Narrative Development and Instructional Design

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Author(s): Douglas Williams (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA), Yuxin Ma (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA), Charles Richard (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)and Louise Prejean (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 16
Source title: Instructional Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-503-2.ch420

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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This chapter explores the challenge of balancing narrative development and instructional design in the creation of an electronic game-based learning environment. Narrative is a key factor in successful commercial games. The hero’s journey is explained and proposed as a model narrative structure for developing educational role-playing games and informing instructional design. Opportunities to embed various instructional strategies within the hero’s journey structure are presented.

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