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Big Dreams, Bare Feet – Learning with Tama
It's been awhile since I have been involved with design and development of eLearning, and what better way that to have a bit of fun on a side project to practice some skills and re-familiarize myself with StoryLine again.
Inspired by the AI voice Hemi, available in Voices.
This interactive module follows Tama, an 11-year-old boy from rural Aotearoa New Zealand, who lives with his Nan, his cheeky little brother Hemi, and a goat named Tina Turner (no relation — unless the original also eats curtains).
The eLearning experience is framed through Tama’s eyes, using character-driven storytelling, playful animations, and narrative choice-making to guide learners through a world full of mischief, learning moments, and surprising emotional depth.
Link: Articulate Review
Note: Only the first two chapters are available at the moment.
11 Replies
This is really awesome and so entertaining. I’m from NZ so the storytelling was relevant and really made me laugh.
Incredibly creative and entertaining. 😄 I'm inspired! 💡
This is absolutely fantastic! I couldn't keep it together over the goat in Ch. 2 and ended up with half of Academic Affairs coming to see if I was ok 🤣
This is just brilliant. I am in love with the voice as well (another Kiwi here). Well done!
Shot, you nailed it! Even Tina would be impressed 👏👏👏 Haha this is perfection. How did you access Hemi's voice? I don't seem to have it, even under ai voices.
This is really great and so beautifully put together! Are the illustrations also AI?
Yes for the most part, I used DALL·E for most of the image generation, once I was happy with the initial look and feel for Tama, I used reference image generation to keep the style and composition pretty consistent. You can also request transparent backgrounds now too. I used Adobe Illustrator for some of the image manipulation, and Adobe InDesign for layout with inspiration drawn from children's magazine templates in Adobe Stock
SuperSuze Thank you so much for the laugh! I absolutely loved this story, which demonstrates the power of storytelling in the context of eLearning development. Furthermore, it shows how effective eLearning can be developed without having a blockbuster movie budget.
SuperSuze: Wow, that was great, so well done. I loved it. The story was very cool and had great learning. I also enjoyed the quiz parts; they were bright, and Tama's interaction when you submitted your answer made me smile. 🤩
