Recently, computer technology and multimedia elements have been developed and integrated into teaching and learning. Entertainment-based learning environments can make learning contents more attractive, and thus can lead to learners' active participation and facilitate learning. A significant amount of research examines using video editing software to create video clips for digital storytelling...

Learning a foreign language is a challenging process in which learners need motivation and encouragement through the use of modern techniques. The present paper investigates the effects digital stories may have on Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners’ listening comprehension. To this end, the researchers carried out a quasi-experimental research in a language institution in Tabriz (Iran). In t...

Following the ambitions of international and national policy makers to digitalize cultural heritage sector, a growing research field that deals with digitalization has emerged. However, it been argued too much focus placed on technology information issues how achieve administrative effectiveness preservation taken precedence over studies different actors’ engagement, participation access herita...

BACKGROUND Computer-based patient simulations (CBPS) are common, effective, instructional methods for medical students, but have limitations. The goal of this project was to describe the development of a CBPS designed to overcome some of these limitations and to perform an online evaluation. METHODS In 1996, patients and families experiencing a common pediatric problem were interviewed, photo...

Everyone has a personal story to tell. These stories are often captured in the photos and video we take to record and share our experiences. This paper examines the support mechanisms used by the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) to help everyday people unlock the stories captured in their images and video through the practice of digital storytelling. We conducted a field study of the digit...

The number of persons suffering from dementia is increasing, and there is significant human and economic value to gain by enabling them to keep living independently in their homes. The top priority unmet need is for memory support. This paper introduces context-awareness and life-logging in a system using reminiscence therapy methods, embodied as an ICT memory aid for recording past, current an...

The convergence of communication and imaging capabilities in a single device, the camera phone, is changing the way people take, share and communicate around pictures. In this paper, we describe and discuss three complementary research prototypes MemoryNet Viewer, Plog and StoryMail that we built to explore how media can be used as part of everyday storytelling activities. Each system focuses o...

In this paper we suggest that there is a rich learning potential in addressing complex and elusive interdisciplinary concepts and issues, such as that of urban sustainability, with the use of learning approaches and digital media that foster collaborative creativity in the design of tangible digital artifacts. We identify such potential in digital storytelling and describe the research design o...