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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…

Students Select Echo360 as #1 Application at Western University

Six hundred institutions around the world use the Echo360 active learning platform to increase student engagement, gain greater insight into learning, and improve outcomes. Today, we feature the University of Western Ontario (Western) where Dr. Kem Rogers, Professor and Chair of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry championed the use of…

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…

Active Learning for 2015

We’ve come a long way since Echo360 released its’ first lecture capture solution in 2006. Facebook and social media was in its’ infancy. The iPhone was still a year away from being released. Fast forward to 2015 and we now see an invasion of mobile devices and applications. Does your classroom look like the one…

Studying the Impact of Student Engagement on Outcomes and Retention

Our weekly #edtech and #edchat recap features news from Echo360 this week. Don’t miss the latest news. Subscribe to our blog by simply typing in your email address in the subscription box in the right hand column above! Yesterday, leading community college network Achieving the Dream announced a collaboration with Echo360 to explore which student…

Improving Student Participation in Large Lecture Classes

Dr. Colin Montpetit, Assistant Professor, Biology at the University of Ottawa knows how to get his students to participate in class. Even though many of his lecture courses top 200 students or more, he is consistently able to redirect students away from social media and other distractions and back to the topic at hand: biology…

Leveraging the Power of Learner Analytics and Collaboration

Our weekly #edtech / #edchat recap takes a look at the near-term future of education technology and the impact learner analytics will play. Here are some of the hot topics that crossed our Twitter feed this week. What will education technology look like over the next 5 years? This article, published on Mindshift takes a…

Quality (and Quantity) of Classroom Participation Helps Improve Student Outcomes

This week our #edtech / #edchat recap week features several stories about Echo360. Dr. Perry Samson, Echo360’s Head of Teaching Innovation provides insights into how he makes his large lecture classes more active. In an article written for EducauseReview titled Promoting Engagement in Larger Classes, Dr. Samson shares his research and experiences from teaching his…

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