Building Learning Communities through Digital Storytelling

Zisoula Gkoutsioukosta () and Venetia Apostolidou
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Zisoula Gkoutsioukosta: School of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54624 Thessaloniki, Greece
Venetia Apostolidou: School of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54624 Thessaloniki, Greece

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 10, 1-9

Abstract: This paper shares the first insights of the Digital Storytelling Hubs research project held by the School of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation. It is a still in-progress action research study that comprises two action research cycles. The aim of the present paper is to outline the dynamic role that digital storytelling could play in building learning communities. The research program includes the creation of three hubs, one digital and two physical, for transferring higher education research practice to primary and secondary education, and for disseminating digital storytelling as an innovative learning tool. During the pilot cycle, digital storytelling was implemented in two experimental schools in Greece, while during the main cycle, a total of 50 elementary and secondary teachers were involved. Data sources include students’ and teachers’ participation statistics, the digital stories created by students so far, the students’ answers in questionnaires and teachers’ semi-structured interviews after the pilot interventions in class. The findings suggest the dynamics of digital storytelling workshops to create vivid and powerful learning communities that foster both classic and new literacies and enhance a creative and critical attitude towards modern media culture.

Keywords: digital storytelling; communities of learning and practice; action research; primary education; secondary education; new literacies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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