Developing student capacity to produce digital scholarship in the humanities

2021 ◽  
pp. 147402222110452
Author(s):  
Kelly Schrum
Keyword(s):  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
Digital Work ◽  
Digital Knowledge ◽  
Digital Agency

Despite the increased use of technology in higher education classrooms, we need a better understanding of pedagogical strategies that improve student ability to produce quality scholarly digital content in the humanities. This research was designed to examine student learning through scholarly digital storytelling, a technology-enhanced assessment. The researcher collected data during and after an interdisciplinary, graduate scholarly digital storytelling course, including student work, student reflections, and individual interviews, to examine experiences at key points throughout the learning process. The results indicate that this pedagogical approach, when carefully scaffolded alongside formative feedback and ongoing student support, can increase student capacity—including digital agency, problem-solving skills, and digital knowledge production skills—to produce scholarly digital work in the humanities. Students can also learn to understand the interplay between disciplinary learning and digital skills and the ways in which both are essential for scholarly communication within and beyond the classroom.

‘Stealing the fire’, 2.0 style? Technology, the pursuit of mobility, social memory and de-securitization of migration

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Milivojevic
Keyword(s):  
Social Memory ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Political Borders ◽  
Digital Knowledge ◽  
Transit Routes

Technology challenges social, economic and political borders. This article analyses the role smartphones and social media play in constructing social memory (and consciousness) of bordering practices, examining predominant accounts of migration, de-securitizing and re-humanizing mobility and attaining freedom of movement. Using the case study of the Western Balkans as one of the main transit routes in Europe and building on Stefania Milan’s ‘stealing the fire’ theory, this article investigates transformation of borders from below, as migrants reclaim technology to enable safe passage and create counter-narratives of migration. They do so by contributing to the ‘digital knowledge commons’—a collaborative body of knowledge that can shift restrictive migration policies. The article highlights the importance of studying the technology–mobility nexus, and greater theoretical engagement vis-à-vis the use of technology as a tool for social change, as migration continues to play a pivotal role in political and public debates across the globe.

scholarly journals Nursing Students and Nurses’ Recommendations Aiming at Improving the Development of the Humanistic Caring Competency

2021 ◽  
pp. 084456212110489
Author(s):  
Dimitri Létourneau ◽  
Johanne Goudreau ◽  
Chantal Cara
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Regulatory Bodies

Background Most nursing education programs prepare their students to embody humanism and caring as it is expected by several regulatory bodies. Ensuring this embodiment in students and nurses remains a challenge because there is a lack of evidence about its progressive development through education and practice. Purpose This manuscript provides a description of nursing students’ and nurses’ recommendations that can foster the development of humanistic caring. Methods Interpretive phenomenology was selected as the study's methodological approach. Participants (n = 26) were recruited from a French-Canadian university and an affiliated university hospital. Data was collected through individual interviews. Data analysis consisted of an adaptation of Benner’s (1994) phenomenological principles that resulted in a five-stage interpretative process. Results The following five themes emerged from the phenomenological analysis of participants’ recommendations: 1) pedagogical strategies, 2) educators’ approach, 3) considerations in teaching humanistic caring, 4) work overload, and 5) volunteerism and externship. Conclusion The findings suggest the existence of a challenge when using mannikins in high-fidelity simulations with the intention of developing humanistic caring. The findings also reaffirm the importance of giving concrete and realistic exemplars of humanistic caring to students in order to prevent them from making “communication” synonymous to “humanization of care”.

The iPad in the Classroom

2013 ◽  
pp. 979-995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Ostashewski ◽  
Doug Reid
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Multimedia Database ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Successes And Challenges

Mobile learning devices, such as the iPad tablet, have the potential of providing unique pedagogical strategies for the K-12 classroom. One of these strategies is digital storytelling, a constructivist approach using digital tools to create and share short stories. This chapter describes three iPad implementation projects involving multimedia database and digital storytelling creation that underscore the successes and challenges of these devices and the new classroom activities they make available to educators. The results of these projects suggest that the iPad is one device that can successfully support and sustain a variety of multimedia creation and use in the classroom. Specifically, this chapter reports on research that identifies mobile pedagogical strategies on the iPad, such as mobile small and large group demonstrations, student-directed control-and-playback activities, backchannel (microblogging) conversations, Web-based research activities, and digital storytelling. As with other types of technology implementations, management and process challenges exist that should be considered. This chapter details some of the challenges that are specific to iPads and multimedia creation on these devices.

