Re-purposed slides from http://www.slideshare.net/hanspoldoja/scenariobased-design. Unfortunately some of the links are no longer working. For a (Flash-based) version with working hyperlinks see http://portal.sliderocket.com/CIEKD/Scenario-based-Contextual-Learning-Design

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Scenario-Based Design
Hans Põldoja Original version

2. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ee/

3. “Scenarios are stories.They are
stories about people and their
activities.” (John M. Carroll)
(Carroll, 1999)

4. Five reasons for scenario-based
design
• Vivid descriptions of experiences evoke reflection about design
issues
• Scenarios concretely fix and interpretation and a solution but are
open-ended and easily revised
• Scenarios can be written at multiple levels, from many
perspectives and for many purposes
• Scenarios can be abstracted and categorized
• Scenarios anchor design discussion in activity and support
participation among stakeholders and appropriate design
outcomes.
(Carroll, 1999)

5. An examp
le…
http://www.edufeedr.org/wiki/Scenarios

6. You might write your story, make a video, use a cartoon, ...
You can work individually or collaboratively...
Ground your scenarios in: observed activity in related settings; by asking people
involved to contribute; your own experiences...
www.bitstrips.com

7. Some elements to include in scenarios
• Setting — description of the starting state of the
episode and objects that are involved
• Actors
• Goals
• Actions — things that actors do
• Events — things that happen to actors
• Objects
(Carroll, 1999)

8. (Carroll, 1999)

11. Also
Think about what is missing in the example scenarios
What else would you want to know if you were
designing for the kinds of learning described?

12. Develop your own scenarios
Brainstorm components of your scenarios ( you may want to use
this template ) : http://goo.gl/Rmbwt
Actors (who is involved?), Goals (why?), Settings (where & when?), Objects (what
things are involved?), Actions (what happens to actors?), Events (what do actors do?),
Results (what learning is achieved?)
Develop a scenario/s (in whatever form you prefer).
Invite others to comment on your scenarios, do they make sense?
What else do they want to know?
Comment on others’ scenarios
(You can post and comment on scenarios here)
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2453

13. References & Resources
• Carroll, J.M. (1999). Five Reasons for Scenario-Based Design. In: Proceedings of the 32nd
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
• Palotta,V. (2007). Scenario-Based Design.
http://diuf.unifr.ch/pai/uc/miscellaneous/Scenario-based_Design.pdf
For more example scenarios see:
• links below Scenario-based design Poldoja, H
http://imkedesign.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/scenario-based-design-2/
• mobile learning for development example scenarios
http://www.ml4d.org/kb/DSs/
• LocalLearn scenarios
http://www.slideshare.net/yish/mobile-learning-day-locallearn-scenarios
For more about using scenarios in learning design see:
• The Learning Design Grid, Design Scenarios
http://www.ld-grid.org/resources/representations-and-languages/design-scenarios

14. Photos
• Teemu Leinonen,
http://lemill.org/trac/attachment/wiki/DesignSessionResults/finland-02.jpg