Learn Digital Storytelling: New Pedagogy, New Media
Kenneth WarrenTechnology Liaison to the Humanities
University of RichmondApril 17, 2012
Summary
Digital Storytelling at Richmond
Why it was planted.How it grew.Who nurtures its growth.What is the process.What are the next steps.
Digital (Story) telling
University of Richmond
• CTLT leadership identified a need to provide more technology learning experiences for Richmond’s liberal arts students.
• Faculty were encouraged to integrate project-based learning activities that promoted IT fluency and media literacy across the curricula.
Why it was planted.
How it grew.
• Offered digital storytelling workshops for faculty based on Joe Lambert’s approach and framework (Creating and producing meaningful, personally relevant stories guided by the 7 Elements of DST).
• Leveraged the University’s Technology Learning Center to provide support.
• Emphasized free, easy, and common tools.
Who nurtures its growth.Liaisons (Instructional Technologists/Designers)
Outreach and communication: • Provide DST pedagogy workshops.• Hold office hours in department
lounges.• Host faculty brown bag lunches and
events.• Attend departmental meetings.
Who nurtures its growth.Faculty10+ per semester from a variety of disciplines
• Work with liaisons to review course objectives and identify where a digital story project might supplement, or catalyze from, a written paper or offer an alternative to a PowerPoint or oral presentation.
• Have archives of digital stories that can be used as exemplars for subsequent courses.
Who nurtures its growth.Students~200 per semester• Attend a 90-min workshop that connect the
7 elements of DST to their course project and reviews technology tools.
• Invest 10-20 hrs (4-6 wks) to produce a compelling digital stories.
• Claim that the DST helps them learn more about the course’s content objectives and introduces them to the Creative Commons, attribution and copyright.
What is the process.
• Writing the Script
• Recording Your Voice
• Search for (or Capture) Images
• Produce the Story
• Publish the Story
Writing the Script
Productivity and collaboration "in the cloud"
Previous Experience Y N
Recording Your Voice
Performing the narrative and practicing speech communication
Previous Experience Y N
Search for (or Capture) Images
Identifying and repurposing visuals that enhance the narrative
Previous Experience Y N
Produce the Story
Sequencing the images and tweaking the audio
Previous Experience Y N
Publish the Story
Sharing to the web and building community
What are the next steps.
• Triangulate deeper support between Speech Center, Writing Center and Library
• Explore DST assessment further
• Demystify copyright issues
• Empower faculty and set them free
• Curate digital stories on LearnDST.richmond.edu
