The Impact of Perceived Relevance and Technology Anxiety on Readiness to Use Digital Storytelling

Background

Technological tools are used within the classroom ecosystem to facilitate effective instructional delivery process. Teachers in all areas of specialisation are rapidly taking advantage of the affordances provided by these tools to engage 21^st Century learners, who live in media-saturated environments. It has become imperative for education stakeholders to place more emphasis on instructional strategies that could engender seamless integration of digital tools in classroom activities. The onus lies on the teachers to understand that learners in the classroom come from different backgrounds with diverse learning needs and aspirations. Apparently, there is a need to integrate instructional strategies that could substantially engage all the categories of students within the learning space. Such strategies should incorporate the use of multimedia resources to sustain learners’ interest and improve their learning outcomes at the end of instruction. Digital storytelling has been recognised as a potent strategy to facilitate effective utilization and integration of technology in instructional delivery, with a view to engaging different categories of learners in classroom activities.