Digital storytelling: New medium in communicating knowledge and information

• Main Authors: Harun, Harryizman, Shiratuddin, Norshuhada
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/9404/1/icitm09.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/9404/; http://www.conferencealerts.com/show-event?id=ca1m0668
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Storytelling has been used traditionally around the world to educate informally from generation to generation.With the introduction and inclusion of technology and multimedia, storytelling crosses the boundary from being the informal medium to educate to one of the formal medium to educate people.The term coined for this type of storytelling is digital storytelling and it is gaining popularity nowadays among educators in educating students. This article is a concept article based on portions of literature review from a research that is still ongoing. The main purpose of the article is to inform and educate educators of the potentials of digital storytelling as the new medium in education domain and its power in leaving impact in delivering knowledge and information.It is highly hope that the article would enlighten people generally, and educators specifically of the power of digital storytelling in communicating knowledge and information.