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Digital Storytelling and Educational Benefits: Evidences from a Large-Scale Project

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In this paper we investigate the potential of digital storytelling in the context of formal education (i.e. as a classroom activity). Our discussion is based upon the empirical evidence provided by a six-years’ experience in Italian classes of all school grades (including pre-school), which has involved so far more than 17,000 students. The evaluation data come from surveys, direct interviews and focus groups with hundreds of teachers. Digital storytelling seems to provide substantial benefits of various kinds, ranging from knowledge acquisition, to media literacy and improved attitudes and behaviors. Nearly 700 narratives, created so far, can be accessed at www.policulturaportal.it .

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  1. Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Nicoletta Di Blas & Paolo Paolini

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  1. Digital Media and HCI Research Center, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

    Zhigeng Pan

  2. Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, 223-8526, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan

    Adrian David Cheok

  3. University of Education, Weingarten, Germany

    Wolfgang Müller

  4. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

    Ido Iurgel

  5. Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), Freyung 6/6, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Paolo Petta

  6. Fraunhofer Institut for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Joachim-Jungius-Str. 11, 18059, Rostock, Germany

    Bodo Urban

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Di Blas, N., Paolini, P. (2013). Digital Storytelling and Educational Benefits: Evidences from a Large-Scale Project. In: Pan, Z., Cheok, A.D., Müller, W., Iurgel, I., Petta, P., Urban, B. (eds) Transactions on Edutainment X. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7775. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37919-2_5

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