Story telling is one of the oldest art forms that have ever come into existence. In the past, tribes used to gather around and tell stories about their gods, their history, and their legends. This was how so many things were taught and passed down from the elders to the younger generation. This is also a great thing to use or incorporate into an elearning tools generated module. This is important with elearning because a lot of elearning modules tend to just relay information in a colorful but not exactly meaningful way.
So what is it in the story that makes it such an effective teaching tool? Well, a story not only gives flavor to the lesson, it gives it life. It gives structure to the learner’s experience of the lesson. What are its implications? How would real people probably react when faced with its issues? Why does it matter to anyone? And more abstractly, how does it feel, taste, look like, smell, and or sound like?
This does not mean that one has to use a story in every lesson. But one must think in terms of a story. Getting the flow of a lesson module can… Continue reading
