Is Your Lecture Capture Solution a Golden Oldie?
Does your institution have a lecture capture solution? Or, are you considering investing in lecture capture now or in the future? If either case is true, we’d like to let you in on a little secret. Lecture capture technology by itself is not enough. Capturing a video in your classroom is easy. But, does your…
Flipping the Class for Hands-On Training and Deeper Learning
The flipped classroom has taken the education world by storm, but nowhere is this model more useful than in the vocational education setting. TAFE and VET institutions across Australia and New Zealand are turning to the flipped classroom to prepare their students with the skills and experience they’ll need to succeed in their vocation of…
Flipping the Classroom: Increase Engagement and Enhance Learning
The flipped classroom, where students review content prior to class and classroom time is spent discussing or acting on what was learned, is a model that’s trending among instructors and students alike. Here are some reasons that flipping the classroom makes sense. 1. Increase Student Engagement Students are often tuned out or surfing social media…
8000 Classrooms: Lecture Capture Helps to Serve a Large and Diverse Student Population
Today’s edition of 8000 Classrooms takes us to one of the largest regional training providers in Australia, North Coast TAFE. North Coast TAFE, part of TAFE NSW, provides courses and training to more than 45,000 students per year. Its mission is to provide high quality personalized vocational training to build prosperity, sustainability, and innovation. We…
8000 Classrooms: Creating Engagement Through the Flipped Classroom at CWRU
Today our 8000 Classrooms series takes us to the campus of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) located in Cleveland, Ohio. CWRU is home to more than 10,000 students from all 50 states and from 91 countries. While shooting a video there recently documenting CWRU’s use of Echo360, we had the opportunity to meet Dr. Genevieve…
8000 Classrooms: Instructor Perspectives on the Active Learning Classroom
Throughout the world, more than 2.5 million students at 650 higher education institutions use Echo360. In total, that adds up to more than 8000 classrooms where Echo360 is used every day. Students use the Echo360 active learning solutions to watch or review recorded lectures anywhere, anytime. They can take notes and create their own personalized…
Is Flipping the Classroom an Effective Teaching Method?
For educators looking to increase student engagement and performance, flipping the classroom holds great promise. With an educational model that works for more learning styles, the flipped classroom may be the classroom of the future. Understanding this model and the potential educational gains will help the modern educators make wise decisions. What Is the Flipped Classroom?…
Delaware State “Flips” over Active Learning for STEM education
Delaware State University’s (DSU) biology department was awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant was used to implement a flipped classroom environment for two freshman science classes, cell biology and genetics. Echo360 was selected as the active learning and lecture capture technology that will support the flipped learning model. The decision…
Active Learning: Flipped, Scrambled, but Never Over-Easy
I’m sure you’ve heard of blended or hybrid learning, methods that combine both online and in-in-class instruction. And I’m also sure you’re familiar with the flipped classroom, where students are asked to view video lectures at home, and then apply what they have learned when they arrive in class. Since 2013, Dr. Thomas Aicher, Assistant Professor…
Just Flip It
So are you tired of the term “flipping” yet? And no, I’m not talking about the type of flipping Seattle Seahawks’ Jermaine Kearse did with that crazy, one-in-a-million catch in last weekend’s Super Bowl. The flipped classroom is all the rage and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. This innovative pedagogical method continues to make…