scholarly journals DIGITAL STORYTELLING AS A TEACHING METHOD IN ADULT EDUCATION - THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND WORKING MEMORY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantina Karanasiou ◽  
Christos Drosos ◽  
Dimitris Tseles ◽  
Dimitris Piromalis ◽  
Nikos Tsotsolas
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Excellent Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
The Impact

<p>In recent years, technology has been growing rapidly. The impact that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and associated teaching tools have on the learning process is already significant, and this is expected to grow further in the future. Digital Storytelling (DST) is a combination of interaction and learning at the same time and it could prove to be an excellent teaching method at the disposal of the educator. The present study is an attempt to examine the impact of the method in adult education, providing that the learners are the creators of digital stories. In addition, the current research is an attempt to examine the relationship between learners’ Working Memory and the impact of DST on their learning performance. The research has been conducted in a public vocational training institute. The findings revealed that DST is an effective learning tool in adult education that can improve learners’ performance. In addition, the findings suggest that the method is more effective in learners which have higher working memory rates than others.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0987/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Exploring the Impact of Interaction Modality on Students’ Learning Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 073563312110272
Author(s):  
Neila Chettaoui ◽  
Ayman Atia ◽  
Med Salim Bouhlel
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Embodied Interaction ◽  
Multimodal Learning ◽  
Tangible User Interfaces ◽  
Embodied Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

Embodied learning pedagogy highlights the interconnections between the brain, body, and the concrete environment. As a teaching method, it provides means of engaging the physical body in multimodal learning experiences to develop the students’ cognitive process. Based on this perspective, several research studies introduced different interaction modalities to support the implementation of an embodied learning environment. One such case is the use of tangible user interfaces and motion-based technologies. This paper evaluates the impacts of motion-based, tangible-based, and multimodal interaction merging between tangible interfaces and motion-based technology on improving students’ learning performance. A controlled study was performed at a primary school with 36 participants (aged 7 to 9), to evaluate the educational potential of embodied interaction modalities compared to tablet-based learning. The results highlighted a significant difference in the learning gains between all groups, as determined by one-way ANOVA [F (3,32) = 6.32, p = .017], in favor of the multimodal learning interface. Findings revealed that a multimodal learning interface supporting richer embodied interaction that took advantage of affording the power of body movements and manipulation of physical objects might improve students’ understanding of abstract concepts in educational contexts.

Diversifying the discourse of progression to higher education: Digital storytelling methodology in widening participation practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Laura Mazzoli Smith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Student Voice ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Narrative Imagination ◽  
The North ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Narrative Learning

This paper commences from a critique of the generalised discourse of individualistic capacities in widening participation to higher education. It examines the potential of digital stories to diversify understandings of progression to higher education as a reflexive learning process for participants and institutions alike, by considering one cohort of students participating in a digital storytelling award at a university in the North of England. The concepts of narrative imagination, narrative learning and reflective referentiality are utilised to advance a theoretically informed argument for the potential of this methodology, given the position set out in the paper that the impact of digital stories such as these is unlikely to be transparent or easily measurable in the positivist language of much widening participation practice. The digital storytelling methodology invites a more nuanced consideration of student voice than usually pertains in widening participation, with potential to diversify a reductive discourse of under-represented groups.

Digital Storytelling and Digital Literacy

2017 ◽  
pp. 151-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter reveals the overview of digital technologies; the overview of digital storytelling in education; and the overview of digital literacy in education. Digital storytelling and digital literacy are very important in modern education. Digital storytelling is used to improve student's learning through multimedia in the modern classrooms. Digital storytelling is the expressive medium that can explain even the most intricate topics in depth, integrating it with the rest of the curriculum. Digital literacy is the ability to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. Digital literacy leads to the great increases in information that can be conveniently accessed. The chapter argues that developing digital storytelling and digital literacy skills has the potential to improve both teaching and learning performance in modern education.

