Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

So, as you may know (and if you don’t, you should ), almost three years ago now, I teamed up with colleagues Michael Allen, Julie Dirksen, & Will Thalheimer (all worth knowing about) and put together the Serious eLearning Manifesto. So, we were (and are) frustrated with what was and is happening under the rubric of eLearning.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 30, 2012

I recently wrote about elearning garbage , and in case I doubted my assessment, today’s task made my dilemma quite clear. I was asked to be one of the judges for an elearning contest. Seven courses were identified as ‘finalists’, and my task was the review each and assign points in several categories.

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Examples eLearning Instructional Design Assessment 186

Clark Quinn

JULY 31, 2012

Of late, I’ve been both reviewing eLearning, and designing processes & templates. As I’ve said before , the nuances between well-designed and well produced eLearning are subtle, but important. I recommend this in general, of course. Which brings up another way learning designs go wrong.

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Quality Cognitive eLearning Learning Objects 204

Clark Quinn

MAY 25, 2021

I recognize that this is the life of overworked IDs, particularly if you’re the lone ID (which isn’t infrequent), or expected to handle course development on your own. After 9/11, when we were avoiding travel, there was a push for elearning. And, with the usual push for efficiency, rapid elearning became the vogue.

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DevLearn Asynchronous Performance Support Rapid eLearning 276

Clark Quinn

APRIL 26, 2022

That is, information dump and knowledge-test courses. A request for a course is a sufficient rationale to make one. A frequent occurrence is a business unit asking for a course. There’s a performance problem (or just the perception of one), and therefore a course is the answer. A course is always the best answer.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 21, 2016

So, a few weeks ago I ran a survey asking about elearning processes*, and it’s time to look at the results (I’ve closed it). eLearning process is something I’m suggesting is ripe for change, and I thought it appropriate to see what people thoughts. For practitioners, of course, not so much.

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Survey eLearning Strategy Metrics eLearning 81

Clark Quinn

JUNE 29, 2021

Which meant that a lot of content-based training ended up being content-based elearning. The rush to take content and put it onscreen drove some of the excitement around ‘rapid elearning’ The continuing focus on efficiency – taking content, adding a quiz, and putting it online – was pushed to the extreme.

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Rapid eLearning Quiz eLearning Tools Discussion 280

Clark Quinn

MAY 3, 2022

Instead, of course, we don’t change our behavior without practice, reinforcement, etc. Of course, we’re not aware of our flaws. When we didn’t want to travel, we went to elearning. This has led to expectations that courses can be churned out quickly. We don’t measure, by and large.

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Behavior Rapid eLearning Quiz Social Networks 178

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 11, 2020

It’s about not just courses on a phone, but: Augmenting formal learning: extending it. For instance, elearning shouldn’t look like just a classroom online. Here, of course, is the greatest difference from mobile, but the mindset is still relevant. Of course, I now would. Performance support: cognitive augmentation.

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Cognitive Mobile Performance Support eLearning Strategy 313

Clark Quinn

MAY 26, 2020

I was a co-conspirator on the Serious eLearning Manifesto , and we identified 8 values that separated typical elearning from serious elearning. And, of course, we might not be individualizing the challenges. And, of course, which ones should I be focusing on? And, of course, I could be wrong.

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eLearning Consultant Alternatives Performance Support Consulting 239

Clark Quinn

JUNE 3, 2021

As context, many moons ago we developed a course on speaking to the media. They had been running a face to face course, and rather than write a book, they wondered if something else could be done. They had been running a face to face course, and rather than write a book, they wondered if something else could be done.

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CD-ROM Case Study Evalution Asynchronous 283

Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

We were talking about learning (of course), and the difference between knowledge versus practice. See, for instance, the Serious eLearning Manifesto as a response. Of course, there’s also the necessary new role, per my last post/video, of being a facilitator of informal learning.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Script: Hi, I’m Clark Quinn, of Quinnovation, and I’ve been around the elearning for well-nigh forever, and around L&D for the past couple of decades. So that means doing courses right, when courses are the answer. I welcome your thoughts and feedback. Deep LXD, not tarted up quiz shows and ‘click to see more’.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

A contact asked me what I saw as the link between Sharepoint and elearning, and I started to give my standard answer about portals fitting in with the whole performance ecosystem. The point I want to make here, however, is that augmenting formal courses with resources and eCommunity is the natural progression.

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Social Networks SharePoint Wiki Portal 100

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Of course, that begs the question: what do you already know? Which, of course, is a dream. Or a rapid elearning tool, but don’t put hands to a development tool ’til it’s mapped out on paper (you don’t want to prematurely converge on what the tool makes easy until you’ve figured out the best design).

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Udutu PPT eLearning Lectora 100

Clark Quinn

MARCH 9, 2021

And, I’d done some builds, but after Will Thalheimer’s Presentation Science course I realized I needed to do that more systematically (and now do so). John Sweller’s cognitive load plays out with Dick Mayer’s work on multimedia research (as captured in his book with Ruth Clark: eLearning and the Science of Instruction ), as indicated above.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 22, 2019

A debate broke out amongst some colleagues the other day about the desirable level of polish in our elearning. After weighing in, I thought it required a longer response, and of course it has to go here. So, the main complaint was that so much elearning looks dated and incomplete. There was a lot of agreement. And I agree!

