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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 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,”…
Create, Curate, Educate: Echo360 ANZ’s 12th Annual Conference
If you missed the 12th Annual ANZ Echo360 conference, you will have missed the clear message that change continues to be afoot in the capture world. Every year we gather to celebrate the hard work Echo360 users have put in to implementing the platform across their campuses. We eat, drink and are merry; we hear…
EDUCAUSE 2017 Recap – 3 Ways Echo360 is Meeting the Needs of Higher Education
The curtain has fallen on EDUCAUSE 2017 and the research coming out of the conference indicates that faculty and students alike see the positive impact technology has on the teaching and learning experience. The Campus Technology 2017 Technology Survey revealed that more than 80 percent of the faculty members surveyed say that technology has a…