Clark Quinn

AUGUST 29, 2011

On the advice of Judy Brown , I picked up The Checklist Manifesto , and I have to say it’s a must-read. This is a short, well-written, and mind-changing book. Frankly, it ranks up there with Don Norman ‘s Design of Everyday Things , and that’s saying a lot. Atul Gawande is a medical doctor who’s also an eloquent writer. In the course of his work he’s become interested in reducing errors, and has looked deeply into how to minimize them.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 5, 2011

Recently, I’ve been hearing quite a bit of concern over the possibility that reliance on digital, and increasingly mobile, technology may make us stupider. And I don’t think this is just easy to dismiss. In a sense, it could be a case of learned helplessnes s, where folks find themselves helpless because after using the tools, folks might not have the information they need when they don’t have the tools.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 25, 2011

In something I’ve just been involved in, I realized I had a question. I’m a fan of scenarios (read: serious games), to the point that I’ve written a book about how to design them! I’m also a fan of social learning, and consequently argue for the benefits of collaborative assignments. They both have the opportunity for powerful outcomes.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 24, 2011

What’s In It For Learners? In organizations, we talk about addressing WIIFM (What’s In It For Me). As a key component of motivation, we want to connect to individuals viscerally. With my focus on engagement in learning, I’ve felt it’s important to address the conative (anxiety, motivation, etc) of learners as well. What I’ve meant by this has included having introductions that viscerally capture the consequences of the knowledge (positive or negative, dramatically

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 23, 2011

At the recent Distance Teaching & Learning Conference I keynoted at, I met up with Jon Aleckson who, among other things, provided me a copy of his new book MindMeld. As the subtitle tells you, the book is about “micro collaboration between elearning designers and instructor experts&#. To put it another way, the book is primarily about how to work successfully with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

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Case Study Micro-Learning Corporate eLearning Theory 155

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 17, 2011

In case you’ve been wondering about my relative paucity of posting, let me confess that I’ve been on the road almost non-stop for months. Starting with the Australasian Talent Management conference in Sydney, through the Innovations in eLearning Symposium in DC, mLearnCon in San Jose, a visit to Saudi Arabia on behalf of a client, a long-delayed and deserved European tour with the family, a trip back to Australia on behalf of another client, speaking at the Distance Teaching & L

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