1. Virtual Worlds as Visual Storytelling
Environments
PhD.st. Anna-Kaisa Sjölund
University of Turku, Finland
ankasj@utu.fi
tel.+ 358401993501

2. • Virtual worlds are always visual environments.
• Storytelling is a very human way to communicate and it
is widely used among educational services.
• Information visualization as innovative storytelling
technology can be useful for the next-generation of
educational dynamic environments for learning.
PhD.st. Anna-Kaisa Sjölund
University of Turku, Finland
ankasj@utu.fi
tel.+ 358401993501

3. Theory behind the story
• Qualitative visual analysis offers through open
immersion for images, photographs, videos, digital
images opportunity to tell us stories from their own
premise.
• Open immersion means observing images openly,
‘listening’ overtones and discovering connecting and
converting patterns.
• After more structured and more detailed analysis,
images will be reviewed as a whole and search their
meanings and signification.
PhD.st. Anna-Kaisa Sjölund