Posts Tagged ‘wimba’
Go Ahead…Push the Big Blue Button
By Kent Brooks, Brian Carpenter and Steve Prater of Western Oklahoma State College Western Oklahoma State College has faced fiscal constraints for a long time. We are the classic portrait of Rural America. We see substantial population loss in rural counties, an aging demographic and declining fertility rates. [...]
Last Chance to win a Blackboard Collaborate license for your Moodle
The Collaborate for Good contest/sweepstakes is finishing up this week, anyone interested in winning a Blackboard Collaborate synchronous classroom for use for their class needs to submit according to the rules by 7/25. Blackboard Collaborate was created through the Blackboard acquisition of Elluminate/Wimba online synchronous classroom [...]
No more Wimba/Elluminate for Moodlers: Blackboard Collaborate officially unveiled
Earlier this week at Blackboard World in Las Vegas Blackboard officially unveiled its synchronous meeting tool based on the two acquired products Wimba and Elluminate. Current users of the two legacy products will be able to upgrade to the new official Blackboard product, Blackboard Collaborate at no cost; this includes all Moodle using [...]
Ask Mister Moodle: Can I use a white board with Moodle?
Here's a recent question about Moodle which I think has a couple different answers: Can I use a white board with Moodle? First off, it depends on if you mean a physical Whiteboard/Smartboard with Moodle. In that case, yes kinda. Early in my career as a Moodle trainer around the state of Vermont one of the teachers I was working with had [...]
New Updates for Moodle’s Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate Live/Wimba) integrations
David Nagel, published at The Journal and Campus Technology reported yesterday that Blackboard had just updated the Moodle to Blackboard Collaborate integration (for both products: Elluminate Live and Wimba). This integration allows for scheduled and open synchronous course activities and online meeting places through both [...]
Breaking: Dimdim to discontinue free accounts and open source project in acquisition
Great news for Dimdim staff and founders, but bad news perhaps for most of Dimdim's paid and open source users: Dimdim was acquired by Salesforce.com according to a recent announcement. Dimdim has been available as a Moodle integration for several years and is the first conference tool that I cut my teeth on in 2007. It had been a viable open [...]
#Blackboard follows through on pledge to continue support Wimba/Elluminate for Moodle
From the Elluminate Blog , As we prepare to announce our Blackboard Collaborate product strategy at EDUCAUSE 2010, it seems like the perfect time to reiterate our commitment to provide open, education-focused collaboration. While some may think that we may waiver on our commitment, I’m here to tell you that we won’t. A key part of our mission [...]
#Mootusin10 Martin’s Goshen Moot Keynote Recording Available
Special thanks to Floyd Saner and Wimba.com for making this keynote recording available to all non-attendees. There are a few places where the audio and video cut our for ~2 minutes, but overall the recording quality is fair. Enjoy Martin Dougiamas' Keynote: Moodle 2.0. The session featured a demo of the various new tools available in [...]
Martin Dougiamas Live from the Midwest Moot (9am EST Today) #mootusin10
Today, Tuesday the 27th of July, Wimba is sponsoring a live webcast of Martin Dougiamas' keynote address, "Moodle 2.0", which kicks off the 2010 Midwest Moodle Moot in Goshen. Information: http://www.goshen.edu/moodle/wimbawebcast.html. Visit the link prior to the session to run Wimba's setup wizard. If anyone at the Midwest Moot [...]
NEWS FLASH: Wimba will Stream from the Midwest Moot Keynote from Goshen (7/27)
Thanks to Floyd Saner, Midwest Moodle Moot in Goshen coordinator for alerting us of this late breaking news. On Tuesday the 27th of July (next Tuesday), synchronous educational service provider, Wimba, will host a live webcast of Martin Dougiamas' keynote address, Moodle 2.0, at the 2010 Midwest Moodle Moot. Date/time: Tuesday, July 27, 9:00a [...]