Impact of ICTs for Sustainable Development of Youth Employability

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-180
Author(s):  
Abiodun Alao ◽  
Roelien Brink
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Digital Knowledge ◽  
The Government ◽  
Youth Employability

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (41R) era requires industries to adopt the use of technology and specialised study accomplished with digital knowledge. This has contributed to the high rate of unemployment and job loss of people, especially the youths without digital knowledge. The objective of this study is to understand how ICTs can be used for the sustainable development of youth employability. The youths are among the low-income populations that require access to information on industry requirement for improved employability and the provision of digital skills training will allow them to have the knowledge to use ICTs to access information on the relevant job skills needed in the labour market. The sustainable livelihood theory was used to guide the study. Recommendations for the study will allow the government, ICT policymakers, and stakeholders to use ICTs for the sustainable development of youths and improve employability.

Digital Storytelling

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taralynn Hartsell
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
The Creation

Digital storytelling has many implications in teaching and learning. As a way to communicate ideas, experiences, beliefs, and topics to an audience through the use of technology and multimedia, digital stories help storytellers acquire many different skills and literacies. The most important aspect is that the storyteller learns to create stories using their personal voice and interpretation to be shared with a larger community. Self-expression is encouraged and confidence can be developed through the creation of digital stories. This paper examines digital storytelling from an instructional and learning perspective. Areas such as the implications of digital storytelling in education, the process of planning and developing stories, and a discussion of various tools to create digital stories are included. Digital storytelling can provide storytellers with an avenue for conveying ideas and information that are personal in nature or more informational.

Integrating Computational Thinking Concept Into Digital Storytelling to Improve Learners’ Motivation and Performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 073563312096731
Author(s):  
Nadia Parsazadeh ◽  
Pei-Yu Cheng ◽  
Ting-Ting Wu ◽  
Yueh-Min Huang
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
And Performance

This paper examines a method which can be used by instructors pursuing innovative methods for language teaching, which expands learners’ motivation in second language learning. Computational thinking (CT) is a problem-solving skill which can motivate students’ English language learning. Designing a learning activity which integrates CT into English language learning has been considered in only a few academic studies. This study aimed to explore whether integrating CT into English language learning can be useful for improving learners’ motivation and performance. The method of “present, practice, and produce” was applied as a method of presenting computational thinking in the English language learning classroom. Fifty-two elementary school students (52) participated in the experimental study. Following an experimental design, data were collected and analyzed from a combination of knowledge test scores, storytelling, motivation, and anxiety surveys. The experimental results indicate that the CT strategy improves students’ language learning and raises their motivation in the two dimensions of extrinsic and intrinsic goal orientation. These results imply the positive effect of CT strategy on strengthening problem-solving skills of students participating in digital storytelling and increases their motivation and performance in English language learning.

scholarly journals What can we learn from second generation digital natives? A qualitative study of undergraduates’ views of digital health at one London university

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 205520761878815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aasha E Cowey ◽  
Henry W W Potts
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Generation Gap ◽  
Patient Portals ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Health And Fitness

