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4 Ways To Use A Gamified Content Creation Tool To Improve The Learning Experience

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4 Ways To Use A Gamified Content Creation Tool To Improve The Learning Experience

Everyone likes games. When you make training look like a game, your team will have a reason to look forward to the training. When you talk of learning and gamification in the same sentence, it doesn’t imply that learning becomes a game but rather than elements of gaming systems are incorporated into learning modules. Though it’s trending now, the concept isn’t new – the term gamification was coined way back in 2003. Let’s look at a few ways you can use a gamified content creation tool to improve the learning experience.


Feed the urge to compete with leader boards


Human beings are competitive by nature. Even though you may move away from getting everyone together in one room for a training session to letting each individual choose when and where thy want to learn, the overall experience is still a connected one. A leader board will show each learner where he/ she stands in comparison to everyone else. The person at the top of the leader board will be encouraged to keep up the learning momentum to maintain their rank while others who are lower on the leader board will push themselves to improve their position. Thus, this type of gamification makes it easy to everyone to see where they are and encourages healthy competition. 


Keep learners motivated with social media badges


We also like to flaunt our achievements. And social media has emerged as the ideal platform for this. Badges are a great gamification tool that let learners show off their achievements. Badges can be used as a reward system and an incentive. For example, an individual who’s completed a level could get a badge with the same or the person at the top of the leader board can have a special badge. This type of reward system is easy to incorporate into a learning app and does not have a high cost associated with it.

 

Boost engagement with quizzes


Quizzes as a gamified content creation tool serve a dual purpose. On one hand, they give learners a way of judging themselves son how they have understood the learning material and what they need to work on. A quiz interspersed between learning modules also keeps the learning process from becoming monotonous. Learners get a reason to interact with the app rather than just watch the content. Simultaneously, a quiz also provides feedback.  It tells you how the content is being received. If you notice that a large number of learners struggle with a question to a part of the quiz, you might need to take a look at the related content and find a new way of presenting it. It can’t be that everyone gets the answers wrong… 


Encourage continuous learning with levels


Learning never stops. While this is fine in theory, in practise, everyone needs a goal to stay focussed on. Else, they may get bored and the attention paid to the app may wane. By designing the modules in levels rather than just a continuous set of them, you can give your employees short-term and long-term goals. A learner will be more likely to persevere with learning if they can see that they have just 5 modules to go before completing a level rather than seeing 50 more modules to go. This element of gamification builds on the aspect of video games that keeps us hooked to them. 


The benefits of using a gamified content creation tool make themselves evident quite quickly. The experience becomes more fun for everyone. As your employees progress with their learning, they upgrade their skill sets and are able to be more productive. The more productive they are, the faster work gets done and the higher your profits. It’s a win-win situation  for everyone!

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