Title :
The Effectiveness of Digital Storytelling in the Classrooms: A Case Study
Author :
Smeda, Najat ; Dakich, Eva ; Sharda, Nalin
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng. & Sci., Victoria Univ. Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Developments in digital technology and the wide-spread use of digital devices makes digital storytelling a powerful instructional tool. Fortuitously, digital storytelling has received increasing attention in recent years, and it has the power to be a powerful and popular teaching and learning tool in the future. This paper reports partial findings of a case study conducted to investigate the impact of digital storytelling on students´ engagement and their learning outcomes.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; humanities; digital devices; digital storytelling; learning tool; popular teaching; powerful instructional tool; Analysis of variance; Australia; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Media; Digital Storytelling; Storytelling; Student engagement; e-Learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2013.157
