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VisibilityTM — LessonLab's Proprietary Technology Platform
Depicting real classrooms in an online environment
Whether you want to bring the best teacher-learning programs to your school district or
partner with an education company to create new online learning tools, consider the
philosophy behind our technology platform.
Technology should be a transparent yet vital tool in the online learning process for teachers.
When technology challenges online learners with real classroom examples, it delivers
legitimate learning and tangible results. LessonLab's VisibilityTM technology platform is
based on this approach, which is the foundation for the company's online products and
programs.
Visibility uses video and other vehicles to enable teachers to study their own practices — as
well as others' — in context and at a slow, deliberative pace. This proprietary technology
facilitates collaboration and discussion among teachers, providing a way to customize online
courses for specific groups and timeframes. Results of these activities are stored in
scalable, multimedia research databases, which provide a means to accumulate and share
professional knowledge over time.
How teachers learn from classroom video
Watching best practices is not enough
Many programs give teachers the opportunity to learn from "best practices," often by watching
videos. LessonLab believes in studying examples of effective teaching, but we don't believe
in the common view that teachers can passively watch a video and then successfully repeat the
practice in their classroom.
LessonLab knows that teachers don't learn that way. Instead, we structure an interactive
experience for them. Visibility gives teachers structured tasks and exposes them to a rich
variety of classroom examples derived from research-based analytical frameworks. Teachers
study problematic classroom situations and instances of effective practice. They learn
disciplined ways of describing and sharing teaching practices. They analyze content, students'
learning and pedagogical strategies so that they recognize and respond to the
inter-relationships among them.
Through analysis, rather than imitation, teachers improve their own practice with the
Visibility process.
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