Abstract

Digital Storytelling is a new upgraded version of traditional storytelling which is becoming popular with the time. The young generation is surrounded by digital gadgets in their daily life. So it is necessary for the teachers also to get familiar with the digital concepts that can be used for the learning of students. Digital storytelling is one of those digital concepts. It has many pedagogical benefits and helps in engaging students in their learning. In addition, it helps in building 21st century skills of the students which is the need of the hour. NEP 2020 also talks about the importance and need of learning 21st century skills by our future generations. The current paper describes the concept of digital storytelling and 21st century skills from the lens of different frameworks. Also, the paper sheds light on the different ways through which digital storytelling helps in building 21st century skills of the students. The paper highlights the need of introducing digital storytelling in all educational institutions in order to enable the young people to learn required 21st century skills.

Keywords: Digital storytelling, 21st century skills, pedagogical benefits, digital concepts, NEP 2020, teachers