E-Learning games are appealing, fun to play and get learners completely immersed. This presentation gives an overview of the usage of learning games in eLearning. It also explains various challenges a course creator can face while developing eLearning games and how to overcome them rapidly.

1. Rapid Interactivity for Effective eLearning
Building Learning Games
using Rapid Interactivity
Amit Yakhmi
Harbinger Knowledge Products

2. “You can learn more about a man
in an hour of play than in a
Year of conversation”
- Plato
- Plato

3. Top 5 Myths
8

4. Game Based Learning
Some Statistics
Game based learning is learning by playing games Game-based learning -
Games are engaging and fun one of the new
Range from
technology trend for
2011. (Source: 2011
• Simple to serious games Horizon Report)
• Single/ multiplayer immersive games
70% of major
• Synchronous and asynchronous
organizations utilize
Games are being used effectively not only for interactive software
relaxing the learners but also for teaching serious and games to train.
(Source: Entertainment
and complex concepts in a more effective way. Software Association,
Interactivity is the most important factor in E- 2010)
learning/ game based learning today

5. Game Based Learning – The Cycle
Input Process Output
Instructional Learning
Judgment Outcomes
Content
System Game Debriefing
feedback
Cycle
Game
Characteristics Behavior
Source: A paper on Aspects of Game- Based Learning - Maja Pivec

6. Source: http://www.leerbeleving.nl/wbts/3/what_is_it2.html

7. Challenges in Game Based Learning

8. Rapid Interactivity for Games
Traditional Interactivity Rapid Interactivity
Trainers start with ready interaction models
Specify a behavior and write a Flash Find an interaction model and adapt it
program that implementsthat fit a given your course content(for
They select models it to learning outcome
example, diagrams, games, surveys, simulations, exercises,
Built from ground-up for a specific Starts with ready models that are
animations etc.)
need customizable
This gives them a starting point.
Involves creative effort customize and embed interactivity
Trainers then easily Involves selection
Involvescontent.
into programming No Programming
Inefficient Efficient
Complexity in development Easy to develop

9. Building Games with Raptivity

10. Raptivity Samples
Raptivity in action

11. “CLINICAL CHALLENGES”
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