Pre-Service Language Teachers' Experiences in the Digital Storytelling Process

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melih Derya Gürer
Keyword(s):  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Stories

This study investigated pre-service language teachers' experiences and capabilities in digital storytelling (DST) about creating digital stories and their views on the use of DST in language teaching. A case study design was adopted. Eighty-three pre-service teachers participated in the study, and they created 25 digital stories. Data of this study came from the evaluation of digital stories and open-ended questionnaire. Pre-service teachers' digital stories were analyzed using rubrics and subjected to descriptive statistics. Moreover, the data from an open-ended questionnaire on pre-service teachers' perceptions regarding the DST in language teaching were analyzed using content analysis. The results revealed that despite being novice DST-developers, pre-service teachers were capable of creating digital stories. They reported that DST had the potential to enhance students' learning outcomes. In addition, they were eager to adopt DST in their future teaching. However, they complained that DST required too much time and effort with information and communication and pedagogical skills.

scholarly journals Teachers’ practices to support student work in digital storytelling: A study on Finnish and Chinese school teachers’ experiences

Seminar.net ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Vivitsou ◽  
Hannele Niemi ◽  
Ge Wei ◽  
Veera Kallunki ◽  
Rong Miao
Keyword(s):  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Chinese School ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
Video Format

This study aims to discuss and analyze Finnish and Chinese primary school teachers’ practices when digital storytelling is the teaching method, aiming for student-generated stories in video format. To meet this end, teachers introduce digital storytelling in their practices and guide and support students into building and sharing digital stories in video format with peers in the classroom and online. In addition, they introduce the use of web-based environments and digital technologies, adapt their teaching plan accordingly, and enrich existing instructional material. As a result, teacher’s practices of organizing and facilitating student work and development change.In order to investigate how teaching practices change, this study draws from Chinese and Finnish teachers’ interviews and observation data and uses inductive analysis and constant comparison for more abstract themes and categories. The findings show that the teachers use formal and informal, natural and technological environments to organize student work and aim for freer learning in digital storytelling activities. Also, different aspects of collaborative work are used to facilitate and, mainly, structure student work and development.

Digital Storytelling and Digital Literacy

2018 ◽  
pp. 873-893
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter reveals the overview of digital technologies; the overview of digital storytelling in education; and the overview of digital literacy in education. Digital storytelling and digital literacy are very important in modern education. Digital storytelling is used to improve student's learning through multimedia in the modern classrooms. Digital storytelling is the expressive medium that can explain even the most intricate topics in depth, integrating it with the rest of the curriculum. Digital literacy is the ability to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. Digital literacy leads to the great increases in information that can be conveniently accessed. The chapter argues that developing digital storytelling and digital literacy skills has the potential to improve both teaching and learning performance in modern education.

scholarly journals The Impact on Nursing Students of Creating Audiovisual Material through Digital Storytelling as a Teaching Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 694
Author(s):  
Julián Rodríguez-Almagro ◽  
María del Carmen Prado-Laguna ◽  
Antonio Hernández-Martínez ◽  
Adrián Monzón-Ferrer ◽  
Juan Carlos Muñoz-Camargo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Audiovisual Material ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact

The creation of videos in teaching has a high educational potential and is a challenge that can motivate students. There is little evidence on the use of this method when applied to the creation of digital stories. Thus, the aim of this study was to measure student satisfaction with the creation of audiovisual material through digital storytelling, measure its usefulness, and evaluate its impact on their motivation to study the subject. As a secondary objective, we intended to determine the influence of this learning experience on raising awareness of society toward mental illnesses by measuring the impact by the number of views on social networks. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. The participants were 90 third-year nursing students enrolled in the subject “Psychiatric Nursing”. The students created eight themed videos (depression, suicide, anxiety, anorexia, mobile phone addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder, drug addiction, schizophrenia). The students were then asked to complete an ad hoc questionnaire on the matter. A total of 90% of the nursing students thought that creating the videos improved the acquisition of nursing knowledge, 91.2% replied that they would like to use the method in other subjects on the degree in nursing syllabus, and 67.8% thought that their clinical skills improved after using narrated digital stories to create videos. Students acknowledged that this training activity helped them feel better prepared and helped them better understand the subject. They believe that this teaching technique is more stimulating and more enjoyable than the conventional system, giving them more motivation to study the subject. Students acknowledge that the experience gained from this initiative has helped them feel better prepared and helped them better understand the subject, and they think that it will be a useful resource in the future as it has improved the process of the creation of audiovisual material through digital storytelling.

