VITAL Video Interactions in teaching and Learning
Publications & Presentations

May 4, 2010

VITAL at 2010 AERA Annual Meeting

Teachers College professor Herbert Ginsburg served as chair and UCLA professor Jim Stigler as discussant for a symposium on VITAL at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Denver on May 4, 2010. Entitled "Video Analysis... >> Read more

January 20, 2010

Publication: VITAL research in Educational Technology Magazine

An article entitled "Examining student thinking through video analysis" by CCNMTL educational technologist Michael Preston appears in the latest issue of Educational Technology Magazine (Vol. 50, No. 1, January-February 2010), which is a special issue on video analysis in teacher... >> Read more

December 17, 2009

Publication: Chapter in the Handbook of Reflection and Reflective Inquiry

Profs. Herbert Ginsburg and Ann Cami of Teachers College and Michael Preston of CCNMTL co-authored a chapter entitled, "Inquiry practices: How can they be taught well?" in the newly published Handbook of Reflection and Reflective Inquiry: Mapping a Way of... >> Read more

July 8, 2009

Paper: VITAL in the Australian Journal of Early Childhood

VITAL project partners Joon Sun Lee (Hunter College, The City University of New York), Herbert P. Ginsburg (Teacher's College, Columbia University), and Michael D. Preston (Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning) have published an article entitled Video interactions... >> Read more

April 3, 2009

VITAL Symposium at SRCD Biennial Meeting

Partners in our VITAL project presented their research on student learning at the 2009 biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), in Denver, CO, April 2-4. The title of the paper symposium was "A Video-Based Pedagogy... >> Read more

February 28, 2009

Paper: VITAL featured in Journal of Teacher Education

Our VITAL work in teacher development has been featured in the January/February 2009 edition of the Journal of Teacher Education in an article entitled "Video Annotation Tools: Technologies to Scaffold, Structure, and Transform Teacher Reflection." Authors Peter Rich of Brigham... >> Read more

December 16, 2008

Presentation: Herbert Ginsburg at TERC

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg (Co-PI) of Teachers College, Columbia University, presented on the VITAL project at TERC, a non-profit organization devoted to mathematics and science education curriculum development, training, research and evaluation. The focus of the presentation was on the use... >> Read more

November 13, 2008

Presentation: VITAL at NSF DR-K12 Annual PI Meeting

Principal Investigators Frank Moretti of CCNMTL and Herbert P. Ginsburg of Teachers College, Columbia University, presented to their fellow grant recipients at the National Science Foundation's annual PI meeting of the Discovery Research K-12 program. The presentation, entitled "VITAL: A... >> Read more

June 10, 2008

Presentation: VITAL at NAEYC professional development institute

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg and CCNMTL's Michael Preston presented the VITAL project at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)'s 17th National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development in New Orleans, LA. The theme of the institute was... >> Read more

March 26, 2008

VITAL Symposium at AERA 2008

Members of our VITAL research group gave a symposium at the AERA 2008 Annual Meeting. Entitled "Video as a Manipulative: An Innovative System to Transform University Courses in Psychology and Education" and sponsored by the SIG Technology as an Agent... >> Read more

March 23, 2008

Presentation: VITAL at Adult Development

Herb Ginsburg and Michael Preston presented a poster on VITAL as "an innovative Web system for enhancing adults' critical thinking skills" at the annual symposium of the Society for Research in Adult Development. From the abstract: "We focus in particular... >> Read more

March 16, 2008

Presentation: VITAL as a "Multimedia Record of Teaching"

Herb Ginsburg was invited to participate in the Carnegie Foundation's Moving Beyond Parallel Play: A Carnegie Convening about Multimedia Representations of Teaching. MRT is defined as "the documentation and analysis of the richness of teaching at all levels via multimedia... >> Read more

November 9, 2007

Presentation: National Association for the Education of Young Children

Michael Preston, along with Profs. Joon S. Lee and Priscilla Hambrick-Dixon of the Hunter College School of Education, gave a presentation entitled "The use of online video technology in teacher education: A VITAL program" at the 2007 NAEYC Annual Conference... >> Read more

September 11, 2007

VITAL at Discovery Research K-12

Frank Moretti and Michael Preston of CCNMTL attended NSF's Discovery Research K-12 annual PI meeting in Arlington, VA, and presented a poster on the VITAL Web environment, pedagogy, and evaluation. The conference was attended by representatives of nearly 140 projects... >> Read more

July 13, 2007

Paper: Analyzing Videos to Learn to Think Like an Expert Teacher

Beyond the Journal, the online counterpart to Young Children, the journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), has published "Analyzing Videos to Learn to Think Like an Expert Teacher: Early Childhood Mathematics Education Graduate Courses"... >> Read more

June 30, 2007

Presentation: VITAL at the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology

Ann Cami, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, gave a presentation entitled "Multimedia Meaning Making: The VITAL Art of Engagement" at the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. The conference, which was hosted by the... >> Read more

June 8, 2007

Presentation: VITAL as "Teacher 2.0" at EduStat 2007

Frank Moretti and Michael Preston presented VITAL as a Web 2.0 application for teacher development at Edustat Summit 2007, a conference sponsored by SchoolNet and Teachers College. The theme for the conference was "Teacher 2.0: Developing the 21st Century Workforce."... >> Read more

