✨ Friday Fun Prompt: What’s Your “Dream Build”?

I work in construction currently and we tend to treat Health and Safety Training on Critical Risks as a once off event whether in Toolboxes initially and then in eLearning for both new people joining the organisation who might have missed the initial launch event, or to refresh two years after as a revalidation. But eLearns are static, and the pressure to complete them as a compliance event turns it into a tick box exercise to get it over and done with so reports look good for leaders doesn't seem to keep to work. It still doesn't stick. And the number of near misses are still increasing. 

I always thought it would be great to create a Critical Risk app like Duolingo so teams could compete against each other while still reaching the lone workers out in the field to continuously return to the learning and safety conversations daily. Less of a push, but rather a pull towards learning. 

What's holding my back? While I can build most of the features in SL, I don't yet have the app capability, or an LMS with leaderboards to build it fully, plus the time to dedicate myself to it.

Another cool idea I had when I was working in rail was a 2D/or even 3D build of a track route to simulate scenarios for Hi Rail Trucks. All of our rail simulators were designed for trains, and I thought it would be easy (time permitting) to build a simulated version of the drivers controls of a truck for learners to "drive" through levelled scenarios they face to help apply rules based driving, i.e. reducing speed as they approached a rail crossing, using the horn, checking the road crossing was clear before driving at reduced speed across the crossing.

What makes it simple from a control point of view, is learners don't need to "steer", its more about decision making and controlling speed which I thought they could apply with simulated pedals. What would take it up a level would be to use actual pedals like the ones you hook into gaming consoles, though how to connect them into StoryLine I wouldn't have the knowledge of. Similar scenarios for travelling around curves and then communication requirements to contact Train Control at appropriate points to confirm their location.

Simulation really helps convert rules based content to applied learning opportunities. I lacked the time and resources to work this out.