Company's signature "e3 Tech Grants" will advance teaching and research efforts around the world focused on educational equity, engagement and evidence.
NEW YORK, July 6, 2023 - Echo360, the most comprehensive, global, SaaS-based video platform for creating, delivering, and measuring learning engagement outcomes in any learning environment, announced over $120,000 in grants to educators and administrators around the world advancing research and experimentation efforts behind the company's three principles of educational equity, engagement, and evidence. A total of 22 "e3 Tech Grants" were made between the two award categories of EchoInnovation and EchoImpact.
EchoInnovation grant winners will receive up to $10,000 of Echo360 software solutions to help instructors and trainers develop innovative practices that improve learning engagement. Global EchoInnovation grants were made to:
NORTH AMERICAN REGION
Garret Schneider, Noblesville (IN) Middle School
David Smiley, Indiana University
ASIA PACIFIC REGION
Samantha Newell, University of Adelaide
Alexandra Ludewig, University of Western Australia
Sabine Kuuse, University of Western Australia
Donna Thompson, University of Canterbury
Joe Lambe, Collarts Australian College of the Arts
Miriam Nicholls, Trinity College at the University of Melbourne
Martin Hill, Murdoch University
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA REGION
Rosanne English, University of Strathclyde
EchoImpact grant winners will receive cash awards of up to $2,000 to empirically measure learner impact and outcomes through Echo360 solutions. Global EchoImpact grants were made to:
NORTH AMERICA REGION
Kristin Hall Stony Brook University
Leslie Sterrett, Indian River State College
ASIA PACIFIC REGION
Raelene Tifflin, Curtin University
Miriam Nicholls, RMIT University
Cherie Wright, Collarts Australian College of the Arts
Sarah Howe, Murdoch University
Lucinda Ramsay, University of Queensland
Donna Thompson, University of Canterbury
Jabed Chowdhury, La Trobe University
Riza Sunindijo , University of New South Wales, Sydney
Alexandra Ludewig, University of Western Australia
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA REGION
Joseph Maguire, University of Glasgow
"These awards advance innovative approaches to engaging students and measuring impact, in partnership with our customers to deliver inspired learning for all," said Alison Maloney, Director of Professional Learning at Echo360. "We appreciate the creativity and rigor that went into all of the applications."
The annual e3 Tech Grants program is just one of several initiatives within Echo360's newly launched EchoProfessional Learning, of which Maloney leads.
"These grant awards demonstrate our commitment to customers and our shared values of equity, engagement, and evidence to enable transformational learning experiences for both instructors and learners," said Murad Velani, Echo360 President and Chief Executive Officer. "Through these grants, our instructional partners can enable the transformation of inspired learning and unlock the growth potential of students and learners around the world."
About Echo360
Echo360 is the leading interactive video learning management, content, engagement, and assessment platform serving over 2 million learners and instructors at more than 1200 higher education institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Built for the cloud and grounded in principles of learning equity, evidence, and engagement, instructors and learners around the world can use the platform from wherever they are, on any device, to create, record and consume content, give, and receive feedback, and gain real-time insights along their inspired learning journey. For more information visit www.echo360.com.
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