Using storytelling methods to improve emotion, motivation and attitude of students writing scientific papers and theses

We investigate how storytelling techniques might support students in writing final papers. We suggest a new structure and a new process for student paper production, borrowed from creative writing. We argue that adopting this approach might improve the quality of scientific student papers, increase the satisfaction of writing them and the pleasure of reading them. To test our assumptions we outline the application of the concept to a business informatics graduate course on research methods which accompanies writing a masters thesis. Finally, we position our ideas in the context of contemporary social network-based content creation and massive open online courses.