The Innerworkings of Digital Storytelling

André David Daniels, Isabella Margarethe Venter

Source Title: International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD)13(1)

ISSN: 2155-6873|EISSN: 2155-6881|EISBN13: 9781668479728|DOI: 10.4018/IJOPCD.315300

MLA

Daniels, André David, and Isabella Margarethe Venter. "The Innerworkings of Digital Storytelling." IJOPCD vol.13, no.1 2023: pp.1-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOPCD.315300

APA

Daniels, A. D. & Venter, I. M. (2023). The Innerworkings of Digital Storytelling. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD), 13(1), 1-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOPCD.315300

Chicago

Daniels, André David, and Isabella Margarethe Venter. "The Innerworkings of Digital Storytelling," International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD) 13, no.1: 1-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOPCD.315300

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Abstract

Traditionally, storytelling was used for entertainment and the transfer of know-how. The advent of digital media gave rise to new possibilities for telling stories. When the context is, for example, to relay information about how to protect a person from COVID-19, it is referred to as serious storytelling. The main objective of this research was to establish what skills and attributes would be required for someone to autonomously “tell” a serious digital story in a resource constrained environment. A systematic literature review of peer reviewed articles resulted in a knowledge bank of articles. Atlas Ti was used to qualitatively analyse these articles. Even though a resource constrained environment may be a limiting factor for telling a digital story, this research has found that emotional support, digital inclusion, as well as assisting individuals with their devices, can pave the way to autonomous digital storytelling.