Piloting a dispersed and inter-professional Lesson Study using technology to link team members at a distance

Digital technologies, online learning and lesson study

“…In total, three studies examined how online LS helps to build the partnership between university faculty and practicing teachers (Huang et al ., 2020; Isoda et al , 2017; Koutsouris et al , 2017). For example, Koutsouris et al (2017) found that, although there were some difficulties in providing the university team members with a clear idea of what happened in the RLs, collaboration between university members and schoolteachers was generally smooth. They argued that the difficulties in choosing appropriate tools and equipment would be resolved as technology advances and concluded that a dispersed, interprofessional LS team is feasible and allows teachers to gain a broader perspective on teaching-related issues than they would otherwise have access to.…”

“…Sharma and Pang, 2015;Soto et al, 2019). Regarding video recording, digital camera, iPad and iPhone were conveniently used to capture classroom snapshots (Joubert et al, 2020;Koutsouris et al, 2017;Sharma and Pang, 2015), but Soto et al (2019) and Koutsouris et al (2017) noted the challenge of capturing whole classroom teaching, with clear information about students' interactions. In their study, Huang et al (2020) provided a promising solution using Swivl robot and multiple iPads to simultaneously video record whole classroom instruction and group activities.…”

“…In total, six papers reported fully online LS (Budak, 2012; Huang et al ., 2020; Isoda et al , 2017; Koutsouris et al , 2017; Sharma and Pang, 2015; Soto et al , 2019). Budak (2012) reported that two geographically dispersed math teachers collaboratively planned lessons through the Internet, taught the RL individually and then shared their observation and reflection through the Internet as well.…”

Digital tools to support teacher professional development in lesson studies: a systematic literature review

“…The theme digital teacher collaboration describes the use of digital tools to support collaboration among teachers that are not co-located. Koutsouris et al (2017) examined the use of video conferencing and video sharing to support lesson study procedures to connect team members between schools and universities. Two lesson study teams conducted three research lessons.…”

Online lesson study: virtual teaming in a new normal

“…Studies on blended (Mahadewi and Teguh, 2017;Marsono, 2016) or fully online LS (Ayfer Budak, 2012;Koutsouris et al, 2017;Sharma and Pang, 2015;Soto et al, 2019) are limited and mainly reported practical issues, such as the need for a joint online working environment (like Google Docs), and problems with online observing students. Regarding the latter, Koutsouris et al (2017) report the use of multiple cameras and carefully choosing the camera positions surface as the most important issues in observation through video. They write that observers note that the lack of contextual information hinders the interpretation of the lesson.…”