IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Digital and Media Literacy in Teacher Education: Preparing Undergraduate Teachers Through an Academic Program on Digital Storytelling

Digital and Media Literacy in Teacher Education: Preparing Undergraduate Teachers Through an Academic Program on Digital Storytelling
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Maria Ranieri (University of Florence, Italy)and Isabella Bruni (University of Florence, Italy)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 22
Source title: Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in Higher Education Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jayne Cubbage (Bowie State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4059-5.ch006

Purchase


Abstract

Media and digital literacy are being increasingly recognized as a fundamental competence for teachers of the twenty-first century, but academic training of future teachers is still far from full implementation of this emerging need. This chapter aims to explore how media and digital literacy education can be integrated into teacher education courses through the presentation of the results of a program on digital storytelling implemented at the University of Florence (Italy) within the framework of the European project e-MEL (e-Media Education Lab, 2014-17). The overall learning process was monitored and evaluated ex-ante, ongoing, and ex-post. This chapter illustrates and discusses the main findings of the experimentation focusing on the effectiveness of the educational activities, the sustainability of training in a blended modality, students' participation and satisfaction, and the transferability of acquired skills. It concludes with some considerations about experience and more general reflections on future research directions.

Related Content

Nithin Kalorth, Vidya Deshpande. © 2024. 7 pages.
Nitesh Behare, Vinayak Chandrakant Shitole, Shubhada Nitesh Behare, Shrikant Ganpatrao Waghulkar, Tabrej Mulla, Suraj Ashok Sonawane. © 2024. 24 pages.
T.S. Sujith. © 2024. 13 pages.
C. Suganya, M. Vijayakumar. © 2024. 11 pages.
B. Harry, Vijayakumar Muthusamy. © 2024. 19 pages.
Munise Hayrun Sağlam, Ibrahim Kirçova. © 2024. 19 pages.
Elif Karakoç Keskin. © 2024. 19 pages.
Body Bottom