HOW DO YOU IMPROVE YOUR CORPORATE LEARNING?

January 5, 2018

Using gamification elements in corporate learning is a highly promising approach. It holds the potential to motivate employees towards a longer lasting and more intense focus on learning content at hand. Business Simulations harness this high impact potential particularly well.Gamification refers to the transmission of typical game mechanisms, such as “point scoring” and “rules of play”, to a non-gaming environment. In this context, gamified learning can be seen as the application and combination of playful elements in the learning environment.

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Duquesne University

Duquesne University is a private, coeducational university located on a bluff above downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1878 as a Catholic college by the Order of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne is one of the largest and most comprehensive Catholic universities in the U.S., and the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world.Duquesne is consistently ranked among America's top Catholic universities for its award-winning faculty and a tradition of academic excellence.

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