Gamification
Our elearning gamification solutions make education and training highly engaging, and even fun!
Gamified training involves game-like elements into the learning process. Informed by neuroscience, it becomes a powerful method for encouraging learners to push their boundaries.
Why Use Gamification?
Gamification is uniquely effective at motivating learners and enhancing education and training. By integrating game elements such as leaderboards, points, timers, and challenges, learning becomes automatic and meaningful, engaging the mind and - where appropriate - fostering healthy competition, even in remote settings.
Grounded in neuroscience
Gamification of elearning doesn’t mean it’s not serious business - it’s used by top organisations because it works, and is grounded in neuroscience.
For example, a systematic review of professional healthcare training demonstrated that gamified learning environments effectively enhance knowledge retention and application by incorporating elements like challenges and real-time feedback, which cater to different learning styles and preferences (van Gaalen et al., 2021).
Our Gamification Solutions
Our gamified learning solutions offer a dynamic way for learners to showcase their knowledge and advance to the level of training they need. This ensures that learners incrementally improve and master subjects without becoming overwhelmed.
At First Media, we leverage our deep knowledge of learning principles to captivate your learners through gamification. Incorporating stories, challenges, and providing real-time feedback, we help to convert information into long-term memory, often without the learners even realising it!
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Motivation Tactics: Good gamification incentivises learners, encouraging them to progress by offering rewards and presenting challenges.
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Learner Autonomy: It harnesses intrinsic motivators like competition and personal improvement, allowing learners to advance at their own pace and skill level.
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Immediate Feedback: Games deliver instant feedback, enabling learners to understand their performance and identify areas for improvement before moving on.
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Social Learning: Friendly competition and collaborative elements foster new connections and teamwork among learners.
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Emotional Engagement: Through storytelling, good gamification helps learners apply their knowledge in simulated scenarios, creating emotional connections that strengthen memory retention.
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Achieving Meaningful Goals: Progressing through levels and completing games provide learners with tangible and meaningful goals to strive for.
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Cognitive Focus: By directing attention to one task at a time, games enhance focus and reduce cognitive overload, preventing the distractions of multitasking.
While it’s not suitable for heavy, highly emotive topics, gamification can be used for most types of training. It can be particularly effective for product knowledge awareness, and for soft skills development.
However, many subject matters where new knowledge can be tested and you’re looking for incremental improvements in your learners are great for elearning gamification.
We’ve created bespoke elearning for most industries across business, education, Government and the third sector.
Our learning solutions are used in Healthcare, Sport, Retail, Media, Charity, Finance, Transport & Logistics, Environment, Science & Technology - to name just a few!
We’ve been developing elearning for over 25 years and our clients love working with us. We’ve supported the likes of the NHS, Lloyds Banking Group, US Olympics & Paralympics, ITV, National Trust, and the Crown Commercial Service.
But the longevity of our business doesn’t mean we’re stuck in the past. We bring creativity, the latest tech and a diversity of approaches to our work to keep things fresh. We leverage AI to add scalability to the reach of training content where relevant, while reducing costs for our clients.
Local businesses and schools through to the biggest global brands trust us for engaging, lively elearning that helps them achieve their goals.
