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Rosenberg, M. (2001) e-Learning: Strategies for delivering knowledge in the digital age. McGraw-Hill, p. 50.

“We can use simulation techniques and other challenging approaches to motivate learners by allowing them to experience learning rather than just read instructional text, and to see their progress throughout the program rather than just getting a test score at the end. In addition, we do not always have to follow the traditional model of providing instruction first, followed by practice and a formal test.”

Publishers like McGraw-Hill, Cengage Learning, and Lab-Sim (Test Out) are providing simulation products for Allied Health, Medical Billing and Coding, and Information Technology learning. These products provide a hands-on almost “internship” immersion experience in the knowledge areas, but are mapped to learning objectives and real-life skills and competencies needed by the learner. These were areas which before almost always mandated a clinical, or computer laboratory setting at least to complete. The simulations also provide an excellent tool for creating learner-centered classrooms that are technology enhanced.