West Virginia University (WVU) has multiple campuses in various and often remote areas of the state in addition to its main campus in Morgantown. Starting in August 2007, WVU's Office of Information Technology has offered a few synchronous online professional development training sessions to faculty via Wimba Classroom as an alternative to trainers travelling to remote campuses for face-to-face training. I plan to present some of the advantages and disadvantages of training in a web conference environment using a product such as Wimba Classroom. Most of what I plan to discuss in this paper would also apply to those using other web conference products such as Adobe Connect, Citrix GoToWebinar, and WebEx.
['Kathryn Fletcher']
Blazing training trails with Wimba classroom to avoid travelling 'round the mountain