The effects of digital storytelling through the strategy of evaluation and correction

The university's storytelling class enables students to both deepen the students' self-understanding and heighten their skills in using computers and problem solving. First students write a narration of a story relating to them and then convert the story to a slide presentation. After reading the story slide show together and evaluating them, the students modify them. The students in this study felt that these activities deepened their self-understanding, as shown by significantly high average rating scale values. The factor analysis was conducted on these values and found three factors: “skill in evaluating and creating cooperatively,” “skill in clarifying problems and in expressing opinions,” and “interest in computers and technical skills in using computers.” The average rating values for the factors were raised significantly. The activities that contributed significantly to improving the students' skill and perception were also identified. Better product and significantly higher self-understanding were brought by modifying a digital story.