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Throughout this action research project, I relied on the support and collaboration of
my college supervisors, college peers and also from my work colleagues, pupils and

their parents. My value of excellence emerged from my efforts to improve our
school’s eLearning status and to produce a multimedia resource of a high quality. I

sought their honest and professional feedback as I progressed with my research

project. I was always mindful that their feedback would be constructive with the
intention of producing a resource of a high standard that would help improve

parental involvement and reading literacy (Figure 4.12), (Figure 4.13).

Figure 4.12 Feedback from my work colleague V. Walsh after a think aloud session,
January 11, 2018

An example of peer feedback is evident in (Figure 4.13) and (Figure 4.14). I found
fixing the inconsistent audio levels especially challenging as there were many factors

to consider. Ideally, I would have recorded every scene in the same location where
room acoustics and background noise could be controlled. Also using different

microphones became problematic as the quality varied with each device.

Furthermore, I discovered my own voice varied depending on the time of day and
recording location. My supervisor Yvonne suggested I improve my narration by

speaking with more expression in my voice. This is something I had to practice over
and over and is a skill I will use in future work. Through trial and error, I learned

that in order to have a consistent high quality with the voice narration and audio, it

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