DIGITAL STORYTELLING FOR TEACHING ROMANIAN FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES - AN OPTIMAL METHOD FOR DEVELOPING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS?

The term "digital stories" describes a simple creative process through which people with relatively little computer experience come to tell a personal story or collect one from the field in a 2-3 minute video. In recent years, their use in higher education has been related to meaningful technology integration for increasing student engagement and developing 21st century employability skills, integration of new and old literacies, social and collaborative learning, and constructing new understandings of contexts in the process of theorizing personal experiences. The study continues the authors’ previous research by proposing a method of embedding employability skills in the curriculum of Romanian for Academic Purposes to first year undergraduates studying sociology at Babes-Bolyai University. A research scenario is provided for a complex investigation of the ways teaching methodology can help digitally native students integrate 21st century skills with view to their transition from secondary to higher education and further, into the job market. Formative and summative assessments cover digital, media, communication, and collaboration competencies in relation to the processes and final product. A quantitative analysis is performed on data collected from project pages hosted by the e-learning platform logs (wiki) and compared with learning outcomes. Additionally, a selection of relevant case studies is described to illustrate findings and the potential of this instrument. The results are expected to bring further evidence of the benefits and challenges of new teaching practices within Web 2.0 based learning settings and of their significant role in the development of a wide array of skills needed in the academic and work environments.

术语“数字故事（digital stories）”指一种简易创意创作流程，供计算机经验相对不足的人群通过2至3分钟的视频讲述个人故事，或从实地采集相关故事。近年来，其在高等教育中的应用与富有意义的技术整合紧密相关，具体包括提升学生参与度、培养21世纪就业技能、融合新旧读写能力、开展社会化协作学习，以及在将个人经验理论化的过程中构建对相关情境的全新认知。本研究延续了作者此前的研究，提出一种将就业技能融入学术用途罗马尼亚语课程的教学方法，面向巴贝什-博尧伊大学（Babes-Bolyai University）社会学专业的一年级本科生展开。研究设计了一套教学场景，用于复杂探究教学法如何帮助数字原住民学生整合21世纪技能，助力其从中等教育过渡至高等教育，并进一步迈向职场。形成性与总结性评估覆盖与创作流程及最终成品相关的数字素养、媒体素养、沟通能力与协作能力。研究人员依托托管于电子学习平台日志（wiki）的项目页面收集数据，开展定量分析，并将结果与学习成果进行对比。此外，本文还选取了若干相关案例研究，以阐明研究发现及该教学工具的应用潜力。研究结果有望进一步佐证基于Web 2.0的学习环境中新型教学实践的优势与挑战，以及其在培养学术与职场环境所需的各类技能过程中所发挥的重要作用。