Instructional games seem to foster higher-order thinking such as planning and reasoning more than factual or verbal knowledge.

Specifically, learning from simulation games was maximized when trainees actively rather than passively learned work-related competencies during game play, trainees could choose to play as many times as desired, and simulation games were embedded in an instructional program rather than serving as stand-alone instruction.

Challenge, interactivity and continual feedback can be applied to a classroom exercises, a paper and pencil activity or used online. The design is universal while the delivery vehicle can change. It is not technology that makes a game a game—it’s the design, the inclusion of a challenge and interactivity that make a game a game.

<p> These “Five Moments of Need” provide an overarching framework for helping learners become and remain competent in their individual and collective work.</p> <p>Here they are:</p> <ol> <li>When people are learning how to do something for the first time (<b>New</b>);</li> <li>When people are expanding the breadth and depth of what they have learned (<b>More</b>);</li> <li>When they need to act upon what they have learned, which includes planning what they will do, remembering what they may have forgotten, or adapting their performance to a unique situation (<b>Apply</b>);</li> <li>When problems arise, or things break or don’t work the way they were intended (<b>Solve</b>); and,</li> <li>When people need to learn a new way of doing something, which requires them to change skills that are deeply ingrained in their performance practices (<b>Change</b>).</li></ol>

Use the same face-to-face course syllabus

<em>Implement </em><em>Course grading that relies heavily on exam assessments</em>

Assignments that lack detailed instructions

<em>Utilize the same </em><em>course materials as used in F2F class</em>

Underestimate the amount of time needed for course transition

Step One: Settle on style and colors

Step Two: Create theme backgrounds

Step Three: Rework text-heavy screens

Step Four: Add meaningful visuals and interactions

Step Five: Improve the Layout