Storytelling as an Instructional Method Workshop: In search of Theoretical and Empirical Foundations

November 7 & 8, 2006

Conducted by: Dr. Dee H. Andrews,

Air Force Research Laboratory

Sponsored by: Dr. Jerome R. Busemeyer and

the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Hosted by: The Cognitive Engineering Research Institute

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Storytelling as an Instructional Method Workshop Schedule Here

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Storytelling as an Instructional Method Workshop/CERI Message Board Here

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Presentations

Welcome and Introduction “Gagne’s Theories of Instruction and Campbell’s Theories of Mythology: How They Help us Understand Why Stories Work in Teaching” Dee H. Andrews, Air Force Research Laboratory	View Presentation Here
“Design Theory for Story Based Instruction” William R. Watson, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis	View Presentation Here
“Scenario Based Training – Lessons from Development and Implemention” Alan Spiker, Anacapa Sciences, Inc. .	View Presentation Here
“Problem-based Learning as an Instructional Strategy and Storytelling as an Instructional Strategy” John Savery, University of Akron	View Presentation Here
“What’s so Special About Stories? A Review of Relevant Cognition Literature” Russell J. Branaghan, Arizona State University Polytechnic	View Presentation Here
“AXL.Net: Web-Enabled, Multimedia Case Method Instruction for Accelerating Tacit Knowledge Acquisition in Leaders” Julia M. Kim, University of Southern California	View Presentation Here
“Interactive Storytelling for Experience Management in Virtual World Training Simulations” Mark Riedl, University of Southern California	View Presentation Here
“Tactical Knowledge Elicitation” Barbara A. Black, Army Research Institute	View Presentation Here
“Interactive Digital Storytelling: Synthesizing Storytelling Theory, Training Theory, and Video Game Design Theory.” William R. Watson, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis	View Presentation Here
“IMAT- Interactive Multisensor Analysis and Training” Sandra K. Wetzel-Smith and Wallace H. Wulfeck, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center	View Presentation Here

Break-out Session Summaries:

All Workshop Notes Grouped by Themes the Breakout Groups were asked to Address

This document presents the unedited notes that were taken during each breakout session. It is organized around the four main themes that breakout groups were asked to address. The four main themes are; definition/theory, research issues, research approach, and real world applications of storytelling method research. The four breakout groups were; case-based method of instruction, narrative-based, problem-based, and scenario-based.

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All Workshop Notes Grouped by Storytelling Method (Case-based, Narrative-based, Problem-based, Scenario-based)

This document clusters all the comments of each storytelling method group together. So, each groups’ comments for all key themes (definition/theory, research issues, research approach, and real world applications) are clustered here.