Beyond Lecture Capture: Recording and Live Streaming More than 1,000 Events and Conferences Annually at Columbia School of Law
For the past 10 years, Columbia Law School has used Echo360 as its video and lecture capture platform. “Law students have a tremendous amount of information that they need to comprehend and master,” says Luis Bello, director of multimedia at Columbia Law School. “We also have students for whom English is their second language. For our students,…
Echo360 APAC: The Leader in the Market
‘They are unlike any other vendor we work with’, is a common refrain from our customers when asked about Echo360’s APAC team. The University of Western Australia, The University of Tasmania and The University of Queensland are not only Echo360’s customers, they are also a few of the institutions from where this team was recruited….
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…
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…
How Video Helps UIUC Vet Med Educate and Train the Next-Generation of Veterinarians
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Veterinary Medicine (UIUC Vet Med), video plays an important role in modern veterinary education. Since 2011, UIUC Vet Med has used Echo360 to record all the lectures presented in the College’s core Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program. The College began using Echo360’s cloud-based solution in…
How to Get Started with Zoom Integration, IP Camera Support, and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
We recently delivered three of the most requested features that our clients have asked for via the Feedback link in the platform: Zoom integration, IP camera support and HLS (HTTP live streaming). We’re always listening, so if you have something you would like to see us implement, don’t hesitate to ask. The Feedback link can…
Instructors at McMaster University Experience How Students Learn with Video Technology First-Hand
New research reveals that an overwhelming majority of instructors want technology in the classroom. That same research shows that most students (79%) want courses that integrate technology such as video and lecture capture that allows them to access their course content online, anywhere and at any time. But, how can digital learning leaders ensure that…
Our Echo360 Customer Success Team Helps Your Team Excel
To Echo360, higher education is not a market, it is our mission. Our technology was born from research projects at University of Western Australia and University of Michigan, so we have an unwavering commitment to delivering reliable, scalable and affordable video solutions designed specifically for higher education. We employ a high-touch customer success model designed…
What You Need to Know About the 2019 Echo360 European Community Conference and Why You Shouldn’t Miss Next Year.
The magnificent city of Edinburgh, UK, was the setting for this year’s Echo360 European Community Conference. Our hosts were the Media Hopper Team from The University of Edinburgh, led by Anne-Marie Scott, who have been trail-blazing with the implementation of their Replay lecture recording service across 400 teaching rooms during the past three years –…