Engage Your Students Online through Storytelling,

Scenario-Based Learning and Gamification

STARTALK Fall Conference 2015

Anastasia Pryanikova, JD, MA Dr. Marina Kostina Dr. Irina Kostina

Do you have “Ivans” in your class? What are YOUR challenges of

engaging them online and face to face?

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STORYTELLING SYNCS THE BRAINS

“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.”

~ Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human

STORYTELLING

• Stories effectively transmit information and values among individuals and communities.

• Personal and emotionally compelling stories engage more of the brain and are better remembered.

• 2 key aspects of an effective story: attention & transportation.

STORYTELLING

• Patterns • Novelty • Emotions • Play

9 Cs OF STORYTELLING 1. Curiosity

2. Circumstance

3. Characters

4. Conflict

5. Cure

6. Change

7. Carryout Message

8. Call Backs

9. Conversations in Dialogue

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GAMIFICATION

EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

interactions

Give to others/ big pics Autonomy + customization

Learning and growing

Fixed Action (earned lunch)

Sudden Rewards (Easter Egg)

Random Rewards (Drops)

Rolling Reward (lottery)

System of rewards Social Gifting

(referral) Reward Pacing (collector set)

Survey: Categories of Rewards

SO, HOW TO MOTIVATE EACH TYPE?

WHAT IS SCENARIO-BASED LEARNING?

SCENARIO-BASED LEARNING THEORY

SCENARIO-BASED LEARNING: EFFECTIVE ELEMENTS • mentally processing • models “real-life” thinking • presents issue(s) related to the learning outcomes • is sufficiently complete, complex and focused • presents a situation, problem, or issue • realistic • events are in a logical order • content is accurate, relevant, and appropriate

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