Jason Rhode, Ph.D.

Faculty who utilize the Wimba Classroom tool within Blackboard may want to invite a guest speaker to participate in a synchronous online session. It is possible to enable guest access to a Wimba Classroom so that a guest speaker can participate in a Wimba Classroom session without having an NIU AccountID or password.

This new 4 minute tutorial that I recorded highlights the steps to enabling guest access to a Wimba Classroom.The free QuickTime player is required. It is also available on YouTube or as a podcast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDYMnOv96rE

This video by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University, creatively and powerfully looks at today’s students and how they are changing the world of learning and education.

Do you find these attributes as characteristic of the students you teach? What steps might you take to engage students of the 21st century? Please post a comment with your thoughts and reflections.