Objections to Stories for Learning
My response to three common objections to using stories for learning, including “Not everyone can be a storyteller.”
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Is Storytelling Overkill for eLearning?
Is storytelling overkill for learning? Maybe sometimes, but both short and long stories can be useful depending on the situation.
Twine, Storytelling, Freelancing: ID Links 11/1/21
Curated links on Twine, storytelling, branching scenarios, freelancing costs, resources for new IDs, and recorded conference sessions.
Interview on Storytelling for L&D
Kicking off the 2nd season of the Redefine Instruction podcast, I had a great conversation about storytelling for L&D.
Hiring Managers, Storytelling, and Tools: ID Links 5/25/21
Curated links on what hiring managers want, storytelling, and tools from outside of L&D that can be useful for instructional designers.
L&D and D&D: Learning and Role Playing Games
A conversation about role playing games like D&D and instructional design with Christy Tucker, Matthew Pierce, Jonathan Rock, & Luis Malbas.
Best and Worst ID Projects
I’ve created dozens of courses during my career. These two projects stick out as some of the best and worst ID projects I’ve done.
Instructional Story Design: Book Review
Rance Greene’s new book, Instructional Story Design: Develop Stories that Train, provides a systematic process for creating stories for training.
ID and eLearning Links 9/24/19
In this post, I share a guide on becoming an instructional designer, storytelling research, and a tool for creating citations easily.
Selling Storytelling in Learning
A prospective client called asking to convert some training to online. This is our (fictionalized) conversation about using a scenario-based approach to the course.