Quality (and Quantity) of Classroom Participation Helps Improve Student Outcomes
This week our #edtech / #edchat recap week features several stories about Echo360. Dr. Perry Samson, Echo360’s Head of Teaching Innovation provides insights into how he makes his large lecture classes more active. In an article written for EducauseReview titled Promoting Engagement in Larger Classes, Dr. Samson shares his research and experiences from teaching his…
Improving Student Comprehension and Success Rates with Lecture Capture Technology
For more than a decade, the faculty at UMass Lowell has turned to technology to enhance their teaching effectiveness. In order to give their students 24 / 7 access to course content and lectures in calculus and chemistry, they selected the Echo360 lecture capture solution. Using Echo360 now gives students at UMass Lowell a web-based…
Students Thrive in an Active Learning Environment – Our Weekly #Edtech and #Edchat Recap
Our weekly #edtech / #edchat recap focuses how active learning improves student performance and outcomes, on the classroom of the future, and how the role of the college professor is poised to change. Check out the top articles that passed through our Twitter newsfeed in the past week. According to the 2012 Program for Student…
Digital Natives Benefit from BYOD Classroom Technology
Most of today’s students have some form of mobile device, as this generation of digital natives have not known life without a smartphone or tablet nearby. The bring your own device (BYOD) trend is gaining more traction in the education landscape as these digital natives come of age and move on to higher education and vocational…
8,000 Classrooms: Active Learning Fuels Innovation and Improves Student Outcomes at CWRU
Our 8,000 Classrooms series returns today to the campus of Case Western Reserve University (@cwru) where we spotlight Barbara Kuemerle, an instructor in the Department of Biology. Case Western Reserve has pioneered the use of classroom video lecture capture and active learning methods such as flipped classrooms to improve student engagement and outcomes. Tell our…
5 Reasons to Look Into Hybrid Learning
Hybrid learning, a type of classroom structure that includes both online components and classroom time, is becoming increasingly popular in the modern university system. In a recent article, Northeastern University explored five reasons that hybrid learning is worth considering. 1. Allows Better Time Management for Students Students in this type of learning environment can manage…
Recapping 30 Days of Lecture Capture: Everything You Need to Know
We devoted the entire month of June to one of the foundational technologies of active learning: lecture capture. From blended learning and flipped classrooms to distance learning, lecture capture is the technology that makes it all happen. We covered a lot of ground last month, talking about the underlying pedagogy, the technology itself, elements of…
96% of City University of Hong Kong Students Want More Lecture Capture
The City University of Hong Kong has more than 20,000 students enrolled in over 30 graduate and undergraduate degree programs. The institution uses state-of-the-art technology to deliver curriculum to an increasingly mobile and diverse student population. Since 2009, City U Hong Kong has used Echo360 lecture capture technology to allow their instructors to develop innovative…
Using Echo360 Video to Enhance Learning by Doing
The Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) is leading the pack when it comes to using innovative technologies to offer more flexible, active learning to prepare more than 5,500 full-time and part-time students for sustainable careers. The institution was put to the test in delivering education to students in the aftermath…
Lecture Capture and STEM Education. It’s a Two-Way Communication.
Last week we invited you to review the research from a 3-year study on the success of the flipped classroom at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Many educators seem to agree that there is a natural fit for technology such as lecture capture and for advanced active learning methods such as flipped…