Abstract:

Digital storytelling is an educational approach that promotes 21st century literacies (information, digital, audiovisual, technological), 21st century skills (critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration) and develops the productive (speaking, writing) and the receptive skills (reading, listening) when it comes to foreign language teaching and learning.

In this paper we are going to present an innovative approach to foreign language teaching and learning through a digital storytelling Language Massive Open Online Course (LMOOC) that aims to develop the above skills in students in tertiary education. The LMOOC is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), follows the ADDIE (Analysis-Design-Development-Implementation-Evaluation) instructional design model and intends to provide students with the necessary skills for communication in a foreign language. Students are acquainted with new vocabulary, grammatical and syntactic functions, production strategies and interaction activities and a variety of competences in the context of foreign language learning. Students apply the acquisition of new knowledge in the production of a multimodal message (a digital story). The digital story is peer evaluated by the use of a rubric designed for the specific purpose.

The paper aims to present the theoretical background on which the course is based, the principles of course planning in an LMOOC, the learning materials as well as its use in the foreign language classroom.

Keywords:

MOOC, Language MOOCs, LMOOCs, Digital storytelling, foreign language, language learning, speaking, writing skills.