What is Moveatis?
Moveatis is a web-based application designed for the analysis of teaching situations. The application was developed at the University of Jyväskylä by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Information Technology. Moveatis was developed during two development projects: During the 2016 Moveatis-project the observation tool was developed and during the 2019 Moveo- project the feedback analysis tool was developed. This new technology stemmed from work carried out in the University's physical education teacher education programme, which has a long tradition in the analysis of teacher behaviour in physical education. The Moveatis application focuses on the development of teaching skills in physical education, building on the extensive relevant knowledge and competence base developed at the University of Jyväskylä.
Moveatis is a form of systematic observation software and includes two separate tools. Moveatis supports the systematic observation of teaching through its ability to record the duration and frequency of specific occurrences within a teaching situation. The application can be used, for example, to easily record how much time a teacher spends giving instruction, how much time a student is physically active or how many times a teacher gives feedback during a lesson. Moveatis also includes a tool for analysing feedback by enabling the user the enter 'teacher feedback' into a textbox and then select the corresponding feedback categories.
Before using the application, great care is required in developing proper definitions of the behaviours to be recorded and analysed. Although the Moveatis application was originally designed for the analysis of physical education lessons, it is suitable for analysing a variety of teaching-learning situations as it allows the user to select and modify categories according to individual needs.
User guide
Log in and user status
The Moveatis application is initiated by selecting the appropriate user status from the home page (moveatis.sport.jyu.fi). Users can log in as University of Jyväskylä users, by using a group key, or as public users.
JYU log in
Logged-in users are authorised to create and store events and observation categories and save information to the application's database, allowing observations to be reloaded to the application later.
Group key
Users using a group key have access to category groups and observations stored under the specific group key for a given event. Users using a group key also have the option to send observation results to their own email addresses.
Public use
Public users may use the application and almost all of its functions. They have the option to add categories and conduct observations but do not have the authorisation to save results to the application's database.
Modifying category groups and categories
Prior to observation, the user is guided to a page where category groups and categories belonging to each category group can be added, removed and modified. JYU log in users have access to a control page where they can create new events including category sets for observation and feedback analysis. Users can choose to use more than one category group at the same time. For example, it is possible to choose one category group for teacher behaviour and another for student behaviour.
Observation
Conducting observations
An observation is initiated by pressing the 'play' button, which starts the observation clock. After this, the user records the actions or events by selecting categories. The 'pause' button stops the clock but allows observations to continue later. The 'stop' button stops the clock and redirects the user to the summary page.
Summary of observations
On the summary page, the frequency and/or duration of each recording is displayed. Within each category, the application displays the total duration and/or frequency as well as percentage values. In addition, a graph shows each recording on a timeline.
Saving observation results
The options for saving results depend on the user status. For JYU users, results can be saved to the application's database via the 'save' button or as a CSV or .png file on the user's own device. In addition, logged-in users or users using a group key can send the CSV file to their email address to be viewed later in Excel. Public users can save the results to their own device as a CSV or .png file.
Feedback analysis
Conducting feedback analysis
Analysing feedback involves categorizing the teacher feedback within categories defined prior to the analysis (e.g., negative-positive, general-specific). Users can begin the feedback analysis by entering the feedback type into the text box and then selecting the corresponding categories. The selected category is displayed in red. To record new feedback, select the 'new feedback' button to move to a new empty recording space. Users can review recorded feedback episodes using the arrow buttons at the top of the page. When all feedback episodes are recorded, users can select 'continue to report'.
Report
The report page shows the all recorded feedback and corresponding categories in one table. Users can edit or delete the recorded feedback by selecting the 'edit' or 'delete' buttons on the right. The report page can be downloaded as a .png file to the user's own device by selecting 'download as image'.
Summary
The summary page shows the frequency and percentages of feedback in different categories in each category set. Results are also displayed as bar charts and pie charts that can be downloaded as .png files to the user's own device.
Editing the csv-file
Microsoft Excel does not automatically separate data into its own columns. Data can be separate as follows: Select the column A by clicking it. Go to Data-tab and select Text to columns function under the Data tools group. From the dialog that opens, choose Delimited option and click the button Next. In the Delimiters group are all the delimiters, choose Comma and click Finish.
Teams behind Moveatis
Team behind the Moveatis 1.0 application
The Moveatis project team developed the Moveatis 1.0 application in 2016. Within the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Pilvikki Heikinaro-Johansson, Mirja Hirvensalo and Nelli Lyyra contributed knowledge related to analysing teaching situations and defining the requirements for the app. Within the Faculty of Information Technology, Jukka-Pekka Santanen acted as corresponding supervisor and Mika Lehtinen as technical supervisor. The app itself was developed by a project group including Jarmo Juujärvi, Sami Kallio, Kai Korhonen, Juha Moisio and Ilari Paananen.
Additional information: Nelli Lyyra - nelli.lyyra@jyu.fi
Team behind the Moveatis 2.0 application
The Moveo project was carried out in cooperation between the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä in 2019. In the Moveo project, the main goal was to develop a new feature for feedback analysis. Within the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Pilvikki Heikinaro-Johansson and Nelli Lyyra contributed knowledge related to analysing teaching situations and defining the requirements for the application. Within the Faculty of Information Technology, Jukka-Pekka Santanen acted as corresponding supervisor and Jani Saareks as technical supervisor. The application itself was developed by a project group including Karoliina Lappalainen, Tuomas Moisio, Visa Nykänen and Petra Puumala.
Additional information: Nelli Lyyra - nelli.lyyra@jyu.fi