Live Webinar – September 18th, 2012 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Presented by: Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

“Too long.” “Too costly,” Too wishy-washy.” “Fluff.”
In the corporate world, stories are discouraged and misunderstood.

Many eLearning leaders and developers are skeptical about the use of interactive stories in eLearning. Anecdotal and scientific research in educational institutions suggests that stories facilitate learning.

In this session, Ray Jimenez will present a research report on
“Story Impacts Learning and Performance.”

The research covered 500 respondents who participated in a controlled and blind study to evaluate two types of eLearning: one with stories and another without stories.

The results show the impacts on comprehension and retention and
the engagement levels of the learning.

The findings also suggest:

1. That stories, although they can add development time,
2. Actually reduces learning time of the participants and ….
3. Therefore reduces the costs of eLearning project.

Participants, who design, implement and lead eLearning projects will benefit from this session.

• Learn the cost-benefit contributions of stories and show researched-based results on the impacts of interactive stories in facilitating learning and improving comprehension and retention
• Demonstrate to your senior management that the return on investment in story-based eLearning design is higher than the traditional linear and facts only type of learning
• Obtain a synthesis of the Research Report with a the “Top 20 Tips in Applying Interactive Stories in eLearning”
• Learn a basic research model you can apply to measure results of your story-based eLearning projects

This session is a research presentation, question and answer session and small group discussions on the impacts and applications of the research findings.

For more information on how and why stories work visit The StoryImpacts Website

Presenter : Ray Jimenez (LinkedIn profile) – Chief Learning Architect and Founder of Vignettes Learning and StoryImpacts.com, a systems development and consulting company specializing in e-Learning and Performance Systems, eLearning course development and interactive tools and social learning community platform.

Ray has over twenty years experience in the consulting and training industry. Author of “3-Minute e-Learning: Rapid Learning and Applications, Amazingly Lower Cost and Faster Speed of Delivery: Plus Online Demos, Templates, Videos“, “Scenario-Based Learning: Using Stories To Engage e-Learners (Scenario-Based Learning, Volume 1)“, and “DIYEL 101 Tips for Do-It-Yourself eLearning“. Ray teaches eLearning programs for the University of California, Irvine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center and Assumption University, Bangkok.

Workshop and briefing participants describe Ray as “fun”, “engaging”, “technically savvy”, “has depth in e-learning experience”, “balances theory and hands-on experience” and “inspiring”. Visit Ray’s website and his blog.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources 10 – Communications

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team
• 10.2 Plan Communications

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for Proof that Stories Improve Comprehension and Retention