Clark Quinn

JULY 6, 2017

While I ordinarily refuse (on principle, otherwise I’d get swamped and become a PR hack; and I never promise a good review), I acquiesced to Patti Shank’s offer of a copy of her new book Write and Organize for Deeper Learning. If you write prose for elearning, you definitely should read, and heed, this book.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 21, 2011

In case you didn’t see it, eLearn Mag has posted my book review of Mark Warschauer’s insightful book, Learning in the Cloud. As one more teaser, let me provide the closing paragraph: The ultimate message, however, is that this book is important, even crucial reading.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 14, 2010

The eminent Jane Bozarth has started a new site called Training Book Reviews. Despite the unfortunate name, I think it’s a great idea: a site for book reviews for those of us passionate about solving workplace performance needs. Disclaimer, he was my PhD advisor while he was writing this book.). Don explains why.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 6, 2017

In addition to the existing good books out there (Julie Dirksen’s Design for How People Learn , Patti Schank’s new series, e.g. her book on Practice & Feedback , & Brown, et al’s Make it Stick ), I was pointed to two others. This is a book to give to learners to help them understand themselves as learners.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 21, 2022

Why this book? Having written one of the books on the learning science side, Clark has undertaken to write the other half. Having written one of the books on the learning science side, Clark has undertaken to write the other half. The book explains why and how, with good examples.”. Meaningful.”. Highly recommended.!”.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 17, 2022

When ATD asked me to write the learning science book , I’d already had the intention of writing a Learning Experience Design (LXD) book. To properly address it, I would have to be talking a master’s course, not just a book! I’d also realized that it was going to be monumental undertaking.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 5, 2023

First, we recently talked to Guy Wallace about his recent book, The L&D Pivot Point. Then, we talked to Julie Dirksen about her new book, Talk to the Elephant. So, Guy’s book is about taking a step above just thinking of course. A recent intersection of talks leads to an interesting issue for L&D.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For one, I have my own book on the topic! I had intended to write an LXD book, but then ATD asked for the learning science one. Sure, you can just buy the book, and that’s ok. Amongst the things that stand out for me are that there are an increasing suite of resources for learning science. There are other good ones too.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 15, 2023

I’ve railed, e.g. in my book on myths , that our attention span hasn’t dropped down to 8 seconds. And, despite a newer book based upon research that suggests our attention span has dropped to 47 seconds, I think there’s more to it. Or, as I’ve said before, details matter !

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Clark Quinn

JULY 30, 2008

Last nite was the NextNow event on the future of the book/publishing/? After introductions, which already raised many issues, Jay walked us through the history of the book (Guttenberg was an entrepreneur, the first totable book was sized to fit in saddle bags), and we talked about the pros and cons of books.Â

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 7, 2022

My next book is now out ! So, Make It Meaningful: Taking Learning Design from Instructional to Transformational is designed to complement the learning science books by providing the other half of the Learning Experience Design (LXD) story. Our programming will resume after this break: Ok, well, there actually is some shame.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

So, the official blurb for the book talks about his tried and tested processes. He includes a rigorous analysis of potential barriers as part of the book. It really is about the pivotal point in L&D, when you move from just offering courses to looking at performance.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Despite the book , that’s not really my role. Another way to bucket me would be the learning science person (my next book ). Yes, I did write a book about myths. Similarly, the learning science book coming out is a primer on the underlying cognitive science and the implications for learning design.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 16, 2021

So here’s a brief post about how I write my books (written, of course). The article my friend pointed me to was titled: “The Simple Way To Outline A Nonfiction Book”, and it’s nicely resonant, and a bit deeper, than my own approach. If you’re thinking about writing a book, I think this is very good advice.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 8, 2021

Of late, I’ve been reading quite a lot, and I’m finding some very interesting books. As to self-serving, unless you write an absolute mass best-seller, the money you make off books is trivial. The typically few hundred dollars I get a year for each book aren’t going to solve my financial woes!

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Clark Quinn

JULY 11, 2023

Turns out she’s worked with Roediger (one of the authors of Make It Stick, a book on my list ). My book on engagement suggested more meaningful practice. (It’s It’s really on learning experience design, as it’s a complement to my learning science book. Which, for experience design, is great news.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The book has balance between principle and practice, with clear and cogent explanations. A small quibble with a generally very good book. You can take Harold’s workshop, or read Ross’s book; both will give you useful skills. I think his claim maybe slightly misleading in that sense.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 17, 2021

Heck, I wrote a book about them, just because they won’t go away! There were 13 more myths in my book that can also be seen. . Again, my most recent book is on learning science, trying to provide the foundation for clear understanding. Of course, there are ones that accomplish both. . So let’s start with myths.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 2, 2023

