Simulation vs Roleplay

When I speak to people about our simulator ACES? some people will interchange the term roleplaying and simulations but there is a difference. As I tend to be a little biased on using simulations vs roleplaying, I thought it would be a helpful exercise to create a chart to list out the similarities and differences between the two activities. This is illustrated in the chart below. There is room for both types of learning methodologies but studies do show that allowing students to spend time in a simulator vs roleplaying, they do perform better. Here is a link to a study conducted by Georgia Institute of Technology conducting a side by side comparison of traditional roleplay in a call center vs simulation.

If you have any additions you feel I need to add to this chart please provide them in the comment section.