{"id":40607,"date":"2022-11-24T21:31:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T21:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/articles\/totara-recipe-how-to-introduce-learning-games-into-your-strategy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T20:50:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T20:50:23","slug":"totara-recipe-how-to-introduce-learning-games-into-your-strategy","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/articles\/totara-recipe-how-to-introduce-learning-games-into-your-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Totara Recipe: How to introduce learning games into your strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class='inline-text-container MobileAlignment DesktopAlignment'>\n  <div class='richText'><p >Gamification has become one of e-learning\u2019s hottest buzzwords, but getting your head in the game can seem like a daunting and expensive prospect for many organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Our recipe will help ensure you\u2019re fully prepared to embrace this exciting element of learning technologies for truly game-changing learning.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An LMS or platform on which to host the game<\/li>\n<li>Game design software<\/li>\n<li>A game designer<\/li>\n<li>A graphics expert<\/li>\n<li>An open-minded audience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Preparatio<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Play other games designed with similar objectives to yours in mind to get a feel for what works and what doesn\u2019t as a real player<\/li>\n<li>Decide on a realistic approach based on your budget and timeframes. The more complex the game, the more expensive it will be to build<\/li>\n<li>Work out how you can communicate your learning message effectively using game mechanics. Will it be a simulation? A puzzle game? An open-world exploration game?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Method<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Start small &#8211; get the basic game mechanics right and test with a pilot group before spending your entire budget<\/li>\n<li>Build failure into the game. Failure provides effective learning opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Ensure the theme is engaging and cohesive with the objective of the game<\/li>\n<li>Introduce shareable elements to encourage competition, such as leaderboards, points, badges and rewards<\/li>\n<li>Allow the game to collect data on performance to find out how people are performing and interacting with it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Serve and enjoy!<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If the game is a success, consider adding more levels or challenges to enrich the learning experience<\/li>\n<li>Secure testimonials from the most engaged players to help promote the game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/totara_recipe.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webanywhere.co.uk\/enterprise\/wp-content\/uploads\/totora-recipe-15-1compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the gamification recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoyed this recipe? Feel free to share it on social media using #TotaraRecipe to help any colleagues or connections looking to get started with gamification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","tax\/tags":[],"tax\/solutions":[],"tax\/topics":[],"tax\/industries":[],"tax\/article-types":[1021],"class_list":["post-40607","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/40607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax\/tags?post=40607"},{"taxonomy":"solution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax\/solutions?post=40607"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax\/topics?post=40607"},{"taxonomy":"industry-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax\/industries?post=40607"},{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.totara.fortyapp.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax\/article-types?post=40607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}