Three Essential Design Elements for Creating Engaging ELearning Games

December 1, 2017

When instructional designers seek to enhance the appeal of elearning, the desire to make a “game” is never far away. Online games seem to grab the players’ attention and engage them in a single-minded focus directed toward conquering the game’s challenge. Hours are spent without the players realizing it when they are immersed in the consumption of gaming. Of course, we would love for our learners to achieve that same focus when engaged in our elearning modules. We have the same technology, so it should be possible, right?

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Barrows STEM Academy Boosts Student Learning and Performance in Science on State Tests

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whitePaper | July 22, 2022

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