Story Telling Approach works equally fine both with children as well as adult.

1. Story Based Approach
Presented by Nutan Erathi
September, 2015

2. Activity
Suddenly, it started raining and the driver in the
car could not understand what to do. His car
refused to start….
Each participant to write one line to continue the
story, building up on - creating a problem,
finding a solution and ending on a good note.
How do you ensure that your training programmes get a happily-ever-after ending

3. StoBLs
 Story-based Learning (StoBLs), an innovative training
tool that is as old as it is new and everyone, including
adults, love its immersive aspect.
Stories have been woven into our lives in the form of:
o fables
o bedtime stories
o gripping novels

4. • Learners must see the relevance of something
in order to feel persuaded to learn about it.
• Explaining concepts in the context of a story
that learners can relate to is crucial to the
learning process.
• By helping learners integrate knowledge into
their mental models in meaningful ways, the
realistic context of a story makes information
easier to remember.
• Most of us intuitively know it is easier to
remember the gist of a story and its lessons
compared to a list of miscellaneous facts.
Why Tell Stories?

5. StoBLs
 StoBLs make the tedious topics memorable,
concretise abstract notions and simplify complex ideas
by using story elements in an instructionally structured
manner.
 StoBLs work best when you teach principles and
concepts that include:
o Abstract concepts (for example, soft skills such as
leadership)
o Colourless or uninspiring principles (such as
compliance-related regulations and codes of
conduct)
o Concepts that are difficult to appreciate (such as
finance for non-financial managers)

6. StoBLs - CRUNCHED
 StoBLs work better than other methodologies,
because they are 'CRUNCHED' –
Contextual, Realistic, Unusual, Natural, Concrete,
Human, Easily accepted and Discovery-oriented.
While a story may have more than one plotline,
depending on the content, we need to take great care to
keep the story focused on the content, avoiding
extraneous details that don’t contribute to the training.

7. How Do I Write A Story?
Think of:
• Setting
• Event (Problem)
• Development (Action and Consequences)
• Climax (Lesson Learned or Problem solved)
• Ending
But……….
How Do I Work a Story into an eLearning Lesson?

8. Engaging ways ….
 Comic Strip
 Interactive Timeline
 Social Media
 Audio Narrative
 Video

9. Digital Story telling
 With digital media, stories have morphed from
visual and audio driven content into interactive
experiences
 Digital storytelling creates an environment
where learners can associate with the
characters and learn while the story unfolds.
This brings about an effective transfer of knowledge to the
learner and leads to its usage in the work environment. The
end result is employee performance improvement.

10. Theme- Indian Folk Tale
Here, I have tried to explain one such instance
where I implemented this approach to
designing a course to provide an interesting
and engaging learning experience using the
famous Indian folk tale – Vikram and Betaal
StoBLs

11. What goes in StoBLs?
To make the program truly effective, all media
design elements were used that reflected the
subject and tone of the story.
(The visual imagery, animation, sound and interaction all
add up to an experience that is memorable and
learning that is effective.)
The flow of the story was planned and presented in
such a way that the visual focus shifted between the
narration-text and on-screen animation.

12. Tips for turning that boring PowerPoint into a brilliant e-
learning module through storytelling
1. Wrap the Content in a Story
2. Use Conversational Dialogue
3. Use a Conversational Narrator
4. Create Story-Based Scenarios
5. Integrate Relevant Multi-Media
These few tips will have you well on your way to telling a
story that will make a difference … and get results
Stories give adult learners that crucial window into how
the content is relevant to them, making them invested in
the material.

13. Effectiveness and Learner
Engagement with StoBLs
The added element of interactivity helps the
learner make decisions that control the
movement of the story, as it were.
The story were able to successfully transport the
learners into authentic settings and into the lives of
interesting, believable characters. The visual
imagery and the audio helped bring the learning
content to life and achieve interactivity in the true
sense of the word. The effect – better learning,
improved performance.

14. Thank You !!
Any questions ???