Our Approach to Innovative Learning

What I hear, I forget, what I see, I remember; but what I do, I understand - Confucius 451BC

Research indicates that we retain only 10% of what we hear; 20% of what we see; 65% of what we hear and see; but 90% of what we hear, see, and do. Our learning simulation (serious games) based workshops create “real world” situations. They are active, and allow delegates to explore issues within a resource management scenario. Delegates construct their understanding of root causes & wider impacts, and share knowledge.

Our Learning Solutions and Action Solutions support multiple dialogues within the teams, between teams, at group level, and with the facilitators. The approach creates dialogue and builds relationships. These stories not only inform, they inspire and ultimately improve performance through collaborative decision-making.

Our approach also brings everybody to the table (including community participation) to ensure the best decisions are made and that duplication is avoided.

Serious Games Deliver Results

pixelfountain’s expertise and innovative approach has brought about significant changes. We will build on these foundations to create more solutions that embody our FAST (Fun, Authentic, Speedy, Transformational) manifesto:

Fun: Motivate and engage to improve understanding and retention.

Authentic: Create an “experience” that reflects reality to generate buy-in and nudges them in the right direction.

Speed: Accelerate learning to get everyone up to speed and involved in decision-making.

Transformational: Inspiration (motivation to act) + Simulation (how to act) = Improved Decisions.

How Benefits are Achieved in Private and Public Sectors

All delegates actively participate in our workshops.
Delegates are given a different hat for the day.
Solutions like learning simulations (serious games) reward long term thinking and joint working.
The consequences of decisions are shown immediately.
The interdependence of decisions are built into the learning simulations and can be modelled.
Our workshops / programmes and tools are action orientated.

LSP Board meetings should be more like this, in fact all meetings could be more like this!

Supporting Evidence

Our learning simulations support Pike's Laws of Adult Learning (Robert W. Pike, Creative Training Techniques)

Visual Auditory and Kinesthetic Learning Styles underpin our learning solutions

An Independent View

Sefton MBC evaluation of Planit-Sefton click here.
Planit is seen as a way of “Securing the Regions’ Futures” (A
report from Dti, ODPM & Defra - Page 27 & 41 or search for Planit).

For a non-pixelfountain take on serious games take a look at our serious games page.

I think the aim of improving understanding of sustainability and
collaborative working was achieved and that valuable connections were made.

- Russ Glennon (Head of Policy, Wirral Council)

Cheshire Housing Partnership playing the Regen-IT learning simulation.