Clark Quinn

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Bad research

Clark Quinn

How do you know what’s dubious research? There are lots of signals, more than I can cover in one post. However, a recent discovery serves as an example to illustrate some useful signals. I was trying to recall a paper I recently read, which suggested that reading is better than video for comprehending issues. Whether that’s true or not isn’t the issue.

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Web 3.0 and system-generated content

Clark Quinn

Not quite 15 years ago, I proposed that Web 3.0 would be system- generated content. There was talk about the semantic web, where we started tagging things, even auto-tagging, and then operating on chunks by rules connecting tags, not hard wiring. I think, however, that we’ve reached a new interpretation of Web 3.0 and system-generated content.

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The Role of a Storyboard?

Clark Quinn

In a recent conversation, the issue of storyboards came up. It was in the larger context of representations for content development. In particular, for communicating with stakeholders (read: clients ;). The concern was how do you communicate the content versus representing the experience. So, the open question is what is the role of a storyboard? So, there are (at least) several elements that are important in creating a learning experience.

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Tradeoffs in aesthetics

Clark Quinn

For the LDA debate this month, Ruth Clark talked to Matt Richter and I about aesthetics in learning. Ruth, you should know, is the co-author of eLearning and the Science of Instruction , amongst other books, a must-have which leverages Rich Mayer’s work on multimedia learning. Thus, she’s knowledgeable about what the research says. What emerged in the conversation was a problem about tradeoffs in aesthetics, that’s worth exploring.

Cognitive 168
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Thinking artificially

Clark Quinn

I finally put my mitts on ChatGPT. The recent revelations, concern, and general plethora of blather about it made me think I should at least take it for a spin around the block. Not surprisingly, it disappointed. Still, it got me thinking about thinking artificially. It also led me to a personal commitment. What we’re seeing is a two-fold architecture.

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The power of emotion

Clark Quinn

Increasingly, we’re seeing that emotion matters. Scientific evidence supports what we intuitively know. Yet, in many cases, our actions don’t support that understanding. At least, in nuance. In particular, our learning designs suffer from trivialized ‘like’ as opposed to useful and effective approaches. We can and should do better to tap into the power of emotion.

Cognitive 215
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Designing a conference

Clark Quinn

When I agreed to join as co-director of the Learning & Development Accelerator, I’d already attended their first two conferences. Those had been designed to reflect the circumstances at the time, e.g. the pandemic. In addition, there was a desire on the part of Matt Richter & Will Thalheimer (the original directors) to reflect certain values.