Introducing Scholarly Storytelling

Since 2011 the Learning Studio has hosted faculty workshops introducing the basics of digital storytelling. In 2012, we added Scholarly Storytelling as a focus for students and faculty wanting to leverage basic storytelling tools to share research in a given field. Here are just of few of the resources from those workshops.

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The Seven Steps (adapted)

Joe Lambert from the Center for Digital Storytelling joined us for our first two workshops and walked faculty through the Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling, developed by the CDS. The following list has been adapted for our Scholarly Storytelling workshop.

1. Owning Your Research – Finding and Clarifying Topic

What’s the story you want to tell? What do you think your story means?

2. Understanding Your Audience – Providing Context and Relevance

What do you feel about your story? What does it mean to you today?

3. Finding Your Focus – Identifying a Claim or Issue

What was the moment when things changed? What makes this moment a story?

4. Communicating Visually – Showing as well as Telling

What images might help describe this moment? What meaning does each add?

5. Connecting with Sound – Blending Voice, Music, and Atmosphere

Beyond the recorded voice, would story be enhanced with other layers of sound?

6. Designing Effective Messages – Editing for Content and Pacing

What is structure of your story? How will layers of audio, visual work together?

7. Evaluating a Professional Presentation – Shaping for Context of Presentation

Who is your audience and what is your purpose? Have these shifted?

For more on the Seven Steps, see Chapter 2 of the Digital Storytelling Cookbook (2010).

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Resources

For more on utilizing digital storytelling in your teaching, the following links may be helpful:

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Here are several starting points for help finding images, audio, and video resources for a digital story: