Scenario Based Training
This training was developed was inspired by Cathy’s Moore’s book, Map It: The action mapping book as well as Matthew Desmonds’s book, Poverty, by America.
Project: Scenario Based training
Overview: This training was one that I felt passionate about creating. I recently read Cathy Moore’s book and was inspired by the power of branching scenarios. These create opportunities for learners to explore the consequences of multiple learning paths. To engage participants, I started with a short animation using Vyond. Then I used Figma to create a version of a branching scenario as a starting point, and created the branches using Storyline 360. There are 20 possible outcomes, and only two are positive, which is the reality for many families who are experiencing poverty.
Cathy Moore’s work gave me the opportunity to touch upon the work of Matthew Desmond, Stephanie Lamb, and Barbara Ehrenreich. Each of these authors write about the devastating effects of poverty. I wanted to create this training to build empathy and compassion by asking people to literally put themselves in shoes of those who are struggling.
This simulation is just the briefest of glances into the difficult choices that those you are struggling with poverty face. Time Magazine recently published a survey about poverty for 2022, noting, “12.4% of Americans now live in poverty according to new 2022 data from the US census, and increasing from 7.4% in 2021.” This is horrifying. In my scenario, there are no children. However, again from Times Magazine, “child poverty also more than doubled last year from 12.4% from 5.2% the year before.”
Source: https://time.com/6320076/american-poverty-levels-state-by-state
Intended Audience: Adult Learners
Tools: Vyond, Storyline 360, Figma
Initial Map in Figma
For this map, green arrows indicate the best outcome, yellow arrows indicate a middle outcome, red arrows indicate the worst outcome. The light blue boxes indicate a question, and the dark blue indicate a negative outcome. Red indicate the worst outcomes.
