Using video annotation tool to enhance students’ reflective practices and communication competence through a collaborative learning community

Reflective thinking and communication skills are fundamental competence of teaching and helping professional. There is a long history in using video recording of learners’ practices to promote their reflective practice and communication competence. In the TDG project, course lecturers used Video Annotation Tool(VAT), an embedded software in Video-Based Learning Community (VBLC) developed by EdUHK, to facilitate learners’ reflective practices and communication competence in parents’ consultation and life coaching. In the presentation, speakers will illustrate how learners using VAT for video analysis and give/receive feedback in an online peer learning environment. The effectiveness of using VAT for promoting reflective practice and communication competence and future applications of VAT in reflective learning and skill practice in teacher education programme will be discussed. Copyright © 2019 The Education University of Hong Kong.