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Contextualized Educators’ Training: The Case of Digital Storytelling

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Contextualized learning is an approach utilized in many programs, including adult professional training. Several frameworks and approaches exist in the literature for designing contextualized training programs. In this chapter, a multilevel contextualization procedure is discussed, based on the examination of a training program about digital storytelling as a teaching methodology. Several variations of this training program were realized and a discussion is raised, based on the experience gained through them. Overall, this chapter aimed at demonstrating how easy it is to contextualize educators’ professional training by operating as a guide for designing similar programs. This multilevel approach seems worth examining further in a more systematic way, but also within different context in order to build a concrete theoretical framework.

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    Tharrenos Bratitsis

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Bratitsis, T. (2017). Contextualized Educators’ Training: The Case of Digital Storytelling. In: Anastasiades, P., Zaranis, N. (eds) Research on e-Learning and ICT in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34127-9_3

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