“Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Gaming” was a packed breakout session at the 2017 Lectora® User Conference. In this session, presented by Andy Lockwood of Auto-Owners Insurance, LUC 2017 attendees learned tons of gaming-inspired tips for their eLearning development.
Above: Packed breakout session presented by Andy Lockwood, Auto-Owners Insurance.
One topic Andy discussed was the importance of story for both gaming and creating online training. He explained a few reasons why story matters for both: it keeps the user involved and doesn’t have to be complicated to be memorable.
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Above, Andy Lockwood’s story tips were shared on Twitter.
During his session, Andy also shared multiple eLearning examples that he created in Lectora—all inspired by gaming. If you’d like to see a few of these, take a look at the punctuation train game in the “Creating Memorable Training With Stories” article Andy shared for a recent eBook. Plus, check out this non-linear interactive training room that Auto-Owners Insurance created, where users can click around to reveal activities.One last tip I’d like to share from Andy—use resources like the Trivantis® Community, YouTube, and the eLearning Brothers assets (included in Lectora Inspire) to help with your eLearning development.Thanks for a fantastic LUC 2017 presentation, Andy!
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