This is one of those things I need to think about playing with for my online teaching: Dimdim.com seems to be pretty interesting software for collaborative video conferencing online, and there’s even an education/virtual classroom option. Now, it might not be all that smart/great; for example, I am concerned that the educational option promotes the fact that classroom size has now been increased from 40 to 50 (um, hurray?). But to help with my own online teaching and/or to help my students collaborate on projects, it seems to me this might be a pretty handy tool for 328, 516, 444, or just about anything else I teach online.
Writer, Professor, and Everything Else
I’m glad to hear you’ll be trying out Dimdim. Our free web conferencing is for up to 20 people in the room, but we’ve recently introduced a referral program. If you refer people and they signup for a free account, you can increase the size of your Dimdim room.
Thanks!
-k
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