Digital storytelling: emotions in higher education

The results presented in the article are part of a wider PhD project developed under the Doctoral program in Multimedia in Education from the University of Aveiro. The project, which sought to understand student ID in Higher education through the use of Digital Storytelling, was made possible through the Doctoral Grant awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT).

Intercultural awareness through. Digital storytelling

In today’s globalized world, communication students need to be capable of efficiently communicating across the globe. At ISCAP, part of the 3rd year syllabus in Translation and New Technologies course is focused on culture and the need to be culturally knowledgeable. We argue the approach to incorporate cultural aspects in HE needs to be studentcentered, in order to encompass not only intercultural awareness, but also the 21st century skills students need to be successful and competent citizens. Additionally, as studies have shown, the manipulation of digital tools fosters greater student involvement in learning activities. We have adopted Digital Storytelling - multimodal storytelling technique - to promote a personal, student-centered reflection on intercultural communication. We intend to present student and teacher perspectives on this learning experience and assess its relevance in HE contexts, based on the content analysis of student expressed perspectives on this activity as well as a multimodal analysis of the digital stories created. A preliminary analysis of our case study has demonstrated that Digital Storytelling potentiates two complimentary types of reflection: on the one hand, students felt the need to reflect on their own intercultural knowledge, create and adapt their finding in the form of a story; on the other hand, viewing others’ stories they have raised questions and demonstrated points of view otherwise ignored.

Da infância para o mundo: as leituras que educam para os valores e formam o carácter

Neste artigo pretende-se reflectir sobre a importância da leitura de contos para o desenvolvimento moral e ético na infância. Partindo da confusão entre valores e opiniões e das dificuldades em educar para os valores num mundo anti-ético, comenta-se a relevância do ritual da ―Hora do Conto‖ – tanto à hora de dormir como durante o dia – e da terapia através dos contos. Defende-se ainda que a reflexão e a consciencialização que advêm da leitura de alguns contos – de que se sugerem exemplos – permitem a aquisição de referências sólidas no âmbito duma ―ética de salvaguarda‖: de si, dos outros, da natureza e do mundo.

Aprendendo naturalmente: a importância da oralidade na aquisição da língua inglesa

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