Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Fostering Reflection

Ali Hamilton; Donald Rubin; Michael A Tarrant; Mikell Gleason

doi:10.36366/frontiers.v31i1.443

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Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Fostering Reflection

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Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Fostering Reflection

Ali Hamilton, Donald Rubin, Michael A Tarrant and Mikell Gleason

Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, Vol.31(1), pp.59-73

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v31i1.443

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Reflection is an essential process for optimizing student learning outcomes in study abroad. Composing digital stories is a promising strategy for achieving high quality reflection. In this project we developed and explicated a rubric for assessing how students used the digital storytelling format to reflect on their study abroad experiences. We analyzed undergraduates' digital stories for evidence of both (a) disciplinary thinking in the field of sustainability and (b) intercultural understanding. Qualitative findings suggest that the digital story format offers students an opportunity to weave together digital artifacts that they often are already collecting. The process of creating digital stories both promotes and displays reflection. We also present an adapted rubric for assessing targeted learning outcomes manifest in digital stories produced by learners studying abroad. Applying the rubric revealed variability among students in achieving the aims of a digital story reflection assignment.

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Title: Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Fostering Reflection
Authors: Ali Hamilton (Author) - Rhodes College, United States
Donald Rubin (Author) - University of Georgia, United States
Michael A Tarrant (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - USC Business School
Mikell Gleason (Author) - University of Georgia, United States
Publication details: Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, Vol.31(1), pp.59-73
Publisher: Frontiers
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.36366/frontiers.v31i1.443
ISSN: 1085-4568
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450647702621
Output Type: Journal article

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