5 Secrets of Storytelling in eLearning And a little Immersive Learning
Your Storyteller RICK ZANOTTI RELATE Corporation
Once Upon A Time… On a screen near you
Storytelling is how we transmit information from one generation to the next. It’s how we share information between ourselves.
COMMON STORY ELEMENTS Protagonist Antagonist Narrative Climax Decisions
eLearning Example The Protagonist mentors You You learn Operational and Task-based activities
eLearning Example 2 The protagonist gets hit by car The antagonist is time. The narrative is the mission. The protagonist discovers his purpose. The world is saved!
Secret #5: Determine Your Story type Is it a book or eLearning?
VIGNETTES MICRO-LEARNING SCENARIOS SHORT STORIES EPICS GAMIFICATION
IS GAMIFICATION A STORY? GAMIFICATION IS AN ELEMENT OF A STORY… … Gamification uses elements of game design!
eLearning Example 3 You are the protagonist going through the building No real antagonist, just the experience of discovery At the end, your Ethics meter determines whether you passed or not
Adventure Games / eLearning Zork was one of the first Adventure games. It was all text, no graphics. Worked the imagination. Myst sold millions in the mid-90s for its beautiful graphics and complex story.
Things to Watch: HUMOR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
Secret #4: Think BIG, Write small Here’s my little EPIC!
KEEP YOUR STORY IN SCOPE Don’t over-write. Keep it SIMPLE! IS IT APPLICABLE? Maintain Continuity Don’t get attached!
Secret #3: It Must Be In CONTEXT I don’t get it???
CONTEXT MATTERS!!!
LOSE CONTEXT, LOSE RELEVANCE Have someone review your work Stick to your story unless…
It’s to Shock someone…
Secret #2: Your Story is NOT the Goal Where did we just go with this?
MY MASTERPIECE!!! But… did it teach anything?
Secret #1: Without EMOTION You Have Nothing This training makes me feel dead…
EMOTION PATTERNS RETENTION
SOMETHING THAT TRIGGERS AN EMOTION IS REMEMBERED
eLearning Example 4
Immersive Training Idea Let the adventure begin!
IMMERSIVE LEARNING
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The end… of this story. Now time for the beginning of yours