US insurance giant Northwestern Mutual has signed up for a year
of Christchurch-based Roleplay's e-learning software.
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Mutual
Roleplay founder John Jackson said the company, which is
considered something of a pioneer in the e-learning industry in New
Zealand, broke into the US after Joe Ganci, a well-known
e-learning product reviewer, gave Roleplay the thumbs-up in August
last year.
Northwestern Mutual contacted the Christchurch company
soon after and has taken an annual subscription.
The interactive e-learning software that Northwestern
Mutual has subscribed to helps train staff through roleplaying
real life simulations. The software is hosted online,
which means anyone licensed to sign in can access their system
anywhere with an internet connection.
Participating learners are placed in situations
tailor-made to their work environment. They have to make decisions,
and the situation changes based on the decisions they
make.
It is called scenario-based learning and simulates real
life, and real life results.
The scenarios are often game-like and the learner has to
interact within the scenario.
It can be adapted to any type of training, Jackson said,
although it is used most often to teach soft skills like
communication skills or procedural compliance skills.
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