Perhaps the most enjoyable session I attended at the eLearning Network's July showcase event was presented by Richard Middleton of Academy Internet. The title of the session was 'Fun & games - are they really necessary?', although a more accurate description would probably have been 'Fun & games - when are they necessary?' Richard argued that, in designing self-study e-learning, the amount of effort you should put into elaborate forms of interactivity (scenarios, sims, games) or rich media content (audio, video, 3D, animation) should depend on two factors: "The greater ...

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