EDUCAUSE describes its annual conference as the largest gathering of people who work with technology in higher education. In October 2026, Dr. E presented there for the first time, delivering Teach It Like You Stream It as a live breakout session in the conference's online program to about 100 attendees.

From SITE to EDUCAUSE

The Teach It Like You Stream It movement started in Philadelphia. In January 2026, SITE 2026 accepted his first proposal, and that acceptance changed the question from "will anyone want this?" to "where else should this go?"

Dr. E went looking for the conferences where educators and technologists actually meet. EDUCAUSE was at the top of the list, one of the most sought-after stages in edtech. He sent a proposal, and — thank God — it got in.

A scholarship made it possible

Getting accepted was only half of it. Presenting meant registering for the conference, and he assumed the fee would keep him out. Instead, he was accepted into EDUCAUSE's scholarship program and listed as one of the online presenters at no cost.

If you are an educator who has written off a big conference because of the registration fee, look for a scholarship before you rule it out.

Dr. Peter Esperanza at his streaming desk, presenting Teach It Like You Stream It for the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2026 Online
Dr. E's actual setup during the EDUCAUSE online session.

Stop hiding in the little box in the corner

The session took on the most familiar picture in online teaching: slides filling the screen, and the teacher shrunk to a thumbnail in the corner. Students connect with a person, and in an online room that person has to be visible, present and worth watching.

Teach It Like You Stream It borrows from the way streamers work. Put the instructor back at the center of the screen, give the screen a clear visual structure, and make thinking visible by annotating live instead of clicking through finished slides. The same moves work in a live Zoom or Google Meet class, a recorded lesson, tutoring or office hours.

He also walked through a workflow anyone can copy — a webcam and a mic, an iPad or tablet for writing, and optional tools like Ecamm Live or OBS — and showed how Numberbender Studio, a free app that runs in the browser, puts the teacher and the lesson on screen together without expensive equipment.

Presence is important in education, and in an online environment we need to do extra to make this happen. This is what I have been sharing in my sessions.

Key takeaways from the session

  1. Get out of the corner. Make yourself, not just your slides, the center of the screen.
  2. Make thinking visible. Live annotation shows students how you reason, not only the answer.
  3. You don't need a budget. A webcam, a tablet and a free tool like Numberbender Studio cover most of it.

What this session opened up

EDUCAUSE put the framework in front of educators and learning-support professionals from across higher education, the people who decide how teaching technology gets used on their campuses. It also capped a busy fall that started with an invitation to the TikTok Creator Summit in Los Angeles.

Six days after the session came the next milestone: Teach It Like You Stream It was accepted to SXSW EDU 2027. The session page and slides are on the EDUCAUSE website.