Brock University Professor Makes Online Learning Interactive, Engaging, and Personal
This is the second article in a two-part series outlining how Brock University uses Echo360 for online learning and video content management. Formative Assessment Activities Keep Students Participating and Engaged While Learning Online Keeping students focused in large-enrollment lecture classes is challenging during normal times when classes are presented face-to-face. Keeping them engaged during online…
“Chasing Interesting, Disruptive Movements” – Raise the Line Podcast Features Echo360 CEO Fred Singer
Echo360 CEO Fred Singer was the featured guest on a recent episode of the Raise the Line podcast series, sponsored by Osmosis.org, a leading health education learning platform. In a wide-ranging interview with Osmosis co-founder, Shiv Gaglani, Singer talked about what makes Echo360 different, describing it as a “learning company” not just an education technology…
Video Technology Helps Schreiner University Reimagine Classroom Instruction
Echo360 Video Platform Plays Essential Role as Students Return to Campus for Focused 8-Week Terms Schreiner University is a private Presbyterian university with an enrollment of about 1,300 students located in Kerrville, Texas. The university describes itself as a “place of opportunity” offering a personalized, integrated, and holistic educational experience. Small classes, face-to-face instruction, and…
Webinar Recap: Mobilizing Remote Learning in Traditional Teaching
Echo360 Helps University of Toledo Expand Online and Hybrid Learning In the third and final webinar of our hybrid and online learning series in 2020, a panel of experts from the University of Toledo shared their experiences on how the university is using Echo360 and other technology to expand online and hybrid learning in response…
Using Embedded Polling to Assess Student Knowledge and Skills in Online and Hybrid Courses
Formative Assessments Create Opportunities to Engage Students and Assess Course-Related Knowledge and Skills As universities move more to teaching online, how can instructors create greater opportunities for student engagement? What is the role of formative assessment in online learning and how can instructors discover what, how much, and how well their students are learning? These…
How One University is Changing Student Assessments
The world is more connected than ever. While some lecturers are still debating allowing mobile technology in classes, a team of lecturers from The University of Tasmania have been using the affordances of mobile technology to help them improve communication of online video and assessment. Using Mobile Technology in Music and Art Education Dr Bill…
Instructor Mixes Technology with a Healthy Serving of Student Interaction to Create an Engaging Online Learning Experience
Even though Classes are Online, Artful Teaching Remains at the Heart of Student Learning The first of three Echo360 webinars focusing on hybrid and online teaching kicked off with a presentation by Dr. Louise Robson, a senior university teacher and Otto Hutter teaching prize winner at the University of Sheffield. Her presentation, titled How Blending…
What Higher Ed Can Learn about Creating Engaging Online and Hybrid Learning Experiences from Bishop Garcia Diego High School
Leading Private High School Uses Echo360 and Zoom to Reach and Teach Students at Home and Abroad When the COVID-19 pandemic forced its campus to close it was no surprise that, like many other schools, Bishop Garcia Diego High School, a private Catholic school in Santa Barbara, CA turned to Zoom to deliver classes remotely….
Delivering Hybrid and Online Learning with Greater Than 99.999% Reliability
It’s been more than six months since the COVID-19 pandemic closed campuses and forced educators around the world to move to remote and online learning. As we reported back in April 2020, we saw a significant increase in Echo360 use during the initial phase of the pandemic, even as classroom recording declined. Now that school…
How Macquarie University Uses Video Assignments to Develop and Extend Students’ Communication and Digital Storytelling Skills
Click here to read more on how a team of lecturers from The University of Tasmania from across several colleges have been successfully using Echo360’s video and mobile technology with students. Enrolments doubled this year for ‘The Archaeology of Death and Burial’ course at Macquarie University. Associate Professor Ronika Power, Lecturer in Bioarchaeology at the…