The Experience of Ict Integration in Higher Education: Digital Storytelling for Educational Documentation

Abstract

In the world of education, ICT can play a prominent role. Frameworks ICT-TPCK ([3], Angeli & Valanides, 2013) have been developed to describe the kind of knowledge needed for a successful adoption of technology in education. Among soft skills which must be developed in addition to content knowledge, the promotion of digital literacy is important to make students active knowledge producers through the use of ICT for personal, social and cultural development ([1], Ala-Mutka, 2011).It is therefore important to reflect on the educational contribution of the Multimediality, Interactivity and Virtuality features of these tools, thinking of their potential in terms of use and production ([11], Galliani, 2004). Among these, the most relevant is the Recommendation of the European Parliament ([24], 2006) introducing Digital Literacy as one of the eight key competences for lifelong learning that are useful for personal fulfillment and development, active citizenship, social inclusion and employment.1 This entire work is the result of a joint analysis by the two authors. M. De Rossi drafted paragraphs 1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and E.Restiglian drafted paragraphs 2.4, 2.5, 3. The conclusions were written jointly.sounds and images.

Pedagogical documentation in the era of digital platforms: Early childhood educators’ professionalism in a dilemma

“…Due to the conviction that a child's knowledge is socially constructed, documentation assumes an important role in the work of educational service providers. This premise necessitates the development of democratic and reflexive pedagogical practises (Dahlberg et al, 2007) that allow all those engaged in educational activities to assume responsibility for the definition of meanings and decisions pertaining to practises (De Rossi & Restiglian, 2013). This is a deliberately subjective and partial perspective derived from context, but it can still provide meaning and significance to the experiences constructed by the children.…”