Abstract

Using research undertaken for the implementation of a professional development module, the paper examines the use of e-stories as a vehicle for enhancing employability. It argues that e-stories should form a basis for learning how to explore organisational issues and problems to enhance a students employability prospects. It argues that students who are engaged in telling e-stories reflect the complex nature of organisational issues. Furthermore it argues that using e-stories from real organisations not case studies from a text book should be used as a primary instructional method. The paper examines the use of weblogs as a storytelling medium by examining students use of weblogs to relate their stories. It concludes with the benefits and positive effects of stories, arguing that e-stories are a powerful means of instruction to enhance employability as the learner can relate to the characters (other online students) and plot (other projects/presentations) within a specific context.

Citation

Leeds, B. (2009). Telling E-Stories. In G. Siemens & C. Fulford (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1784-1793). Honolulu, HI, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 30, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/31719/.

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Keywords

• blog
• case study