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The learner’s voice logo fades in and out with musical soundtrack followed by the video title: ‘the learner’s voice’. This is followed by a sequence of shots of learners, ending with the video sub-title: ‘Jenny and Emma’. |
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A series of shots of the University of Wolverhampton – both external and internal views.
This is followed by a series of shots of Jenny Woodhams and Emma Purnell working on computers in an IT suite with other students working on computers in the background, followed by several close-up shots of the computer screen showing a selection of pages from the e-portfolio.
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Voiceover: Jenny and Emma have recently graduated as teachers at the University of Wolverhampton, where they both took the Post-Compulsory PGCE course. Jenny studied to be a food technology teacher, and Emma an ICT teacher. Both students were involved in piloting an e-portfolio – an electronic reflection and communication tool. |
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Close-up of Emma sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background.
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Emma Purnell: VLEs are owned by the institution, and the e-portfolio is owned by me. |
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Close-up of Jenny sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background.
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Jenny Woodhams: The e-portfolio was a method for us to start sharing our fears, really, I suppose. |
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Close-up of Emma sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background.
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Emma Purnell: I think it’s the first step in something that’s huge in terms of personalised learning environments. |
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Close-up of Jenny sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background.
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Jenny Woodhams: I was excited about it, because it was something different. |
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A series of shots of a selection of pages from the e-portfolio projected onto a whiteboard, including some shots of Emma, Jenny and their fellow students sitting in a classroom talking with their lecturer.
Includes background musical soundtrack and the voice of Julie (tutor) saying “Let’s have a little chat about how you’ve been getting on, what this month’s been like for you”. |
Voiceover: The e-portfolio facilitated text-based conversations between Jenny, Emma and their peers, whilst on teaching practice. Julie, their lecturer, encouraged students to share experiences and reflect critically on their placements. |
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Close-up of Jenny sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background with her name (‘Jenny Woodhams’) briefly displayed, including a series of shots of a selection of pages from the e-portfolio, and some shots of Emma, Jenny and their fellow students sitting in a classroom talking with their lecturer.
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Jenny Woodhams: Being critical of myself, scared me. But somehow, blogging with other people, and hearing their thoughts, I started becoming reflective. And Julie then pushed us further and started questioning, and that just continued to develop within the blog. |
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Close-up of Emma sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background with her name (‘Emma Purnell’) briefly displayed, including some shots of a selection of pages from the e-portfolio, and some shots of Emma and Jenny working on computers in an IT suite. |
Emma Purnell: And it was really just a life-line of communication initially, it was like, this is my experience of teaching practice, what about yours? The sort of virtual community that we’d made over the six weeks – both face-to-face and starting with blogging – stretched into teaching practice in terms of sharing critical incidents, sharing best practice. |
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A series of shots of a selection of pages from the WebFolio, followed by a close-up of Jenny sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background. This is followed by a shot of Jenny and Emma working on a laptop with a water cooler and some cabinets in the background. |
Jenny Woodhams: A WebFolio is what I’ve created from my e-portfolio. So I’ve created a place in my space, I suppose, that has links to other parts of my e-portfolio, that has links to internet sites, and is created like a filing cabinet online, but its got a dialogue with it as well. |
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A series of shots of a selection of pages from the WebFolio, followed by a close-up of Emma sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background. |
Emma Purnell: It’s sort-of a life-long learning for me. With a VLE it’s not something that belongs to you, or that you can take with you after you’ve finished with it. |
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A shot of Jenny and Emma working on a laptop with a water cooler and some cabinets in the background. |
Jenny Woodhams: My study at home would have looked like a tip because I would have had paper everywhere, and this is just an organised place to put everything.
Emma Purnell: Well it just means it might get seen again. You know, you do a paper portfolio at school, at college and it goes under the bed and four inches of dust…
Jenny Woodhams: You never see it again.
Emma Purnell: …and it never sees the light of day again. So that’s why I think it’s massively useful. |
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Close-up of Julie working on a laptop with two whiteboards in the background followed by a shot of the computer screen being projected onto a whiteboard. This is followed by a close-up of Jenny working on a computer in an IT suite, including close-ups of a series of websites Jenny is viewing. This is followed by a series of shots of Jenny, Emma and their fellow students in a classroom and another close-up of the web page being viewed.
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Voiceover: Jenny and Emma were introduced to the idea of using audio visual metaphors to encapsulate their feelings about, and reflections on, their learning journeys. Jenny used photos, and Emma began to explore the use of video and music. Their confidence with technology meant they were happy to embrace the e-portfolio. And they now see themselves as evangelists for a new form of life-long learning software that many believe is the future of personalised learning. |
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Close-up of the web pages being viewed, including a shot of Jenny and Emma working on a laptop with a water cooler and some cabinets in the background. This is followed by a close-up of the computer screen showing Emma’s digital story page with the soundtrack “For as far, far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a teacher”.
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Emma Purnell: The fact that you could put video, and tell your story, and I sort of got all encompassed in this storytelling aspect of my life.
Jenny Woodhams: You got all excited about it.
Emma Purnell: I did, yeah, I just thought, you know, what are the limits. |
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Close-up of the computer screen showing Emma’s digital story page, followed by a shot of Jenny and Emma working on a laptop with a water cooler and some cabinets in the background. This is followed by an external shot of the MillenniumCityBuilding. |
Emma Purnell: It’s just me talking for the first few minutes. Which is beautiful in itself, obviously! |
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External shots of the MillenniumCityBuilding with Jenny and Emma walking past it. Followed by a close-up of Jenny sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background, including several shot of Jenny and Emma sitting outside with the MillenniumCityBuilding in the background.
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Jenny Woodhams: Every day I use technology. I don’t think I could be without my phone, which sounds really sad! I use the MSN messenger – it’s how I contact my friends from around the world, from who I’ve met on my travels. That’s exciting for me.
I think the way that I use technology in general, enabled me to take on the e-portfolios and the VLE that we used at Wolverhampton. |
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Close-up of Emma sitting in an empty classroom with a plant in the background, including a series of shots of Emma, Jenny and other students working on computers in an IT suite.
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Emma Purnell: It’s really strange, because for the last year, the technology that I’ve used in my life has been e-portfolio. It’s an addictive thing to use – both academically and socially.
We finished our course eight, nine weeks ago, and yet, we’re still on there every day. So I think it is definitely having a bearing on how we need to teach and how people are going to learn in the future. |
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The learner’s voice logo fades in with musical soundtrack and video closing screen made up of the Xube® logo and HEFCE copyright statement. Fades out to black screen. |
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