A recent article in the Technology Section of the The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Online, entitled "Business Solutions: Better Training Through Gaming", reports on how a number of major U.S. corporations are turning their backs on more 'traditional' e-Learning methods and are now increasingly looking to programs that incorporate an element of gaming and, most importantly, competition.
Web-based e-Learning classes were designed to make training a richer, more interactive experience than traditional, class-room based courses - however, they "just allow employees to get bored at their own pace".
According to Marcia Sitcoske, director of Cisco Systems Inc.'s Creative Learning Studio, trainees aren't learning effectively. In fact, "People aren't even completing these things, they're so boring."
