Lessons Learned is excited to once again be taking part in the Connections North Conference at McGill University. This year, director Matthew Stevens will be hosting a panel on serious gaming in the humanitarian sector. He will be joined by consultant Amanda Warner, Gautham Krishnaraj of the Laval SimEx Series, and James Maltby of the Save the Children Humanitarian Leadership […]
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New Year Reflections
Since joining LLST in October, I have received a crash course in the world of Games-Based Learning, Humanitarian Training Simulations, and Serious Games. It has been an incredible few months, and I am very much looking forward to all that LLST has coming up in the new year. Much of my time with LLST has revolved around our upcoming logistics […]
Digital Humanitarian Learning Games for Independent Experiences
Here are some of our favourite publicly available digital simulation games from other organizations. Any of these examples will give a good sense of what serious games can do for you or your organization. Note these are all simulation games which you can experience by yourself, without needing to coordinate with other participants. Advanced Digital Learning Games: Mission Zhobia: https://www.missionzhobia.org/ […]
Check it Out! – The Zenobia Award
Are you underrepresented in the hobby of historical board games? Are you interested in game design, but not quite sure what your next step should be? Perhaps you should check out the Zenobia Award, a brand new design award that is currently accepting applications from game designers at any phase of the design process. The Zenobia Award is aiming to […]
Update: Upcoming Games-Based Learning Webinars
Lessons Learned Simulations and Training, CRISP, and Save the Children are excited to announce a series of free, participatory training sessions in simulation game development for humanitarian workers based in Jordan. Over the month of December 2020, LLST, CRISP, and Save the Children will deliver two (2) English language webinars and two (2) Arabic language webinars that will provide an […]
What We’re Playing – Path Out
The Lessons Learned team recently played through episode one of Path Out, a computer game designed in collaboration between Abdullah Karam, the developers of Causa Creations, Wobblersound, and graphic designer Brian Main. Path Out has been on LLLST’s radar for some time as a multi-award-winning game built to tell the true story Karam’s escape from the Syrian Civil war in […]
Upcoming Project: Route 726
Over the past few months, LLST has been assisting Carolyn Aubry, an independent designer and expert in strategic sourcing and supply chain optimization, to create a new simulation: Route 726. This team-building simulation centres around logistics, problem solving, and resource management in the humanitarian sector, and is designed especially for new recruits. Participants will work together to requisition supplies and […]
A New Face Around the (Digital) Office
Lessons Learned Simulations and Training has recently welcomed Ben Stevens to the team as a project assistant intern. Outside of LLST, Ben is professional theatre artist and educator, with a growing portfolio in learning game development. He is an expert in immersive storytelling as well as education via group facilitation and hands-on, experiential learning. Prior to COVID-19, Ben was a […]
Embracing Digital Games
Lessons Learned director Matthew Stevens and project assistant Ben Stevens recently co-wrote a post about embracing digital learning games for the PAXsims blog. LLST’s focus has been primarily on in-person tabletop simulations, but we recognize the vast potential that digital games have in the field of simulation-based training. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has only heightened the need for quality digital […]
FIT Announcement
Lessons Learned is thrilled and humbled to announce that our project, Promoting Localized Gender-Aware Simulation Development for Humanitarian Training, has been selected to receive support from the Fund for Innovation and Transformation. In collaboration with our implementing partners Save the Children and CRISP Berlin, LLST will provide a new workshop initiative that supports the development of community-led humanitarian simulation design […]