> statistics reporting is very poor, so it is difficult for us
> to gauge how much it is really being used, short of asking
> staff for their own experiences. The powerlink when set up
> has been OK, but we have had periodic occasions when it has
> broken due to system upgrade work carried out by Blackboard
> (we are on Blackboard's Managed Hosting set-up, not
> in-house). That is not really a fault on the Wimba product's
> front though. Other than this, we have had no issues I'm
> aware of with the service.
>
> The other product that Wimba have been keen to push is
> Wimba Classroom. Wimba have been keen for us to adopt this
> for some time and one or two specific academics have taken
> an interest, but King's doesn't have a great deal of purely
> distance education courses, so there has not been much
> demand for it.
>
> I hope that info is of interest, but if there is anything
> specific do please let me know.
>
> With best wishes,
> Ian
>
> Ian Calder
> e-Learning Content Developer
> Information Services and Systems
> King's College London
> Maughan Library, Chancery Lane
> Strand Campus
>
> Email [log in to unmask]
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>
> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:10:25 +0000
> From: niki lambropoulos <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: anybody using http://www.wimba.com??
>
> http://www.wimba.com
>
> any comments *on a personal level* if I may take advantage
> of the forum on this subject. I am really really sorry I
> cant inform you about the reasons for checking this
> company...
>
> Thank you very much indeed,
> Have a great day
> Niki
>
>
> -== * ==--
> Dr. Niki Lambropoulos
> HCI Research Fellow
> Department of Informatics
> London South Bank University
> Tel: 0207815 7549
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