Blended learning is a mix of in-class and online learning. With the right blended learning tools, it can take advantage of the best of both worlds—the connectivity and personal interaction of an in-person classroom along with the flexibility and customization possible with an online learning environment.
That’s why Echo360 has developed the Echosystem. The Echosystem experience framework takes all of our tools—from video management to content authoring to assessments—and puts them in a framework with the learner, instructor, or administrator as the epicenter to help them achieve personalized learning experiences. Our tools for blended learning are designed to empower each student in the classroom, whether in person or online.
It all starts with EchoAuthor, which has an intuitive and quick interface for course creation. Included are dozens of block types and interactive templates for assessments, matching exercises, interactive videos, and flashcards.
Gating allows you to create content that paces each student’s learning narrative while measuring progress. You can use this feature to ensure students complete material and demonstrate understanding with assessment before they move on. You do this by marking specific elements as required interactions before revealing additional content, even within the same lesson.
This way, you can monitor learner progress from your LMS and intercede where needed. You can also use this information to revise your content when necessary. This empowers each student by providing them with personalized learning targeted to their individual needs.
While EchoAuthor is for the instructor’s use, EchoEngage is for the student’s use. EchoAuthor features blended learning paths where students have some control over the pace of consuming content. Live classes can be scheduled and conducted synchronously, with all students and the instructor online together. Presentations, polling, and assessments take place during the live class.
Self-paced assignments are one of EchoEngage’s best blended learning tools. You can use a personalized learning approach to ensure equity in remote learning and provide targeted learning with the ability to set up assignments for specific individuals. This allows you to give extra support to students who are falling behind or to students who are getting ahead.
You can also use personalized, self-paced assignments to catch students who have missed days up. You can assign lectures as make-up to any students who have missed that particular lesson.
An essential blended learning tool includes accessibility for all students, and EchoEngage has that built right in. There are high-contrast visual interfaces and students can navigate on the screen using any device, including keyboard shortcuts for every action. This empowers every student because they can interact with the online portion of the class in the way that best suits them.
With EchoVideo, you can capture entire lectures live and save them to share with students who have missed the class period or who want to review the lecture information. If you’re not recording your lectures live, you can record them offline and edit them before presenting the video.
You can easily edit videos with EchoVideo. You have a straightforward visual timeline of your videos, making it easy to insert other content where it makes the most sense. This could be an external video clip, an image, a graphic, or whatever you need.
EchoVideo also makes it comfortable for all students to participate in discussions. As you share your screen during your lecture, students can ask or answer questions anonymously, making them more likely to be open. At the same time, you can see who said what, which makes it possible to offer extra assistance to a student who needs it.
Proper assessment is another essential blended learning tool. EchoExam includes a quick test wizard that allows you to choose topics and associated question banks to create a test in minutes. It lets you identify how many of each type of question you want on the exam (multiple-choice, numeric response, short answer, etc.). You can review the questions pulled from your question banks and swap them out as needed. You can also modify the look, reorder questions, and apply test styles to your generated exam.
EchoExam’s tools for blended learning let you protect the integrity of tests in a number of ways. You can scramble the order in which questions appear, scramble multiple-choice option order, randomize which questions from your test banks get used on the test, and even offer different iterations of the same question in some cases. You can make several versions of the same test with just a few clicks. Using EchoExam’s Test Manager, you can also automatically grade tests.
Of course, an assessment tool needs to provide actionable metrics, which EchoExam’s Test Manager does. You can view numerous performance metrics at the class and individual levels. You can make reports that indicate whether your class as a whole or whether individual students are meeting benchmarks and take personalized action for those who are not. This empowers students by giving them the opportunity to demonstrate their learning and to get academic help when they need it.
Instructors, administrators, and learners everywhere can now experience the most comprehensive suite of learning engagement, assessment, and authoring solutions.
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Instructors, administrators, and learners everywhere can now experience the most comprehensive suite of learning engagement, assessment, and authoring solutions.
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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.
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.
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.
The Echosystem was made with blended learning in mind, which is why our blended learning tools are exceptional. To learn how you can leverage our portfolio of engagement solutions for your students, contact us today. We’ll be happy to walk you through all the features offered by Echo360.
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Unleashing the end-to-end learning potential of video, from creation to administration.
Designing and delivering effective engagement tools that produce results.
Providing empirical evidence of engagement, progress, and opportunity areas through easy-to-use dashboards.
Integrating seamlessly with the most widely used Learning Management Systems in education and business.
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