302 — What’s the story with stories?
Jul 11, 2022
Since the dawn of history, people have been telling stories. Obviously, because the recorded history we have is in the format of a story. Now Ross Garner, Ross Dickie and David from the Mind Tools L&D Podcast crew are applying that technique to learning.
We discuss:
- The benefits of storytelling for learning
- Examples of effective storytelling at work
- How new technologies give us exciting opportunities to craft new tales!
During the discussion, Ross Garner discussed an article from
The
Guardian. You can read it
here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/15/story-lines-facts
In ‘What I Learnt This Week’, Ross Dickie discussed why it’s so hard to fix electronics: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Dmp79iTEVqizinjOmjGpP?si=TeXVHG_CTKuE4ZGlXlBWiA
David shared something he had ‘knot’ previously known: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nautical-mile-knot.html
And Ross Garner recommended Patti Shanks’ book Write Better Multiple-Choice Questions to Assess Learning.
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Connect with our speakers
If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter:
- Ross Garner - @RossGarnerMT
- Ross Dickie - @RossDickieMT
- David Sharkey on LinkedIn