Useful Links
Wimba is a web-based conferencing tool designed to support online courses and meetings. Users can set up a web "room" for virtual office hours, consultation, teaching, or meetings. Wimba also integrates seamlessly with Blackboard and other CMS systems for web-based or web-supported courses. Your campus faculty assistance center and/or distance education staff will have more information about Wimba. Training is online and free -- and your students will be happy they didn't need to drive to campus. You can also visit the UEN Wimba page for quick teaching tips called "Wimbits."
UEN Faculty Lounge offers 30 rewarding minutes of technology instruction for more advanced users. The web-based conferences are held live every Thursday from 3:30 to 4:00 beginning Sept 4th and sessions are also archived for on-demand viewing. To view archives of past sessions or sign up for a weekly faculty lounge email reminder, visit: http://www.uen.org/facultylounge
CollegeMedia is a collection of thousands of video programs from PBS and other providers. You can download the programs for free, and they are iPod compatible. Some collection highlights:
* Follow Me in Chinese and Fun Ways with Chinese (715 clips)
animated video with PDF lesson sheets
* KUED local productions including the Governor's Monthly News
Conference and Utah NOW
* A People's History of Utah Series (188 items)
* Foothill Native Plants (13 items)
* Geography of Utah (545 items)
* Hispanic Culture of Utah (111 items)
* Utah History Encyclopedia (221 photos, 578 articles)
* Utah Place Names (4617 items)
You can access CollegeMedia through Blackboard, your campus library, or request access here http://www.uen.org/collegemedia/access/index.jsp
with any valid campus email address. http://www.uen.org/collegemedia/
Using the UEN-hosted Blackboard Course Management System, many campuses are able to share templates, orientation modules, and other course content. It's a real time-saver for faculty. Several SCORM modules and templates are also available for the UEN-hosted Blackboard system. Check with your campus faculty assistance center http://www.uen.org/distance_ed/resources/faculty.shtml to learn more about these tools and resources. http://www.uen.org/cms/
To continue to get UEN updates:
Higher Ed website http://www.uen.org/highered/
RSS NetNews (paste this link in your RSS feed reader) http://www.uen.org/feeds/netnews.rss
Email resources@uen.org
