Making Smarter Choices During A Crisis
The most recent information suggests COVID-19 is not going away any time soon; experts believe the global peak may be in 3-4 months. As this reality settles in, every day brings on an increasing number of school closures. With no time to adjust, institutions are scrambling to leverage any tools they can to teach remotely…
The Role of Video in Fostering Deeper Connections with Online Students
Instructors teaching online face many challenges. Among them is how to overcome the sense of feeling disconnected with their students. How can they be present for students, create a sense of community, and encourage them to participate and engage with the course material? Is it even possible to make an online course feel like a…
The Echo360 European Academic Champions Spearhead a New Era for Student Engagement
What are the best active learning techniques for increasing student engagement? How can universities embed them more deeply? And how could students use lecture recordings more effectively in their studies? These are just a few of the questions that will be answered by the universities selected to participate in Echo360’s Academic Champions Grant programme for…
Take the Power of Video Capture Outside of the Classroom and Into the Kitchen or Vineyard
Video is Everywhere. How Can We Best Use It to Support Learning? Type ‘research on using video in higher education’, into Google and you get over 7 billion results! While I didn’t have time to read them all, I know that the blogs, articles and research papers on the first few pages all mention the benefits…
Introducing the 2019 Echo360 North American Academic Champion Grant Recipients
Among the highlights of our recent North American Community User Conference was the introduction of our 2019 North American Academic Champion Grant awardees. This global grant program is designed to promote innovative uses of Echo360 in the classroom, encourage faculty adoption of best practices for academic video, and to explore new ways to use Echo360…
Echo360 Academic Champions – Boosting Student Outcomes with Video and Active Learning on a Global Scale
A select group of instructors and teaching and learning support staff from higher education institutions around the world will focus their efforts on using video and active learning tools to increase student engagement and support teaching excellence. This team of individuals are the Echo360 Academic Champions, who have each been awarded a grant to help…
Delivering World Leading Physical and Online Learning Spaces
Based in Perth, Western Australia, and with an increasingly global presence, Curtin University is known for an innovative approach to teaching and learning that includes a true commitment to learning space innovation. From lecture capture and live streaming classes with tracking cameras and overhead microphones, to recording practical lessons in simulation labs and real-life patient…
Exploring Smarter Video Transcription to Support Universal Design for Learning and Cost Savings
Higher education institutions share a goal of making learning more accessible to all students. To meet this goal many colleges and universities, including UMass Amherst, have adopted the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework in an effort to design curriculum to serve all learners, regardless of ability, disability, age, gender or background. Modern technologies often…
Is it Time for the University Lecture to Evolve?
Are the days of the live university lecture numbered? Or is it time for universities to use their facilities to create a much more collaborative and engaging learning experience for their students? This has been a real hot topic of discussion in universities I’ve been visiting since we asked a panel of academics from University…
Choosing a Cutting-Edge Lecture Capture Solution for the Future – A Case Study from the University of Edinburgh
As is the case at many universities, student demand for lecture recordings at the University of Edinburgh was increasing. At the same time, the University wanted a lecture capture system that would help increase student success. With these factors in mind, the University embarked on a radically different method of procurement to ensure that it…