11.021 - Video Analysis With the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database (MET LDB)

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

This course will introduce researchers to video data collected by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Data collected on teachers and their teaching included video-recorded lessons scored by independent observers using multiple classroom observation protocols. Course faculty will offer an introduction for current or future users of the MET Longitudinal Database to the secure video player, including logistics of selecting and streaming video files, and the logistics of designing a video scoring protocol. We will also discuss the unique confidentiality concerns inherent in video data and strategies for mitigating risk, give a brief overview of the video capture process, and introduce the measures and scoring protocols used as part of the original MET study.

Researchers, graduate students, and district or state staff interested in collecting and/or using classroom video data for research or evaluation will benefit from lecture, training, and hands-on experience viewing and scoring videos. Participants will leave the course with:
An understanding of the MET project’s video collection, scoring efforts, and video observation measures used in the project;
Experience scoring videos and an understanding of the systems needed to configure effective scoring teams and protocols;
Examples of research conducted using the MET video data;
Information on how to access the MET Longitudinal Database.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructors

• Johanna Bleckman, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Susan Jekielek, University of Michigan

• Catherine A. McClellan, Clowder Consulting

• Rachael Gabriel, University of Connecticut

• Tanner LeBaron Wallace, University of Pittsburgh