Pathways Training and eLearning recently developed some highly effective gamified simulations for a major Canadian company, with locations around the world. These new hire simulations, were designed to help teach new hire employees how to use a highly complex online system, to serve clients. While there are projects that use simulations and projects that use gamification, the use of both these methods together is not common. The lack of prevalence of research on these two lea
Most of times, if you are developing eLearning modules for big companies (or even if they are small companies), you will have to package the eLearning module in SCORM, whether it is 1.2, 2004 (any of the editions), AICC or Tin Can. Whichever it is, I am sure that the LMS person on the client side, will upload the SCORM package to a staging site and test it, or even upload it to the production site and roll it out to the learners, and once in a while, issues will arise such as
When designing and developing eLearning the UI or User Interface is one of the key components in ensuring your training becomes an engaging and an enjoyable experience for your learners. In short the UI is everything the user interacts with, it is the colour scheme, the font selection and the overall look and feel of your course. When developing a UI it can be difficult as you want to ensure that your course reflects your companies brand and its values but also is modern, cle
When designing and developing eLearning one of the most important things to consider is how you keep your learners engaged and interested in the content you are trying to teach them. Technology has allowed us to create training that is far more flexible than it use to be, in the past a if a learner wanted to learn something new they would typically have to go to a classroom session or learn from a book. With eLearning training is more accessible to people than ever, however,
Gamification is a powerful way to enhance the effectiveness of your eLearning and digital training. Applying gamification concepts can help improve engagement and interactivity in your eLearning and help improve the overall learner experience. Below are some statistics that outline some of the key benefits of using gamification in your eLearning. https://www.talentlms.com/blog/gamification-survey-results/ Employees say gamification makes them feel more productive (89%) and ha