Using Embedded Polling to Assess Student Knowledge and Skills in Online and Hybrid Courses
Formative Assessments Create Opportunities to Engage Students and Assess Course-Related Knowledge and Skills As universities move more to teaching online, how can instructors create greater opportunities for student engagement? What is the role of formative assessment in online learning and how can instructors discover what, how much, and how well their students are learning? These…
How One University is Changing Student Assessments
The world is more connected than ever. While some lecturers are still debating allowing mobile technology in classes, a team of lecturers from The University of Tasmania have been using the affordances of mobile technology to help them improve communication of online video and assessment. Using Mobile Technology in Music and Art Education Dr Bill…
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…
What Higher Ed Can Learn about Creating Engaging Online and Hybrid Learning Experiences from Bishop Garcia Diego High School
Leading Private High School Uses Echo360 and Zoom to Reach and Teach Students at Home and Abroad When the COVID-19 pandemic forced its campus to close it was no surprise that, like many other schools, Bishop Garcia Diego High School, a private Catholic school in Santa Barbara, CA turned to Zoom to deliver classes remotely….
Recent Echo360 Release Supports Capture Cards for External Video / Audio Sources
With our latest release, Echo360 now supports four capture cards that allow recording external video or audio sources from Windows computers installed with Echo360 Universal Capture . This capability allows institutions to leverage their existing hardware investments on campus. It also gives IT purchasers greater flexibility to choose hardware that fits their budget while satisfying…
Delivering Hybrid and Online Learning with Greater Than 99.999% Reliability
It’s been more than six months since the COVID-19 pandemic closed campuses and forced educators around the world to move to remote and online learning. As we reported back in April 2020, we saw a significant increase in Echo360 use during the initial phase of the pandemic, even as classroom recording declined. Now that school…
We’ve Made It Easier to Create a More Interactive and Engaging Learning Experience for Live or Online Courses
With the latest release, Echo360 becomes the only video platform offering reusable polls and quizzes, shareable among instructors and TAs, for both live and online courses. Echo360’s new Interactive Media gives instructors an important tool to help make their classes more engaging and to assess student learning regardless of how the class is delivered –…
How Macquarie University Uses Video Assignments to Develop and Extend Students’ Communication and Digital Storytelling Skills
Click here to read more on how a team of lecturers from The University of Tasmania from across several colleges have been successfully using Echo360’s video and mobile technology with students. Enrolments doubled this year for ‘The Archaeology of Death and Burial’ course at Macquarie University. Associate Professor Ronika Power, Lecturer in Bioarchaeology at the…
“The Guide on the Side” Vodcast–Using Echo360 Student Response Tools for a More Engaging Online or Hybrid Learning Experience
Encouraging student participation and keeping them engaged was a challenge many instructors faced during the rapid pivot to emergency remote learning last Spring. But by using Echo360, student response activities can be embedded into classroom presentations and videos. These activities can be used to assess student learning and promote thoughtful discussion regardless of how a…
“The Guide on the Side” Vodcast—Using Echo360 to Deliver Exemplary Hybrid and Online Teaching and Learning
We are pleased to announce a new Vodcast series designed to help instructors using Echo360 learn the skills to teach online or hybrid courses in the upcoming academic term. The Vodcast, “The Guide on the Side” is hosted by Dr. Perry Samson, Echo360’s head of teaching innovation and Arthur F. Thurnau professor of climate and…