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Enhancing Online Teaching with. Wimba, Elluminate, SAM/CaseGrader, and Captivate. By Edna Fry and Kathy Hamby. How We Started. Conducted Dean’s Forum using WebCT Survey of Internet courses and Student Satisfaction Included 17 Discussion questions Survey. Experience - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Enhancing Online Teaching with
Wimba, Elluminate, SAM/CaseGrader, and Captivate
By Edna Fry and Kathy Hamby
Conducted Dean’s Forum using WebCT• Survey of Internet courses and Student
Satisfaction- Included 17 Discussion questions- Survey
How We Started
Things we Learned
Experience• Learning curve and
expectations varied• Different levels of Expertise• How do you create a
balance?
Convenience• Students want
anytime, anywhere• Flexibility
The Biggest Surprise Should not be completely self-taught Students want Instructor Interaction
• Helps level playing field• More than a static website• Interaction and/or more feedback• Timely responses• Wanted Chats and Discussions
Student and Instructor Frustration
Interactive ComponentPro Immediate
clarification Encourage
interaction
Cons Required
chats/sessions detract from the anywhere, anytime advantages
“..you don’t have to wait for several hours or even days for a reply to your question or response.”
What we did
Applications used
Wimba/Horizon Elluminate SAM/CaseGrader
• Exams• Projects
Adobe Captivate
http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/?promoid=DJDVX
http://www.elluminate.com/
http://sam2007.course.com/
http://www.wimba.com/
Wimba Classroom Capabilities Audio, Video, Application sharing, Content display Polling Presenter on-the-fly Shared Web
browsing
Asynchronous chats Recorded chats participant lists MP3 downloads Interactive
whiteboarding
Wimba/Horizon
Wimba Voice
a web-based voice solution that facilitates and promotes vocal instruction, collaboration, coaching, and assessment.
Benefits Voice Discussion
Boards Post voice and text
Embedded Voice within Course Pages Add listening exercises and voice messages, simply highlight important points.
Voice-Enabled E-Mail Integrates right into
your Course Management SystemJust like any other component
Podcasting
Student messages
Wimba Live Classroom
With Archive features
Podcast Weekly News
ELLUMINATE.COM
Use of Sam Projects, Assessment, and CaseGrader in Online and Hybrid Courses
Adobe Captivate Is a software that automatically records all onscreen
actions and instantly creates an interactive Flash simulation. Point and click to add text captions, narration, and e-learning interactions without any programming knowledge. http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/features/?view=topnew
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How can you use it? Can be used for Internet courses
Traditional Courses
Hybrid Courses
Automatically generated when you create a Captivate demonstration:
Mouse path Visual mouse clicks Explanations Standard playback controls
With these capabilities
Adding Videos Incorporates PowerPoint presentations Full motion Simulations with feedback—quiz your students
on concepts
Automatically generated when you create a Captivate simulation: Interactive hot spots Prompts Instructional feedback Scoring & tracking of interactions
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This was wonderful
Have you ever had a concept or just syllabus information that the students just don’t get?
Mine was:
Guess how many times I’ve had to say this?
How many students ask a semester? On the Internet I list this in at least in 6 different
places I have it posted on the homepage Did they get it?
Captivate takes minutes to create
Adds clarity Actually visually assists the students Fills the gap between instructor and vague concepts Helps bridge the digital divide And it lowers that frustration level
Minutes to create or longer
Use existing Power Points Point and Click—quick and dirty
• Animated text and pictures• Incorporate movies and sound
Only creates 2 files to upload• Swf• Html—this file is incorporated into WebCT
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Captivate New Project
Captivate Recording Tool
Captivate Publishing
Captivate Demo and Tips Link-Kathy Hamby
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/?trackingid=ZOGA
Thank You!Questions?
Governors State Universityhttp://www.govst.edu
Edna [email protected]
Kathy [email protected]