Session 29

Title: So Many Expenses, So Little Money

Session Description:

Cutbacks are a fact of life. We will show some uses of the Wimba Collaboration Suite that has helped our University save time and money. We will show ways the Suite can assist in collaboration, advising, mentoring, tutoring, training, and technical support in this session. The Wimba Collaboration 6.0 are a robust suite of tools that open up a world of possibilities for everyone whether you are in business, K-12 or higher education.

Presenters: Kristi Swartz and Sharley Kurtz

Kristi Swartz is an Instructional Designer at the Center for Instructional & Learn Technologies (CILT) at the University of North Dakota. She has her Master’s degree in Instructional Design and Technology from UND. From 2000-2005 she was part of an Online Team who developed quality online independent study courses for the UND Division of Continuing Education. Presently she handles training sessions and works with University faculty, staff and students in developing their online courses using various technologies.

Sharley Kurtz, MS has been an Instructional Designer for the University of North Dakota College of Nursing for two years. During her first year at UND Sharley was the Distance Curriculum Designer for the Robert Wood Johnson PIN Grant. In March 2010 she presented on Wimba Pronto at the Annual Wimba Connect Conference in Orlando Florida.