Using Digital Stories in eLearning 

Ideas for

RMIT

Purpose of DST“Digital storytelling is an engaging strategy

for building learning materials; communicating with networks; displaying portfolios; as well as a captivating tool for capturing and sharing project, team and organisational knowledge.”

Digital Story Networkhttp://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=107

Aims for today:

• Consider how you might be able to utilise Digital Storytelling within your: – Teaching; Learning; or Assessment

• Analyse the elements of a good digital story• Start planning for your next digital story• Create a digital story and upload to a website• Embed the code for the story into a wiki page

Sample DST assessment• Aim: Demonstrate your computer

skills in movie making.• Objective: create an engaging story of

your achievements• Competency will be gauged by:

– Clarity of storytelling – Creative visual and audio techniques– Relevance to your environment

Sample assessment

Making a Digital Story

How would you assess this digital story?

Another example

The way to room 404

Are there any differences?

• What would be the criteria if it was a personal reflection?

• Can we use digital storytelling in assessment?

• 1469 rubrics found on Digital Storytelling

What criteria could be included?

• Copyright?

Movie Maker 2Unplugged

Online Resources

• Atomic Learning• http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2 • Digitales• http://digitales.wikispaces.com/ • Digital Storytelling Network• http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/

view.php?id=107

Managing digital mediaImages

• Microsoft Picture Manager

• Adobe Photoshop Elements

Audio

• Audacity

Music

• http://freeplaymusic.com

Managing Playback

• Save for playback on computer

• Save for playback on Pocket PC

• Save for sending via email

• Save for playing on DVD

References

• Windows Movie Maker is designed for the home user and is relatively easy to use. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

• i-Movie is part of the Macintosh OSX operating system. http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/

• Photo Story is free and very easy to use. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx