14 Feb
2005
14 Feb
'05
12:44 p.m.
Hi,
So, an important issue to concern ourselves with in any collecting of
video (or audio) data is what the federal government regulations calls
"research with human subjects." Federal guidelines are the minimum
collection to which institutions that receive any federal or state
funding must conform. The quotes below are from the Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 45 - Public Welfare, Part 46 - Protection of Human
Subjects < http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.htm >.
"Research means a systematic investigation, including research
development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute
to generalizable knowledge. Activities which meet this definition
constitute research for purposes of this policy, whether or not they
are conducted or supported under a program which is considered
research for other purposes. For example, some demonstration and
service programs may include research activities."
In other words: collecting video data in a classroom and using it to
train other teachers can be considered "research" for the purposes of
the regulation. Consequently, it may be necessary, depending on the
Institutional Review Board (or its equivalent) at your institution, to
obtain written permission from anyone whose image, voice, name, or
other identifiable information can be ascertained from the video.
Interpretations of the statutes are sometimes broad and sometimes
narrow, depending on local, state, and institutional guidelines. The
issue of protection of human subjects is an important one and is taken
very seriously by the legal-eagles at most institutions. I suggest you
consult with the chair of your institutional IRB to find out what sort
of permissions (if any) they feel are appropriate before sharing video
data.
It turns out that for the video-case materials I am developing, I am
required to obtain a liability release from each person in the room
when the video data is captured in order to use the actual video on a
nationally released, commercially available, product.
Shandy
On Saturday, February 12, 2005, at 10:00 AM, Derek wrote:
Derek,
I have a couple of questions, first:
1. How did you secure liability release from all the people in
your video
clips so that they could be used in your TA training?
I received permission from the teachers involved to use the footage
for the
purposes of TA training. Is there more needed?