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Comparison Quality Issue eLearning Tools 147

Clark Quinn

JANUARY 19, 2021

I promise I’ll get back to my regular posting on learning things, but the benefit of these, unlike books or courses, is that they’re free. First, I’ll be talking for eLearning Learning on the 27th of January at 11AM PT (2PM ET). And several are coming up! So I thought I’d at least let you have a chance.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 1, 2019

When I talk about deeper elearning , or we take a stand for serious elearning , there are nuances that make a difference. Based upon learning science, of course. Or, of course, people could market alternative process certifications. For your courses, if you provide them as a product or service? coaching), etc.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 28, 2023

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. What this sets up, of course, is a tradeoff. For the LDA debate this month, Ruth Clark talked to Matt Richter and I about aesthetics in learning.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 31, 2018

Michael Allen’s Guide to eLearning. Ruth Clark’s eLearning & The Science of Instruction (with Dick Mayer) and/or Efficiency in Learning with Sweller & Nguyen). Of course, there are separate topics: Mobile: my own Designing mLearning and anything by Chad Udell (e.g. Comprehensive and yet accessible.

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Cognitive Performance Support Instructional Design Expertise 162

Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

And I’ve created some aids for the Udemy course on deeper elearning I developed. The simple rationale, of course, is that there are things our brains are good at, and things they’re not. You could have a model course that you use as a reference. But here I want to know what you are using as tools for LXD?

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Cognitive Tools DevLearn Storyboard 148

Clark Quinn

JANUARY 16, 2019

One idea, of course, is to replace it with some validated design process. Starting at the top, one place where organizations go wrong right off the bat is the initial analysis for a course. There’s the ‘give us a course on this’, but even if there’s a decent analysis the process can go awry.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

So I recently was involved in a project with Learnnovators where we designed some demo elearning (on the workplace of the future), and documented the thinking behind it. Second, if you’ll be at DevLearn next week, I’ll be demoing the resulting course at the DemoFest (table 84). And now there’s be a chance to see it!

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 8, 2014

As Jason Haag has aptly put it, elearning courses on a phone (or tablet) is mobile elearning, not mobile learning (aka mlearning). mLearning’s natural niche is performance support, whether through content (interactive or not), or social. They’re not using them to take courses! Hope to see you there.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Though, of course, I do believe in it. I was trying to explain why we have so much bad elearning (c.f. the Serious eLearning Manifesto ), and talking about various stakeholders and their hand in perpetuating the sorry state of affairs. Of course, I think there’s also some luck or fate in it as well.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 6, 2018

For example, his Guide to eLearning is as good a guide to designing elearning as you can get (that and Julie Dirksen’s Design for How People Learn , both appropriately in their second edition). One of Michael’s models is the CCAF model for making meaningful elearning. Obviously, it’s time to explore the issue.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Of course, you can always find out what’s up at the Quinnovation News page… But this is a more likely place for you to start unless you’re looking to talk to me about work. at DevLearn on measurement and eLearning science, and at AECT on meta-learning architecture. Yeah, both in one week…long story.).

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ISPI eLearning Guild DevLearn eLearning Strategy 151

Clark Quinn

AUGUST 25, 2020

He built and sold Epic, an elearning company, and now he leads a learning AI company, Wildfire. And so, when he reported on a new study, I of course looked into it. What it can’t do, of course, is design meaningful practice. The minus, of course, is not necessarily asking the most important questions.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Too many times, at conference expos and advertisements, it appears that folks are trying to say that courses on a tablet (or phone) are mlearning. On the contrary, I’ll suggest that courses on a phone or a tablet are e learning. Then, what is mlearning? So, when is it really mlearning?

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Virtual Classroom Simulations Performance Support IBM 188

Clark Quinn

MARCH 2, 2021

One approach, of course, is to use checklists. That’s part of the rationale behind the Serious eLearning Manifesto ! That includes meaningful practice, useful models, motivating intros, and more. The question is how to help ensure that as you develop them, you make sure to address all the elements. Yet this can lead to errors.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 23, 2022

In addition to my LDA duties, I’m still continuing on with Quinovation, of course. Finally, I’ve signed on to assist an established elearning firm improve their approach as part of a growth initiative. Attendees can choose. We’ve got a good tight faculty, and are expecting a great development experience.

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eLearning Guild DevLearn Beginner Press 144

Clark Quinn

JULY 17, 2018

Some good guidance comes in books such as: eLearning & the Science of Instruction (Clark & Mayer). and less directly but no less applicably, Michael Allen’s Guide to eLearning. Both of these, of course, aren’t as comprehensive as a book. There are good principles around in a variety of forms.

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Design Cognitive Simulations Theory 112

Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Here’re the things I’m involved in: On Tuesday, I’m running an all day workshop on eLearning Strategy. It’s at least partly a Serious eLearning Manifesto session. Of course, there’s much more. and, of course, the networking opportunities. There is a lot going on.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 7, 2022

This past week, the question was particularly interesting: about what you’d do if there weren’t elearning. Of course, there were the usual answers, but several were very interesting. Better yet, we could theme them to align with particular courses. So let’s get creative and achieve better outcomes.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 14, 2012

In fact, in my early (2000) article on mobile learning, I said “Soon there will be essentially no distinction between mLearning and elearning.” It depends on how you define elearning. If you mean courses on the web, period, then I would be dead wrong. ” And I admit that I was wrong. At least partly.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 11, 2013

What we see are courses as the only tool in the toolbox. The LMS, rapid elearning tools, virtual classrooms, and of course the omnipresent F2F training sessions are the rule. Worse, the courses that are being offered are largely knowledge dump/test. The flaws are myriad. And you’ve heard me go off on this before.

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