Echo360 Powers the Modern Classroom Experience – Solutions for Every Classroom, Learning Situation, and Budget
Learning moments can happen anywhere, and capturing those moments can be a challenge, but not with Echo360. From field projects, to small classrooms, to state-of-the-art lecture halls we’ve got it covered. The Echo360 active learning platform captures all your learning moments – on any subject and in any location. Echo360 powers the modern classroom experience….
Our Recap of Educause 2015 – Improved Outcomes Start with Great Moments in the Classroom
Educause 2015 is now history. More than 4000 IT and education technology professionals convened in Indianapolis to attend higher education’s premier technology event. The event gave us an opportunity to demonstrate how our active learning platform transforms the classroom and education. Student engagement + award-winning lecture capture + real-time learner analytics = improved learning outcomes…
Faculty Are the Key to Real Disruption in Higher Education
I remember in 2012, the New York Times declaring in an article that it was officially the “Year of the MOOC.” Was it possible that I was really living through the same revolution that I experienced in 1997 while I was working at America Online—the “Year of the Internet”? Supposedly, the long awaited “disruption” in…
Engaging with Active Learning Technology at Boston University
Before a packed conference room and under a brilliant New England autumn sky, we held our active learning conference at Boston University on October 7, 2015. Nearly 90 attendees filled the room at the Boston University School of Business, Metcalf Trustee Center. Attendees were a blend of faculty / instructors, instructional designers & curriculum developers,…
Lecture Capture: Supporting teaching and learning
Today, we’re highlighting another of the upcoming presentations from our Active Learning Conference at Boston University. Dr. Domenic Screnci, Executive Director Educational Technology, Training and Outreach, Information Services and Technology, Boston University will host a panel discussion comprised of stakeholders in the Echo360 lecture capture solution deployed at the university. Conference attendees will hear from…
Managing User Education When Implementing New Technology
We had many great presentations from customer institutions at our Los Angeles Active Learning Conference last week. Our upcoming Boston Active Learning Conference at Boston University promises more of the same. We have a full line up of speakers across the spectrum of higher education – technology professionals, instructional designers, faculty and administrators. This gives…
Reimagining the Classroom – Anywhere, Anytime Teaching and Learning
If one word could capture the common thread that ran through the presentations at our Los Angeles Active Learning Conference it would be “innovation.” In addition to presentations from Echo360 product staff about the future direction of our products, the conference featured several guest speakers who are using the Active Learning Platform, lecture capture, and…
The Value of Active Learning – Instructor Perspectives
Dr. Perry Samson and his “Extreme Weather” students at the University of Michigan One of our most popular speakers is Dr. Perry Samson, Head of Teaching Innovation, Echo360. Dr. Samson regularly speaks and writes on the topic of innovation in the classroom. In a recent article in Campus Technology, he wrote about the importance of…
Transforming the Modern Lecture into an Active Learning Experience
Students at UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy use classroom time for interactive engagement Today, an article “Liberal Arts Colleges Must Jettison Antiquated Lectures to Stay Relevant,” that I co-wrote with John T. Casteen III, PhD, the former president of the University of Virginia was published in the Hechinger Report. In it, we discuss the role…
Register Today – Active Learning Conferences
Our Active Learning Conference series ramps up this autumn with 2 events. We kick off the autumn with our first event in Los Angeles on September 21-22. Then we travel back to the East with a conference in Boston on October 6-7. This year marks also the 10th annual Echo360 A/NZ Community Conference. This milestone…