3 Ways Online Training Providers Can Use Gamification In Their Courses

How Online Training Providers Can Use Gamification In Their Courses  

Let’s look at three ways to create better online training with gamification.

Related: Why gamification in eLearning is important (4 reasons)

1. Challenge learners.

Learners love to be challenged. Challenge them by using multiple variables in each question so that they have to weigh up options and make tradeoffs. Working with multiple variables makes players consider cause-and-effect relationships, weigh multiple options, and prioritize their efforts.

For example, in this Fraud Prevention example by Elucidat, learners are challenged to see if they can detect a fraudulent scenario.

Learners win badges if they correctly identify fraudulent scenarios. Multiple variables are at play here – friends are involved and learners must consider how their actions might them. While there is some technical knowhow needed to build this kind of program, modern authoring tools –such as Elucidat– have these features built in. The real skill in building this type of gamification is knowing how to create scenarios and weigh the scoring.

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