Active Learning Blog

There are only 24 hours in a day. We know our readers’ days are jam-packed with teaching, emails, meetings, office hours, research, technology implementation and management, and of course, more meetings. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the responsibilities of college and university instructors, school administrators and IT staff.

Add to that list the endless barrage of media, shared articles, viral videos and cat memes that hit your smartphone and inbox each day – information overload. There has to be a better way to keep up with what’s going on in the world of higher education technology.

The University of Ottawa, the world’s largest bi-lingual institution, has significantly boosted student satisfaction and outcomes using a winning combination of lecture capture and analytics.

During an information-packed webinar, uOttawa’s Mark Gareau and Jovan Groen talked about how campus-wide use of lecture capture has captured not only the minds, but also the hearts of students.