Amit Garg | October 31st, 2009 | Game Based Learning, Learning Design, eLearning Development
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Yes, we believe it can.
Having fun is an experience that stays with you longer than any form of instruction. We advocate inclusion of games & fun interactions to achieve long term learning, and change of behaviors. Learning Games that pull learners to have fun (and learn while they have fun).
This video below from the fun theory , an initiative of Volkswagen, shows just how fun could be effective in getting people to consider changing their habits
Let’s use more fun activities in our learning courses as well.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
That was a great video and an insightful point. Maybe the use of fun to change old and obsolete habits is why Google went to the bother of creating an RPG robot for wave to replace email.
June 4th, 2011 at 1:15 am
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