Read More
- How CoVAAPD can Help Teachers?
- What is CoVAAPD?
- How Was the Research Carried Out?
- Evidence from CoVAAPD
- What Does This Mean for Teacher PD?
- Classroom Resources
- Useful Links & References
- Research Projects
- Research Team
Adult learning
• Primary School
• Secondary School
• NIE (University level)
• Adult Learners
Physical Education
- 45 teachers (4 primary schools, 2 secondary schools)
22 pre-service teachers (1 NIE course) - Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and NIE
Classroom Resources
Principal Investigator
Co-Principal Investigator
Knowledge Resource Bank
CoVAAPD
Collaborative Video Annotation and Analytics Environment to Enhance Blended Teacher Professional Development (CoVAAPD) in Physical Education
What is CoVAAPD ?
CoVAAPD is a web-based collaborative video annotation and analytics environment for enhancing blended teacher professional development (PD) in PE. It was developed to address the constraints of needing a mentor to be physically present for every lesson observation/post-lesson feedback session and the logistical challenge of coordinating teaching/lesson schedules with other teachers for undertaking collaborative practitioner reflection beyond one pair of teacher-mentor.
CoVAAPD combines three approaches to teacher professional development:
- integrating collaborative learning in professional development for reflective practice
- the use of video annotation tools
- leveraging learning analytics
Features of the CoVAAPD system
- A space for teachers to upload videos (video content pages)
- Timepoint-based annotations for focused and collaborative discussions
- Discussions guided by pedagogical scaffolds/tags
- Archived records of annotations/ discussions
- Teacher dashboard providing feedback of discussions
- Lesson activity timer
- Enhances teachers’ collaborative practitioner reflection with general trends of usefulness of CoVAAPD
- Provides an in-depth perspective on teachers/mentors’ perceptions, experiences and accounts of using CoVAAPD.
How Was the Research Carried Out?
CoVAAPD adopts a mixed methods design-based implementation research approach for three trial cycles with iterative re-design or enhancement of the system. Surveys, interviews and observational fieldnotes were carried out. The study involved 67 teachers (45 teachers from 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools and 22 pre-service teachers from 1 NIE course). Teachers were the primary focus of the study, while mentors implemented the PD workshops.
Evidence from CoVAAPD
What Does This Mean for Teacher PD?
- A PD facilitation principles and guide with fully online and blended considerations:
- recommends a three-session workshop format with respective tips for online or blended implementations
Related Links
- Research Brief Series, No. 21-014, “CoVAAPD for enhancing teacher professional development in physical education”
- PD facilitation principles and guide
CoVAA, a prior version of this project, was implemented with secondary school students. For more information:
Further Readings
Research Projects
The following projects are associated with CoVAAPD:
Development and Use of a Web-Based Collaborative Video Annotation and Analytics Environment to Enhance Blended Teacher Professional Development (CoVAAPD) in Physical Education
Research Team
To learn more about this research, please contact Dr Elizabeth Koh at elizabeth.koh@nie.edu.sg
Principal Investigator
- Dr Elizabeth KOH, Office of Education Research (OER), NIE
Co-Principal Investigators
- Ms PHAN Swee Lee Joanna, MOE
- Dr CHIAN Lit Khoon, Physical Education & Sports Science (PESS), NIE
Collaborators
- Dr CHOW Jia Yi, PESS, Office of Teacher Education (OTE), NIE
- Dr Jennifer TAN Pei-Ling (formerly of NIE)
- Ms Melanie Ann MARTENS, MOE
- Ms TAY Siu Hua, MOE
Research Assistant
- Ms Christin JONATHAN, OER, NIE
Software Engineers
- Ms Shi Hui KOK (formerly of NIE)
- Mr FOO Piau Ming (formerly of NIE)
- Mr Simon YANG (formerly of NIE)
Acknowledgements
CoVAAPD was funded by Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) under the MOE Academies Funding Programme (project no. AFD 07/17 TPL) and administered by National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Singapore MOE and NIE.
This knowledge resource was written by Ms Christin Jonathan and Dr Elizabeth Koh, with input from Ms Monica Lim and Dr Lynn Chiam as of 22 April 2022.
