Storytelling is a natural form of communication that reveals incidents to capture listeners' imaginations. When used in eLearning, storytelling can transform information into longer-retaining knowledge by relating to learners' experiences. Effective stories have a beginning, middle, and end, and use short sentences, visuals, and relate content to emotionally engage learners and motivate them towards learning goals. While storytelling may not be suitable for all eLearning, it can transfer information uniquely when the purpose is to connect learners emotionally to the subject material.

1. How to Use Storytelling
in eLearning?

2. Natural form of revealing an incident
or an accumulation of incidents.

3. Natural form of communication that reveals an incident
or an accumulation of incidents is called Storytelling.

4. Captures the imagination of the listener
with the power exhibited by a teller.

5. Has ability to transform information
into knowledge for longer retention.

6. Effective storytelling would be contemplative to
listeners if the story relates to their experiences.

7. Good stories are interconnected and well
organized. An eLearning course also needs to be
interconnected and well organized with:
 A Beginning
 A Middle
 An Ending

8. Begin with the End Goal

9. Develop the “Middle” with Plotting

10. Points to Remember While
Plotting a Compelling Story

11. Create a scene

12. Use short sentences

13. Use less text and more visuals

14. Relate the content with the story

15. Ending

16. Need for Storytelling in
eLearning

17. Stories connect learners emotionally to the subject

18. Transfer information to learners in a unique way

19. Helps learners to connect with the
content emotionally

20. Motivates learners towards the
learning goal

21. Makes the data more
meaningful

22. Storytelling may not be appropriate
for all eLearning courses.

23. Storytelling in eLearning courses depends
on the purpose of the course

24. Conclusion

25. Storytelling captures the imagination of the listener
with the power exhibited by a teller and can be
effectively used in certain eLearning courses.

26. "A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told
correctly for it to be understood."
Marcus Sedgwick

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