Comments on: Where’s the Serious ROI In Serious Games? http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/wheres-the-serious-roi-in-serious-games/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Reshma Shah http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/wheres-the-serious-roi-in-serious-games/#comment-900805 Reshma Shah Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:20:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18981#comment-900805 <p>If we can get players engaged with the game, then the learning can be done in a covert manner. this not only makes the game interesting but also achieves the learner objectives. Its time we thought of a game that brings out this balance really well and can be applied in different situations. About ROI, well, a time will come when we will think of innovative ways of measuring ROI on the soft skill aspect of gaming such as emotional connect, ability to instill desire/will/ambition/competitiveness, take away from the game etc etc.</p> If we can get players engaged with the game, then the learning can be done in a covert manner. this not only makes the game interesting but also achieves the learner objectives. Its time we thought of a game that brings out this balance really well and can be applied in different situations. About ROI, well, a time will come when we will think of innovative ways of measuring ROI on the soft skill aspect of gaming such as emotional connect, ability to instill desire/will/ambition/competitiveness, take away from the game etc etc.

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]]> By: Shankar Saikia http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/wheres-the-serious-roi-in-serious-games/#comment-899022 Shankar Saikia Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:50:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18981#comment-899022 <p>GAMES = NEW WAY TO TRAIN</p> <p>The traditional way of conducting training such as classroom instruction with powerpoint presentations is not effective. Ask any techie that attends a training class and he/she will tell you that he/she fell asleep after the first hour of training. I want my next training class to be in the form of a game. This is an opportunity for serious games. The ROI from training is more revenue (e.g., for a consulting company!).</p> GAMES = NEW WAY TO TRAIN

The traditional way of conducting training such as classroom instruction with powerpoint presentations is not effective. Ask any techie that attends a training class and he/she will tell you that he/she fell asleep after the first hour of training. I want my next training class to be in the form of a game. This is an opportunity for serious games. The ROI from training is more revenue (e.g., for a consulting company!).

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