Clark Quinn

JANUARY 6, 2021

The notion is, this continual active cognitive challenge keeps your thinking ability from decaying. You’re actively problem-solving, versus throwing yourself off balance at a bad time. Now, we know that, for instance, training for emergencies and unexpected situations leads to better learning.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It starts where if there’s network usage, it’s not org-originated, through some units having a system, to having an organizational focus on communication, and then actively facilitating social learning. Finally, we look at our infrastructure, our underlying approach and our systematicity.

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Performance Support Performance Metrics Organizational Learning 295

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In my case, I looked them up, or more usually their activities emerged in conversation. The most important thing was that there were activities underway, and people were contributing in an open, constructive, non-personal way. The activity was led by one of the team whose experience became abundantly clear, for example.

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Trust Diversity Training Social Networks LinkedIn 151

Clark Quinn

JULY 9, 2019

Obviously, not perfect, because they have different goals, but the important elements of a compelling learning experience emerge. And, I suggest that the active focus is part of being engaging. Looking for a resolution between the two lists of elements looks something like: clear goals. balanced challenge. context for the action.

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eLearning DevLearn Games Exercise 175

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 21, 2014

The notion is that we need to redefine curriculum as a way to get away from a content base, and start moving to an activity base. Information that a learner can recite is unlikely to be activated at a relevant time (“inert knowledge) unless it’s been applied, and the focus should be on the application, not the recitation.

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Design Cognitive Pedagogy Performance Support 222

Clark Quinn

MAY 15, 2018

This can involve just thinking, or writing, or diagramming , or other ways of representing the contingencies and emerging models. And, of course, we might need a series of activities (or application opportunities) to support learning. An interesting option that emerges here is the opportunity for contextual learning.

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Instructional Instruction Performance Support Pattern 101

Clark Quinn

MARCH 17, 2020

I am using an adaptation to make the case for Community Emergency Response Team, a training initiative I’m engaged in. There’s a lot of financial activity that’s not going to be happening (dining, for instance). But this has really helped convey the necessity. Which is also postponed.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Instead, this individual is concerned with gaps that have emerged and that they’re fixed. Well, if we take the result that innovation comes from collective constructive friction instead of the individual brainstorm, then meaningful social media activity would be one indicator. Orgs must do what matters, and address any gaps.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

I strongly recommend you have an eye out for events and posts that emerge. Once it does, you see more awareness of activity, improved outcomes, and more. First, this is Work Out Loud Week, and you should be seeing considerable attention to working out loud (aka Show Your Work).

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DevLearn xapi eLearning Strategy Twitter 158

Clark Quinn

MAY 4, 2021

That’s learning too, and there is a role for active facilitation of best principles. Something that emerged from a walk, and, well, I had to get it off my chest. Well, it might not be if L&D truly doesn’t understand learning, but they should. When you’re doing trouble-shooting, research, design, etc.,

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

If people are actively practicing ongoing sensemaking and sharing internally and finding resonance, that can develop understanding before it becomes common knowledge. They’ve expertise in the area, and so that shared sense making should precede what emerges as common knowledge. Or at least part of the new.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Then, the advanced topics are things that are emergent and need addressing. That is, we’re intending several rounds of content, activity, and feedback, spread out over several days or weeks. Of course, there’s no commitment that you have to stay in one or another.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 20, 2014

In thinking through how to design courses that lead to both engaging experiences and meaningful outcomes, I’ve been working on the component activities. Finally, the learners after class should be getting given elaborative activities. These aren’t clearly discriminated, but it’s a coarse description.

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Pedagogy Design Cognitive Simulations 171

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

As I did so, some commonalities emerged. What emerged is a characterization of several different areas within which behaviors fall, which is useful because then I can look for missing (or redundant) elements. Sharing is individual putting out things, which is less pro-active and interactive than actually contributing.

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Social Networks Organization Communities of Practice Social Network 174

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

This representation emerged from my cogitations, and while it’s not quite right, I thought I’d share it as part of Work Out Loud week. What was interesting to me was to think of the ways in which we can facilitate around those activities. I may have to abandon that. ;). As I’m doing here, soliciting feedback.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 1, 2016

What I was trying to capture was how xAPI tracked activity, and that could then be used for insight. From there, we can compare that activity with results. Of course, you can mine the data too, seeing what emerges. And it occurred to me that I hadn’t seen a good diagram that helped explain how this all worked.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

While the intention was not to provide coverage of learning science, several points emerged at one point or another as research-based outcomes to be desired. For one, the value of models in learning. Another was, of course, the value of spacing practice. The list goes on. The focus of the engineering, however, is different.

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Engineering Pedagogy Learning Emergent 156

Clark Quinn

JUNE 18, 2019

We’re sharing safely, considering ideas fairly, taking time to reflect, and actively seeking diversity. Unless, I suppose, if you commit to immediately capture whatever emerges. And we’re unconsciously working in, and consciously working on, a desirable learning culture. That’s a cultural thing.

