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How to design software training, part 2: Practice activities

Making Change

Consider plunging people into realistic simulations or scenarios in which they complete a task similar to the task on the job. An example activity for Ben and Kate could be: “We’re going to send a mailing about the MegaChomper BigBoy toy to all big dog owners. Make these activities available on demand, on the job.

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Virtual reality and augmented reality: overhyped or new industry standard?

CLO Magazine

VR promises to do just that via a simulated environment. Within the simulated environment, the learner must make on-the-spot decisions and respond to real-time stimuli. For example, learners in law enforcement will feel their hearts pound and their palms sweat during simulated live shooter scenarios. How do companies use AR now?

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What are Serious Games? A Follow-up Post

Upside Learning

there is currently no agreed upon definition for ‘game’, ‘simulation’, or ‘serious game…’” When it comes to the label ‘serious’ there is a lot of hair-splitting about whether it’s appropriate or not. Life as we know is never black & white and simulation/games must be able to replicate that grey area in game mechanics and play.

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5 Good TED Talks On Games

Upside Learning

Will Wright makes toys that make worlds. A Follow-up Post IDC India – Games Vs Simulations. They’ll be lush, complex, emotional experiences — more involving and meaningful to some than real life. Related posts: GBL 2010 – Recap (Day 2 Part 1): Serious Games What are Serious Games?

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6 Ways to Help K-12 Students Perform Virtual Experiments Remotely

Hurix Digital

Virtual labs and simulations – These can be asynchronous, synchronous, and even use a blended approach. Offering online simulations. Another way to help students perform virtual experiments in a remote environment is using interactive simulations for physics, chemistry, biology, and even math concepts. Virtual labs.

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Videos in E-learning – The 7 Benefits

CommLab India

Make it easy to present simulations : Simulations help employees put their learning into practice in a virtual environment and build confidence before they work on the actual system. And, simulations are easy to show and perceive through videos. Please leave a comment.

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The role of AR technology in making learners imagine

Matrix

If we look closely we will realize that Toy Story is rather boring, because our toys had way better lives and adventures. Three popular and already interesting training methods that can largely benefit from the AR technology are case studies, simulations and scenario-based learning: Case studies. Simulations.