How Linnaéus University Makes Their Curriculum Accessible With StreamYard

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Linnaéus University uses StreamYard’s live streaming and recording functionality to make its computer science program accessible to students and the public.
Education
To be able to just quickly start a streaming session is so important to us. Instead of having to try out different sound settings and having a lot of buttons to fiddle with…we can just start StreamYard and go online and it's super convenient.
Johan Leitet•Computer Science Lecturer, Linnaéus University

How StreamYard is used at Linnaéus University

Computer Science lecturer Johan Leitet has used video for teaching purposes for years. Initially, he and his colleagues would conduct traditional lectures and record them so students could access the content later if they missed class. He tried many different platforms for this purpose but eventually settled on StreamYard for its ease of use. During the pandemic, he and his colleagues transitioned to recording lectures ahead of time, then conducting seminars, tutoring sessions, and weekly standup vlogs live with StreamYard. These changes made the program accessible for current students to reference back to at any time and increased students’ individual time with the lecturers. It also skyrocketed the program’s popularity and retention. Since education in Sweden is funded by the government, they opted to make their course material free to access on YouTube, and previous students decided to rejoin the program due to its accessibility!

We have tried always to make our content available for all. The education in Sweden is government funded, so we think that it's important to give back to the community. Why should our lectures be hidden when they could be public? StreamYard is helping us a lot with this.

Individualized learning

By pre-recording lectures, Leitet and other professors are able to spend more time one-on-one with their students. "If we look at the teaching hours per student, we get a lot more time with each and every student in tutoring sessions, seminars, and things like that. And that should generally make it a bit easier for the students since they get more quality time with each teacher.”

And what was the result?

Leitet has found that publishing their content online has encouraged new and returning students to engage with the material. "We are one of the leading IT programs in Sweden and I think that the popularity of the program is because we have pushed a lot of content to YouTube so everybody can watch the content. We even have students that start our program that have already finished some of the first courses because they have participated in the lectures already."

Community and StreamYard

Leitet appreciates that StreamYard has a tight-knit network and support is never far away. "I've noticed that there is a really big community surrounding StreamYard, and that's really nice. It's good to know also that you have the support if you need it. It's just a Facebook group away."

Company Industry

Education

Team

Computer Science

Use cases

  • Accessible coursework to students and YouTube viewers
  • Ability to pre-record lectures
  • Live tutoring sessions, seminars, and standup vlogs
StreamYard has increased the popularity of the computer science program at Linnaéus University.
StreamYard has made it easy for lecturers to pre-record their lectures, giving them more time to focus on one-on-one time with students.
Linnaéus University has given back to the community by making its coursework free on YouTube.

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