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…
Article Highlights How EchoEngage Student Engagement Tools Improve Student Performance in Introductory International Relations Courses
A new paper published in the Journal of Political Science Education written by Dr. Ivan Dinev Ivanov, associate professor educator at the University of Cincinnati, reveals how web-based interactive student response systems (SRS) improve performance in large introductory international relations courses. Furthermore, the paper outlines the benefits of switching from first-generation clicker-based systems to second…
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…
Jocasta Williams: Driving Technology Adoption through an Empowered Community
When we hear the term entrepreneur, we typically picture someone in their own business. Sometimes though, great entrepreneurial spirit is found in people who work for someone else. 2000 was a century leap year and our computers had survived the shift from 1999. Jocasta Williams, Jo to her friends in the Echo360 community, was working…
Echo360 APAC: The Story Behind Our Success
This year we celebrate Patrick Walsh’s ten year anniversary with Echo360. As Pat himself says, “it seems a lot shorter because it’s been so much fun!” We also celebrate Shaun Procter’s 21 years and Jocasta Williams’ 16 years. This small team is known for the longevity of its team members. While Pat has been with…
Echo360’s Zoom Integration Provides a Smarter Way to Manage Your Zoom Recordings
Echo360’s integration with Zoom video conferencing allows your institution to easily access all your Zoom cloud recordings automatically in the Echo360 Library. Once recordings are in Echo360, they can be managed, edited, and shared just like any other video in your library. Zoom is a powerful meeting platform and with Echo360’s integration, you can now…
Video Technology Helps Columbia University Law Students Hone Their Courtroom and Negotiation Skills
Video is playing an increasing role in legal education and institutions such as Columbia University Law School use platforms like Echo360 in a number of innovative ways beyond traditional lecture capture. This includes recording mock trials and negotiation sessions where students can practice their skills in a supervised setting and receive important feedback on their…
Beyond Lecture Capture: Recording and Live Streaming More than 1,000 Events and Conferences Annually at Columbia School of Law
For the past 10 years, Columbia Law School has used Echo360 as its video and lecture capture platform. “Law students have a tremendous amount of information that they need to comprehend and master,” says Luis Bello, director of multimedia at Columbia Law School. “We also have students for whom English is their second language. For our students,…
Echo360 APAC: The Leader in the Market
‘They are unlike any other vendor we work with’, is a common refrain from our customers when asked about Echo360’s APAC team. The University of Western Australia, The University of Tasmania and The University of Queensland are not only Echo360’s customers, they are also a few of the institutions from where this team was recruited….
Echo360 Academic Champion Helps Adjunct Professors to Embrace Active Learning
A Powerful Lesson Learned: Students More Successful When Challenged to Participate in Class When he was a graduate teaching assistant, Dr. Khasad Yahu ZarBabal, Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance at Medgar Evers College (MEC) in Brooklyn, NY, learned an impactful lesson about the transformational power of student engagement. One of his professors used student response…