Several
things change from when we are students, to when we join the workforce. One of
the things that don’t change though, is our attitude towards assessment. Employees
in an organization might feel just as bored at the prospect of an assessment,
as a student would. In fact, employees are even more reluctant to be part of
assessments than students are, as they have several other responsibilities as
well. Most employees feel stressed about professional and other workplace
assessments, and they aren’t really interested in participating.
Still,
assessments are an important part of professional life. Organizations have
material, ideas, and training that they need to pass on to the employees. They
are always striving to find better ways to help their employees become more
receptive and retain most of the information they are provided.
This
is a problem when everything else is in order. It's an even bigger problem when
most employees are exercising social distancing, and can’t be crammed into a
conference room together.
Collaborative
Learning and Social Distancing
It's
hard getting individual employees to be excited about training and assessments,
or to increase their level of interest. But the results are much better when
organizations move towards collaborative learning. It resolves many of the inherent
problems there are with workplace learning: Memorization challenges (increase
as we grow up), attention span shortens when there is too much information to
absorb, and employees find it hard to focus with other workplace
responsibilities on their mind.
Collaborative
learning exercises counter these challenges through team building,
collaborative spirit, competition, and group rewards. It also increases bonding
within team members. It’s more fun, exciting, and helps employees dive deeper
into the experience than they would have if they were trained and assessed
individually.
Collaborative
learning is a potent tool in the hands of organizations and institutions, and
it helps them improve the learning experience of their employees and students. Except,
it’s taken away from their hands because of the pandemic and social distancing.
But
what if we could offer you something even better?
Gamifying
Collaborative Learning
Yes.
Gamifying the learning experience of your employees and corporate teams can
help you take your collaborative learning experience to a whole new level
(gaming pun intended!). And the best part, social distancing can’t stop you.
If
you have conducted even a few Zoom meetings or tried to keep up with your training
calendar with the help of conventional e-learning platforms and other
conferencing solutions, you know how boring it can be. Participants are dozing
off, and it’s a+ mess trying to get everyone to work together collaboratively. It’s
neither fun nor productive, and gamifiying this experience can give you both.
We
have created a powerful, customizable, and unique platform where team training
is conducted through multiplayer gaming. It has allowed us to stimulate the
ultimate learning experience. It’s fun, collaborative, increases participation
willingness substantially, and helps almost all participants retain most of the
conveyed material and information.
Team
managers can invoke team spirit in more ingenious and fun ways and efficiently measure
the learning performance of their team members. Our platform has several training
programs created by a variety of professionals, but it can also adapt to other
training contents. So if you have your own training manuals and materials that
you want to convey to your employees, we can embed that into our games.
Conclusion
Gamification
isn't merely a novel idea; there are considerable figures to back up its
effectiveness. Like the fact that the average game player is over 38 years old,
which sits neatly around the median age of your workforce. And there are about
2.7 billion active gamers worldwide, so the chances are that a hefty portion of
your workforce already plays video games. This has resulted in 79% of employees
gaining motivation and purpose in the workplace; 90% of employees feeling more
productive, and 83% of employees feel more motivated to participate when
training is gamified.
So
if you are looking to instill and facilitate collaborative learning in your
workforce, despite social distancing, Gamifying your trainings with us is an option worth
considering. With 11+ years of experience, Pixelhunters has a proven record of
successful gamification solutions and platform developments. Contact us!
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