IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL STORYTELLING FOR ADULTS IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM TO PROMOTE COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY AND SDG 4 QUALITY EDUCATION
Abstract
The research paper is about implementing digital storytelling for adults in English as a foreign language classroom (EFL) at a tertiary education level in order to develop their collaborative creativity. The storytelling technique has been effectively used in education for a few decades to enhance critical thinking. The innovation in the research is shifting from traditional storytelling to digital storytelling, as it is a digital age and developments in technology lead students to improve their higher-order thinking skills (HOT) in an enjoyable manner. The process will not only focus on collaborative creativity in an EFL classroom but also promote digital literacy among students. The findings reveal that digital storytelling significantly enhances students’ collaborative creativity, communicative competence, and digital literacy through interactive and multimodal learning processes. The study also highlights the potential of this approach to support global educational priorities, particularly SDG 4, by promoting inclusive, student-centred, and skill-oriented language learning in higher education contexts.
Keywords
Digital storytelling, collaborative creativity, English as a foreign language (EFL), Global Citizenship Education, SDG 4, higher-order thinking skills (HOTs), digital literacy, communicative competence, student-centered learning, multimodal learning.How to Cite
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