Digital Storytelling Synthesis

This project is part of the Higher Education Academy funded Enhancing Learning and Teaching through the use of Technology Synthesis Project.

Introduction

Digital storytelling is the combination of narrative with digital media.  With the expansion of tools available, especially with Web2.0 technologies clearly defining what a digital story is becomes near impossible.  A ‘typical’ digital story will be created by a single author, will last for 2-3 minutes and will consist of no more than 15 still images with a narrative of 250-300 words (Gravestock & Jenkins, 2009).  Digital storytelling is an emerging field (McLellan, 2006: 66) and is an adaptation of the storytelling tradition which has existed for more than 6,000 years (Abrahamson, 1998).  The ever increasing range of tools that are now available do mean that the form that digital stories can take are varied and growing.  Ohler (2008) recognises this but even though he introduces a more global term, ‘new media narrative’, he prefers digital storytelling as being more recognisable.  The term ‘new media narrative’ does though help reinforce that the emphasis of digital storytelling has to be on the story itself, rather than the technology.  “Story without digital works, but digital without story doesn’t” (Ohler, 2008, p.xviii).

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