THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS
Keywords:
digital storytelling, writing skills, pedagogical technologies, digital education, creative activity, higher education.Abstract
This article analyzes the pedagogical effectiveness of digital storytelling technologies in developing students’ writing skills. The study was conducted using a pedagogical experimental method involving 67 students of Almalyk State Technical Institute. During the experiment, writing-focused instructional activities were organized based on digital storytelling technologies. The findings indicate that the process of creating digital stories significantly improves the coherence, logical structure, lexical richness, and grammatical accuracy of students’ written texts. The results confirm that digital storytelling technologies represent an effective pedagogical tool for enhancing writing skills in higher education.
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