Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

You can start at either of two places to see an alternative. Getting lost in the flow of experience may lead us astray. For another, it’s assuming we’ll get it right the first time. That’s a mistake.

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Agile Alternatives Trust Analysis 248

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

So, for example, instead of asking whether an examination requires an initial screening, you might put the learner in the role of someone performing an examination, and have alternative choices of action like beginning the examination, conducting an initial screening, or reviewing case history. There are, also, the known obvious things to do.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Almost too, but that beats the alternative! So here’s some thoughts and wishes for happy holidays and the new year. First, it’s been a really good year, overall. After two too-quiet years (2020 and 2021), the year has been joyously busy.

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Theory Director Exercise Alternatives 200

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

So, I’ve been let know that my feedback is ‘blunt’ Which, I suppose, is better than some other alternatives. Still, I’d at least like to contextualize it, since I really can’t deny it. Hey, other people’s opinions are valid!

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Alternatives Analysis Personal Personalization 180

Clark Quinn

MARCH 18, 2021

This isn’t a full suite of alternatives. Then, there’s the list of elements: Video-based learning. Article-based learning. How to guides. Interactive quizzes. There are several problems with this list. First, why this subset? What about simulations, scenarios, or games? Why this subset? Then, the options lack full definitions.

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Simulations Social Media Guide YouTube 249

Clark Quinn

APRIL 11, 2023

Then there’s the alternative. I believe you can do this dramatically or humorously. That is, you could make a dramatic story of saving someone because of the information you have, or the bad outcomes from not having it. You can also have humorous aspects of having the info.

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Open Cognitive Alternatives Trust 213

Clark Quinn

APRIL 30, 2019

We won’t explore other alternatives to see if they’re a better solution if the consequences are high. Have alternatives that represent reliable ways folks go wrong, and it’s ok if they choose those because you have feedback specifically for that selection. If we do that, they’re ready to learn.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 19, 2022

Yes, there are entailments – governance, strategy, engineering – but the alternative is that lingering legacy content that’s out of date but no one can deal with. It’s been happening for web design for years, but for some reason the notion of content management systems lags in L&D. That’s the top level focus.

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Templates Content Cognitive DevLearn 243

Clark Quinn

MAY 31, 2022

I do think it’s important, but in recent work I’ve found an interesting alternative. One of the things I talk about in my most recent book , Make It Meaningful , is the importance of communicating the WIIFM (What’s In It For Me).

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Alternatives Suite Communication Issue 194

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The alternative, digitizing unaligned practices, can only hinder improvement to be a successful organization. The policies and practices cross the organization. Thus, what works for teams comes from an organizational focus on learning. Then, the digital investments are focused on the most optimal outcomes.

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Policies Search Digital Alternatives 266

Clark Quinn

JULY 28, 2020

It’s not about testing knowledge, but ability to apply that knowledge to choose between alternative courses of action. Then, it’s about designing meaningful practice in making those decisions. It can be mini-scenarios (better multiple choice), branching, or sims, but it’s about ‘do’, not know.

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Design Cognitive Metrics Learning 245

Clark Quinn

JANUARY 24, 2023

One alternative, occasionally seen, is to have the learner evaluate their response. While it’s ideal to have an instructor in the loop to provide feedback, the asynchronous part means that’s hard to arrange. We could try to have an intelligent programmed response (c.f. Is there another solution?

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Evalution Learner Cognitive Asynchronous 223

Clark Quinn

JULY 7, 2021

It’s just cleaner for me than alternatives. While I’m often forced to end up using Powerpoint… 5. My native presentation tool. yes, I’m an Apple person, what can I say?). From there, we get to social tools: 6. Twitter has been a long-standing tool.

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Tools Apple Write Blog Twitter 325

Clark Quinn

JUNE 27, 2023

At least, if you want to continue to learn (and you should; let’s not talk about the alternative, but either you’re growing, or, well, you’re not). However, I want to suggest, it’s not enough. Don’t just do, do more!

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Internationalization Voice Library Conference 128

Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Trying to point out why it’s appealing, showing why they’re wrong, and providing alternative approaches that are sounder. Amongst the publications by Jane Bozarth for the research library of the eLearning Guild, there are several myths-related compendiums. And, immodestly, I wrote a whole book about myths!

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eLearning Guild Brain Social Networks LinkedIn 248

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 9, 2022

Dear, and with much more capability than I need, but I haven’t found a reasonable alternative. While I seem to have not used it as often, it’s still a major way I experiment with syntheses of ideas. Diagramming, mapping conceptual relationships to spatial, is a powerful way for me to make sense of things. OmniOutliner.

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Tools Google Docs Doc Write Blog 251

Clark Quinn

MARCH 22, 2022

For instance, in thinking about performance & development (as an alternative to learning & development), I put training first. So here’re some nascent thoughts on emphasis and effort. To start with, I generally think of formal learning as the starting point.

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Performance Support Alternatives Performance Collaboration 212

Clark Quinn

MAY 26, 2020

And , we could be ensuring that the alternatives represent some real ways people go wrong, and providing feedback that addresses those specific misconceptions. And we might be giving them simple feedback like “right” and “wrong” instead of providing them first with the consequences of their actions.

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eLearning Consultant Alternatives Performance Support Consulting 239

Clark Quinn

MARCH 9, 2021

Accessibility suggests some alternate representations. Also, you should help people focus attention by removing extraneous details and/or highlighting the appropriate focus. . The general principles of media apply as well.

