Month: January 2015

Me, myself and I.

The reason I started this blog was because of my current course. It started out small, and it still is, however I’m planning on expanding this blog to something I’ll put my daily work in.

My name is Jorn Remmen, I’m 22 years of age and I live in the Netherlands, the small country to the west of big brother Germany.

At the moment I’m following a course in Online Marketing. This blog has the subject of serious games and social impact games. What those are and what they’re used for will be displayed on this blog.

Through this blog you can follow me and the news I find relevant.

Read you later!
-Jorn R.

Using Case Studies To Make Your Elearning Course More Engaging

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There is a big difference between a course that is engaging, and a course that is well-documented.

You may create a comprehensive course with interactive branch scenarios and detailed explanation, but, if it is not relevant to the learner, than it will just confuse or worst case, frustrate her. Such a pattern may be good and easy to build, but it is only good enough to share information. It lacks in creating engagement and results in poor retention in the mind of the learner. Such courses are ‘well-documented’, but not engaging.

Engagement requires an emotional connection between the content and the learner. It goes beyond presenting interactive content; it is about designing truly motivating learning experiences.

The biggest challenge in creating an elearning course is engaging the learner, and there is a very simple solution for this – Case Studies

So here’s how you can use case studies…

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8 Reasons To Use Serious Games For Training

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1. Highly Engaging
Serious games are very engaging and communicate in a fashion that is easily acceptable by the human mind. Use of elements like story, interesting characters, relevant settings, etc engage the user emotionally.

2. Safe Environment
Users learn to deal with real life-like situations in a safe and engaging environment. They can make mistakes and keep on practicing till they are well-trained, which in turn boosts their confidence.

3. Instructional Design Based
Serious games are always designed after conducting an instructional design study (the study of creating instructional experiences which make knowledge acquisition more efficient and effective). It foresees and tackles the possible roadblocks that might hinder the learning process.

4. Reusable & Cost-effective
Once designed, Serious Games can be used multiple times. You don’t need a facilitator or special sessions to use this. The cost for maintenance and updating a serious game is negligible given its extensive…

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