By all accounts, 2017 has been a year unlike any other in recent memory. And we’re not talking about troubling politics–both domestic and international–or social movements or the media. 2017 has, overall year, been a remarkable year when it comes to education technology. In the sphere of eLearning, countless businesses, educators, and individuals not only helped to develop new education technology; they implemented it in exciting and creative ways.<\/p>\n
Below we\u2019ve compiled some unconventional and strange (but also, effective) eLearning initiatives that caught our eye.<\/p>\n
There was once a time when new fry cooks-in-training at Kentucky Fried Chicken would receive instruction from a manager or one of their superiors. But this summer, the fast food chain proved that the old model of employee training was downright 2000-and-late.<\/p>\n
The new method they introduced included a VR simulation. But it was just some low-stress way to learn the dance steps: it was a gamified<\/a> escape room-style module replete with the ghost of Colonel Sanders himself heckling you at every turn. Learners are not allowed to leave the room until they correctly prepare a basket of fried chicken.<\/p>\n