Despite returning to in-person learning, many institutions successfully implemented hybrid solutions that support their pedagogical strategies. This has largely to do with increased student engagement rates and improved academic outcomes. 97% of educational professionals say that video is essential to students’ academic experiences and success, and 94% of educators agree that video increases student satisfaction and directly contributes to an improvement in student performance.

 

“The shift within educational institutions over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic has been foundational. Virtual classrooms, interactive video, and online learning have not only become mainstream but are in fact, now the preferred teaching tools for the majority of educators,” said Dr. Michal Tsur, Kaltura Co-founder and President. “While video has become a critical learning tool, we see also video penetrating many other areas on campus, including for student and alumni engagement, community activities, and particularly, for virtual events.”

 

Other key findings in the report include:

  • Hybrid Learning Will Remain: 98% of institutions have students taking at least one hybrid course this academic year, with 58% responding that over half the student body will have at least one course that is both in-class and online.
  • Remote on the Rise: 95% of schools will have some students that are receiving a fully remote education.
  • Video is in Demand: 86% of educators would like to see their institution integrate more video.
  • Beyond Teaching: Video is being widely used as a communication and collaboration tool for educators to share ideas, with a 241% increase in video conferencing between faculty and staff.
  • Faculty are seeing the rewards: The top benefit of integrating video outside of the classroom last year was that it increased professional development and training opportunities for educators, according to 58% of staff surveyed.

 

Methodology – The survey was conducted in September 2021 with 683 respondents who work in educational institutions in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands, Spain, Singapore, and Australia. These institutions have student populations that range from 500 to more than 20,000. Respondents included professors, lecturers, teachers, instructional designers, technology officers, administrators, and admissions officers across higher education and K-12.

About Kaltura

Kaltura’s mission is to power any video experience for any organization. Our Video Experience Cloud offers live, real-time, and on-demand video products for enterprises of all industries, as well as specialized industry solutions, currently for educational institutions and for media and telecom companies. Underlying our products and solutions is a broad set of Media Services that are also used by other cloud platforms and companies to power video experiences and workflows for their own products. Kaltura’s Video Experience Cloud is used by leading brands reaching millions of users, at home, at school, and at work, for communication, collaboration, training, marketing, sales, customer care, teaching, learning, and entertainment experiences. For more information, visit www.corp.kaltura.com.

Kaltura Media Contact

Lisa Bennett
Vice President of Marketing
Lisa.bennett@kaltura.com

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