Implementing Wimba: A Few Words in Your Ear!Alice Bird & Alex Spiers

Who are we?Who are we?

Where are we from?Where are we from?

Raising awareness and disseminationRaising awareness and dissemination

Promoting early stage adoptionPromoting early stage adoption

Traditional approachTraditional approach

Wimba Create

Promoting to studentsPromoting to students

Wimba ClassroomWimba Classroom

Exemplary case:Advanced Paediatric and Neonatal Practice

Exemplary case:Advanced Paediatric and Neonatal Practice

What about the students?

What do Students Say?Survey of course students16 out of 29 responses (55.2%)

• For those respondents with prior experience of other distance learning software (25%), all said Wimba Classroom was ‘much better’ in comparison.

• 100% of respondents thought that Wimba Classroom had a ‘very positive’ (62.5%) or ‘positive’ (37.5%) impact on their learning.

• Given the choice to study on a course with or without Wimba Classroom, 100% of respondents would choose to study on the course with Wimba Classroom.

• Overall, the students gave Wimba Classroom an average rating of 8.75/10 as a learning tool.

Learning Technology Audit for Advanced Paediatric and Neonatal Practitioner Students (Nicola McGovern, Learning Technologist, LJMU)

Focus: Voice Tools

LJMU – pre Wimba

Key pedagogical points

• Feedback – personalised

• Community Building• Employer Q & A

• Flexible delivery• Revision• Authentic voices • Subject expert debates

Barriers of Audio

• Unlike text, an audio file cannot be searched. • Length of recordings vs engagement.• Large/group discussions are not appropriate.• Could have accessibility issues for some

learners

Dissemination

Case Studies

Carol MaynardGeorge MacGregor

Carol MaynardGeorge MacGregor

Student Feedback

“I felt that the feedback was much more personal and therefore much more helpful; it also meant that I got the grade that I achieved much earlier and thus putting my mind to rest. You are also able to access your mark wherever you which is much more convenient”

“To be honest, at first, it made me giggle just because it was a new concept. However, I thought it was better than just getting written feedback, it makes you feel that the tutor has taken more time to record the message for you

“To be honest, at first, it made me giggle just because it was a new concept. However, I thought it was better than just getting written feedback, it makes you feel that the tutor has taken more time to record the message for you

“The voice feedback, as you probably know by now, worked. However, there was occasions were it faltered and went quiet. I could here footsteps when you finished speaking and then a guitar. Turned out it was Roxy Music, starting in my iTunes! I thought you'd attached a song to it! Ha”

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Next steps Next steps

Alice Bird A.bird@ljmu.ac.uk

Alex Spiers A.Spiers@ljmu.ac.uk

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