Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 21, 2009

social, informal, [enter your own bizbuzz phrase here] strategy. The interesting thing is how the actions are blurring the notion that there are tight boundaries between formal and informal. Is this social or informal learning? In some client work I’m doing, I’m helping out an effort to establish a Web 2.0,

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

There’s been such a division between formal and informal; the fight for resources, mindspace, and the ability for people to get their mind around making informal concrete. That’s what we’re trying to support through informal approaches to learning.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 29, 2008

Donald Clark raises an issue on his blog about confounding informal with Web 2.0, However, how much have we invested in the informal? My take, at least, is that there needs to be some up-front investment in the informal, but then it (should) become self-perpetuating (with the usual maintenance/upgrade/review costs).

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Times change, and we’re now in an information age. The advent of the digital computer, a general purpose information system, is a natural next step. We’re information processing machines, so aren’t we like computers? Information dump and knowledge test are a natural consequence of this perspective.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 21, 2023

That is, a belief that if we’re provided with the appropriate information, we can crank out a solution. Why, don’t you just distribute the information across the screen and add a quiz? If we’re just asking people whether they like it, we don’t really know if it’s working. There’s no basis to iterate!

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Clark Quinn

MAY 30, 2023

That is, the belief that information presentation will lead to behavior change is held implicitly. I think it originates from a legacy perspective that we’re logical, and therefore new information will yield impact. It’s like they think the job can be done with information. Is it a placebo effect?

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 30, 2022

Asking around, my colleagues suggested it’s more like information architecture. I know a bit about information architecture, but not a lot. Which is good for information, but not necessarily for learning. We don’t have external standards. Of course, your learning objectives should provide a guide.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 9, 2007

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 11, 2022

To be fair, suggesting that L&D take responsibility for informal learning could be considered a stretch. My argument is simply that informal learning has practices and policies that can optimize outcomes, and that it’s a necessary component of success going forward. (I We should anyway!

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Clark Quinn

MAY 2, 2023

As an aside, I suggest that the basic human information processing loop is something that is critical to understand. Recent pictures of the information processing loop suggest, however, that attention has a bigger purview. Attention is underrated, as is the whole human information processing loop. In short, most everyone.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

the human information processing system model*), the underlying picture is of a more interactive system. Marcia Conner, in her book Learn More Now mentioned how neuropeptides passed information around the body. In short, learning is about more than just information dump and knowledge test.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 27, 2021

Information, as has been said , wants to be free. With the internet, it’s almost that way, and there are almost zero limits on the information (for better or worse). If we share information, we can all benefit. Thus, we should offer up information and in return get the benefit. We can also contribute.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 16, 2022

To be clear, I like consuming information. I regularly am searching for information about new ideas I’ve come across, or going deeper in particular areas that have gained in importance in what I’m doing. We need to be present, with ourselves and our information, and process it. Which is important.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 15, 2022

Someone, of course, asked how do you then work with SMEs to get the necessary information. All are helpful information for different parts of the learning. Another preparatory step is to create a draft proposal of the information. I thought I’d written about it somewhere, but I can’t find it.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It’s not just design processes that reflect evidence-informed principles, though it includes that. This includes both formal learning tools including the LMS and LXP, but also informal learning tools such as social media platforms and collaborative documents. This includes going from courses to performance, as a first step.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 15, 2021

Similarly, have low consequences for mistakes generated through informal learning. Exploration also drives informal learning. I stipulate that we do so when the costs of getting it wrong are low. That is, making learning safe. So providing a safe sandbox for exploration is a support for learning.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 26, 2022

Giving people information will lead them to change. That is, information dump and knowledge-test courses. ” Many times we can put knowledge in the world, which makes sense because it’s actually hard to get information and skills reliably in the head. You can develop meaningful learning in a couple of weeks.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 22, 2022

Informal learning? Informal Learning. Informal Learning. To successfully get a persistent change in the way someone does something is harder than even facilitating informal learning, and performance support is easiest. Informal Learning. Where does performance support go? Formal learning? Performance Support.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 4, 2023

I fear that part of the answer is a legacy belief that we’re formal logical reasoning beings and so new information will change our behavior. Even if it’s a case of ‘easier to get forgiveness than permission’ I think we can infer what people would do with the information. What do you think?

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This is an integrative approach that looks beyond schools and training to more forms of learning including informal learning and even machine learning. I think the care is cognitive science: how we process information. Within the information processing cycle we cover core processes like attention, elaboration, and retrieval.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Which means that what L&D needs to do is stop doing information dump and knowledge test, and learn how to do real learning experience design! Of course, there’s also the necessary new role, per my last post/video, of being a facilitator of informal learning. Coupling the optimal execution with continual innovation.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

job aid) design, task design, and informal learning as well. Going further, it’s also about being strategic, such as recognizing the opportunity to move beyond optimal execution, and look to facilitating formal and informal learning. We also need design processes that deliver on this. What do we care about?

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 29, 2008

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 9, 2008

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 9, 2008

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 4, 2022

There was an emphasis on evidence-informed speakers and content. We need to promote those who are translating research into evidence-informed practices. It had two sessions of things, so it could reach most of the globe, and they were recorded so you could watch after the fact. There were also some asynch workshops.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Consequently, the services are similarly varied: workshops on learning science-informed design, consulting on the minimal changes to keep impacts on budget low but increase the effectiveness of the outcomes, and of course beyond: to performance consulting, informal learning, and more.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 6, 2021

The next level is an information architecture or interface design that is structured to meet those needs. . Those semantic structures are then rendered as an information design with navigation or interface design. The five levels, in order, are: The original objectives and user needs.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Still, despite the alliteration, it seems a bit more like hype than being informative. I suppose they’re implying that they’re aligned with how the brain works. Which is a good thing. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary. However, I’m seeing more and more people now talking about learning science.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Our brains are bad at remembering rote, abstract, arbitrary, and voluminous information.) We should be facilitating informal learning as well. We shouldn’t be using courses when job aids will suffice, as cognitive science tells us. All of this, done right, depends on understanding learning science, again.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 20, 2023

I believe that the difference starts with objectives; you can’t make a meaningful experience if you don’t have learners acquiring relevant new skills (not just an information dump). From there, there are nuances on designing individual practice activities, and then aggregated into practice s (that is, putting practices together).

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 22, 2023

Folks don’t want to take the time and money, they want to believe that new information will yield a behavior change, it’s just too hard! It might be sufficient to tick a box, but it’s not sufficient to generate a new ability. The problem is, there’s a lot of pressure against this.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 5, 2023

The Internet Time Alliance Memorial Award , in memory of Jay Cross , is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning and is reflective of Jay‘s lifetime of work. They share their work in public and often challenge conventional wisdom.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 22, 2020

We also start looking at informal learning, the continual innovation. Then we incorporate informal learning, and finally where measurement’s naturally part of our practices. This includes both the status of networks and the usage of those networks.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

You need to systematically acquire the necessary additional information to make learning experiences work. Once we’ve gathered the necessary information, then we need to start mapping out the elements of learning. In this fourth, and final, post about making it meaningful , I talk about process. And, of course, to then use them.

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