Category Archives: narratives

Topological Metaphors for Structuring Games (II): Rulespaces

Posted on 01.09.2008 by Wey-Han Tan

This is a short summary on “Storyspaces and Rulespaces” from the MA in ePedagogy Design I’m currently working on. Wey-Han Tan (April 2008) Rulespaces Rules define the boundaries of the player’s actions and give them direction and jurisdiction. As shown … Continue reading →

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Creating cognitive tension – and then what?

Posted on 09.06.2008 by Wey-Han Tan

I stumbled upon this entry in the great BoingBoing-blog, an excerpt from a longer Smithonian article: Steve Martin explaining a special method of eliciting laughter from the audience, in comparision to the usual comedian’s technique of creating tension and releasing … Continue reading →

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The Abbot’s Gift

Posted on 09.06.2008 by Wey-Han Tan

I found Zen Koans to be a wonderful example both for an enticing, beautiful crafted educational narrative, and for ‘mental hacking’ – searching for a solution to a (yet) unsolvable problem, which in turn leads to a higher state of … Continue reading →

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Narrativer Wissenstransfer

Posted on 09.06.2008 by Wey-Han Tan

Die Erzählung ist vermutlich eine der ältesten Methodiken der Organisation und eines der ältesten Medien der Weitergabe von Wissen. Grundvoraussetzung ist ihre kulturelle Einbettung in die Verstehenswelt des Zuhörers oder Lesers während das mögliche Ziel gleichzeitig auch die Umkehrung in … Continue reading →

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