In cooperation with Sonart Design
we are developing a new tool for analyzing video data,
the VideoAnalyzer, free to download. This software
is available both for Windows and Mac users. The open
source code facilitates further development for different
needs. This program is developed from the "Analyzing
and reporting Transcription Tool", ARTT, that was made for the
research study.
ARTT is a' software based tool for transcription and
systematic analyzing of video recorded lessons. Speech,
gesture and music is transcribed in detail and analyzed
for identification of pattern of interaction and learning.
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ARTT is useful during the
three different levels of the study: descriptive, analyzing
and interpretation. In the descriptive level ARTT is useful
for the ease of registration of events in the video recorded
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The interaction is categorized in speech,
music and gestures. The video film is shown in its own window on
the monitor and the three different ways of communication from teacher
and the student respectively is transcribed in details in a third
window.
The transcription is done directly in a excel sheet where the analytic
coding of the registered events is done easier. The excel sheet
has multiple functions for displaying the difference of results.
This makes the results more illustrative which also makes the big
amount of data more easy to survey.The presentation of the results
derived from ARTT makes it even easier for others to comprehend
a neutral description of the interaction to a discussion about how
different patterns of interaction affects the learning.
An important reason for developing a tool for analysis utilising
widespread office software, rather than a dedicated video analysis
software package, is to make research related methods accessible
to teacher-training programs, professional development programs
in schools, as well as to practitioners and an interested public.
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