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…
The Role of Video in Fostering Deeper Connections with Online Students
Instructors teaching online face many challenges. Among them is how to overcome the sense of feeling disconnected with their students. How can they be present for students, create a sense of community, and encourage them to participate and engage with the course material? Is it even possible to make an online course feel like a…
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…
Vet-Med Students Learn Vital Surgical Skills through Video, Allowing More Time for Practice and Feedback
Serving between 60-120 students per lab, and as many as 480 students per semester, Dr. Frank Cerfogli, a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, used to spend most of his time teaching students how to perform and master surgical techniques and procedures by going student to student and providing…
New Study Finds Echo360’s Lecture Capture Technology Improves Student Confidence and Boosts Performance in the Classroom
Research by the University of Ottawa shows that majority of students are satisfied with lecture capture and agree that it makes it easier for them to learn Technology usage in today’s classroom is at an all-time high – but often, there isn’t an accurate way to measure the outcomes of using it. This promoted Jovan…
Energizing the (Student) Base with Video and Active Learning: Faculty Perspectives
Faculty members from various colleges and universities recently gathered in Dallas, Texas at the Echo360 Active Learning Conference to network with peers, share their experiences and learn about best practices in the classroom. We were lucky enough to hear a few of them speak on a panel about their experiences on the front lines of…
Echo360 – Your Partner in Higher Education
When deciding on an educational technology to incorporate into your students’ experience, it’s important to choose a platform that is focused on student success and understands the characteristics of higher education. When asked to describe Echo360 in one word, customers didn’t hesitate. “A tool worth trying” says Dr. Nilakshi Veerabathina, professor at University of Texas…
Vocational Training Institutions Offer a Flexible Edge for Today’s Students
Today’s students look different than years ago and often struggle to keep up-to-date with their studies given the demands of work and everyday life obligations. To address this challenge, TAFE and RTO institutions in Australia and New Zealand are finding new and creative ways to reach students both inside and outside of the classroom and…
Breathing Life into the Age-Old Lecture: Flipping the Classroom Can Increase Student Engagement
Eight seconds. That’s a person’s average attention span, according to recent research. It should come as no surprise then that today’s digitally-savvy student has a hard time paying attention during a 50-minute lecture. To combat the passive approach to the lecture, one professor at the University of Sheffield uses Echo360 to flip his classes, and…
How to Scale Lecture Capture Campus-Wide: A Use Case from the University of Sheffield
By the end of 2017-18 academic year, every student at the University of Sheffield will be able to view any lecture online immediately after class and access the video on-demand from their computer or mobile device, thanks to the University’s expansion of Echo360’s lecture capture technology campus-wide. Driven by student demand for lecture capture technology…