During the year 2022, RTE aimed to strengthen the training of its teams on psycho-social risks and codes of conduct implemented within the company. The electricity network manager has chosen to address these subjects via two gamified elearning modules which he has entrusted to Audace to produce. On this occasion, our teams did not hesitate to push the limits of Storyline to offer an original educational journey!
Would you be able to argue before a ruthless court regarding good conduct? Could you be a true hero in the field of psychosocial risks? And what if the key was in your hands? Answer in these new generation comics!
Elearning psycho-social risks (RPS): comics for learning
Stress and psycho-social risks (PSR) represent a major challenge for quality of work life. Considering the economic and social consequences, employee training is therefore one of the strategic pillars for preventing psycho-social risks (PSR).
RTE has chosen to present various psycho-social risks through illustrated situations in the form of comic strips. This dynamic scenario allows the learner to immerse themselves in the story and grasp the main points of focus, such as anxiety, harassment, or addictive behaviors, for example. Thanks to the examples staged by the project team, both through the graphics used and the chosen story, the learner discovers the risks and appropriate behaviors in a playful manner, leading to better memorization.
Elearning code of good conduct: when the employee becomes a prevention hero
In this original elearning, the learner finds himself at the heart of an imaginary trial unprecedented in the history of RTE: three fictitious employees have violated the company’s code of good conduct and must answer before the judge! They are then immersed in the role of the defense lawyer and must face the other participants in the courtroom: the prosecutor, responsible for the accusation, and the judge who will render a verdict at the end of the proceedings. They are supported in managing their case by their assistant, who intervenes regularly to provide them with additional information if they find themselves at a dead end.
The lawyer and their assistant study the entire set of rules from the code of conduct implemented by the company before applying them in the context of the case. An ultra-narrative device which plunges the learner into the heart of an original story…and their own learning.
For this elearning, our creative teams proposed a graphic style inspired by the world of manga. This style allows us to incorporate the various expressions that the protagonists of the case can have in the situations they encounter.
Original and innovative pedagogical methods
It is often said that one should know how to make the learner an “actor of their own training”, from a young age to their professional life, whether they are undergoing a career change or being trained by their company. But there are indeed many ways to get them on stage. And at this stage, we have chosen to use the “Choose Your Own Adventure” model. The learner progresses through the learning experience and their training based on the choices they make. It’s a modern and playful way to deliver theoretical training!
Such a narrative structure requires a significant number of scenarios and a multitude of possible paths. A real challenge for the developer in charge of the project indeed! Indeed, it required a great deal of imagination and pushing the limits of the Storyline tool with an unconventional scripting approach.
François, our developer, was able to put his experience and knowledge of Javascript to good use by leveraging certain features of Storyline to our advantage. We notably used a bonus-malus gauge that tracks the choices made by the learner as the trial progresses. A well-timed attack? A weak argument as a defense? The gauge evolves and adjusts the user experience accordingly. Using JavaScript can be a bold choice in these moments, but it proves to be rewarding in the end. The few hours of intensive development are quickly forgotten with such a result!
A striking visual result.
At Audace, elearning does not rhyme with classic iconographies and slides that follow one another, quite the contrary ! The choice of graphic style makes it possible to offer the modules a real identity and a particular originality, generating positive emotions. Learners play the game easily and memorize the training in a more natural way.
The graphic touch of our artistic director, combined with the creativity of our educational designers and the technical know-how of our developers have produced a good result !
With highly distinctive graphic styles that oscillate between comic books and manga, RTE provides a different framework for its employees, who become active participants in their training and will more easily reap the benefits of a gamified learning experience.