This is the picture I paint in Learning Science for Instructional Designers, my recent book on how we learn. A myth I busted in a previous book ! Which, not completely surprisingly, is the topic of my most recent book , Make It Meaningful. That’s how I learned it in grad school, and little seemed to change that.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 22, 2020

However, it was locked away in my book from 2018. In my book, Revolutionize Learning & Development, I pushed for the performance ecosystem, going beyond ‘the course’ to talk about all the ways that L&D that could assist organizational learning. In the book I had a set of six categories, each with two components.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 25, 2023

When I wrote my book Make It Meaningful , I was explicitly addressing the fact that much of ID addresses the learning science alone (if even doing that). It was designed as a complement to my learning science book , to provide a complete LXD picture. Essentially, making the practice meaningful.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Several books ago, I was asked to to talk about myths in our industry. I ended up addressing myths, superstitions, and misconceptions. While the myths persist, the misconceptions propagate, aided by marketing hype. They may not be as damaging , but they also are a money-sink, and contribute to the lack of our industry making progress.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 18, 2023

For many reasons, I end up reading relevant books to our field. Wiggins & McTighe’s book is a primary argument for working backwards. A recent one underway is Wiggins & McTighe’s Understanding by Design. In it, I found a quote that really resonated. Not everyone will see this, however.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Similarly, when I wrote my books on games and mobile, I focused on the cognitive impacts. The first reason was because technology was changing so fast that anything hardware-specific would be out of date before the book was published. In short, you’re better able to assist your organization in being more effective (and efficient). .

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

We need to accommodate complexity in learning design. (* Which I talk about in Chapter 2 of my learning science book , and in my workshops on the same topic through the Allen Academy.). Marcia Conner, in her book Learn More Now mentioned how neuropeptides passed information around the body.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 30, 2020

In the myths book , I deliberately addressed the appeal before pointing out it’s wrong (and, importantly, point to better alternatives). I was able to complain about learning styles in my fourth book with them. Yet, to their credit, they asked me to write the myths book. I sympathize! Instead, I rail against the tools.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 27, 2023

Read books; I work out my local library heavily, not just for fiction (which I devour), but also non-fiction. Certain books are worth buying, creating a valuable library. I’ve got a shelf next to my desk that’s full of some of the best books known, so I can grab them to refer to certain things.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 27, 2022

For one, I’ve been fortunate to have the bandwidth to do things like publish books (my most recent also came out this year). I’m grateful I’ve had the chance for the books and to speak at various venues around the world. More mischief is afoot (so again, stay tuned). Also this blog!

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 29, 2022

To share, I do things like blog, do presentations and workshop, and write books. I discuss PKM in both my Revolutionize L&D book , and my Learning Science book. This is different than just writing, for me. That is, I’m not just explaining it, I’m using it in a solution.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 11, 2022

I was extremely pleased when she referred to my Revolutionize Learning & Development book , and posted a diagram from it. I wrote about mobile before writing the Revolution book (as my then-publisher required), but even there I laid out the case how mobile was not (just) about formal learning.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 28, 2021

An individual linked to me on the basis of a citation in a book. I didn’t know the book, so he sent me a picture of the page. Something we should look more to in our LXD, so that we’re doing proper backwards design and we have the right combination of tools and learning to make performance relatively effortless.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 30, 2020

We’ve had a good relationship, endorsing each other’s books ;), but working with him on the Serious eLearning Manifesto reinforced that not is he smart and committed, but just a great guy. You’d think so, since my book on the topic came out nine years ago, and is already out of print!

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 3, 2021

This was based upon the excellent work of the principals of Media Skills, and was a case study in my Engaging Learning book. They had been running a face to face course, and rather than write a book, they wondered if something else could be done. As context, many moons ago we developed a course on speaking to the media.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 2, 2023

I remember sitting on the floor, poring through the (diagrams in) the World Book. It may be that I’m not doing a lot compared to folks who work in more normal situations, but apparently at least perceived as productive. So, as background, I have a passion for learning. That takes time. But it pays off.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 4, 2023

Whether it’s mapped to multiple choice questions (see Patti Shank’s seminal book on the topic), scenarios (Christy Tucker is one of our gurus ), or full games (I have my own book on that ;), we need to give learners practice in dealing with the situations that use the information. That, to me, is a reasonable justification!

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 10, 2021

This is actually the ‘cover story’ myth of my recent book on myths! I do agree with Engaging (per the title of my first book), however, there’s a problem with it. If you don’t have enough learning science expertise to do so, I can help: books, workshops, and/or writing and editing services.).

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are more books on learning science, for instance. However, he was, and I similarly am looking slightly larger than just “ok, we’re now enthused about generative AI “ Yes, and, what’s that a signal of? What’s the context? Where are we at?

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