Synthesis:Develop fun and engaging technical and compliance elearning programs through approaches such as unbundling content adapted to the learner’s perspective, finding instant context and weaving context and facts through real-life stories. Identify “must learn” from “learn on need” content and…
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War Horse …. Waiting for it start. This is a great story.
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Chaotic, Yet Effective
Creating Great Stories for eLearning
Synthesis: Create great stories for learning by exploring sources and methods like business artifacts, business practices or memes, personal tips, workarounds, how-to’s, self-help solutions and even people’s backgrounds. Systematically collected stories can become a reference library for elearning programs. …
Learning Facts and Foundational Knowledge with Stories
Synthesis: Facts – whether foundational or advance – can be related to real-life occurrences to engage learners and help them find context while gaining required knowledge. ______________________________________________________________ Does story-based learning only apply to experienced learners? What is common among these…
Creating Learning Peaks with Scenarios
Synthesis: Creating thought-provoking scenarios stretch the learner’s imagination and help them journey through varied emotions until they reach their learning peaks. ______________________________________________________________ When and how are learning peaks achieved? When ideas become actual experiences for learners then it triggers a…
Learning Liberation Continues – Hurray!
Is this the new SME? “Guardians of training/learning decency” may not like this – but it is real life
An Invocation for Beginnings Is this the new SME (Subject Matter Expert)? Maybe so. But not in the closets of corporate training or learning and academic settings. This person is an SME in the real world, the underworld, the out-of-this-world.…
My never ending curiosity might be filled with Google Glasses
I found this video from a post by Gina Trapani. Now, I can follow my curiosity and never-ending search for answers. I have a very curious mind just like many of you. Oftentimes, when I see something like a billboard,…
Satire Story-based eLearning – Anomalies learners want to solve
This photo is from Robert Llewellyn. The context is about solar energy, fuel wastage and alternate energy source. It is a satirical image. Humorous. Eye catching. The approach works as a technique in story-based eLearning because in a simple snapshot…
Divergent Thinking – RSA Animation; Visualization of Stories
You probably have seen this. Sir Ken Robinson has a compelling message on rethinking learning, teaching and our educational institutions. RSA Animation did a fantastic job visualizing the ideas. Ray Jimenez, PhD Vignettes Learning. See more eLearning stories: Story Impacts…
My mind on Story Impacts – mapping ideas
Mapping ideas like the diagram above, is making sense of the different stories and conversations I have (within myself and with others) — my learnings and discoveries. This is another form of story-based eLearning. I use https://bubbl.us/. Ray Jimenez, PhD…
Story Dreams – Put Learners in a Dream-Like State in Learning
What is the function of dreams in our lives? In learning? Psychologists say dreams allow us to complete stories in our minds. As these stories are completed in one’s mind, the more we are able to deal with unresolved issues…
“What if” Story Approach: Set up and present
Simple scenarios happen in our minds. We only need one question – “what if…?” and our mind fills in the rest. So a good technique when using stories in eLearning is to present a “what-if” setting. See the example above.…