Crossbraining Uses Video Capture for Assessment
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/21/20
An
education technology company has enhanced a program for experiential
learning and assessment that can be used with K-12 and career and
technology students.
CrossBraining,
from a company by the same name, allows users to capture their
learning process in sub-45-second videos, whether in person or
remotely, using cameras, including GoPro
action cameras. The application, which is cloud-based, operates from
two sides — the teacher's and the student's. The teacher can create
a new lesson with the details, overview and goals for the assignment.
Then the students work through the lesson while recording it, then
upload it for teacher review and assessment. Videos can be edited
within the software by either participant. Uploads can also include
narration and reflections.
"As
a former teacher of 22 years, I personally understand traditional
testing may not always suit every student's ability to demonstrate
their knowledge," said Josh Nichols, founder and CEO of the
company, in a statement. "Our ed tech platform was created with
that in mind and was designed to empower all learning styles and
needs, while also building confidence by bringing real-life concepts
to the classroom." The idea is to help students show their
learning progress from beginning to end.
"The
coronavirus pandemic has created exceptional challenges for both
students and our instructors alike. As this unprecedented situation
continues to rapidly evolve, we've been able to leverage some
phenomenal online-based education tools to support and advance
student learning amid school closures. CrossBraining is one of those
tools," said Kate Thirolf, vice president for instruction at
Michigan's Jackson
College.
"Students learn best through hands-on learning and benefit from
taking ownership of their learning process – CrossBraining enables
that. Not to mention, our students are saying how much fun they're
having using the ed tech platform."
The
company has teamed up with GoPro to encourage people to show their
active learning by posting the clips online as part of the GoPro
#HomePro challenge,
"Putting our content where our house is." Every day GoPro
will pick five of its favorite content submissions and the creator
will win a HERO8
Black
or MAX
camera. The contest runs through Apr. 30, 2020.
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.