A series of presentations from the Hum@n Digital Humanities Project for higher education from the module on digital storytelling. The module is organised into five parts:  1. Stories, narratives and storytelling 2. Story-based learning 3. Digital storytelling  4. Tools for digital storytelling 5. Using StoryMaps
 By the end of this module, participants should be able to use storytelling in teaching, learning and research and create StoryMaps. digital, storytelling, narratives, humanities, higher education, digital humanities

1. 1
Digital Storytelling for teaching
and research
Storytelling Narratives
www.digihuman.eu

2. 2
Narratives in learning
• A narrative is an account of events and experiences, it
tells a story
• Narratives are part of human culture
• They make the world more comprehensible
• Narrative and dialogue are good ways for engaging
students (Edmiston, 2013)
• Narratives help students to reflect, organise and
remember
LOGO Partner
Edmiston, B., 2013. Transforming teaching and learning with active and dramatic approaches: Engaging
students across the curriculum. Routledge.

3. 3
Using narratives in teaching
In teaching and learning, work on narrative should follow specific rules,
which enable students to:
• identify the key actor(s) and place(s), giving useful temporal references
• mobilize the general knowledge allowing to characterize the object of the
narrative
• respect a chronological order in the treatment of the facts
• show in a simple way the causes and the consequences of an event and /
or the actions of a character
• mention, where appropriate, the novelty or the peculiarity of this or that
moment in relation to a previous situation

4. 4
Digital Content
• Digital media allows
new information to be
produced more rapidly
• Duplication and
transmission of data is
easy across the
Internet
• Information overload
may limit narrative
development

5. 5
Content curation
• Content curation is the process of gathering information
relevant to a particular topic or area of interest
• The aim is to add value through the process of selecting,
organising, and looking after the items in a collection or
exhibition.
• It is used to help create a better online experience and
more organised and accurate management of online
content.

6. 6
Narratives and stories
• Narrative, storytelling and content curation techniques can be
used for better engaging an audience and helping the
audience digest and remember content.
• Narratives and stories are powerful aids to understanding and
reflection as they can give attention to feelings, thoughts, and
emotions.
• Narrative provides a cognitive organisational scheme through
which the narrator can subjectively organise, shape, and
structure experiences into a coherent whole.
• A narrative device is the way the story is told, it
involves who is narrating the story and how it is narrated.

7. 7
Types of Narrative
• Chronological Narrative - the most commonly used, the events follow
chronological and sequential order.
• Reverse Chronological Narrative - the story starts at the end and is told in
reverse order
• Breaking the Fourth Wall – this refers to an imaginary wall placed between the
audience and the actors.
• Epistolic or Diary – the story is told in a diary format
• Documentary – the story follows the characters as they go through the events
of their lives
• Story Within a Story - there is another story within the story being told
• Stream of Consciousness – the reader is placed inside the thoughts and
perceptions of the main character
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8. 8
Using Narratives
• Narrative writing allows students
to express their stories creatively.
• It helps them clarify their thinking
and express it by writing in an
organised way
• Narrative writing helps them
explore different characters and
settings.
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