Engaging in the Classroom: Learning and Teaching through Digital Stories

Abstract

This article considers the results of a survey that the University of Naples Federico II conducted with a group of teachers attending the PAS-Percorsi di abilitazione speciale (training programmes for the achievement of the professional teaching qualification) (The PAS, as provided by DDG n. 58 of 25 July 2013, published in the Official Gazette of 30 July, instituted by Afam Athenaeums and Institutions yearly, are training programmes for obtaining qualification as a teacher for pre-primary, primary and secondary schools in Italy)-through the experimental use of Digital Storytelling. The methodology used for the workshop, adopted within the course of Pedagogy of Learning Processes, involved a group of nearly 80 teachers of different subjects, so that perceptions and reflections could be explored in relation to possible disciplinary applications of the digital narration method.

The Effect of Educational Videos Used in History Education on Academic Success

“…In present day which is the age of digital technology also known as the fourth industrial revolution, multimedia tools are seen to have become part of daily lives of people. Likewise, multimedia tools are used in many disciplines with different interface and Technologies in this age dubbed the digital age (Seixas, 1994;Swan, 1994;Kelly, 2001;Kobrin, 2001;Masterman and Rogers, 2002;Schrum and Hong, 2002;Lee et al, 2006;Mishra and Koehler, 2006;Harding and Ingraham, 2007;Brush and Saye, 2008;Diaz et al, 2008;Swan and Locascio, 2008;Berson and Berson, 2009;Hardy and Jefferies, 2010;Sharpe et al, 2010;Mohamad and Chong, 2011;Beck and Eno, 2012;Krauss and Boss, 2013;Hofer and Swan, 2014;Romrell et al, 2014;Kurihara, 2016;Söylemez, 2016;Marone, 2017;Sarikaya, 2017;Sarikaya, 2018;Söylemez, 2018;Demirel, 2018a;Demirel, 2018b) Stephenson [Cigar box Projects'i (Kelly, 2013;Krauss and Boss, 2013)]). Akdemir (2017) the fact that multimedia tools are the focal point of many educators has lead to the widespread research of how the effectiveness of the learning process must be provided with these tools (Schrum, 2001;Weis, 2001;Berson and Balyta, 2004;Kingsley and Boone, 2008;Hammond and Manfra, 2009;…”