Company Overview >> The SIMmersion Difference >> SIMmersion Training vs. Role-Play
Role-plays can be useful training tools, but most suffer from inherent limitations. SIMmersion training has several advantages over traditional role-plays.
| Provide valuable skill-building practice any time, without needing an instructor or role-play partner. |
Only happen when there is a facilitator and a role-player. |
| Have scripts that capture what real people say in what are often difficult situations. Professional actors play the roles to ensure a realistic training experience. |
Often have peers and instructors as role-players who can create unrealistic or uncomfortable experiences. |
| Have characters who portray a range of behaviors and personalities for an engaging, generalizable conversation that is different every time. |
Provide a singular experience that's only useful when you talk to that guy... |
| Can be used days, weeks, or months after initial training. Users can practice with a simulated conversation moments before having a real conversation. |
Can only be done during the training session and not as just-in-time refresher practice. |
| May be played many times. Simulated conversations may take five minutes or over an hour. |
Have limited practice time. |
| Allow users to make mistakes without judgment or embarrassment, which reduces anxiety and leads to better learning. |
Create a situation where trainees can become embarrassed about making mistakes. |
| Provide meaningful, immediate, and objective feedback to reinforce positive behaviors and correct mistakes. |
Provide incomplete, inconsistent, and subjective feedback that can make the
trainee defensive. |