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Cognitive Upgrade Guidelines Conversation 218

Clark Quinn

JULY 8, 2020

Most importantly, we have a viable alternative: design for the learning outcome! There’re mischaracterizations of the alternate argument, a lack of supporting evidence despite claims to the contrary, and sloppy thinking. You’ll waste money and possibly damage learning and learner. The final ‘nail in the coffin’ against learning styles?

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Learning Styles Alternatives Journal Research 190

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 23, 2022

Reckon I’ll be busier than the proverbial beaver, but that’s preferable to the alternative. Those are the types of things I can comfortably get behind. So that’s what’s new at Quinnovation. Stay tuned! The post What’s New at Quinnovation appeared first on Learnlets.

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eLearning Guild Beginner DevLearn Press 144

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I think of personalized as pre-planned alternatives for different groups, whereas adaptive reacts to the learner’s behavior. We got it up and running before, well, 2001 happened and the Internet bubble burst and… In some sense, the system was really both, in the way I’m thinking about it.

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Personal Personalization Cognitive Learning Objects 289

Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That is, there are alternate choices of action. The alternatives to the right answer, by the way, isn’t obvious or silly, but instead represents reliable ways learners get it wrong. They’re related, but each has an independent component. For exploratory, I’m talking about learners having choices.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 5, 2014

Alternately funny and wise, it was a great start.' Arianna Huffington kicked off ASTD’s international conference with a very engaging presentation covering the four pillars to thrive.

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ASTD Alternatives Conference 183

Clark Quinn

MAY 12, 2020

Alternatively, could the role of L&D ramp down? The notion is that once folks are better at self-learning, the reason for organized courses could fade. If schools start developing learn-to-learn skills, wouldn’t everyone be able to take responsibility for their own learning?

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Communities of Practice Community Roles Alternatives 222

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 27, 2019

It requires effort, but the alternative is wasting time or money on things not worthy of resources. And ask yourself “who’s telling me, and what is their vested interest?”. The ultimate goal is to be acquainted with the terminology of your field, and open to new ideas while resistant to unwarranted hype.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 15, 2020

And the quizzes are still multiple guess with trivial and silly alternatives so no one is bored and everyone’s self-esteem is maintained. Don’t worry, we’re also catering to all the other generations by ensuring that the presentations are the same whether on screen or ‘in world’; not a bullet point differs.

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Virtual World Alternatives microlearning Learning Styles 207

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Alternatively, you could have a great purpose but use industrial era methods to get there. Against an objective metric, of course, not comparative to others. There’s more, but most importantly, it’s aligning all these from bottom to top. For instance, you could be creating a great culture to serve a bad purpose.

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Metrics Performance Support Mentoring Culture 282

Clark Quinn

JULY 14, 2020

Yet we live on a finite planet… A serious problem is that the alternatives are also flawed. As an aside, it’s also predicated on unlimited growth. That is, we’ll continually advance in our ability to meet needs.

Cognitive 290

Cognitive Theory Brain Problem 290

Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The alternative, a cynic still looking for good, is less optimal. Are there alternate views? Applying cognitive science (see what I did there?), I would err on the side of optimism. Research suggests a positive attitude is overall better. Thus, I guess I’m arguing for the former ;).

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 29, 2018

His definition sounded like alternate reality, as in alternate reality games. Another aspect is of interest to me, too. So my colleague was talking about mixed reality, and I honestly wondered what that was. And that, to me, is also a potentially powerful learning opportunity.

Virtual World 119

Virtual World Augmented Reality Alternatives Mentoring 119

Clark Quinn

JUNE 12, 2019

The alternative to performance support, a sort of cognitive scaffolding , is to think about representation. And I’ve suggested that that makes a good case for performance support. But I realize it goes further in ways I’ve thought about it elsewhere. So I want to pull those together.

Cognitive 158

Cognitive Performance Support Social Brain 158

Clark Quinn

MARCH 18, 2016

She used a nice structure stating what the problem is and some useful alternate ways to frame the discussion. Annie Murphy Paul closed the Learning Solutions conference with a valuable presentation on the myths in learning.

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Alternatives Conference Problem Discussion 100

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It was an implicit ‘yes and’, but also an occasional ‘but what about’ That is, we were free to present alternative viewpoints. Conversations would reference and build upon what others said. Sometimes they resolve and other times it’s ok to leave them hanging in the moment. The only agenda is the common good.

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Trust Diversity Training Social Networks LinkedIn 151

Clark Quinn

MARCH 13, 2014

Let’s consider the alternative for a minute, however. Happy to hear alternate proposals! Having well-defined content and letting the system use contextual information to choose the content is the typical system used in the industry. For example you could run under SCORM and still have the smart behavior.

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System Content Learning Objects Tagging 161

Clark Quinn

JULY 9, 2019

There should be alternatives that represent misconceptions about how to act. And meaningfulness to learners. All these directly correspond. Going a little further, I suggest that having choice (or appearance thereof) is important for realistic decisions. And, I suggest that the active focus is part of being engaging.

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eLearning DevLearn Games Exercise 175

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 5, 2014

if the alternatives to the right answer are so silly or obvious that you don’t need to know anything. So I started tweeting out some drinking game rules. I encourage you to join in with the hashtag #LXDrinkingGame. So, my first list of ‘drink’ cues is: if they ask for a pre-test/post-test design.

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Games Site Alternatives Cost 166