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Figure 2. Story Development Phases<br />

mine the events that should make up the story.<br />

However, any story unit can in instantiated in<br />

more ways than one, giving multiple story plots.<br />

Furthermore, any given story plot can have different<br />

narratives, i.e. the sequence in which these<br />

events are presented.<br />

Thus, MOD provides a systematic process <strong>for</strong><br />

brainstorming and creating one or more story plots<br />

<strong>based</strong> on a concept; thus one can explore various<br />

narrative options <strong>for</strong> the plot. As multiple story plots<br />

can be created <strong>for</strong> one story, we need to develop<br />

methodologies <strong>for</strong> testing their effectiveness to<br />

select the most effective plot be<strong>for</strong>e developing the<br />

final presentation. The development <strong>of</strong> a complete<br />

presentation is a rather expensive exercise and a<br />

waste <strong>of</strong> time and resources if the presentation does<br />

not have an engaging plot and narrative.<br />

There<strong>for</strong>e, be<strong>for</strong>e incurring the cost <strong>of</strong> authoring<br />

a complete story as a multimedia presentation<br />

it should be tested with prospective users to get<br />

their feedback on their experience with the various<br />

plots and their narrative options, to select the<br />

most effective one. However, this testing aspect<br />

is beyond the scope <strong>of</strong> this chapter.<br />

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Using Storytelling as the Pedagogical Model <strong>for</strong> <strong>Web</strong>-Based <strong>Learning</strong><br />

MOD Based Story Development<br />

MOD provides a systematic process to develop<br />

educational stories beginning with just a topic, or<br />

with a collection <strong>of</strong> experiences that one wishes<br />

to share in a CoP. Such a story can be viewed as<br />

comprising the experiences arranged as a narrative,<br />

where the experiences will convey the meaning,<br />

and the narrative will provide an envelope to delivery<br />

these experiences as an engaging story.<br />

Story Development Phases<br />

MOD-<strong>based</strong> story development can be broken into<br />

the following five main phases, shown in figure<br />

2. The Story Concept is the apex <strong>of</strong> this triangular<br />

model, representing the high-level story idea that<br />

needs to be expanded step-by-step to author the<br />

story. This trans<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> the Story Concept<br />

into a presentable story can be broken in to the<br />

following five phases (Sharda, 2007).<br />

Phase 1: Articulate Story Concept: Start by<br />

articulating the story concept, and brainstorm<br />

and record various options <strong>for</strong> BME components,

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