Digital Literacy Learning In Higher Education Through Digital Storytelling Approach

Abstract

It is necessary to develop digital literacy skills with which students can communicate and express their ideas effectively using digital media. The educational sectors around the world are beginning to incorporate digital literacy into the curriculum. Digital storytelling, one of the possible classroom activities, is an approach which may help engage and motivate students to learn digital literacy skills. To investigate this approach, the present small-scale study employs the methods including interviewing and analysing the artefacts of three students selected from a purposive sample on a multimedia course. The findings indicate that the three students have improved in terms of three aspects of digital literacy skills, namely, digital competence, digital usage and digital transformation regardless of their prior knowledge and levels of digital literacy.

Digital Literacy Competencies for Teacher Education Students

“…To realize these objectives, skills are needed, especially literacy, because literacy has played an important role in the education system in many countries through curriculum formation, goals and objectives (Çam & Kiyici, 2017). Therefore, the education sector throughout the world starts to incorporate digital literacy into the curriculum (Chan, Churchill, & Chiu, 2017).…”

“…Digital competency development will not occur naturally (English, 2016). Therefore, it is important to develop digital competencies so that students can communicate and express their ideas effectively using digital media (Chan et al, 2017). One way to start this is to incorporate the use of digital products into literacy compositions and instructions, which will help drive digital literacy (Traxler, 2018).…”

“…By recognizing student involvement with digital culture, and literacy technology, educators consider students as expert users in the use of digital media (Buckingham, 2007). Students can regularly interact with certain digital tools, but more often this interaction does not translate into understanding, critical thinking, and problem solving (Chan et al, 2017). Given the importance of fostering the 21st century literacy citizens, it is important for educators to rethink their instructions to be in line with digital literacy requirements and student literacy practices (Lea, 2013).…”

Enhancing the Digital Literacy of Pre-Service Biology Teacher through Animal Systematics Course

“…Several efforts to practice and train digital literacy in learning have been done, for example, Chan et al [6] who practice digital literacy through storytelling. In addition, blended learning that utilizes ICT has also been applied, for example by Suana et al [7].…”

Analysis Approach to Identify Factors Influencing Digital Learning Technology Adoption and Utilization in Developing Countries

“…The adoption and utilization of digital technologies in the educational system and the internet have provided an unprecedented opportunity to create advanced education around the globe [3]. Developing countries are categorized as such because their rank in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Index is low.…”