May 23, 2007

Presentation: Video, Education, and Open Content

Frank Moretti, John Frankfurt, and Michael Preston presented VITAL as an example of best practices for teaching and learning at Video, Education, and Open Content: Best Practices, a conference held at Columbia University and hosted by CCNMTL, Intelligent Television, and... >> Read more

February 14, 2007

Presentation: VITAL at the Illinois Online Conference

CCNMTL staff member Michael Preston gave a presentation entitled VITAL: A Web Environment for Writing with Video at the 2007 Illinois Online Conference, which is conducted entirely on the Web. The presentation was made live using an audio feed and... >> Read more

December 25, 2006

Presentation: VITAL in Israel

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg gave a talk entitled "VITAL: A new method for teaching psychology and education at the university level" at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.... >> Read more

December 5, 2006

Presentation: VITAL at CNI

CCNMTL staff members Peter Kaufman and Mark Phillipson attended the Coalition for Networked Information's Fall 2006 Task Force Meeting in Washington, D.C. During their talk, entitled "Teaching in the New Vernacular: Video as a Participatory Medium," they provided a demonstration... >> Read more

November 2, 2006

Presentation: University Seminar on the Evolution of Video in Education

CCNMTL hosted a University Seminar on VITAL and how the use of video has evolved in educational practice. Educational technologists presented an overview of how the application is being used in a wide range of courses and disciplines across Columbia... >> Read more

October 4, 2006

Presentation: NYU Applied Psychology Developmental Colloquium

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg gave a talk entitled "Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL): Teaching Psychology With Meaning" at the NYU Applied Psychology Developmental Colloquium. He described his Development of Mathematical Thinking course at Teachers College, and how VITAL contributes... >> Read more

August 8, 2006

Presentation: VITAL in Australia

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg gave a seminar entitled "Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL): A System for Improving Teaching at the University" at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He discussed how he uses VITAL to foster the meaningful synthesis... >> Read more

June 6, 2006

Presentation: VITAL at WNET

CCNMTL Executive Director Frank Moretti and Educational Technologist John Frankfurt, along with Peter Kaufman from Intelligent Television, gave a presentation entitled "New Models of Educational Video Production" at the Culture, Commerce, and Public Media conference hosted by WNET.... >> Read more

April 10, 2006

Presentation: VITAL at the American Educational Research Association

Herb Ginsburg, Debbie Marcus, Ryan Kelsey, and Michael Preston presented a session called "Virtual Fieldwork for Pre-Professional Training" at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Francisco on April 10, 2006. The conference theme... >> Read more

April 6, 2006

Presentation: VITAL at the NYU Technology and Learning Symposium

Michael Preston gave a talk on VITAL called "Virtual Fieldwork for Pre-Professional Training" at the Technology and Learning Symposium at New York University. The theme for the conference was "Cognitive Load Theory and Multimedia Learning," and the subtopic was Multimedia... >> Read more

March 31, 2006

Presentation: VITAL at the National Association of Laboratory Schools

Debbie Marcus and Michael Preston from CCNMTL and Luyen Chou from The School at Columbia gave a talk called "Virtual Fieldwork for Pre-Professional Development" at the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS) annual conference, which was co-hosted by the Bank... >> Read more

March 17, 2006

Presentation: VITAL in Colombia

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg gave a talk called "El Poder de la Entrevista Clínica para Educadores" (The Power of the Clinical Interview for Educators) at the Congreso Internacional de Matemáticas: Pensamiento, Pedagogía, Tecnología y Competencia de las Matemáticas.... >> Read more

January 24, 2006

Presentation: VITAL at WGBH

Frank Moretti and John Frankfurt of CCNMTL, along with Peter B. Kaufman of Intelligent Television and Jay Fialkov of the WGBH Educational Foundation, gave a presentation entitled The Economics of Film and Television as part of The Economics of Open... >> Read more

October 28, 2005

Presentation: VITAL at the University of Chicago

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg gave a talk called "Rethinking Early Mathematics Education: Children, Curriculum, and Pedagogy" at the University of Chicago symposium Math Education: Promoting Young Children's Understanding of Math Concepts. He discussed how the VITAL method promotes the meaningful teaching... >> Read more

October 21, 2005

Presentation: VITAL at the Northeastern Educational Research Association

Prof. Herbert Ginsburg was the invited speaker at the 36th Annual Conference of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), held October 19-21 in Kerhonkson, NY. The talk was entitled Using Video to Nourish the Teacher's Intermediary Inventive Mind, a reference... >> Read more

July 2, 2005

Paper: VITAL at ED-Media

Preston, Michael, Gordon Campbell, Herbert Ginsburg, Peter Sommer, Frank Moretti. "Developing New Tools for Video Analysis and Communicating Critical Thinking," Paper presented at Ed-Media: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications, Montreal, Canada, July 2, 2005.   VITAL: Early... >> Read more

April 14, 2005

Paper: VITAL at the American Educational Research Association

Preston, Michael D., Herbert P. Ginsburg, Susan Jang, Janet G. Eisenbrand, Frank Moretti, Peter Sommer. "Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL): A Learning Environment for Courses in Early Childhood Mathematics Education," Paper presented at American Educational Research Association, Montreal,... >> Read more

March 18, 2005

Presentation: VITAL at NJEDge.net Conference

Project partner Prof. Rochelle Kaplan of William Paterson University in NJ gave a presentation at the 6th Annual Faculty Best Practices Showcase, organized by NJEDge.net, New Jersey's higher education network. This one-day conference focused on effective practices employed by faculty... >> Read more