Thematic leaders
Professor Kirsti Klette, University of Oslo, Norway
Professor Fritjof Sahlström, Aabo Academy, Finland
Video-based research provides excellent data for collaborative studies, joint analyses, and subsequent reanalysis, but such ambitions require a flexible infrastructure that ensures the data is both easily accessible and secure in terms of privacy and intellectual property.
Central questions
- How can we build a flexible infrastructure and storage system for video data that supports interoperability, accessibility, and joint analyses, for instance, policies of open access?
- How can video data lay the empirical and technical foundation for differential and systematic research on teaching quality?
- How does video technology enable new forms of collaborative research between researchers, teachers, and those who educate teachers?
Specifically, we explore:
- Technical solutions for building video repositories that support joint analyses, including equipment and storage solutions, a virtual video lab, and software tools for shared analyses;
- Validation and testing of shared analytical frameworks and instruments (e.g., observation protocols) for analyzing video recordings of classroom teaching and learning across national and cultural contexts; and
- Videos as sources for professional learning by developing a Nordic video library with an interface that supports new methods for pre- and in-service teachers’ continuous learning