Sim Design
Surprise! How Using Uncertainty in Serious Games Improves Learning
For many of us, the most memorable films, TV shows and books are those that include unexpected plot twists and surprising events. The film Sixth Sense where Bruce Willis’ psychologist character realizes that he is actually one of the dead … Continue reading
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How Long Does It Take To Build A Sim?
How long does it take to develop a simulation or virtual training experience? This is a question constantly asked by companies, designers and educators that are interested in building a 3D immersive simulation. At Caspian Learning, we have developed and … Continue reading
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The 3D Imperative – How and Why of Immersive Training
Here’s a slidedeck from a recent presentation we ran taking a look at the ‘how and why’ of immersive training. The 3D Imperative – How and Why of Immersive Training View more presentations from Caspianchris.
Posted in Rapid Sims, Sim Design
Make Your Serious Games Fun : Don’t Forget Your Heroes
10 years ago this wouldn’t be a problem. Back then, the term ‘serious game’ hadn’t even been coined yet. It seemed to be that much more energy went into the creation of games that would be fun to play, rather … Continue reading
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Create A ‘WOW’ Moment in Your Demo 3D Simulations
In our last design article, How to Create Impressive Simulation Concepts – Rapidly, we discussed how one of the most effective ways to win an audience over was to show them at least one ‘wow’ moment. A ‘wow’ moment is … Continue reading
Posted in Sim Design, Tutorials
How To Create Impressive Simulation Concepts – Rapidly
Learn how to create serious games and simulation concepts rapidly with simple design techniques developed and used
regularly by the experienced designers of Caspian Learning; Europe’s leading simulation and serious games company. Continue reading
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Tagged iterative chaptering process, rapid prototyping, simulation designJunior High School Students Getting Serious About Games Design
Junior high school students from not for profit organisation Schmahl Science Workshop, based in San Jose, California, are given a popular 3d serious games authoring tool to help them create their own 3d computer games. Schmahl Science Workshop, the charity … Continue reading
Research on Serious Games
About 3 and a half years ago, we had the great pleasure of working with CCEA in Northern Ireland on their ambitious programme to transform computer based learning in secondary schools. We worked with an incredibly enthusiastic and knowledgeable team of … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Sim Design
Tagged Effectiveness of games based learning, Serious GamesSim Design – iterative and agile approaches
A presentation by Patrick Dunn of The Difference Engine to the eLearning Network. Patrick is a real innovator in elearning design with a big interest in sims. Here he outlines an approach to elearning design – ADDIE its not! Caspian … Continue reading
Simulated Death – the ultimate learning experience
We are always discussing ways in which we can enhance the ability of simulations to produce behaviour change. Simulations are all about performance; undertaking actions, behaviours and thinking in a situation that closely approximates the reality to promote udnerstanding and … Continue reading
