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. 

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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.

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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


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How long will it take?
 It should take you about 90 minutes. 

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How much does it cost?
 This course is free.

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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.

The word START and a question mark in a circleHow 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.