I completed my doctorate through University of York in fall 2010. The topic was teachers’ innovations; I interviewed 22 teachers regarding their innovations and followed another 8 teachers (primary, secondary, and university) as they innovated with Storyline and repeated their Storylines. The teachers all found that there were many more benefits to teaching in this manner than they had anticipated, both objective and affective; all also remarked on the surprises of the students’ contributions to the learning.
I am now teaching at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and I am using Storyline in my class “Creating Learning Environments.” Each of my pre-service teachers has created a ninth grader. Storyline is definitely engaging my students; they contribute quite a bit in the online portion, which applies course concepts to the characters.