- Teaching & Learning Exploratory -

The Teaching and Learning Exploratory is sunsetting its public-facing user accounts as of June 2024. As we work to ramp down the site over the coming months, we are offering universal free access to a limited library of videos. Current paid subscribers will continue to have full access during this transition.

If you are a new user who needs additional access beyond our free library, please contact TLE-contact@umich.edu so we can determine the best way to assist you.

The Teaching and Learning Exploratory (TLE) features full-length classroom videos and curated collections of clips with integrated tools for interaction and exploration. The TLE includes classroom sessions from diverse locations in K-12 settings.

Learn more about the Teaching & Learning Exploratory

What is the Teaching and Learning Exploratory?

Collections of Authentic Classroom Videos

Tools to Open the Power of Videos

How Others are Exploring with Videos

Available membership plans

Basic

Free

A set of tagged videos of Math and ELA classrooms
Previews of curated collections
Access to lesson artifacts
Private playlists
Introduction to High-Leverage Practices and TeachingWorks Tags

Collections of Authentic Classroom Videos

Classroom sessions from diverse locations

K-12 classrooms, covering core subjects such as mathematics, language arts and more

Multiple camera angles show teaching and learning from the perspective of the students and teacher

Tools to Open the Power of Videos

You may want to simply find and play one classroom video, or you may need to search hundreds of videos and then make clips and combine a compiled movie with slides and exercises. Our tools are here to help you.

SEARCH

...keywords and video tags

ORGANIZE

...playlists and collections

CLIP

...videos of classroom sessions

CREATE

...projects to present to other educators

OBSERVE

...classes as you practice using observation instruments

ADD

...video to your own web systems

How Others are Exploring with Videos

Jaclyn Facca

3rd Grade Teacher, Brooklands Elementary

Jaclyn shares video clips with co-workers as she progresses through her professional development plan.

Bridget Maher

Doctoral Candidate at University of Michigan

Bridget is sharing videos with undergraduate pre-service teachers to illustrate the Common Core topic "Close Reading."

Sue Feldman

Director of Educational Service District 112 Research Center for Learning and Leadership / Assistant Professor, Lewis and Clark College Graduate School of Education Counseling

Sue is using videos to help Oregon and Washington school leaders develop effective ways to provide feedback to teachers.

Imani D Goffney

Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education at University of Houston

Imani is using videos to train researchers to use a new classroom observation instrument.

Matthew Perini

Director of Content Development, Silver Strong Associates

Matthew coordinates The Thoughtful Classroom’s efforts to create master-scored training videos.

Julie Jordan

Director of Curriculum and Research Unit at Mississippi State University

Julie is sharing videos with principals through the state’s ‘Canvas’ Learning Management System.

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