When learners ask questions, share ideas, collaborate in groups, or respond to polls, they absorb the knowledge better and feel more connected to their peers & instructors.
In this changing learning environment—it often becomes challenging to spark and sustain active student participation.
That’s why having the right platform, along with right engagement strategies, becomes critical.
And this is where Airmeet comes in.
Airmeet is designed to help organizations create an interactive and immersive learning environment. It equips educators, trainers & academic leaders with robust engagement and networking tools, empowering them to turn passive listeners into active participants.
In this blog, you will discover
- Airmeet’s AX360: Student Interaction Features That Drive Engagement
- How to Boost Student Interaction by 3x with Airmeet: High-Impact Engagement Strategies
- Student Engagement Success Stories With Airmeet
AX360: Student Interaction Features That Drive Engagement
Airmeet’s AX360 is your complete digital engagement toolkit. It features multifaceted tools designed to encourage and amplify student participation throughout the session.
Instead of sitting back as passive listeners—this functionality provides students multiple ways to interact, collaborate, and contribute—just like they would in a real classroom environment.
From basic elements to personalized spaces and advanced interaction tools, educators and trainers gain access to a complete set of features, such as
1. Live Chat
The live chat feature enables students to share their thoughts, respond instantly, and stay engaged in real-time interactions during the session.
2. Emojis
Emoji reactions like applause or smileys allow students to express themselves in a lively and fun way.
3. Live Polls
Live polls enable organizers/educators to gather attendee opinions or check student understanding of the subject matter. This feature encourages students to
- Interact with the content-related questions
- Vote on a specific topic
- Easily respond to the ongoing activities
4. Q&As
The Q&A feature allows attendees to post their questions and upvote the already posted ones that seem relevant to their queries. Students or educators can also comment on the question and create a discussion thread.
This elevates the student interaction as well as fosters meaningful conversations.
5. Raise Hand
With one click, students can request to speak or go on to the live virtual stage and interact with the trainer/subject-matter expert directly. The raise hand feature facilitates real-time audio/video interactions between students and trainers.
6. Integrated Quizzes
Airmeet provides native integration with quiz and game-based platforms like Kahoot. This enables educators to host pop quizzes for students. They can view & answer the questions as well as check the scores—all directly from Airmeet.
7. Feedback Surveys
Embed surveys to drive student interaction by encouraging them to share their honest feedback of the session.
When educators/organizers take their suggestions into consideration & implement changes, it shows that you value your students’ opinions and motivate them to participate actively in the upcoming sessions.
8. Breakout Rooms
Breakout rooms enable small group learning and collaboration. This dedicated space allows students to discuss, brainstorm & work together.
9. Speed Networking
‘Speed Networking’ connects students with each other for quick one-on-one interactions. You can utilize this feature for
- Icebreaker activities
- Timed networking sessions
- Peer-to-peer conversations
10. Social Lounge
The ‘Social Lounge’ replicates the experience of a real-life roundtable setup. This is a structured space where students can gather and hang out in a formal setting. They can talk, discuss topics, and interact with fellow attendees as well as hosts.
11. Fluid Spaces
The ‘Fluid Spaces’ enable free-flow interactions between the students. In this personalized space, they can move around, connect, and have conversations with other students.
12. Scheduled Meeting
The scheduled meeting option enables instructors to connect with students on a 1:1 basis. It enables direct interaction between the two and is also suitable for mentorship sessions & targeted discussions.
13. Large Meeting Rooms
The large meeting rooms enable seamless interactions among the large groups of students. Such meeting rooms are designed to bring everyone together for class-wide discussions, debates, or other large group learning activities.
14. Gamification
Interactive elements like challenges, leaderboards, points & digital badges are a part of gamification. These elements encourage a friendly competition among the students—motivating them to participate, score points, and earn badges—making sessions more enjoyable.
15. Targeted Emails
Airmeet enables you to curate personalized templates and automate emails to keep the conversation going with students, even before the session starts. With this feature, you can create a professional and organized communication flow.
Using custom invitations and reminders ensures that students never miss a session.
