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Analysis of Educational Digital Storytelling Environments: The Use of the “Dimension Star” Model

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Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research (WSKS 2011)

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The focus of this paper is on the analysis of Educational Digital Storytelling Environments (EDSE) using the reference model «Dimension Star» [7]. More specifically, two EDSE were analyzed with the use of this model: (a) Toontastic [6] and (b) Kodu [9] which have been widely used in the educational process. The analysis of these environments showed that the diagrammatic analysis using the above model provides opportunities for easy and quick comparison of essential dimensions of the digital storytelling environments, which is particularly useful for researchers and educators. Finally, the completeness of the model «Dimension Star», as a tool for evaluating digital storytelling software in education, is investigated and possible extensions are suggested.

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  1. Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece

    Panagiotis Psomos & Maria Kordaki

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  1. The American College of Greece, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

    Miltiadis D. Lytras

  2. Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

    Da Ruan

  3. College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Robert D. Tennyson

  4. University of Oviedo, Oviedo-Asturias, Spain

    Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

  5. Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Francisco José García Peñalvo

  6. Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Kista, Sweden

    Lazar Rusu

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Psomos, P., Kordaki, M. (2013). Analysis of Educational Digital Storytelling Environments: The Use of the “Dimension Star” Model. In: Lytras, M.D., Ruan, D., Tennyson, R.D., Ordonez De Pablos, P., García Peñalvo, F.J., Rusu, L. (eds) Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research. WSKS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35879-1_37

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