scholarly journals The impact of emotions on learning and motivation in producing and presenting digital stories

Seminar.net ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor Schjelde ◽  
Ingrid Nielsen Lie
Keyword(s):  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Achievement Emotions ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
Motivation And Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive And Negative Emotions

Researchers of digital storytelling emphasize emotions as an important aspect of learning in the production and presentation of digital stories. The aim of this study is to explore the positive and negative emotions involved in the process of making digital stories and presenting them. As well as students’ perceptions of how this affects their motivation and learning. One hundred and thirty-two students responded to an adapted version of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire, which collects data on the emotions present in a learning context. In addition, we interviewed ten students to gather in depth data about their feelings, motivation and learning. We found that both positive and negative emotions were involved when the students created and presented their digital stories. The students felt that their emotions influenced their motivation and learning. Drawing on theories of learning and motivation, we argue that negative activating emotions can aid learning, and positive deactive emotions can have a negative impact on learning. Emotions can aid learning in higher education and digital storytelling is an important contribution in this regard.

Digital Storytelling and Digital Literacy

2017 ◽  
pp. 1005-1025
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter reveals the overview of digital technologies; the overview of digital storytelling in education; and the overview of digital literacy in education. Digital storytelling and digital literacy are very important in modern education. Digital storytelling is used to improve student's learning through multimedia in the modern classrooms. Digital storytelling is the expressive medium that can explain even the most intricate topics in depth, integrating it with the rest of the curriculum. Digital literacy is the ability to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. Digital literacy leads to the great increases in information that can be conveniently accessed. The chapter argues that developing digital storytelling and digital literacy skills has the potential to improve both teaching and learning performance in modern education.

Do Children With Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Have Difficulties With Interference Control, Visuospatial Working Memory, and Selective Attention? Developmental Patterns and the Role of Severity and Persistence of DLD

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 3036-3050
Author(s):  
Elma Blom ◽  
Tessel Boerma
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
Visuospatial Working Memory ◽  
Interference Control ◽  
Developmental Patterns ◽  
Search Tasks ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have weaknesses in executive functioning (EF), specifically in tasks testing interference control and working memory. It is unknown how EF develops in children with DLD, if EF abilities are related to DLD severity and persistence, and if EF weaknesses expand to selective attention. This study aimed to address these gaps. Method Data from 78 children with DLD and 39 typically developing (TD) children were collected at three times with 1-year intervals. At Time 1, the children were 5 or 6 years old. Flanker, Dot Matrix, and Sky Search tasks tested interference control, visuospatial working memory, and selective attention, respectively. DLD severity was based on children's language ability. DLD persistence was based on stability of the DLD diagnosis. Results Performance on all tasks improved in both groups. TD children outperformed children with DLD on interference control. No differences were found for visuospatial working memory and selective attention. An interference control gap between the DLD and TD groups emerged between Time 1 and Time 2. Severity and persistence of DLD were related to interference control and working memory; the impact on working memory was stronger. Selective attention was unrelated to DLD severity and persistence. Conclusions Age and DLD severity and persistence determine whether or not children with DLD show EF weaknesses. Interference control is most clearly impaired in children with DLD who are 6 years and older. Visuospatial working memory is impaired in children with severe and persistent DLD. Selective attention is spared.

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