Digital Pedagogy Librarian
What is Digital Storytelling?
Digital storytelling is the use of digital technology to tell stories. In research and academic settings, digital stories are a way of presenting research and knowledge using text, video, images, audio, maps, timelines and/or other digital media.
Common Categories of Digital Stories
- Non-Fiction: Digital stories can present research, provide information on a topic or concept, be used for learning, and share biographies, reports, history, and more.
- Reflective: Communicate the process of learning, researching, doing, or growing
- Documentary: Tell a story using facts, interviews, and records of many types
- Experimental: Convey abstract ideas or share information in an artistic & creative manner
- Participatory: Built and developed through collaboration among peers, communities, and partners
- 7 Things You Should Know About Digital StorytellingA short article from Educause Learning Initiative listing key points about digital storytelling in academic environments.
- Digital storytelling in higher educationThis paper examines the origins and practice of digital storytelling, highlighting a range of applications in higher education.
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
- Educational Uses of Digital StorytellingA resource for educators, students, and researchers interested in integrating digital storytelling into educational activities. Maintained by the University of Houston College of Education.
- The Changing Story: Digital Stories that Participate in Transforming Teaching and LearningAn open-access book providing assignments, resources, and examples for using digital stories in teaching and learning.
- The Power of Digital StorytellingAn article discussing the use of digital storytelling in classrooms across disciplines.
Digital Storytelling as Scholarship
- Digital Storytelling in the SciencesA guide from Penn State University Libraries discussing the purpose and value of digital storytelling for the sciences
- Digital Storytelling: New Opportunities for Humanities Scholarship & PedagogyAn essay discussing digital storytelling and its application to research and scholarship in the humanities.
- Digital Storytelling: PhD ResearchA collection of digital stories made by PhD students to introduce and share their research.
- Digital Storytelling as a Method in Health ResearchA systematic review to identify and synthesize evidence on the use, impact, and ethical considerations of digital storytelling as a method in health research.
