Vanier College and the CCDMD launch Infants and Toddlers: Video Observation Bank

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Vanier College and the CCDMD (Collegial Centre for Educational Materials Development) are pleased to announce the official launch of the Infants and Toddlers: Video Observation Bank, on October 30, 2014 at Vanier College. This new resource offers a bank of 200 video sequences on young children in daycare situations in Québec and serves as an observation lab for students and teachers in the Early Childhood Education Techniques program, allowing them to monitor the daily lives of children in daycare institutions or family care centres.

The bank of videos was developed by Mary Johnson, an Early Childhood Education teacher at Vanier College in collaboration with the CCDMD. “This site provides users with a perfect window into the world of infants and toddlers and their daily experiences in child care,” says Mary Johnson. “As well, users witness the wide range of tasks and roles that early childhood professionals take on each day. Finally, many of the clips highlight the importance of the partnerships that form between parents and the educators who care for their young children.” See a sample clip at: http://toddlers.ccdmd.qc.ca/video/show/The-big-felt-board

Although the primary users of the video bank will be students and teachers of Early Childhood Education, there are many videos that could be of interest to parents.

In addition to the extensive bank of short video clips, the site also features longer sequences designed to offer viewers a more sustained experience. These longer sequences provide an excellent idea of just what goes on in daycares on a typical day. Finally, the Exercises section features a set of short quizzes that teachers and students can use to explore various aspects of the task of observing young children.

The Collegial Centre for Educational Materials Development (CCDMD), which is primarily funded by Québec’s Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, et de la Science, produces a large variety of printed, digital and online materials, developed by experienced Cegep teachers and specially designed for students and teaching staff of the Québec Cegep system.