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4 Tried and True Strategies for Online Teaching

Echo360 education director John Wilson shares four strategies for effective on-line teaching.

4 types of great polling questions to keep your audience engaged

Not only is numeric response a great question type for all things mathematical, it can be used for any question with a number association.

4 ways to address sensitive issues in the classroom and the office

Political opinions. Alcohol and drug use. Company culture. Mental health. Discussions surrounding sensitive topics like these are vital to not only the college student experience, but also very much applicable to ensuring employee success. However, when these subjects come up, the silence is often deafening. No one wants to feel judged or embarrassed, and many…

5 Course Examples That Inspire Creativity

Instructional designers can get stumped for ideas much like writer’s block. Here are some top course examples that can help get the creative juices flowing.

5 creative ways to utilize our scheduling feature

Utilizing multiple choice questions as well as short answer is sure to diversify responses.

5 effective blended learning strategies

In situations where virtual interactions need to replace in-class sessions, students can still respond from any location using their own cell phones, tablets and computers.

5 poll questions to ask during new-hire trainings

Here are 5 polling questions to ask in new-hire training to keep your audience engaged and coming back!

Take Advantage of Interactive Teaching Tools for Outstanding Learning Experiences

Whether you’re teaching at the college or K12 level, or leading government or corporate training, interactive teaching tools are a must for today’s online, hybrid, and blended classrooms. Through interactive learning, students improve their performance and develop a greater level of autonomy. Interactive learning also improves students’ retention of information as it promotes self-directed learning….

Self-Paced Classes: Achieving Equity with an Unequal Timetable

Many of us live in countries who use holidays to celebrate historic or religious events; think Diwali, Thanksgiving, Eid al-Fitr, ANZAC day and the Queen’s birthday. But, what if, like Marcie Connor, Coordinator for Animal Studies and RSPCA at Box Hill Institute, you also have a cohort of students with a scheduled class on that…

4 Tried and True Strategies for Online Teaching

While online teaching did not begin with the pandemic, it has definitely taken off in a whole new way since the spring of 2020. For educators who are new to distance learning, it can be challenging to know which online teaching techniques work best — or even where to start. Echo360 enables exceptional learning experiences…

Equity, Evidence, and Engagement: Our Formula for Engaged Learning

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust instructors in the corporate and academic worlds into a new normal where nothing seems normal. In this article, I’ll explain how concretely defining an effective learning engagement model can bring stability to instructors and learners alike. With expansive growth in education technology over the past several decades, online learning was…

The In-Class “Chat Box” – Using An Anonymous Question Platform to Support Students

Hybrid Teaching Offers Opportunities for Increased Student Engagement The move to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly been challenging for the higher education sector. However, it has also provided an opportunity for us to teach and support students in very different ways. With the transition back into the classroom, it is essential that…

Four Proven Tips for Teaching Online

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed learning online in a major way, serving to accelerate a trend that was already making waves in higher education and employee development. Instructors in Higher Ed, K12, Corporate, and Government organizations are expected to be able to teach just as effectively online as they could in a traditional classroom setting. If…

In-Person, Online, or Hybrid: Small Universities Tap Into the Power of Video Learning to Deliver Instruction in Multiple Ways

Campus-Wide Deployment of Echo360 Helps Brewton-Parker College Support Student Athletes and Older Learners While Improving the Residential Learning Experience Over the course of just a few weeks during the fall of 2020, Brewton-Parker College completed a campus-wide installation of the Echo360 video platform. In addition to conducting face-to-face classes on campus, now the college can…

Enhancing the Experience of Language Learning with Echo360

Dr Xinyi Tan, Assistant Professor of Chinese and French, and author of a chapter in the 2021 book, Designing Courses with Digital Technologies, is a great advocate of using technology to support student success. Using the Echo360 video learning platform, Dr Tan has created a flipped learning environment that helps her ensure students grasp the…

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