Storytelling In eLearning

May 25, 2016

5 Features To Turn Your Online Course Into Interactive Storytelling

Learn how to use interactive storytelling to make online learning more captivating to students. This article describes the 5 features of interactive storytelling to incorporate into your online lessons to enhance learning. Helpful links are provided to transform online courses!

by Sally Baldwin

April 5, 2016

4 Storytelling Strategies To Capture Learners’ Attention

Let’s take 4 principles from the storyteller’s playbook and explore how they apply to eLearning in order to capture learners’ attention.

by Ellen Burns-Johnson

March 3, 2016

Tell Me A Story: How I Used Storytelling To Enhance Training

How do you make an impact on learners?  How do you help them find the relevance and WIIFM (“What’s In It For Me?”) in your training?  Embrace storytelling. 

by Melissa Dougherty

October 19, 2015

The Dos And Don’ts Of Storytelling In eLearning

Here are some dos and don’ts PulseLearning recommends for how to effectively use storytelling in eLearning.

by Ruby Spencer, CTDP

July 30, 2015

Engage Your Learners with Digital Storytelling

“What’s the story, morning glory? What’s the word, hummingbird? Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?” These lyrics from the classic musical Bye Bye Birdie reflect our natural desire for stories and news. Storytelling itself is an age-old art form, but digital storytelling… now that’s big business today. Incorporating digital storytelling into your eLearning content can help you increase learner engagement.

by Stephanie Ivec

July 1, 2015

Using Storytelling For Compliance: Why Storytelling Is At The Heart Of Great Compliance Training

A storytelling approach makes sense for learning of any kind, but it's particularly effective when you need to make data and complex information meaningful and relevant to your audience. Learning facts is difficult, but assimilating a story is something that comes naturally to most of us. Read how using storytelling for compliance training helps compliance learners not only absorb information, but also change their behaviors.

by Heather Pope

May 10, 2015

The Great eLearning Design Mashup - Scrolling In eLearning

As eLearning designers, we should be looking to web design trends to borrow, to begin an eLearning design mashup. This month we’ll be looking into some of the trendiest and best design practices from the web which are or could be helping us create better, richer eLearning, starting today with scrolling.

by Li Whybrow

March 25, 2015

Tell Me A Story: Cutting Edge Scenario Based eLearning

Are you an eLearning designer trying to move on from click-and-read courses? Do you realize the value of non-linear and scenario-based learning? Then this post will help you to structure your course so it’s more engaging and effective for your end user.

by Li Whybrow

January 28, 2015

Effective Branching Scenarios In eLearning: 5 Tips For eLearning Professionals

Branching scenarios in eLearning can give your learners the opportunity to engage in the decision making process without being exposed to real world risks. In this article, I'll be sharing a variety of tips that can help you to successfully integrate eLearning branching scenarios into your eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

January 23, 2015

8 Tips To Use Personal Experiences In eLearning Course Design

As eLearning professionals, we are always looking for ways to integrate collaborative experiences into our eLearning courses, so that our learners have the opportunity to learn from the experience and wisdom of their peers. But what if there was a way to use our own experiences to offer learners a wealth of benefits? In this article, I'll share some tips for how to use your personal experiences in eLearning course design.

by Christopher Pappas

January 12, 2015

6 Tips To Write Effective eLearning Course Scenario Questions

Creating effective eLearning course scenario questions that engage the learners and tie into real world challenges can be difficult, unless you know a few key tips that can make the process simple and straightforward. In this article, I'll offer insight into how you can develop eLearning course scenario questions that give your audience a first-hand look at the real world benefits they can expect to receive.

by Christopher Pappas

October 31, 2014

Story-Based Learning Strategy In A Course For Instructional Designers

In this article, I will share with you a case study that features a course based on story-based learning strategy for Instructional Designers on Content Types and their Visualization Approaches.

by Asha Pandey