Welcome to the Gamification for Humanitarian Learning course. This self-guided course will provide you with an overview of how to create and deploy games for highly engaging learning in the humanitarian sector.
Is this course for me? This self-guided course is especially relevant for learning and development professionals working for NGOs and international organisations and humanitarian professionals focussed on learning & development.
How will I benefit from this course? On completion of this course you will:
- define serious games and identify best practices in different sectors
- define game elements and get familiar with learning frameworks for serious games
- identify the main phases of design thinking and use it as a step-by-step approach to build serious games
- create mobile supported learning games using Gamoteca as an authoring tool
How long will it take? It should take you about 90 minutes.
How much does it cost? This course is free.
Will I get a certificate at the end? Yes! You will be able to download a certificate and claim a digital badge after you have completed pre-assessment, the module, post-assessment and the feedback form.
How do I start? Click on Join button on this page. This will take you through to the course modules. Don't worry, if you stop a module halfway through, you can always continue later from where you left off.
- define serious games and identify best practices in different sectors
- define game elements and get familiar with learning frameworks for serious games
- identify the main phases of design thinking and use it as a step-by-step approach to build serious games
- create mobile supported learning games using Gamoteca as an authoring tool