In scenario-based learning the learner is presented with a realistic situation in which the decisions they take shape how it unfolds. Instead of explanation first and a test afterwards, the learning starts at the problem and the explanation arrives at the moment it means something.
It matches how the work actually goes: information is incomplete, there is time pressure, and there is more than one defensible choice. Knowledge acquired in that form is more readily recalled in the same form.
The quality depends entirely on where the scenarios come from. Experienced operators recognise an invented situation immediately, and then the credibility is gone. Incident reports, near-misses and the stories of senior colleagues supply the material that does land. The distractors have to be as credible as the right answer: a scenario in which the good choice jumps straight out tests nothing.
Where do you get good scenarios from?
Does every scenario need one right answer?
Is this the same as a case study?
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Milan
Business development, STARK Learning