Table 4.
Digital Storytelling Processes.
| How the DST was applied/purpose of the story | No. of studies (%) | Format/storage of the stories | How were the digital stories created? | Did the DST creation process involve co-construction? Yes/no | Discipline | How many weeks to create the digital
stories? M (SD) |
How many weeks to assess the impact of the
digital stories? M (SD) |
Study ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student or service provider learning/development | 6 (17.6) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n = 6) | Workshop (n = 3) One-on-one (n = 2) One-on-one/workshop mixed (n = 1) |
Yes (n = 5) No (n = 1) |
Education (n = 4) Social work (n = 3) Nursing (n = 2) Medicine (n = 1) |
4.25 (4.63) | 37.33 (57.87) | Brand et al. (2016), Hewson et al. (2015), Loe (2013), McGovern (2019), Sehrawat et al. (2017), and Stenhouse et al. (2013) |
| Communication and social connection (with family and friends) | 6 (17.6) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n =
4) Slide show of photographs and other personal information (n = 2) Blog/social media entry (n = 1) Film/movie/video/motion picture that are linked to geographic locations (n = 1) |
One-on-one (n = 7) Course/class (n = 1) |
Yes (n = 5) No (n = 2) NR (n = 1) |
Computer science/technology (n =
6) Psychology (n = 4) Medicine (n = 4) Social work (n = 2) |
4.57 (2.84) | 19.2 (7.16) | Bentley et al. (2011), Chonody and Wang (2013), Crete-Nishihata et al. (2012), Damianakis et al. (2010), H. Davis et al. (2015), and Smith et al. (2009) |
| Health education | 5 (14.7) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n =
4) Slide show of photographs and other personal information (n = 1) |
Workshop (n = 2) Course/class (n = 1) One-on-one (n = 1) NR (n = 1) |
Yes (n = 5) | Public/community health (n =
3) Social work (n = 1) Medicine (n = 1) |
1.62 (2.26) | 86 (75.26) | Bertera (2014), Briant et al. (2016), Cueva et al. (2013), Iredale et al. (2011), Njeru et al. (2015) |
| Support older adult memory, reminiscence, identity and/or self-confidence | 9 (26.6) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n =
3) Slide show of photographs and other personal information (n = 2) Memory stick (n = 1) Blog/social media entry (n = 1) Not specified (n = 2) |
One-on-one (n = 4) Course/class (n = 2) Other (n = 2) NA (n = 1) |
Yes (n = 5) No (n = 3) NR (n = 1) |
Computer science/technology (n =
3) Education (n = 2) Humanities (n = 2) Psychology (n = 1) Nursing (n = 1) |
4.57 (2.84) | 6.75 (9.64) | Axtell and Munteanu (2017), Castro-Rojas (2018), B. H. Davis and Shenk (2015), Hamilton and Atkinson (2009), Jaakola et al. (2015), Karlsson et al. (2014), Massimi et al. (2008), Pekkarinen, Melkas, et al. (2013), and Subramaniam and Woods (2016) |
| Legacy | 1 (2.9) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n = 2) | One-on-one (n = 1) Workshop (n = 1) |
Yes (n = 2) | Education (n = 2) | NR | NR (NR) | Manchester and Facer (2015) |
| Stimulate social interaction with peers as a part of lifelong learning | 2 (5.9) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n = 2) | Workshop (n = 2) | Yes (n = 2) | Education (n = 2) | 7 (0) | 0 (0) | Hausknecht et al. (2016, 2017) |
| Communication and social connection (with broader community) | 2 (5.9) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n = 2) | One-on-one (n = 1) Workshop (n = 1) |
Yes (n = 2) | Humanities (n = 1) Nursing (n = 1) |
0.43 (NA) | 0 (NA) | Waycott et al. (2017), Williams et al. (2017) |
| Communication to inform care provision from service providers | 2 (5.9) | Memory stick (n = 1) Slide show of photographs and other personal information (n = 1) |
One-on-one (n = 1) NR (n = 1) |
No (n = 1) NR (n = 1) |
Computer science/technology (n =
2) Education (n = 1) Humanities (n = 1) |
6 (NA) | 104 (NA) | Pekkarinen, Kuosmanen, et al. (2013), Webster and Fels (2013) |
| Development of digital literacy skills | 1 (2.9) | Film/movie/video/motion picture (n = 1) | Workshop (n = 1) | Yes (n = 1) | Humanities (n = 1) | 0.43 (NA) | NR (NA) | Simsek and Erdener (2012) |
Note. DST = Digital storytelling; NR = Not reported; NA = Not Applicable.