Do you struggle to create SH&E training that is truly engaging to learners? You'll want to look for the latest issue of
Professional Safety. The October 2013 issue includes a Best Practices article,
"Gaming the Standard: Using Game Design Principles to Meet the Requirements in the Z490 Standard." In the article, Dan McNeill, ASSE's manager, education development, discusses a method of designing an engaging program that motivates and delivers on learning objectives, while at the same time meeting ANSI requirements for SH&E training.
Using techniques employed by video game designers, McNeill says, SH&E professionals can create training that will really stick with learners long after training is over. The basic outline:
- Gain attention.
- Establish the goal.
- Unleash the action.
- Present a final challenge.
Read the article and let us know what you think.
