Teaching tech: A Q&A for faculty weighing the benefits of Teams, Zoom and Echo360 26 Jan, 2021
From Microsoft Teams to Zoom to Echo360, many faculty at Colorado State University got a crash course in how to use new technologies for teaching remotely last year when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived.
But which platform is preferred? Which are most effective for learning? Which are easiest for faculty to use, and what levels of support are available for each?
Early on in the pandemic, Zoom experienced some security issues with well-publicized instances of “Zoom-bombing” around the country, in which non-students gained access to online course sessions and disrupted classes. But at the time, Zoom had features to enhance student engagement in a virtual environment that Teams lacked, like “breakout rooms” for small group study and the capacity to have more faces visible at one time.