Context in E-Learning Design: From Routine to Remarkable

I recently had the privilege of being in the audience at the final performance of The Chicago Lyric Opera’s spectacular production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, Carousel. As I watched, it occurred to me that instructional designers could borrow one element of the production to make e-learning more engaging. The director chose to lift the production from its original setting in 19th Century New England to a non-specific location during the Great Depression. Abso