Article:Hypertextual Tales: Story Models for Hypertext Design
From unthinkMedia
The author of this articles speaks to how story lends itself well to being used in education, to increase instructional outcomes. Stories are very familiar to humans, since it the method in which we structure our information. For this reason, the article suggest that we take this narrative affordance of intelligence and add elements of data finding, data manipulation, comprehension, explanation, planning, communication and integration.
other interesting notes
This articles speaks to various design formats and strategies that story which include: (pg 240)
- presenting a familiar information structure
- reducing cog load
- offering covert interactivity
Stories are also suggested to affect:
- motivation
- navigation
- control
- information context
4 principles
- coverage
- coherence
- uniqueness
- goodness-of-fit
Shank's notion of intelligence based on stories
- data finding
- data manipulation
- comprehension
- explanation
- planning
- communication
- integration
Taxonomy of Hypertext Story Models
- Narrative Design
- Episodic Design
- Embedded Data Design
- Detective Story Design
- Story Teller Design
