Creative Uses Abound - from Sign Language to Online Conferences

I'm amazed on almost daily basis by the creative ways in which schools worldwide use Wimba to collaborate.  From teaching yoga online in California to having students in Singapore learn about wildlife in the Arctic, novel uses of our collaborative products crop up every day.  In fact, in just the last few hours we learned of two more creative uses of Wimba.

Linda Briggs at Campus Technology Magazine just wrote an amazing feature article about how Bloomsburg University in central Pennsylvania has one of the world's foremost accessibility programs.  Led by Dr. Sam Slike's introductory course on the history, education, and guidance of the deaf and hard of hearing, Bloomsburg offers a master of science program for teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing; Bloomsburg is well known for providing educational opportunities for the deaf. "We're making it possible for deaf and hard of hearing people to have equal access to information via the Internet."  Great job, Bloomsburg!

We also just learned this morning that the Iowa Small Library Association (ISLA) along with Northwest, Southwest, and Central LSAs, are organizing a totally online conference via Wimba slated for January 16, 2008. “Connection, Collaboration, Community: The Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference (ISLOC)” will be in the dead of winter, and, as they on its blog, you don’t even have to leave town!

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[Susan Sharma]

Environment and wildlife conservation are issues for life long learning, preferably in communities. I have this community IndianWildlifeclub.com which has over 4000 members. But it is difficult to get them to make use of interactive features, or communicate in blogs. Any suggestions on how to activate them into talking?