ICYMI: Final Day of Echo360 User Community Conference Focuses on How Echo360 Supports Higher Education’s “Hybrid Future”
Users Share How Echo360 Provides Critical Tools to Help Meet the Post-COVID Demands for Online and Hybrid Learning Did you miss the Echo360 User Community Conference? No worries! This is the third in a series of three articles recapping presentations from each day. The final day of our user community conference featured users whose experience…
Watch Party for Education
“Online live lecture watch parties are amazing because it feels a lot more engaging than just having to watch the already recorded lecture alone.” (Student) In 2020, Senior Psychology Lecturer, Emily Nordmann and her colleagues were trying to address a new challenge; supporting first and second year students who had opted for a traditional on-campus…
How Echo360 Became an Essential Teaching and Learning Tool at Northampton Community College
Emphasis on Faculty Training and Development Helps to Drive Adoption of Academic Video in More Than 500 Courses When Beth Ritter-Guth became Associate Dean for Online Learning & Educational Technology at Northampton Community College in 2019, one of her first tasks was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the educational technology used on campus. She focused…
EdTech Leaders Share the Benefits of Replacing Kaltura with Echo360 as Their Campus Video Platform
Lowering costs, reducing complexity, and providing better user experiences are the primary benefits of standardizing on Echo360 Two EdTech leaders recently shared reasons why their institutions selected Echo360 over Kaltura when consolidating their campus video applications. They described how, with Echo360, they can effectively manage all their video content on campus while providing their faculty…
ICYMI: Echo360 User Community Conference Day Two Focuses on How Increasing Engagement Leads to Greater Student Success
Users Share Experiences Using Echo360 to Boost Student Engagement, Promote Greater Participation and Inclusivity, and Improve Student Outcomes Did you miss the Echo360 User Community Conference? No worries! This is the second in a series of three articles recapping presentations from each day. Presenters during day two of the Echo360 User Community Conference tackled the…
How One Instructor Uses Echo360 to Engage and Assess Students
Click here to see the feedback video. I began using Echo360 several years ago as a teaching tool in my online courses. Initially, I used Echo360 to record short videos for my classes to help create a sense of social presence, provide personalized tutorials, and connect course concepts from one week to the next. At…
As the Australian Catholic University’s Use of Video Evolves, Echo360 is With Them Every Step of the Way
When I started working on the iLecture project at The University of Western Australia in 2003, the team had developed a world-leading lecture recording solution that had been garnering significant attention. Within a few years, 30% of Australian universities had implemented iLecture and, by 2015, that number had grown to over 70%. Across Australia and…
Webinar Recap: Beyond COVID – Providing Student Choice in Course Delivery with Hybrid Teaching
The “Choice Model” Addresses Student Expectations for More Hybrid and Online Learning Options Post-Pandemic Student experiences during the pandemic have likely reset their expectations for how teaching should be delivered. Colleges and universities plan to fully open campuses and resume classroom instruction this fall, but many students have said they want more choices for how…
Brock University Professor Makes Online Learning Interactive, Engaging, and Personal
This is the second article in a two-part series outlining how Brock University uses Echo360 for online learning and video content management. Formative Assessment Activities Keep Students Participating and Engaged While Learning Online Keeping students focused in large-enrollment lecture classes is challenging during normal times when classes are presented face-to-face. Keeping them engaged during online…
Instructor Mixes Technology with a Healthy Serving of Student Interaction to Create an Engaging Online Learning Experience
Even though Classes are Online, Artful Teaching Remains at the Heart of Student Learning The first of three Echo360 webinars focusing on hybrid and online teaching kicked off with a presentation by Dr. Louise Robson, a senior university teacher and Otto Hutter teaching prize winner at the University of Sheffield. Her presentation, titled How Blending…