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How AI Tools Can Help With Creating a Game
11 Sep 2023
Artificial intelligence is making its way into our daily lives. At Seppo we also explore the opportunities that using AI tools offer and want to share our findings. So, if you are looking for inspiration for your leaning game, this article is definitely for you!
Read more »Gamification + Learning games
Teacher as a game maker – Part 2
6 Sep 2023
What do the teachers think about Seppo and making games? What kind of Seppo games do teachers make? Seppo-themed master's thesis did some research on it! This two-part blog post opens up the research findings and lessons learned. Get ready for Part 2!
Read more »Gamification + Learning games
Teacher as a game maker – Part 1
22 Aug 2023
What do the teachers think about Seppo and making games? What kind of Seppo games do teachers make? Seppo-themed master's thesis did some research on it! This two-part blog post opens up the research findings and lessons learned.
Read more »Corporate + Safety training
Gamification in Safety Training
12 Jul 2023
In this blog post, we discuss the importance of digital safety training and the benefits of incorporating gamification. Read the article to find out how digital training equips individuals with knowledge to navigate risks, while gamification enhances engagement and retention.
Read more »Change management + ESG
Why employees should be involved in the company’s sustainability work?
7 Jul 2023
In today's business landscape, sustainability has become an essential pillar of responsible business practices. Involving employees in sustainability initiatives is crucial for success. Could gamification help you bring strategies closer to the team?
Read more »Change management + ESG
Are you building sustainability strategies or are you sustainable? – Gamification turns words into action
19 Jun 2023
In the context of corporate responsibility, you’ll often run into the acronym ESG. It stands for Environmental, Social and Governance. ESG is a framework that gives companies a way to understand and report on their environmental, social and governance transparency situation. Which teaches you more: a two-hour lecture or a 20-minute interactive game that throws you into the middle of everyday situations?
Read more »Accessibility + Corporate + Education
Accessibility In Digital Learning Games – Why Is It Relevant?
17 May 2023
Many companies are discussing ESG right now. Inclusion, diversity, and accessibility play a big role in this as well. Taking accessibility into account can have a positive effect on your business or organisation in many ways. Read the blog to find out more about the importance of accessibility and how you can make your digital learning games more accessible and thus promote equality.
Read more »Corporate + Recruitment
Recruit With A Game!
10 May 2023
If adding gamification to recruitment process seems like a glued on addition, this post will give you something to think about. The benefits gamification can offer to this process have nothing glued on in them.
Read more »Gamification + onboarding
Part 3 Gamified Onboarding – Best Practices
27 Apr 2023
Onboarding is a crucial part of the employee experience. It sets the foundations for the start of one's employment at an organization. Therefore, it is not at all insignificant, how you execute the onboarding plan of a new employee. If you are ready to do things differently, consider gamification.
Read more »Employee engagement + Gamification
What Do Constructive Learning Theory & A Gamification Tool Have in Common?
2 Apr 2023
A lot of our users are teachers. Therefore, we thought it would be useful to connect different Seppo features with different pedagogical theories and frameworks to show you how indeed, Seppo has a place in the educational world. It is not just gamification for the sake of gamification.
Read more »Active Learning + Employee engagement
Changing the Mindset to Active Learning
2 Apr 2023
Learning does not end after graduation from university. It continues throughout working life. Lifelong learning is of great importance, especially because many employees feel their studies didn’t prepare them enough for working life. Therefore, the importance of corporate training is growing.
Read more »Employee engagement + Gamification
How To Use Gamification at Work To Engage and Motivate Employees
19 Mar 2023
Have you ever been participating in corporate training and had problems focusing - feeling rather bored and sleepy? Or have you been training employees yourself and noticed how hard it can be to keep people on board and motivated? Then gamification might be just what you’re looking for! Gamification helps to motivate and engage people. You want to find out how and why gamification has that effect. Then the following text will help you shed some light on that.
Read more »feedback + Gamification + Learning games
How to Give Feedback in Learning Games? – Best Practices and Why Feedback Is Important
17 Mar 2023
In this article, our Head of Game Production, Santeri discusses the importance of giving feedback. Thinking about how and why you give feedback in learning games is an important aspect of the creation process - The way you give feedback has a major impact on the players' experience. Read more!
Read more »game design + Gamification
Game Design – How to Design a Learning Game
15 Aug 2022
Gamification works and is here to stay. Thanks to new technologies, it can be done more easily than before and with a lower threshold. But how do you design a game? What should you take into consideration and where do you start?
Read more »Recruitment
Successful Recruitment
28 Jun 2022
Recruitment is expensive and time-consuming. Surely you do not want all of that effort and money wasted, do you? In this article, we discuss how to achieve successful recruitment. So keep reading! Especially if you want to invest in recruitment, find the best employees, and get them to stay at their job for as long as possible.
Read more »Gamification
Part 2 What Is Gamification? – Examples and How to Make the Most out of It
24 May 2022
Many think that gamification is just all fun and games, which is not really true. Gamification always aims at improving user engagement, experience, or to activate, depending a bit on the target. Fun can be one element added to this, but it should never be the main goal.
Read more »onboarding
Part 1 Employee Onboarding – How to Do It Right?
28 Apr 2022
Imagine a situation, where your company is hiring many new employees at once, and next comes the onboarding process. You have reserved people to help with the new hires, but they run out of time to have an in-depth onboarding before the new staff has to get to work. The onboarding is not completed…
Read more »Agile Workplace + Gamification
4 Reasons Gamification is at the Heart of Agile Workplace Learning
21 Jan 2022
How can organizations meet their business objectives and develop the competence and skills of their workforce in an efficient and motivating way is a key question many HR professionals are facing today. An answer may lie in combining the framework of agile learning with web-based gamification tools.
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