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Most educational institutions have accommodations for students with sensory or motor impairments, but many other learning differences and needs go ignored. Learners have different study styles. They have different linguistic and cultural preferences. They have generational differences, and some operate under significant financial or practical constraints. McMaster University uses recorded lectures on EchoVideo to meet the needs of all learners, providing an accessible and inclusive education for everyone.
Lectures are great for aural learners, but visual learners prefer something they can see. With EchoVideo’s automatic speech recognition (ASR) capabilities, recorded lectures are automatically transcribed so McMaster University students can read the content. The convenience of on-demand playback also helps busy people pursue an education at McMaster even if they lack the time to be full-time students.
Younger generations don’t want a passive education, but instead, an active learning environment where communication and sharing are paramount. Echo360 supports this through anonymous polling capabilities that reduce the impact of gender and cultural biases while making it easier for all students to contribute to broader class discussions.
McMaster University has performed multiple surveys regarding the efficacy of Echo360 and the evidence is clear: Students love the technology. Of 247 Faculty of Science students surveyed, 76% reported using EchoVideo in some capacity. Of those, 92% reported that lecture capture made their courses more accessible while 84% believed it deepened their understanding of course content. Student Union President Giancarlo Da-Ré was even elected on a platform calling for increased use of Echo360 in McMaster classrooms.
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Cincinnati, OH
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Echo360 is driven to enable inspired learning experiences for everyone, anywhere through the high quality of solutions, tools, and standards we set for our work and ourselves.
Ensuring our solutions and tools are effective in all kinds of learning environments.
Unleashing the end-to-end learning potential of video, from creation to administration.
Designing and delivering effective engagement tools that produce results.
Providing empirical evidence of engagement, progress, and opportunity areas through easy-to-use dashboards.
Integrating seamlessly with the most widely used Learning Management Systems in education and business.
