The key to helping learners achieve student learning outcomes is to focus on skills and applications of academic knowledge rather than rote memorization, and the Echosystem excels at that. For example, EchoEngage has a virtual classroom with breakout rooms where small groups of students can collaborate and challenge each other’s viewpoints. Teachers can pop in and out of each group to keep students on task, but keeping interactions peer-to-peer forces students to think for themselves instead of looking to the instructor for the “correct” response. 

Similarly, EchoVideo uses screen sharing so the instructor can easily share the results of class-wide polls or discussion questions with the rest of the group whether the class is in-person, remote, or a combination of the two. Instructors can hide student names to preserve anonymity and encourage introverted students to participate, but they’ll still know who said what if intervention is necessary. Again, students are challenged to come up with their own ideas instead of turning to someone else.