Using Digital Video as a Research Tool: Ethical Issues for Researchers
Article
Sandy Schuck, Matthew Kearney, Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Volume 15, Number 4, ISSN 1055-8896 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2004 **
Digital video and accompanying editing software are increasingly becoming more accessible for researchers in terms of ease of use and cost. The rich, visually appealing and seductive nature of video-based data can convey a strong sense of direct experience with the phenomena studied (Pea, 1999). However, the ease of selection and of editing of digital video clips means that researchers need to be aware of possible bias inherent in presentation of video vignettes and they also need to monitor the authenticity of clips. Issues of confidentiality and ownership are important and need to be thoughtfully considered by researchers before this new technology becomes ubiquitous in qualitative educational research. The paper discusses ways in which digital video was used as a research tool in a project and explores the above issues as experienced in the project.
Citation
Schuck, S. & Kearney, M. (2006). Using Digital Video as a Research Tool: Ethical Issues for Researchers. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 15(4), 447-463. Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/19991/.
© 2006 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Keywords
References
View References & Citations Map- Bogdan, R., & Biklen, S. (1998). Qualitative research for education. An introduction to theory and methods. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- Cunningham, A., & Benedetto, S. (2002). Using digital video to promote refl ective practice. Retrieved June 12, 2006, from www.aace.org/conf/site/pt3/paper_3008_619.pdf
- Geertz, C. (1983). Local knowledge: Further essays in interpretive anthropology. NY: Basic Books.
- Goldman-Segall, R. (1990). Learning constellations: A multimedia ethnographic research environment using video technology to explore children’s thinking. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
- Kaplan, I. & Howes, A. (2004). “Seeing through different eyes”: Exploring the value of participative research using images in schools. Cambridge Journal of Education, 34(2), 143-155.
- Kearney, M., & Schuck, S. (2005). Students in the director’s seat: Teaching and learning with student-generated video. In P. Kommers& G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of Ed-Media 2005 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (pp. 2864-2871). Norfolk, VA:
- Pea, R. (1999). New media communications forums for improving education research and practice. In E. Lagemann & L. Shulman (Eds.), Issues in educational research: Problems and possibilities (pp. 336–370). San Francisco:
- Salomon, G., Perkins, D., & Globerson, T. (1991). Partners in cognition: Extending human intelligence with intelligent technologies. Educational Researcher, 20(3), 2–9.
- Schuck, S., & Kearney, M. (2004). Students in the director’s seat: Teaching and learning across the school curriculum with student-generated video. Retrieved November 28, 2005, from: http://www.ed-dev.uts.edu.au/teachered/research/dvproject/home.html
- Sherin, M.G., & Yan, S.H. (2004). Teacher learning in the context of a video club. Teaching and Teacher Education, 20(2), 163-183.
- Walker, R. (2004). Editorial. Cambridge Journal of Education, 34(2), 139-142.
- Walker, R. (2002). Case study, case records and multimedia. Cambridge Journal of Education, 32(1), 109-127.
- Williams, G., & Clarke, D. (2002). The contribution of student voice in classroom research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the South African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. Durban, South Africa.
These references have been extracted automatically and may have some errors. Signed in users can suggest corrections to these mistakes.
Suggest Corrections to References