The Value of Digital Story Telling in Learning to be a Professional

Jane Leng

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

SCEPTrE Fellow

E.Leng@surrey.ac.uk

SCEPTrE Fellowship What do students mean when they say

that they have not learned anything from a practice experience?

Learning as a by-product of work processes ( Eraut 2007)

Tacit Knowledge

Aspects of Tacit Knowledge

Relationship building Differentiating between one situation and

another and adjusting approach accordingly Observation The seemingly simplest “tasks” are often

underpinned by complex decision making

The Power of Stories Reframing Experiences

Bringing Meaning to Experiences

Embracing emotional and cognitive perspectives

Shared Learning

What is a Digital Story?

A “mini movie” created by a desk top computer enabled by audio visual editing software used to synchronise recorded spoken narratives (and sometimes music) with visual images

Added Value of Digital Stories

Vivid Making use of new technologies Transportable Students enjoy making them ?Potential to be mediating artefacts (Eraut

2009)

How Digital Stories have already been used

Community Projects ( BBC Capture Wales)

In NHS-Patients Voices (Hardy 2005)

In HE –Pathfinder Project ( Gravestock 2008)

What was Expected of Students

A 2-3 minute digital story been you describe an episode from practice that has been significant in your professional development

No longer that 300 words Use 8-12 images

EvaluationCriteria Used: Planning Story Use of Appropriate Media Performance and presentation Structure Creativity Emotional Content Citations/permissions Academic Understanding

Evaluation of Audience “Inspiring” “Moving” “I keep thinking about the stories” “Can we see them again?” “Show there are lots of ways to assess other

than by written assessments”

Use of Stories in Future

Learning of Students Development of mentors and University

teachers In further curriculum development work (e.g.

e portfolio)

Do these Stories Capture Learning?

References BBC Wales (2009) Capture Wales

Http://bbcwales.co.uk/capturewales

Eraut M, Maillardet F, Miller C,,Steadman S, Ali A, Blackman C, Furner J (2005) What is learned in the workplace and how? EARLI biannual conference, Nicosia

Eraut M (2007) Learning from other people in the workplace. Oxford Review of Education 33(40):403-422

Eraut M (2009) Understanding complex performance through learning trajectories and mediating artefacts ECER conference, Vienna 2009

Gravestock, P. (2008) Enhancing students’ learning experiences through the use of Digital Storytelling. Unpublished report for Pathfinder Project (University of Gloucestershire). (http://www.glos.ac.uk/tli/lets/projects/pathfinder/).  

Hardy P (2005) Patients’ Voices: An investigation into improving the quality of health care using digital patient stories M,Sc. Dissertation University of Ulster