Choosing the Right Virtual Learning Environment for Your Organization

Whether you’re a school administrator trying to teach K-12 students remotely or the CEO of a large company looking to conduct online training, choosing the right virtual learning environment (or VLE) is essential. A great VLE makes it easier to engage learners, leading to better outcomes and more motivated students. Virtual learning software can also make learning more accessible to learners who have physical disabilities that could make navigating a brick-and-mortar educational institution difficult. Investing in a VLE is more affordable than managing the logistics of in-person training as well, and you can generally collect real-time data on learner performance that you couldn’t in person.

How do you know which virtual learning environment is the right fit for your organization? That’s a great question, and Echo360 has the answer. We are an experienced education facilitator that has been transforming traditional learning models into active learning engagement since 2002. We’ve leveraged everything we’ve learned over the years to create EchoPoll, a learning engagement platform designed with the needs of learners and instructors in mind. This singular product leverages our e3 philosophy (equity, evidence, and engagement) to make learning more effective for learners, instructors, and administrators.

What Features Should I Look for in a Virtual Learning Environment?

Every virtual learning program has to make educational materials accessible to everyone. Likewise, it must include engagement tools to help learners focus on course content when there are countless distractions vying for their attention. Finally, it must keep track of key data points to help stakeholders make data-based decisions for their learners. Here is a list of six features that EchoPoll uses to accomplish all of these things and more:

On-Demand Learning

Learners are busy people, so it’s important to let them access educational resources on their terms to promote engagement. EchoPoll can be accessed anywhere with a reliable internet connection and on any device, allowing learners to choose how they want to learn. Learners can also access resources as often as they like to promote information retention.

Support for Synchronous and Asynchronous Learners

Some courses work best when multiple students are learning together, such as company-wide compliance training. Others function best as self-paced assignments that learners can complete on their own time, and still others demand a blend of both approaches. EchoPoll supports live streaming and virtual meeting rooms to deliver a remote classroom experience while also enabling asynchronous learners to access those synchronous meetings on-demand, ensuring equity in education.

Collaboration Tools

Online learners commonly cite feeling isolated as one of the biggest downsides of working on a VLE, but EchoPoll fixes that problem with a multitude of communication tools. Live chat, message boards, and breakaway rooms allow students to communicate in real-time regardless of their proximity. Shy students may even be more willing to participate in class since they won’t need to raise their hand, promoting engagement.

Multimedia Authoring

Passive education isn’t all that effective, so EchoPoll gives instructors a variety of tools to make lessons more engaging. For example, audio and video files can add some pizzazz to dry topics such as macroeconomics. Interactive polls and exercises can also be incorporated to ensure that learners focus on course content. If you have already created engaging course content on an LMS, you can integrate it with EchoPoll and continue to use it.

Onboard Analytics

Teachers generally administer assessments at the end of a chapter and take them home for grading, forcing students to wait a long time to learn how they did. EchoPoll grades assessments immediately and makes the results available on intuitive instructor dashboards, providing the evidence instructors need to help their learners overcome obstacles.

Accessibility

Educational materials on EchoPoll are accessible seven days a week so learning always fits into a busy lifestyle. We also meet or exceed all WCAG 2.0 standards, so learning differences won’t prevent a learner from picking up new skills or keeping up with their peers. That is equity in education!

What Other Benefits Can a Virtual Learning Program Provide?

If your organization offers a lot of courses, a great virtual learning environment such as EchoPoll can improve efficiency by storing them all in one convenient hub. Instructors can also share course materials, making it easier for students to develop critical thinking skills by drawing connections between courses. If you would like to learn more about EchoPoll and how it works, we’re happy to help. We strongly believe that it is one of the best virtual learning environment products on the market today!

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With over 14 different question types, you can match the assessment to the material at hand. Use traditional test question types such as true/false, multiple-choice, multiple response, numeric response, matching, completion, short answer and essay to review, re-teach and reinforce learning.

Reporting & Analytics

Ensuring that learners understand the information presented and how it can impact their success is key. Assess, track and analyze learner performance. Get results immediately and view valuable reports at the individual level, or for the class or group as a whole. Provide results in real-time, or at a later time as preferred.

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With dynamic content, generate multiple iterations of exam questions to test the same concept. Use bimodal to toggle between multiple-choice and short answer question types, immediately changing the item difficulty level.

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Choosing the Right Virtual Learning Environment for Your Organization

What Features Should I Look for in a Virtual Learning Environment?

On-Demand Learning

Support for Synchronous and Asynchronous Learners

Collaboration Tools

Multimedia Authoring

Onboard Analytics

Accessibility

What Other Benefits Can a Virtual Learning Program Provide?

Get a demo

Get a demo

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Sign Up Today

Best-In-Class Learning Management Solution

Question Types

Reporting & Analytics

Dynamic Bimodal Versioning

I Want More Engaging Interactive Lectures in My Classroom

ExploreEchoPoll.

Learn more about what it can do for your organization

Leading educational institutions are inspiring learning with Echo360.

Related Resources

Customer testimonials, pedagogical articles about teaching and learning, and new product updates and features.

Real-Time Polls Make Classroom Management More Efficient

Why Polling in the Classroom Leads to Better Student Outcomes

What Is Competency Based Education (CBE)?

The Echosystem is our dynamic model of customized solutions that correspond to the relationship, environment, content, and assessment required:

We make it easy to bring learning to life — anywhere.

Hybrid Learning

Video Management

Engagement Outcomes

Reporting & Analytics

LMS Integration

Accessibility

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University of Kentucky

Northampton Community College

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