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Virtual World Doc Diversity Training Asynchronous 141

Clark Quinn

JULY 18, 2018

What gets activated in the brain is not a reliably pure representation, and is strongly affected by the context. The shift came when Rumelhart & McClelland, in their PDP book, described what became known as neural networks. Associated with this was a new model of cognition. Thinking is ‘situated’ in the context it arises in.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 1, 2014

Within that breakout the activity was to pick four topics and further break out. What emerged was that learning skills shouldn’t be taken for granted. You can guess which one I was on (though tempted by the leadership and culture one; there was overlap).

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Cognitive Score Learning Emergent 151

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The book covers the new emerging views of cognition, grounded in the connectionist revolution and incorporating a wide variety of neural and robotic studies. The emergent picture, however, is of a mind very different than the cognitivist model. The interesting thing to me are the implications for learning and instruction.

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Cognitive Simulations Learning Emergent 175

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 31, 2013

A good education was also a priority, and she took us to museums regularly as well as advocating for summer school and other activities. She eventually went back to nursing when we were old enough, and was a revered fixture in the emergency room for many years (though we had to restrain her from telling injury tales at the dinner table).

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 6, 2009

If you choose to enable those (and you should, in most cases), you get some emergent properties. You can choose to be anonymous, but if you don’t and choose to have a representation that is active over time, you can establish a reputation. through the internet). Feedback solicited!

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Virtual World Simulations IBM Reputation 150

Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 7, 2016

And, per our design, issues emerged. The top question that emerged had to do with how to support effective search (after I expounded on problem with the notion that it all had to be in the head). My presentation was on the gaps between what L&D does and how our brains work, and the implications.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 8, 2018

What emerged in the resulting article, however, was pretty much contrary to what I said. That would be “no” Then they talked about users wanting to be active. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I was asked for my responses to questions about trends. Wait, what?

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 5, 2012

I also noted “And, yes, L&D interventions there will be formal in the sense that they’re applying rigor, but they’re facilitating emergent behaviors that they don’t own “ And that’s an important point. It’s wrapping support around activities that aren’t content generated by the L&D group.

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Informal Wiki Social Media Micro-Learning 175

Clark Quinn

APRIL 6, 2016

I was thinking (one morning at 4AM, when I was wishing I was asleep) about designing assignment structures that matched my activity-based learning model. And a model emerged that I managed to recall when I finally did get up. I’ve been workshopping it a bit since, tuning some details.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

In an earlier post , I tried to convey the advantages of social activities in formal learning from the cognitive processing perspective, but my diagram apparently didn’t work for everyone. So, having learners capture and communicate their thoughts is a valuable learning activity. And this is good.

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Cognitive Social Social Media Write Blog 201

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

What Gamestorming is, I found out, is a really nice way to frame some common activities that help facilitate creative thinking. I think Dave’s model can serve for virtual as well as real events, and we may be able to improve upon the activities with some technology capabilities.

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Cognitive Innovation Virtual World Streaming 170

Clark Quinn

JUNE 13, 2014

Sutton & Rao’s was very descriptive of the changes they observed and the emergent lessons. That said, there is a clear recognition that you need to continually check on how it’s going, and be active in making things happen. Both books cover roughly the same area, but in very different ways.

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Change Culture Games Kirkpatrick 163

Clark Quinn

JANUARY 5, 2016

I recently mentioned that one of my reflections on the past year was that learning to learn, aka meta-learning, is emerging. And this has come about in several ways recently, and I think it’s a relatively ‘meta’ thing to do ;) to look at the principles across these areas.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In an previous post , I argued for different types and ratios for worthwhile learning activities. What emerges from the discussion is usually a rich unpacking of the elements. I’ve been thinking about this (and working on it) quite a bit lately.

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Simulations Ratio Guidelines Problem 152

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Both were getting at the need for active practice and an ability to actually demonstrate performance. Two clear suggestions emerged. The participants offered a suite of suggestions. One was adopting a learn-apply-perform model, which another termed a learn-practice-demo. Steps to take to move forward? The other was for tools.

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eLearning Strategy Strategy Design Social Networks 100

Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 31, 2013

It integrated my previous discussion of activity-centered learning with backwards design. The most interesting aspect to me are the discussions that emerge after sessions, whether I’m the one presenting or I’m getting a chance to listen to someone else. I always enjoy such opportunities.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

And it’s clear that while there’s no turnkey approach, what’s emerging is a process with some specific elements. This is very much aligned with an activity-based learning model , whereby you immediately design the activities that align with the competencies before you decide the content. So, this is what I’m inferring.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Caveat: I haven’t been an active researcher for decades, serving instead to interpret and apply the research, but it’s easier to say ‘we’ than “scientists”, etc. . Occasionally , we do purely exploratory studies just to see what emerges, but mostly we generate hypotheses and test them.

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Research Analysis Journal Emergent 49

Clark Quinn

JULY 26, 2011

So, please, take time and a step back from your day to day problem-solving and abstract across your activities and look for higher level principles, both emergent and external, that can improve what you’re doing. While I try to do so for my own kids, our society and world needs more folks thinking at useful levels.

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