{"id":68,"date":"2021-02-14T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T22:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540manizenayani\/?p=68"},"modified":"2021-02-14T14:11:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T22:11:02","slug":"task-5-twine-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540manizenayani\/2021\/02\/14\/task-5-twine-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 5: Twine Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image: Rawpixel at Freepik.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quest for Cookies!<\/a><\/h1>\n

Steps to download and view:<\/p>\n

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  1. Right click the above folder and click “Open in New Tab”<\/li>\n
  2. The folder will be automatically downloaded.<\/li>\n
  3. Open the html link using either Chrome or Firefox for best user experience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Reflection<\/h4>\n

    I am not a gamer and I have never used Twine before, so I learnt a lot in this exercise. My strategy was simple\u2014I decided to choose a topic that I was familiar with, namely baking cookies. I thought about how this could be converted to an interactive exercise, and I decided the best way would be by including some Frequently Asked Questions as hypertext, which lead to separates passages. Learners had a choice to either continue with the linear path or to deviate a bit, check out the FAQs and then come back to the main recipe.<\/p>\n

    While creating the passages and links, something interesting happened. I realized that the linked phrases lead to other pages, and that this process \u201ccontinues indefinitely as the reader progresses through a textual space\u201d (Bolter, 2001, pg. 27). I realized that the possibilities were infinite as I created more passages. By adding links at critical junctures, I was able to create a separate yet distinct path. I also felt that the exercise compelled me, rather organically, to think in terms of \u201cverbal units or topics\u201d (Bolter, 2001, pg. 29). I separated my exercise, therefore, into different topics such as, the ingredients, the process, the variations and a bit of trivia. In that sense, I could relate it personally to my career as an Instructional Designer, where storyboarding of content plays an integral role. A typical storyboarding exercise from an instructional design perspective will include a step-by-step or rather a screen-by-screen layout and instructions in terms of content, animation, graphics, etc. This storyboard is followed when developing the content matter into an eLearning course. The Twine activity was like a storyboarding exercise\u2014each screen or passage was connected to another screen, and the interconnectedness formed a web of sorts, in which each process or action was made up of further sub-processes (Engelbart, 1963). Writing the text was merely a sub-process but thinking conceptually and designing the process hierarchies within the Twine activity was most challenging.<\/p>\n

    While developing eLearning courses I use programs such as StoryLine and Adobe Captivate. Many features such as number variables and triggers that are available in these programs were also available in Twine. Despite my familiarity with these tools, I did find myself struggling a bit with Twine due to the newness of it. Also, it took me longer than I had expected to create a simple activity.\u00a0 My overall learning from this activity is perhaps best summarized as \u201cthe human mind neither learns nor acts by large leaps but by steps organized or structured so that each one depends upon previous steps\u201d (Engelbart, 1963, pg. 10).<\/p>\n

    References<\/h3>\n

    Bolter, Jay David. (2001).\u00a0Writing space: computers, hypertext, and the remediation of print<\/em>. New York, NY: Routledge.<\/p>\n

    Englebart, Douglas. (1963). A conceptual framework for the augmentation of man\u2019s intellect. In Hawerton, P.W. and Weeks, D.C. (Eds.),\u00a0Vistas in information handling, Volume I: The augmentation of man\u2019s intellect by machine.<\/em>\u00a0Washington, DC: Spartan Books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Quest for Cookies! Steps to download and view: Right click the above folder and click “Open in New Tab” The folder will be automatically downloaded. Open the html link using either Chrome or Firefox for best user experience. Reflection I am not a gamer and I have never used Twine before, so I learnt a … <\/p>\n

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