Echo360 Academic Champion Takes the Lead from Students
There’s often a palpable level of excitement and anticipation during the student election week at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. You only have to glance through the campaign literature dotted around the university to get a sense of what it is that really matters to students. More than 50,000 students study at Swinburne, which…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
Brock University Launches New Initiative to Cost-effectively Expand High Quality Video Content Usage for Online, Blended and Face-to-face Learning
Colleges and universities around the world are grappling with ways to manage the ever-increasing volume of video on campus. Yet most video content management and storage solutions were not designed to support a university’s primary mission: teaching and learning. Institutions are searching for a solution that supports their academic priorities. Following a competitive evaluation process…