iLRN2020 6th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network

In this talk I will briefly introduce the field of interactive storytelling and describe the potential of harnessing these techniques for learning. In terms of technological sophistication, such techniques range from relatively simple choice-based storytelling (aka “choose your own adventure”) up to AI-driven dynamic experience management, social simulations, and autonomous characters. But a common feature of all these techniques is that they harness our inherent narrative sensemaking and combine it with the empowerment and active exploration of interaction. The resulting narrative immersion can be used to powerful pedagogic effect.