{"id":56,"date":"2016-03-12T13:12:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T20:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fleming\/?p=56"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:33:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T17:33:44","slug":"digital-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fleming\/2016\/03\/12\/digital-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digital Story<\/span><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/f4RvgK6GgF4<\/a><\/p>\n

I have made the digital story to support the theme of the LMS created for this term project. There are many ways to tell a story. There are many reasons why stories are used. In one sense a story is a journey that engages for the purpose of conveying some form of message. It made the most sense to use this digital story opportunity to focus on:<\/p>\n

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  1. the audience<\/strong> – who were they? what would their main concerns be?<\/li>\n
  2. state a problem<\/strong> they may be experiencing – ‘doesn’t it make you crazy when . . .<\/em> ‘<\/li>\n
  3. inform of some kind of solution<\/strong> or expertise,<\/li>\n
  4. clearly show the benefits<\/strong> of that solution,<\/li>\n
  5. invoke some kind of action<\/strong> from them – sign up now or act now<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I wanted to keep it short. Most people don’t have time for epics, no matter how creative they are. I wanted to keep it on topic. Keeping the content focused will help the viewer be convinced that the content is useful (or not) for them. I also wanted it to be succinct. Conveying the essentials is both bait<\/em>\u00a0and net<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>It communicates the message that, “You could have more of these helpful tidbits\u00a0if you signed up for this course<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

    To create this digital story I used the tool PowToon. I have never used anything like PowToon. Creating a “storyline” with animations, music, pictures, and text is very complicated. The more streamlined\u00a0it looks, the more effort went into the product. Timing the text and movements of the characters is a trial and error process. Choosing music that doesn’t detract from the overall theme is time consuming. Selecting size of image or word that won’t over-power or weaken the message is daunting. Having the list from Mayer’s (2009) that was in the Bates (2014) article was very helpful to refer to. I can see how having a team would be fabulous. I can also see how this type of tool can capture what scores of pages of text could not.<\/p>\n

    Bates, T. (2014).\u00a0Teaching in a digital age<\/em>\u00a0http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/ (Chapter 8 on SECTIONS framework)<\/p>\n

    Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed). New York: Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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