Short Sims are a new type of educational media in which people learn by making a series of interesting, relevant decisions with feedback. Use Short Sims to prove knowledge and conviction...

track short sims to better understand your learners

I wrote in a 1999 Gartner Research Note that Lessons learned from the computer games industry will increasingly impact the evolution of corporate e-learning. And in my 2002 Field Guide to...

The synergy between meaningful interactivity and cost effectiveness lies in short sims.

Educational simulations are a broad genre of immersive learning simulations focused on increasing participants' mastery level in the real world. They differ from computer games in that...

The article discusses the advantages brought by interactive simulations on the training needs of businesses in the U.S. Mini-games, also known as casual games or micro games, are immersive...

The article focuses on the change in technology, which has reshaped the learning landscape, in the U.S. According to sources, while tools and techniques were available in the past, during...

In December 2005, Clark Aldrich began the SimWord of the Day series on the Learning Circuits Blog. According to Aldrich, the purpose of the SimWord entries was to acknowledge that learning...

The more I build, evaluate, and discuss educational simulations, the more I realize we need to establish some better terms. Linear content We are most familiar with linear content.