21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 8) Increasing Student Engagement, Without Recording
This is the ninth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 8 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I use the in-class engagement tools, but not capture? Sometimes you may wish to run an interactive session with your class but feel that…
Delivering Innovation in Education at One of the Best University Systems in the World – A Case Study
Finland has a long and well-deserved reputation for innovation in education which appears to yield results, with its universities recently ranking as the highest performing in the world. Within its higher education system, the country has two over-arching goals: – Offer learning environments that are among the best in the world, and, – Provide flexible and…
Transforming the Student Learning Experience with Video and Active Learning at The University of Adelaide
For The University of Adelaide, Echo360 is more than just a lecture capture system. It is part of the overall ecosystem that more easily enables lecturers to offer learning experiences that are, in the words of Travis Cox, Director of Learning Enhancement and Innovation “more than one-hour transcribing sessions.” Study after study reinforces that the…
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…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 2) How to Record an Asynchronous Screencast with Echo360
This is the third blog in our new how-to series for educators and example 2 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I record a screencast? Creating a recording of your teaching in class can be great for student learning and super convenient in so…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360: A Blog Series for Educators
“The question is not ‘does lecture capture work?’, but how can we use lecture capture to enable students to achieve good outcomes” Alejandro Armellini, 2018 Digital tools provide rich new opportunities for educators to deliver their teaching and connect with learners. These same tools are blurring the boundaries of our classrooms and lecture theatres with…
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…
University of Sheffield Instructor Flips His Classroom to Deepen Student Learning
Last year, we highlighted how Gareth Bramley, University Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Sheffield, uses the interactive polling and question features of Echo360 in his Sale of Goods module. Gareth believes the ability to pose different kinds of questions during a lecture has increased the level of student engagement and has…
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,…
DFW Rates Decline by More than half to 9% in Political Science Course with Video and Active Learning
Ivan Ivanov, Assistant Professor Educator of Political Science and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Cincinnati, has a lot to say about how technology can be integrated successfully into the higher education classroom. Ivanov has taught international relations and comparative politics at several universities, and has led study abroad programs. He has witnessed…