How to Boost Student Interaction by 3x with Airmeet: High-Impact Engagement Strategy
Organizations as well as institutions can leverage Airmeet’s dynamic interaction features to develop a personalized engagement strategy.
From pre-session to live delivery & post-session efforts—Airmeet enables educators to create a complete ecosystem that amplifies student participation and keeps learners actively involved.
This section discusses practical strategies, real-world applications, and feature-driven approaches to maximize student interaction and build stronger connections using Airmeet.
1. Establish 3 Connection Layers with AX360
Airmeet’s AX360 is a complete toolkit that enable educators to design a robust engagement journey—across the key phases.
- Pre-session
- Start conversations with tailored invites & calendar reminders.
- Use email templates to create custom follow-ups and share pre-class resources to sustain student engagement before the sessions.
- Leverage the speed networking feature to host pre-session activities as well as to establish connections among students.
- Live session
- Keep students engaged with interactive elements like live chat, polls, Q&A, quizzes, and breakout rooms. These tools help mimic in-person classroom dynamics and prevent passive listening.
- Share relevant resources & study materials to frequently interact with attendees during the live session.
- Post-session
- Share survey links with students to collect their feedback on the session.
- Re-establish connection with students using personalized email follow-ups and include tailored learning materials as well as session recordings/replays.
2. Enhance Learning with Gamification Tools
Gamification adds a fun, competitive element to sessions. Airmeet enables educators to gamify the session with leaderboards and a point-based engagement system.
This allows you to tap into students’ natural drive to win, thanks to –
- Real-time challenges & competitions.
- Reward-based participation.
- Compelling prizes & incentives.
- Digital badges via Credly or Badgr.
Recognizing contributions and achievements motivates individuals and fosters a sense of excitement in them. When you create a reward-based system, it encourages students to contribute more towards the session as they see their contribution being valued.
3. Encourage Participation with Subtle Interaction Prompts
Include subtle interaction prompts throughout the session to host straightforward & easy-to-participate engagement activities.
You can drive interactions with low-pressure activities:
- Send text-based notifications or alerts.
- Create CTAs to direct students towards unique actions or relevant pages.
- Publish polls related to ongoing discussions.
- Facilitate Q&As & encourage upvoting.
- Motivate students to respond via chats.
- Broadcast audio/video announcements.
4. Extend Value & Interaction with Instant Session Replays
With Airmeet you can extend the value of student learning as well as promote continued interaction post-session. The session replay feature allows you to instantly share session recordings with students.
Think of it as on-demand content, which people can access at their convenience.
Once the event is marked complete, the session replays are available to students as soon as the recording is ready. It enables them to revisit lessons and catch up on the parts they might’ve missed, whenever they want.
5. Personalize and Innovate Student Engagement with Airmeet
Airmeet empowers educators to design customized learning spaces utilizing fluid space, social lounge, and breakout rooms. They can tailor these spaces by adding backdrops, logos, and titles.
These elements –
- Make sessions visually engaging.
- Personalize experiences.
- Align sessions to fit the concept as well as the learner’s requirements.
While visual customization alone may not spark interaction—it creates an inviting and immersive environment that encourages students—to explore & engage more actively in sessions.
6. Refine Engagement Strategies with Advanced Analytics & Reporting
Educators & trainers can leverage advanced analytics & reporting to gain insights into students performances. Using this feature—they can track & review all important data points—from engagement levels to total time duration to behavioral insights.
This data helps educators/trainers to
- Analyze students’ interest in the topics.
- Assess which session has the highest engagement.
- Identify activities driving maximum responses.
- Discover what worked & what didn’t, to improve weaker areas.
- Fine-tune future strategies using data-driven insights.
- Reimplement strategies that drive success.
- Incorporate new activities to maximize student interaction—in upcoming sessions.
7. Drive Participation with Diverse Learning Styles
Incorporate different learning styles to ensure an interactive as well as immersive student experience. Hosting multimode activities allows you to accommodate learners’ styles & drive maximum participation.
For example
- Some students might seek direct interaction. For those hosting an on-stage interaction, speed networking, Fluid Space, or scheduled meetings with subject matter experts will bring better participation.
