• DocumentCode
    3080782
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    15-18 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    491
  • Lastpage
    492
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2013.157
  • Filename
    6602000