Objectives We live in a digital age and opportunities within healthcare are increasing, ranging from patient portals to wearable devices. Today’s undergraduates are second generation digital natives and are at a critical point of becoming more autonomous in their healthcare interactions. This study aims to understand their experiences of both digital and broader healthcare. This will enable a better understanding of implications for national policy, individual healthcare organisations and further research. Methods Undergraduates aged 18–21 participated in individual interviews or focus groups. Inductive thematic analysis was undertaken. Negative member checking and feedback on emerging themes from both participants and experts were used to increase the validity of the study. Results Twenty-four undergraduates participated in the study, including a high proportion of international students. Thematic analysis revealed 16 themes. Six key themes explored in this paper are: generation gap; impact on healthcare professionals (HCPs); use of technology to replace or enhance HCP interactions; use of technology to support administration/transactional activities; paper vs electronic; and personally held health and fitness data. Conclusion This paper highlights recommendations for the undergraduate cohort and wider populations including better articulation of benefits, making digital options more personalised and interactive, and raising awareness of dangerous ‘obsessive’ behaviour around health and fitness apps. Some of our findings challenge the assumption that this generation will automatically accept digital initiatives, including the importance this cohort continues to place on face-to-face interactions. In response, we offer some suggestions to improve awareness, utilisation and acceptance of digital health.

Studies in Family-Oriented Crisis Intervention with Hemodialysis Patients

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Levenberg ◽  
Charlotte Jenkins ◽  
Donald J. Wendorf
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Partner Relationship ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Home Dialysis ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Training Stage ◽  
The Family ◽  
Contractual Approach ◽  
Home Training ◽  
The Relationship

This article describes a family-oriented crisis intervention approach to help patients with chronic renal failure adjust to the unique demands of home dialysis. In particular, home dialysis necessitates a working patient-dialysis partner relationship that has very adaptive problem solving skills. A couple whose premorbid relationship is dysfunctional will soon manifest this under the stress of home dialysis. The family-oriented therapist initiates only the minimal change necessary in the relationship to achieve successful dialysis. In the home training stage the premorbidly dysfunctional couple seems best treated in individual interviews, whereas premorbidly functional couples respond more favorably to conjoint interviews which capitalize on their underlying strengths. Couples in crisis who are dialyzing at home may require a highly structured, behaviorally-oriented contractual approach which includes all relevant family members. This “band-aid” approach temporarily reinstitutes successful dialysis while purchasing more time for the couple to develop new coping mechanisms. Finally, four case studies are presented, including one in which crisis intervention efforts failed.

scholarly journals Digital Literacy of EFL Students: An Empirical Study in Vietnamese Universities

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Anh Thuy Nguyen ◽  
Anita Habók
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Digital Knowledge

Abstract The current research investigates the digital literacy levels of 1661 English as a foreign language (EFL) learner at Vietnamese universities. We used an adapted questionnaire to assess students’ digital knowledge and their perceived skills, their attitudes toward the use of digital technologies, and the frequency of use of technology applications in English learning. The findings reveal that most Vietnamese students can access digital technologies at home and in their institutions. Furthermore, students achieve an adequate level of knowledge regarding digital literacy, and their technological skills range from low to average. Students’ attitudes toward technologies are positive, but they do not use technologies extensively when learning English. Comparisons show that males have better digital knowledge and skills than their female peers. Although female students are more aware of the digital integration benefits of learning than their male peers, males tend to use technologies more extensively than females. There are also discrepancies among different year groups. Seniors have the best digital knowledge, while freshmen possess the highest technical skill levels. Junior and senior students’ attitudes toward technology applications in English learning are more positive than those of freshmen and sophomores.

Development and Acquisition of Knowledge of Youth Parasport Coaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-89
Author(s):  
Pierre Lepage ◽  
Gordon A. Bloom ◽  
William R. Falcão
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

The purpose of this study was to understand the learning experiences and acquisition of knowledge of youth parasport coaches. Five able-bodied male participants (M = 39 years old), who coached youth with a physical disability for an average of 7.4 years, participated in individual interviews. An inductive thematic analysis identified patterns within and across the data, allowing for description and interpretation of the meaning and importance of the themes. The results showed that coaches learned mostly from informal experiences, particularly through mentoring, trial and error, or use of technology. In addition, these learning opportunities were influenced by personal, environmental, and social factors. These findings can help to guide current and future generations of coaches of youth participants with a physical disability by highlighting available resources and addressing several barriers and facilitators to their learning.

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