Digital Storytelling and Digital Literacy

Abstract

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.

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“…With the collaboration of science and technology, humans are expected to be able to take advantage the maximum possible benefits and reduce the negative impacts that arise (Zubaidi et al, 2021). Digital storytelling strategy is a practice that combines personal narration/story with multimedia (images, audio and text) (M. Banaszewski, 2005). In the University of Houston's website it is said that learning using digital storytelling can improve some of the skills of students, namely research skills, writing skills, skills using technology, presentation skills, interviewing skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving skills and skills in assessing something.…”