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Scholarship March 29, 2017

The Instructional Value of Digital Storytelling: Higher Education, Professional, and Adult Learning Settings

The Wabash Center

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Author
McGee, Patricia
Publisher
Routledge, New York, NY
ISBN
9780415815697
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction

Section I: Foundations
ch. 1 Storytelling’s Value Then and Now
ch. 2 Traditions of Oral Storytelling in Digital Stories
ch. 3 Culture, Learning and Digital Storytelling

Section II: Instructional Frameworks of Digital Storytelling
ch. 4 The Learner as Audience and Maker
ch. 5 Storytelling that Supports Learning
ch. 6 Story as Curriculum

Section III: Applications of Digital Storytelling in Context
ch. 7 Disciplinary Applications of Digital Storytelling
ch. 8 Applications in formal, non-formal, and informal learning
ch. 9 Conclusions: Implications for Instruction

Glossary
References
Index
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Abstract: Although storytelling has been recognized as an effective instructional strategy for some time, most educators are not informed about how to communicate a story that supports learning—particularly when using digital media. The Instructional Value of Digital Storytelling provides a broad overview of the concepts and traditions of storytelling and prepares professors, workplace trainers, and instructional designers to tell stories through 21st century media platforms, providing the skills critical to communication, lifelong learning, and professional success.

Using clear and concise language, The Instructional Value of Digital Storytelling explains how and why storytelling can be used as a contemporary instructional method, particularly through social media, mobile technologies, and knowledge-based systems. Examples from different sectors and disciplines illustrate how and why effective digital stories are designed with learning theory in mind. Applications of storytelling in context are provided for diverse settings within higher education as well as both formal and informal adult learning contexts. (From the Publisher)