- While there may be students who aren’t that vocal and seek rather simple options to participate. Activities such as text-based Q&As, session polls, or quizzes might be a more suitable form of interaction in such cases.
- Some students learn better in group settings or open forums where dedicated discussions are taking place. For those individuals—breakout rooms, roundtable discussions, or large meeting rooms are better suited.
8. Engage Every Learner with Closed Captions & Multilingual Subtitles
Accessibility is one of the critical functionalities that help make a session successful and also amplify student participation.
It might not be possible to host sessions in different languages at the same time, but you can choose advanced features like closed captions & multilingual subtitles to bridge that gap.
Airmeet allows educators to auto-generate captions for live content and integrate with tools like Interprefy—to offer multilingual live audio & text translations of live sessions.
By using this feature, they can:
- Improves content comprehension for non-native students.
- Helping all students understand the live content more clearly.
- Enable them to respond promptly.
- Expect active student interaction with the session-related activities.
The next section discusses some real-life success stories where Airmeet users have witnessed a significant boost in audience engagement & achieved impactful results.
Student Engagement: Success Stories with Airmeet
Case Study 1: AltSchool Africa
AltSchool Africa is a fully virtual higher-education platform, enabling Africans as well as learners worldwide to access global standard learning resources. AltSchool Africa partnered with Airmeet to host a wide range of virtual events—from webinars and workshops to masterclasses and live classes to educational events.
This case study reflects the journey along with its success points that helped AltSchool Africa drive higher engagement with Airmeet. By leveraging features—like social lounge, emoji reactions, custom emails, session replays, and advanced analytics—they developed a robust engagement system.
AltSchool Africa achieved significant success in their events as well as live classes, with a notable 5-star rating & over 60% of attendees actively interacting via live chat.
They also saw a remarkable participation from attendees:
- 1,000+ emoji reactions across all events.
- 51,000+ emoji reactions in one of their major events.
Case Study 2: The Kaizen Company
The Kaizen Company is a Washington DC-based firm. They partnered with Airmeet to host their virtual career and job fairs.
Kaizen utilized the platform to create a highly interactive event ecosystem with its 360-degree engagement and networking features.
By utilizing Airmeet’s features—like live chats, emoji reactions, speed networking, and virtual booths—Kaizen recorded a notable increase in engagement of over 50% and a consistently high event ratings of 4.8+.
Case Study 3: A Leading E-Learning Provider
This leading e-learning company partnered with Airmeet to elevate their virtual event experiences as well as support culture-building initiatives.
Leveraging Airmeet—they encouraged active participation among attendees by utilizing features like –
- Live chat.
- Emojis.
- Social lounge.
- Gamification.
The company recorded a remarkable boost in engagement, with over 60% of attendees actively participating through live chats while more than 40% interacted via Airmeet’s social lounge.
Nearly 1 in 5 attendees watched the replay post-session. This interaction helped drive continued participation as well as sustain the connections with attendees.
FAQ
Yes, Airmeet supports asynchronous online learning. Leveraging features like pre-recorded videos and session replays you can organize asynchronous sessions on Airmeet.
- The pre-recorded video feature enables instructors to upload previously recorded videos, training clips & personalized video content. You can schedule these pre-recorded videos as sessions and open the event for learners.
- While the session replays are the recorded versions of events or training sessions that happen on Airmeet. They are instantly available to learners and can remain accessible to them as long as organizers choose.
Educators can encourage collaborative learning with Airmeet by
- Using breakout rooms for brainstorming and small group discussions
- Including fluid spaces in sessions to promote collaborative learning in a fun, free-flowing setting
- Leveraging social lounge for formal roundtable discussions with a group of people
- Bringing students into the spotlight by inviting them to live stage to share their perspectives with fellow students
Airmeet support inclusive learning through features like
- Screen reader support to assist visually impaired attendees to navigate the sessions
- Closed captions and multilingual translations eliminating the language barrier
- Scalability to global audience providing equal learning opportunities to all
- Custom event color theme to assist color-blind attendees
- Browser compatibility & accessibility on multiple devices—including mobiles and laptops/desktops
