{"id":635,"date":"2007-02-12T01:00:31","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2006-12-22T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T05:25:29","slug":"learning-and-gaming-technology-the-advantage-of-simulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Learning and Gaming Technology: The Advantage of Simulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Efficiency and effectiveness are derived from three specific advantages that simulations have over the experience based learning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">First, simulations eliminate risk and the painful consequences of poor decisions.   Simulation has the ability to not just mitigate, but completely eliminate the costs of mistakes.   By simplifying the world and focusing learners on understanding what makes for good decisions, simulation ensures that more managers are able to deliver superior results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Second, simulations are able to condense time allowing years of experience to be conferred in hours.  The concept of \u2018time\u2019 is flexible in the world of simulation.  This approach is also highly effective \u2013. unlike the real-world where the link between a decision and a long-awaited result becomes blurred by the passage of time, simulations make cause and effect crystal clear. Years of experience can be gained in mere hours. As a result, a manager\u2019s \u201ctime-to-competency\u201d is greatly reduced conferring a meaningful competitive advantage to the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Third, another key advantage is simulation\u2019s ability to limit the variables at play in a scenario thus focusing a learner\u2019s attention on what really matters.  Simulations focus the learner on what matters in the pursuit of an outcome and, just as importantly, mute out variables that don\u2019t.  In the experience based learning, risk aversion can lead to managers consistently making familiar choices. These aren\u2019t necessarily the best choices (nor ironically the least risky!) but feel safe because the manager can comfortably divine the outcome. In simulations, \u2018no risk\u2019 equals the freedom to experiment. Managers can try new things, see the results, and build confidence for real world application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">These three advantages in combination \u2013 flexible time, limited variables, and eliminated risk \u2013 produce highly efficient and effective learning experiences that are simply impossible to duplicate in experience based learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">The topic of simulations (what I consider a fusion of gaming technology and learning strategy) is mostly unknown to me.  However, I\u2019ve found the topic to be quite interesting over time and wanted to bring this to the systematicHR readership.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\"><em>This article was adapted with permission from a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/whitepaper_simu.pdf\">whitepaper<\/a> written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.experiencepoint.com\/\">Experience Point<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efficiency and effectiveness are derived from three specific advantages that simulations have over the experience based learning. First, simulations eliminate risk and the painful consequences of poor decisions. 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