The NINF and the teacher: exploring teachers' views of the role of narrative in lesson planning
Rosemary Luckin, Joshua Underwood, Benedict du Boulay, Joe Holmberg, Hilary Tunley · Figshare · 2004
The Meno project came up with a framework for narrative guidance and narrative construction in the context of non-adaptive systems. As part of the HOMEWORK project we are exploring the extension of this framework in order to enable us to create adaptive systems that can help teachers offer learners a coherent experience across artifacts and contexts. We are attempting to ensure that the framework that underpins the HOMEWORK project helps designers, teachers and learners to work together effectively. Lesson planning is an important activity for a teacher, which helps them link different educational resources into a coherent narrative. We discuss the evolution of the current Non Linear Interactive Narrative Framework (NINF) and, in particular, our continuing work with teachers as we try to increase our understanding about how best to design a system to support them in their lesson planning activities. Here our emphasis is upon the extension of the Meno framework to the design of a system that can be adaptive to the needs of individual learners and groups.