Clark Quinn

AUGUST 20, 2012

I’ve been revisiting performance support in preparation for the Guild’s Performance Support Symposium next month, and I’m seeing a connection between two models that really excite me. It’s abut how social and performance support are a natural connection. So, let’s start with a performance model. This model came from a look at how people act in the world and I was reminded of it during a conversation on informal learning.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 28, 2012

RJ Jacquez asks the question “ is elearning on tablets really mlearning “ And, of course, the answer is no, elearning on tablets is just elearning, and mlearning is something different. But it got me to thinking about where tablets do fit in the mlearning picture, in ways that go beyond what I’ve said in the past. I wasn’t going to bother to say why I answered no before I get to the point of my post, but then I noticed that more than half of the respondents say it is

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 10, 2012

It’s coming up to the 25th anniversary of HyperCard, and I’m reminded of how much that application played a role in my thinking and working at the time. Developed by Bill Atkinson, it was really ‘programming for the masses’, a tool for the Macintosh that allowed folks to easily build simple, and even complex, applications. I’d programmed in other environments : Algol, Pascal, Basic, Forth, and even a little Lisp, but this was a major step forward in simplicity and p

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 1, 2012

First, I have to tout that my article on content systems has been published in Learning Solutions magazine. It complements my recent post on content and data. Second, I’ll be presenting on mobile at the eLearning Guild’s Performance Support Symposium in September in Boston. Would welcome seeing you there. Also will be doing a deeper ID session for Mass.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 7, 2012

In looking across several instances of training in official procedures, I regularly see that, despite bunches of regulations and guidelines, that things are not black and white, but that there are myriad shades of grey. And I think that there is probably a very reasonable way to deal with it. (Surely you didn’t think I was talking about a book!).

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