7 Invaluable Thoughts about Film Making That Applies to Instructional Designing too! | The Writers Gateway
Tips gleaned from the book "Directing the Story," applied to instructional design. Good ideas about storytelling and focusing on the audience.
StoryImpacts: 10 models of interactive stories
Examples of different types of interactive stories from Vignettes Learning. Free registration required.
Boring to Brilliant: 5 Tips to Convert Your E-Learning to a Story-based Approach
Diane Senffner on using storytelling for learning
8 Effective Scenario Ideas for Instructional Designers - eLearning Brothers | eLearning Brothers
Visual structures and story structures for scenario-based learning
How storytelling in training changes people. 5 elements of an effective story. | Training x Design
5 elements of a story structure: a beginning, middle, and end; a main character; the main character faces a challenge, the main character struggles, and the main character changes.
Flipping the conversation at ElNet Workplace Learning Congress | Explorations in learning
Tanya Lau's detailed explanation of her presentation on "Flipping the conversation" to performance and performance support rather than focusing only on formal training content. Includes notes on how she recorded and edited video on her smartphone for the presentation. She gives credit to my post on "Selling Storytelling" as part of the inspiration for her presentation because of how I scripted conversation around business objectives and measurement.
elearn Magazine: Storytelling in eLearning: The why and how
Basics on elements of stories for those having trouble getting started
3 quick tips for strong scenarios
Tips from Cathy Moore on writing scenarios:
- Put dialog in quotation marks.
- Ask, "Why aren't they doing it?"
- Branching? Start with the end in mind.
Great Storytelling and Compliance Training an Obvious Match | Learning Solutions Magazine
Weaving stories into compliance training helps keeps learners engaged. Includes quotes and descriptions of examples used by several companies on how they implemented it. These aren't straightforward traditional elearning; one is a podcast, another uses episodic training with characters who return over time to build their story.
Resources for Creating Branching Scenarios - E-Learning Uncovered
Diane Elkin's curated resources on creating branching scenarios, including examples, books, blog posts, and templates.
The Power of Story: Highlights from TLDC's Community Day Spring 2021 | Scissortail Creative Services, LLC
Kayleen Holt summarizes takeaways from TLDC's community day focused on the theme of story (including notes from my session)