Storytelling In eLearning

October 26, 2014

What Does Good eLearning Have In Common With Good Movies?

You may not have realized it, but  eLearning and movies have many things in common. Both seek to captivate their audience and produce a memorable story, and both can fall flat if not produced correctly.

by Yuna Buhrman

October 16, 2014

Top 10 Branching Scenario Techniques

Learners not retaining information? e-Learning not prompting behavioral changes? As the old adage says, “Experience is the best teacher.” When teaching a new process or facilitating a change in behavior, there’s no better teacher than experience. But this is e-Learning we’re talking about. How can you help your learners truly experience a situation when they’re sitting at their desks? Enter the magic of branching scenarios.

by Stephanie Ivec

October 13, 2014

6 Tips to Create an Effective eLearning Scenario

In this article, I'll share 6 tips to create effective eLearning scenarios, so that you can design motivational and informative eLearning courses.

by Christopher Pappas

October 5, 2014

How To Create A Sticky Learning Experience In Compliance Training

In this article, I will outline some of the innovative approaches we have adopted to create “sticky learning experiences” in Compliance courses.

by Asha Pandey

August 22, 2014

7 Tips To Integrate Storytelling Into Your Next eLearning Course

This article will help you integrate storytelling in your eLearning design and development process in order to create a highly effective and engaging eLearning experiences for your learners.

by Christopher Pappas

May 22, 2014

Behind the Scenes with Storyboarding Scenarios

Scenarios put your learner in the real-world situation of your choice—that’s instant engagement. You can create any scenario you imagine, from a basic simulation to a complex experience that serves as the entire course.

by Christie Wroten

April 17, 2014

Win Over Your e-Learners with Storytelling

Storytelling is a powerful technique. Stories are what keep us captivated at the movies, through all 12 books in a series - and they’re what keep you glued to the couch for every Tuesday night episode of your favorite drama. But did you know that stories have been grabbing your attention in places you may not even realize?

by Christie Wroten

March 13, 2014

Digital Storytelling: an Efficient and Engaging Learning Activity

As an ESP teacher in a technical school for the last seven years, I have often used digital storytelling as a learning activity. Allowing students to create their own digital stories has proven to be a highly effective means of ensuring that students remember what they learn.

by Tiziana Saponaro

February 14, 2014

The Basics of Scenario-Based e-Learning

In this post, I will walk you through the various aspects of scenario-based eLearning, so that you can design eLearning courses which not only keep the learners motivated and engaged, but provide them with the best possible educational experience that effectively enhances their skill sets and/or knowledge base.

by Christopher Pappas

November 14, 2013

Why You Should be Using Scenarios in e-Learning

Don’t believe scenarios are worth the time it takes to build them? Discover the benefits of incorporating scenario-based e-Learning in your online training and learn how scenarios improve learner job performance.

by Stephanie Ivec

August 20, 2013

Tell Μe Α Story

The age-old question: how do you engage learners? And how do you make your training stick? The answer may be simple—just go back to how we were taught as kids, and tell the learner a story.

by Jessica Martello

April 6, 2013

Autism Awareness Month: Talking Social Stories

Social stories, sometimes called visual scripts, are stories that describe with words and pictures different activities or events that happen in life in a step by step detailed way. They were devised as a tool to help individuals within the autism spectrum to better understand situations and nuances of interpersonal communication so that they could interact in an effective and appropriate manner.

by Paolo Leva