How a Preeminent Veterinary Medicine School Uses Video to Support Excellence in Education
As one of only 30 colleges or schools of veterinary medicine in the United States, the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine has championed the use of technology to create an innovative learning environment. This environment and surrounding culture helps them to attract top students from around the U.S. and the world. Increasingly, video…
For the First Time, Instructors Can Create Secure Video Assignments through the LMS
While Echo360 has been integrated with the LMS assignment tool for some time now, our new Secure Video Assignments capability gives instructors more flexibility when creating student video assignments using the LMS, with an option to lock the video submission to editing. “Instructors have told us that the problem with leveraging student videos for LMS…
Choosing a Cutting-Edge Lecture Capture Solution for the Future – A Case Study from the University of Edinburgh
As is the case at many universities, student demand for lecture recordings at the University of Edinburgh was increasing. At the same time, the University wanted a lecture capture system that would help increase student success. With these factors in mind, the University embarked on a radically different method of procurement to ensure that it…
Video and Project-Based Learning Give Architectural Engineering Students Skills to Succeed On-the-Job
In his recent Echo360 instructor webinar, Anton Harfmann, professor and director of architectural engineering at the University of Cincinnati described the opportunities and challenges of using a Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach to prepare students for professional practice. With this pedagogical approach, students can internalize concepts faster as they apply them in practical, just-in-time delivery. However,…
What We Accomplished in 2018, and Our Path For Success in 2019
2018 was a big year for Echo360. Working together with more than 1,200 schools, we’ve enhanced distance learning and on-campus video learning programs for millions of students around the world. With more than 51 million measured student interactions and 20 million hours of faculty-recorded learning content viewed in 2018, we have been busy delivering on…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 21) Encourage Active Learning in your Class
This is the twenty-second and final blog in our how-to series for educators and example 21 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I encourage active learning in my class? Throughout this blog series we have seen various examples of how the engagement tools in…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 20) Create video-based learning activities in your LMS
This is the twenty-first blog in our how-to series for educators and example 20 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I create video-based learning activities in my LMS? Video-based learning is very effective for self-directed student learning as educative videos make it possible to learn…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 19) Use Confusion Alerts to Review Teaching Delivery
This is the twentieth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 19 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I use confusion alerts to review my teaching delivery? We often rely on students to tell us when they are confused in class. They are…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 18) Using Learning Analytics During my Class
This is the nineteenth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 18 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I use learning analytics during my class? Whilst there is much talk about big data, there is little said about the practical uses of analytics…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 16) Facilitate discussions in small group teaching sessions
This is the seventeenth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 16 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I facilitate discussions in small group teaching sessions? Conducting a conversation with students in small classes can be one of the most rewarding aspects of…