Abstract
Digital storytelling is the practice of using digital media to tell stories. It has been shown to promote deep reflection, help make sense of experience, encourage cooperative activity, build confidence, and create a powerful product that can have a transformative effect on the maker and viewer alike. This paper shares the use of digital stories in the virtual classroom and in virtual research environments. The Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) is a project that aims to better prepare the next generation of social workers in Canada by creating training and mentoring opportunities for students, developing and mobilizing innovative, promising and wise field education practices, and improving the integration of research and practice in field education. Students and postdoctoral fellows are being trained and mentored to create digital stories to document and share their training, mentoring, and research experiences in field education. The TFEL project has three streams: 1) digital storytelling, 2) national study to inform the development of sustainable models of field education, and 3) applied practice research. The guiding research question for digital storytelling is: In what ways does the storytelling process enhance student learning about research training and mentorship? This study provides an overview of the partnership, and how the project supports the use of digital storytelling in teaching and learning difference. Digital stories are shared, including a course assignment and rubric. Implications and recommendations are provided.
Presenters
Julie L. DroletProfessor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Eva Bogdan
Postdoctoral Associate, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Christine A. Walsh
Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Education and Learning Worlds of Differences
KEYWORDS
Diversity, Digital Storytelling, Field Education, Social Work, Partnerships
