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Getting Information Out of Students’ Heads – Strategies to Support “Retrieval Practice”

Last month, I wrote about how instructors could increase student participation by using Echo360’s engagement tools. This month, I want to discuss how Echo360 can be used to support a learning strategy known as ‘retrieval practice.’ The website, RetrievalPractice.org defines retrieval practice as a learning strategy focused on getting information out of student’s heads. Through the act of…

University of Sheffield Instructor Flips His Classroom to Deepen Student Learning

Last year, we highlighted how Gareth Bramley, University Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Sheffield, uses the interactive polling and question features of Echo360 in his Sale of Goods module. Gareth believes the ability to pose different kinds of questions during a lecture has increased the level of student engagement and has…

4 Top Reasons Why You Must Attend Our Chicago Active Learning Conference

Preparations are underway and the Echo360 team and session speakers are working overtime to make our North American user conference the best conference ever! Hosted this year by the University of Illinois at Chicago on August 1 – 2, 2018, the event brings together academic and technology leaders from around the world. If you haven’t…

5 Steps to Generate Non-Dues Revenue From Meeting Content

To remain relevant, organizations must be able to distribute important, cutting-edge education quickly and continuously. Meeting content is an excellent education source, and the content has the highest relevancy during and after the event has taken place. Increasingly, organizations are also seeking strategies for boosting their non-dues revenue—49% of associations hosting annual meetings are concerned…

Metacognition: Improving Student Awareness of Their Own Learning with Video and Low-Stakes Testing

Student “View” of Intro to Macroeconomics using Echo360 Metacognition is defined as the “awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes.” For students, it ultimately means having the ability to know what they know and do not know, how they think, and what helps them learn. In his micro and macroeconomics classes at the University…

Evaluating Video Platforms for Education? Read Our “Top-10” Checklist for Buyers

There is a tsunami of digital video engulfing colleges and universities. As student demand for video rises, educational technologists, IT professionals, faculty and administrators must find the right video platform to support their institution’s needs. A platform designed to support a university’s sports programs may not effectively support the mission of teaching and learning. So,…

DFW Rates Decline by More than half to 9% in Political Science Course with Video and Active Learning

Ivan Ivanov, Assistant Professor Educator of Political Science and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Cincinnati, has a lot to say about how technology can be integrated successfully into the higher education classroom. Ivanov has taught international relations and comparative politics at several universities, and has led study abroad programs. He has witnessed…

Getting to the Active Part of the Echo360 Video and Active Learning Platform

Active Learning Occasionally, when first considering Echo360’s video and active learning platform, an Instructor will look at a video and say “this isn’t active learning”. In the politest way possible, the response is, “it’s not going to teach for you.” A platform such as Echo360 provides just that, a platform for you, as the Instructor,…

Helping Instructors Get Started with Echo360 – Why It’s the ‘I’ in Instructor That Matters

“Oh, please NO!!” This was my internal response when I was asked to write a blog post on ‘getting started’ with Echo360. Not because I don’t want to help or because I think it’s difficult or complex to start using the cloud-based platform – it’s not. The real reason I have a hard time putting…

Reykjavik University: A Case Study on How to Engage “Digital Natives” through Video and Active Learning Methods

Reykjavik University(RU) is an institution that emphasizes hands-on learning focusing on solving real-world problems students will face upon entering the workforce. Long a pioneer in research and technology, RU has turned to Echo360 as a tool to reach digital natives by using video and active learning teaching methods. “Today’s students have grown up with smart…

How Monash College Transformed Passive Lectures into Lively Discussions

Described as “the tool that enabled a change in student engagement”, staff and students at Monash College in Melbourne, Australia have been reflecting on the role that Echo360 played in their educational transformation. “It is always pedagogy first…” pointed out Dr Kulari Lokuge, Associate Director for eLearning, who played a critical role in leading the…

Video Makes Your LMS Content Better

Echo360 has distinguished itself by turning passive video into active learning via a unique classroom that surrounds your video with learning tools that enable students to take notes, indicate confusion, and engage in peer-to-peer discussion. But video isn’t always the star of the show. What about those times when you want to author rich LMS…

The GDPR is Coming, and it’s a Good Thing

Whether you live in the European Union (EU) or not, you’ve probably heard about the GDPR by now. It stands for the General Data Protection Regulation and it is designed to strengthen and unify data protection for individuals in the European Union. It will go into effect on 25 May 2018, and at that time…

Video Technology Supports the Needs of the 21st-Century Workforce

Northampton Community College (NCC), located in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley is unique among community colleges in the state. It is the only community college in Pennsylvania to offer on-campus housing and serves more than 35,000 students a year with the programs they need to enter the workforce or to continue their studies. Offering degrees in more…

Embracing Non-Traditional Students at Indian River State College

Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, Florida is comprised of a diverse student population, and many of these individuals have modern life and learning needs. Like at most institutions today, the typical student is not an 18-year-old coming straight from high school. Up to three-fourths of undergraduate students nationwide are considered “non-traditional students,”…

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