Clark Quinn

AUGUST 15, 2023

For instance, we still can surface from involvement in a movie/book/game and note “how’d it get so late?” In cognitive science, we separate out conation , intent or motivation (see also Self Determination Theory ), that is whether we are willing to expend effort towards something.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

My first job out of college was designing and programming educational computer games. in what was effectively ‘applied cognitive science’, but games continued to play a role in my career. So I tied it to cognitive principles, as our brains aren’t changing that fast.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

And I realized that there was real potential for learning in games! And then I read about ‘cognitive engineering’ (applying what we know about cognition to the design of systems). I got to study behavioral, cognitive, social, even machine learning! And Ed Hutchins was doing his work on distributed cognition.

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JULY 11, 2012

I just reviewed a paper submitted to a journal (one way to stay in touch with the latest developments), and all along they were doing research on the cognitive and motivational relationships in the game. They claimed it was a game, and proceeded on that assumption. Or it’s not a game, whether you say so or not.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games. Learning Science for Instructional Designers: From Cognition to Application. :) Anyways, here’re links (they literally came through over the past couple of days) that take you to both options: The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education.

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JUNE 24, 2020

More importantly, how would we evolutionarily change our cognitive architecture in the span of a few years? Ever disappear into a novel/game/book and surface several hours later wondering where the time went? First, how do you measure the attention span of a goldfish? Attention’s complex, and the argument is spurious.

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JULY 31, 2018

Games: my own Engaging Learning and anything game from Karl Kapp (e.g. Going Really Deep (if you really want to geek out on learning and cognitive science): Daniel Kahnemann’s Thinking Fast and Slow about how our brains don’t work logically. Learning Everywhere). the new book with Sharon Boller, Play to Learn ).

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

I wondered whether there are two types of cognitive actions, e.g. collaboration and communication. That is, for one you’re just offering pointers or opinions, without necessarily having any skin in the game. So I wondered if I might tease out two dimensions.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

in cognitive science, which I argue is the best foundation for dealing with folks. I also read fiction and play games, to allow thoughts to ferment. (My Actually, while I did well in school, it wasn’t perfect because I was learning to learn, not to do well in school. That was just a lucky side effect. I went on and got a Ph.D.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 16, 2016

Professor John Black of Columbia Unveristy gave a fascinating talk about how games can leverage “embodied cognition” to achieve deeper learning. The notion is that by physical enaction, you get richer activation, and sponsor deeper learning. It obviously triggered lots of thoughts (mine are the ones in the bubbles :).

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 28, 2017

A few posts ago, I wrote about how we might be rushing too fast into cognitive computing. Not that there’s anything wrong with augmenting us, but I was wondering if we’d be better off focusing on developing our non-cognitive systems first. And serious games are adaptive!). Some are still relatively impractical (e.g.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 4, 2018

It can be behavioral decisions or the decisions inherent in creating meaningful work product, but it’s about cognitive skills in context. But instruction is a probabilistic game; as I’ve paraphrased Dorothy Parker, you can lead learners to learning, but you can’t make them think. And this is about instruction.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Our information processing cycle, and the artifacts of our cognitive architecture. As I’ve also said , once we’ve got that right, we’ve got lots of ways to implement it. So, the asynchronous course I’ll be offering are the basics of learning science. We’ll talk those things above, and have fun doing it!

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 18, 2013

He talked about the usual trends, and pointed to some interesting game apps for learning. I was somewhat surprised by his pointer to Bloom as the turning point to modern learning design, as I’d be inclined to point more to Collins & Brown’s Cognitive Apprenticeship. design games technology'

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 11, 2018

One way of looking at it is through the ‘flow’ phenomenon, with cognitive immersion at a level that finds the sweet spot between frustration and boring. Those things add aesthetics (or, done poorly, undermine same), but that’s not where to go. Instead, I’m looking for an experience that has certain characteristics.

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JUNE 5, 2013

in cognition and learning, but there are shorter paths. I try as well, though often filtered through games, mobile, or elsewhere. Do try to make sure that it covers both cognitive and emotional elements, focusing on meaningful change. the consternation on serious game design that surrounded a recent post).

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Like ‘the neurons that fire together, wire together’ And yet there’re a whole lot of discussions about neuro that are really at the next higher level: cognitive. In theory, gamification is the application of game mechanics to learning. This is just misleading folks to make it sound more scientific. Unlearning.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Eric (if memory serves) also raised the issue of alignment to the learning goals, and that you can’t overproduce if you lose sight of the original cognitive skills (we also talked about when such experiences matter, and I believe it’s when you need to develop cognitive skills). design games' Make sense?

