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Delivering Innovation in Education at One of the Best University Systems in the World – A Case Study

Finland has a long and well-deserved reputation for innovation in education which appears to yield results, with its universities recently ranking as the highest performing in the world. Within its higher education system, the country has two over-arching goals: – Offer learning environments that are among the best in the world, and, – Provide flexible and…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 7) Increasing Student Engagement: Delivering Live Interactive Teaching to Off-campus Learners

This is the eighth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 7 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I deliver live interactive teaching to off-campus learners? Providing active learning opportunities in the classroom has been shown to improve student engagement, retention and…

3 Ways that Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Will Improve Your Echo360 Experience!

You may not realize it, but you’re probably already using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) in your daily life today. ASR is fast becoming a common consumer technology through services such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Hey Google, and it is now also a part of Echo360. Built on the same speech recognition engine that…

Echo360 Clients Reap Benefit of Modern Cloud Architecture

Back in 2015, Echo360 set out to build an entirely new video platform that combined a complete set of video learning tools with student engagement and instructor analytics, and we knew we needed to do this in the cloud. Given that we were already the leading vendor in lecture capture and had a large install…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 6) Increasing Student Engagement: Facilitating In-Class Discussions and Group Work

This is the seventh blog in our how-to series for educators and example 6 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I facilitate online discussions my class? If we could channel the enthusiasm that students have for communicating with digital tools (Snapchat, Instagram, etc), how…

Transforming the Student Learning Experience with Video and Active Learning at The University of Adelaide

For The University of Adelaide, Echo360 is more than just a lecture capture system. It is part of the overall ecosystem that more easily enables lecturers to offer learning experiences that are, in the words of Travis Cox, Director of Learning Enhancement and Innovation “more than one-hour transcribing sessions.” Study after study reinforces that the…

The Future of Video Capture Just Got Smarter: Meet Echo360 Universal Capture

If you haven’t already heard about how Echo360 leapfrogged other video capture solutions with the launch of Echo360 Universal Capture, then you’re in for a treat. Or, maybe you just haven’t had time to check it out. Either way, this short video will show you how one software solution with a simple capture interface, consistent…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 5) Increasing Student Engagement: Creating Student Polls, Questions, and Other Activities

This is the sixth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 5 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I include polling activities in my class? Pausing your teaching to ask students a question is nothing new and is likely to be common…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 4) Lights, Camera, Action! Teaching and Live Broadcasting with Echo360

This is the fifth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 4 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I teach and broadcast live? Often, we find that a small group of our students have legitimate reasons for not attending our class but…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 3) How to Schedule Recordings of Your Classes with Echo360

This is the fourth blog in our new how-to series for educators and example 3 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I schedule the recording of my teaching? Scheduling recordings before your teaching removes the pressure of having to manually record yourself, and ensures…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 2) How to Record an Asynchronous Screencast with Echo360

This is the third blog in our new how-to series for educators and example 2 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I record a screencast? Creating a recording of your teaching in class can be great for student learning and super convenient in so…

Lecture Capture Helps A Diverse Student Body Master Content at the University of Massachusetts – Boston

At the University of Massachusetts – Boston, diversity across race, age, sexual orientation, and ethnicity has been part of the institution of learning for many years. In fact, UMass Boston is often considered one of the most diverse student bodies in the entire New England region. Looking at nationality alone, over 12% of the student population hails from…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360: 1) How to Record Your Class with Echo360

This is the second blog in our new how-to series for educators and example 1 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I record my teaching? Recording your teaching provides students with an audio/video copy to allow them to update their notes, recap on…

21 Ways to Teach with Echo360: A Blog Series for Educators

“The question is not ‘does lecture capture work?’, but how can we use lecture capture to enable students to achieve good outcomes” Alejandro Armellini, 2018 Digital tools provide rich new opportunities for educators to deliver their teaching and connect with learners. These same tools are blurring the boundaries of our classrooms and lecture theatres with…

Announcing Echo360’s Australian and New Zealand Academic Champion Grant Winners

In March this year, the Echo360 team in Australia and New Zealand were excited to announce the launch of our 2018 Academic Champion Grants. First and foremost, the idea of the grants was to gather a team of interested people together from a range of institutions and roles and, over the course of 12 months…

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