Serious Games

May 3, 2016

5 Ways Behavioral Learning Can Transform Your eLearning Course

Product knowledge. Sales. Marketing. These are basic skills you always want to assess in your training simulations. However, they do not enable you to understand what is inside your learners’ mind, and how they see the world, their customers, the company. Knowing that about 90% of our choices are made based on emotions, this is an important factor to take into account. Fortunately, behavioral learning could help you understanding these notions.

by Yann Teyssier

April 25, 2016

What Are The Benefits Of A 3D Simulation Software? Featuring 5 Killer Examples

“I do not need a 3D simulation software”. We tend to hear that from our leads at the beginning of our relationship. The funny thing is that they quickly change their mind when they realize the huge potential of this kind of tool in their everyday life. In this article, we will share with you the main benefits of 3D simulation software, through 5 practical examples.

by Yann Teyssier

April 21, 2016

Simulation Software: 5 Easy Steps To Overcome Corporate Challenges

Business simulation software is a web-based environment where all key business processes and functions are simulated; in other words, it is a virtual version of the real world. In this virtual environment users are able to manage business processes, subdivisions, companies, and corporations.

by Anton Makarevich

April 19, 2016 | Sponsored

8 Advantages Of Integrating An Interactive Training Software In Corporate Training

Quality content. Polished design. Easy navigability. Even if these three ingredients are important in order to make your learning simulations successful, they are nothing without interactivity. While it seems obvious, there are still so many training managers out there doing it the old way: Delivering content, even if valuable, without inserting any interactions. This kind of training is dead. Nowadays, you have to leverage options provided by new interactive training software, in order to make your serious games engaging. In this article, we are going to discuss 8 advantages of these kind of tools, and how you can use them to their full potential.

by Yann Teyssier

April 12, 2016

9 Tips To Use A Serious Game Authoring Tool Effectively

A serious game authoring tool alone is nothing. When it comes to Instructional Design, the hardest part is not the handle all the technical stuff related to the authoring tool you are using. It is the reflection behind it. Unfortunately, training managers tend to forget it over time, leading to missuses of their authoring tool. Consequently, in this article, we will share with you 9 tips to use your serious game authoring tool effectively.

by Yann Teyssier

April 8, 2016

9 Myths About eLearning Authoring Tools And How To Use Them Properly

Ever since eLearning authoring tools were born, many people doubted their authenticity. People’s opinion about these tools keeps changing every now and then. Some form their opinions based on their experiences and others on hearsay. The fact remains that there is still a bit of apprehension attached to this style of learning. It is time now to compare the myths about eLearning authoring tools with the real scenario that exists today.

by Yann Teyssier

March 30, 2016

9 Soft Skills To Develop With Online Business Games: The Simformer Case

Every employer has his or her own idea about the ideal employee. We are not talking about the ideal in terms of looks obviously, but rather the employee’s personal qualities and professional skills. Job duty descriptions dictate what professional skills are required and the corporate competency framework determines what personal qualities an ideal employee should possess. Here is how online business games help develop crucial soft skills such as customer focus, stress resistance, team work, and communication skills.

by Anton Makarevich

March 28, 2016 | Sponsored

6 Benefits Of Web Authoring Tools For Your Company

In a digital and cloud-based world, companies still tend to work the old way. A lot of trainers are still using traditional authoring tools, locally saved into their desktop. Even though this is a great way to work, trends are evolving: It is now time to move to web authoring tools. As it might sound a little bit scary, we decided to gather in this article the 6 main benefits provided by these new authoring softwares.

by Yann Teyssier

March 22, 2016 | Sponsored

6 Pros Of Learning Simulations

Employees working out at different time zones. Information retention. Consistency. Cost-effectiveness. ROI measurement. These are the challenges faced by trainers and employers in their everyday life. What if you could solve these hustles by embracing the potential of learning simulations?

by Yann Teyssier

March 15, 2016

Business Simulations: What Are The Benefits?

It is important to have in mind that 80% of acquired knowledge fades away if it is not applied in practice, which means there is a real risk of wasting 80% of learning and training expenses. Is there a way to ensure that the solution is the use of business simulations?

by Anton Makarevich

March 14, 2016 | Sponsored

5 Tips To Create Meaningful And Engaging 2D Simulations

Engagement. This is what effective training simulations are all about. The truth is, about 80% of learners are complaining about the lack of interactivity in their learning modules. Consequently, results are going down, training managers are getting frustrated, and the overall skills of the organization are not increasing. In this article, we are going to solve this problem, by showing you how to create meaningful and engaging 2D simulations.

by Yann Teyssier

March 8, 2016

What Are The Benefits Of Serious Game Development? Featuring 4 Killer Examples

Serious game development is growing. Military, corporate, education, and health care organizations from around the world are enjoying the positive effects that serious game development have had on their organization’s learning needs. Even though this is a matter of fact, some of them are still not confident about this new eLearning trend. If you still have doubts about serious games efficiency in eLearning, you should keep reading.

by Yann Teyssier