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UW-Stout Taps Echo360 to Connect With Distance Students
| Source: Echo360
DULLES, VA--(Marketwire - September 23, 2008) - Distance education students at the University of
Wisconsin-Stout are enjoying the personal touch in their online technical
communications program thanks to deployment of lecture capture from
Echo360. Using the EchoSystem platform for campus-wide lecture capture,
the university creates a dynamic learning environment for their on-campus
and remote student body.
UW-Stout was designated by the UW System Board of Regents in 2007 as
Wisconsin's Polytechnic University. Distinguishing itself with applied,
hands-on learning, UW-Stout produces graduates ready for professional
careers. Lecture capture helps UW-Stout students learn, no matter their
location or learning style.
"Our distance-education students have access to the same curriculum and
faculty as the other students. But they express frustration over the missed
interactions as they aren't attending class in the physical classroom,"
said Doug Wahl, UW-Stout's chief information officer. "Echo360 captures the
culture of the classroom, connecting our distance-education students with
their on-campus peers and faculty."
As one of the smaller programs offered at UW-Stout, officials in the
technical communications program were looking for methods to improve
enrollment numbers. The technical communications program blends
multimedia, product marketing and interface design under a single degree.
Attracting additional distance-education students allows UW-Stout to
increase enrollment without requiring more classroom space.
"The ability for us to matriculate additional distance-education students
per class is a make or break for this program," said Dr. Matthew Livesey,
program director and assistant professor at UW-Stout. "Using Echo360, we
enroll two to four additional students per class and give them a better
distance education experience. It is a win-win for UW-Stout and our
students."
The EchoSystem offers the university additional technology benefits
including rich media playback with the Flash player, an important
technology distinction from presentation recording solutions.
"UW-Stout is a multiplatform campus with every student receiving a laptop
upon enrollment," said Wahl. "The EchoSystem player is viewable by students
across Mac and Windows platforms, giving 100 percent of UW-Stout students
in the complete benefits of lecture capture."
About Echo360
Echo360 envisions a time when all students are freed from traditional
barriers to learning with an "education on demand" experience. Full-time,
part-time, distance, continuing, and online all describe today's student,
living in a 24/7 world. On-demand media and education converge at Echo360,
helping colleges and universities engage students on their terms with full
and unbounded access to their classroom-based content through multiplatform
replay. Developed in partnership with the University of Western Australia,
Echo360 offers scalable and affordable lecture capture solutions that
empower institutions of any size to provide universal availability of
lecture content to their students. From New York to Newcastle, Melbourne to
Mexico City, Echo360 touches the lives of more students in over than 1,000
higher education classrooms around the globe. For more information, visit
www.echo360.com.