1: Makes learning informative and exciting

• One of the key benefits of gamification is that it makes learning fun and exciting, as it is more interactive compared to traditional learning methods. Competitive elements add an immersive angle and give employees something to look forward to.
• Any subject matter or audience can benefit from gamification by creating exciting, educational, and interesting content. It’s not meant to turn work into a game, but it definitely plays on the human psychology that drives engagement.

2 : Build relationships with peers

• With the world going virtual, the interaction with co-workers has become limited. With millions of people working from home, it’s now more important than ever to help employees keep positive work connections. Indulging in activities that are fun and light-hearted and at the same time leave you with something to learn can encourage employee participation and learner engagement. Playing games together cuts the awkwardness of small talk and helps build some important relationships through team building, collaboration, and competition.

3 : Gives real-time feedback on individuals’ progress

• The game-based learning module allows employees to work towards real-time, measurable, meaningful targets, and get upper-level feedback once those goals are achieved. After all, no one can ever improve if they can’t find out what skills they lack and need to brush up on that.
  
  Many organizations only conduct performance reviews yearly, however recent trends suggest that more frequent performance reviews (formal or informal) work better in defining expectations.

4: Ensure Knowledge Retention

• The human mind has an attention span of merely 8 seconds these days. And that’s why most of the social media platforms are also targeting to create bite-sized content for better learner engagement. Most organizations are now using e-learning solutions for corporate learning to acquire knowledge and skills in their preferred ways – through an ebook, a video, or listening to an audiobook/podcast. Similarly, gamification of learning can make the multi-format digital content more engaging and effective by adding game features and elements to increase engagement with the learners.
  
  Hence, organizations can gamify employee training to achieve knowledge retention and knowledge transfer as wo main objectives.

5. Enhances productivity and Innovation

• In the end, the conversation was concluded by thanking the panellists for their time and inputs. Everyone does hope that the great resignation would not be so prevalent in India. This can happen only if the managers are sensitised to empathise with their employees, because at the end of the day it’s not to do with numbers but how we manage people. We can tackle this great resignation by rescaling and upskilling. And not only this, companies have to look at other important key areas apart to tackle “The Great Resignation” effectively. Watch the full video.
• Also read : Benefits of Gamification in HR

More fun = More engagement

• Honestly—no one enjoys sitting through long meetings and listening to the speaker. Game-based learning makes training interactive and fun because they require employee attention as well as active participation. Challenging employees with a brainstorming activity will force employees to critically think and engage with the material. And gamified training gives employees a fun and secure place to try, fail, learn, and grow.
• And if you want to make the most of gamification in learning training, keep these three factors in mind;
• Motivation: Providing incentives/scores/badges encourage employees to engage with the material
• Relevancy: There has to be a connection between the training and the employee’s job role
• Instant assessment: Giving immediate feedback or assessment scores can help learners understand their area of improvement and act accordingly.
• With these successful benefits, we can say, Gamification makes learning fun and so learners are far more likely to engage with an enjoyable learning program than a boring one.