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Clark Quinn

MAY 23, 2011

Cognitively, if you’re closer to the interaction, more engaged with the content, it would seem plausible that more would ‘stick’ Particularly compared to a desktop, where you might be distracted by the shiny objects (new messages, whether email, IM, or whatever). Even using a touch interface to swipe and pinch (ooh!)

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 22, 2020

There are also debates on games, evaluation, to e- or not to e-, at least. I’ve created some short videos that talk about, and illustrate, a number of things our cognitive architecture has to account for. Lots of interesting topics. But wait, there’s more! Please help!

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JANUARY 27, 2016

A good example, with a challenging situation that the learner recognizes, a clear goal, and cognitive annotation showing the underlying thinking, will serve to strengthen the learning. It might be as simple as a multiple-choice question, though a scenario in many instances would be better, and a sim/game would of course be outstanding.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

As context, I was programming for the educational computer game company, DesignWare. in what ended up being, effectively, applied cognitive science. This year is the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh, and my newspaper asked for memories. I’ll point them to this post ;).

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

with sufficient depth to develop models), using a cognitive task analysis process to get the objectives, align the processing activities to the type of learning objective, developing appropriate materials and rich simulations, testing the learning and using feedback to refine the product, all before final release. What are these steps?

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APRIL 22, 2020

because I wanted to know more about cognition and learning. Along the way, I’ve continued to lead in technology approaches, including games and mobile (and wrote the books on each topic ;). My background is deeply steeped in applying learning science to technology-mediated experiences. After some work, I obtained a Ph.D.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 9, 2013

Good formal learning consists of an engaging introductions, rich presentation of concepts, annotated examples, and meaningful practice, all aligned on cognitive skills. Extensions that are high value include problem generators and randomness in the order of options (challenging attempts to ‘game’ the assessment).

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 21, 2014

The goal is to have them process the content in service of accomplishing the task, an approach more consonant with our cognitive architecture. Note that the content is subsequently chosen to support successful execution of the tasks, and is not presented to the learner but is, instead, made available to them at the time of the task.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 13, 2021

In it I cover the basics of cognitive science, the learning outcomes, social/cultural/emotional elements, and the implications for design. It’s under their professional education series, called Effective Learning Strategies. It’s a five week course (with a delayed sixth week). There are readings, a weekly session, and assignments.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 22, 2017

There I’ll be talking about Focus Beyond Learning, i.e. the broader performance ecosystem picture in which mobile, video, and games fit in. I have to admit I’m thinking that workshops around the deeper cognitive aspects of learning would be a big boost to organizational L&D. Again, if you’re going, say hello!

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 27, 2017

There were three themes to the conference: mobile, games, and video. For games, there were positive and negative signs. The good news is that games are being more fully understood in terms of their role in learning, e.g. deep practice. As a side note, the demise of Flash has left us without a good game development environment.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 1, 2009

A post I was pointed to reviews a chapter distributed thinking, a topic I like from my days getting to work with Ed Hutchins and his work on Distributed Cognition. It’s a topic I spoke about at DevLearn , and recently wrote about. The chapter is by David Perkins, one of premier thinkers on thinking, and I like several things he says.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 17, 2019

And, as Raph Koster told us in A Theory of Fun , the drive to play games seems to be learning! Cognitive science models suggest that this should work! :). The notion of minimizing surprise did explain people who don’t seem keen to learn, but many of us are. We want exploration, and the outcomes aren’t certain.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 15, 2015

This ends up meaning I have to understand things like cognition and learning (my Ph.D. This ends up meaning I have to understand things like cognition and learning (my Ph.D. It’s led to explorations covering things like games, mobile, and strategy (e.g. the topics of my books).

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 3, 2012

I had early on been a fan of his work, his writing on computers as cognitive tools was insightful. I subsequently shared a stage with him when he presented virtually to a conference I was at live, and was thrilled to have him mention he was using my game design book in one of his classes. And he was a truly nice person.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Yet when I try to push them to the next level of engagement (cognitive and emotional), they’re uninterested. So, I’ll continue on my crusade for us as an industry to lift our game. And I likewise offer any organization using learning technology to help them lift their game and be better consumers.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Each of these organizations was in the business of developing content, but they were looking to raise their game. It’s really a Cognitive Apprenticeship approach. What happens, importantly, is that by working collaboratively, we learn together. When we applied it, usually with me doing it first, and then handing off.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 17, 2018

In particular, Cognitive Apprenticeship (my favorite model; Collins & Brown), or other theories like Elaboration Theory (Reigeluth), Pebble in a Pond (Merrill), or 4 Component ID (Van Merriënboer). But what I was thinking of what happens when they don’t address the specific concern you are wondering about.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

I then used it to program a game based upon my PhD research, embedding analogical reasoning puzzles into a game (Voodoo Adventure). I wrote it up and got it published as an investigation how games could be used as cognitive research tools. To little attention, back in ’91 :).

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