Personalisation of Learning through Digital Storytelling

Abstract

* Lina Kaminskienė, PhD, Vytautas Magnus University, Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jonavos str. 66-310, Kaunas, Lithuania, Email: [email protected] ** Nano Khetsuriani, MA, Vytautas Magnus University, Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jonavos str. 66-310, Kaunas, Lithuania, Email: [email protected] Abstract. The article discusses curriculum management changes while trying to respond to the challenge of learning personalisation in the field of lower-secondary education in Lithuania. The paper investigates what transformations learning personalisation might bring into educational practices and how they change regular curriculum management practices starting from learning environment, new roles of teachers, combining individual and group work in the classroom environment and development of new learning scenarios. This article is based on the findings of a case study of one of the Lithuanian lower secondary schools, when a new learning scenario was implemented creatively applying a digital storytelling method. The research indicates that students’ active classroom participation increased, driven by the personalised approach and the use of diverse digital media. The article reveals that learning personalisation supported by technologies brings changes to the classroom management practices and strengthens teacherstudent and peer-to-peer collaboration.