Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Another video, this time (ok, again ;) about learning science. I’ve argued in an earlier post for the value of learning science, but I want to go a little deeper. It’s about establishing the foundations of learning science. And I’ve mentioned in a previous post that learning science is interdisciplinary, and relatively new.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

And, previously, the case for learning science. And I’m coming at learning science again, with a personal interest. Learning science is an interdisciplinary field, including cognitive science, educational psychology, and more. Most importantly, having this knowledge is critical for those who practice learning.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 18, 2010

Yesterday, I talked about how social added to formal learning. Today I want to extend social learning learning to informal learning. When I talked about the value social adds to formal, it was about processing the information in richer ways, to help facilitate learning. are our network.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 28, 2020

If I’m going to rail against myths in learning, it makes sense to be clear about what learning design without myths looks like. Let me lay out a little of what mythless learning design is, or should be. Learning with myths manifests in many ways. Redundant development to accommodate learning styles, or generations.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, in the context of the conversation, it made me also ponder a related topic: “don’t make me learn” Which, of course, prompted some reflection. There are times, I’ll posit, when we don’t want employees to be learning. There are times when learning doesn’t make sense. Fair enough?

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 21, 2009

social, informal, [enter your own bizbuzz phrase here] strategy. Some are instituted from different organizations, like under the CIO, and others have emerged from the learning function with the organization. The interesting thing is how the actions are blurring the notion that there are tight boundaries between formal and informal.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Overall, there seems to be no awareness of the whole thrust of social and informal learning. Ok, so Jay’s book on Informal Learning is relatively new, and the concrete steps may still be being sorted out, but there’s a lot there.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 7, 2021

As always, I like to participate in my Internet Time Alliance colleague Jane Hart’s Top 10 Tools for Learning survey. So there’re my selections for 2021 top 10 tools for learning. Another way I get my mind around new understandings is by representing information structure. Still, it’s worth getting out there.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 20, 2021

A colleague asked “is anyone talking about how deep learning requires time, attention, and focus?” Well, I did make a call for “slow learning” once upon a time, but it’s probably worth doing it again. So here’s a riff on deep learning and expertise. So here’s a riff on deep learning and expertise.

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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. Organizational learning, however, seems to have done almost the opposite. And that’s what we should be shooting for in our formal learning, too.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 7, 2020

So, I’ve written before about ‘learning engineering’ And, separately, it’s become an issue just what the term means. It appears there are two ‘learning engineerings’, and the issue is how to resolve them. It’s applying computer systems to meet learning needs.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We were talking about how to lift the game of Modern Workplace Learning , and each had staked out a position, from human performance consulting to social/informal. Jane talked about how you had to walk the walk: working out loud, personal learning, coaching, etc. In fact, celebrate the lesson learned, regardless of success!

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 9, 2020

So, I’ve previously mentioned the Learning & Development conference I’ll be participating in that starts late this month. So I’ll be talking meaningful learning. First, of course, meaningful learning is about getting the learning science right. yes, I’ll talking meaningful learning.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

And I was reminded of it thinking about personal learning, and looked at it again. So here’s a mindmap of personal learning, and the associated thinking. You can also search for information, using DuckDuckGo or Google, or going straight to Wikipedia or other appropriate information resources you know.

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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? It looks like content and quizzes, which is what school is, and that’s learning, right? Iteration and testing fell away.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 11, 2021

Which, for the record, is a good thing; one of us will learn something. So, let’s also talk about what CxOs need to know about the org learning myths they may believe. . Lectures, information dump & knowledge test, in general content presentation doesn’t lead to meaningful change in behavior in the absence of activity.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 29, 2008

Donald Clark raises an issue on his blog about confounding informal with Web 2.0, and the point I found interesting is his query about the 80/20 in/formal learning metrics. The formal learning probably takes more resources, over time, as there’s more development required. Typically, bugger all. What say you?

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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

JANUARY 15, 2019

The article is about a (hypothetical) learning journey, and talks about how learning objects are part of that learning process. It’s inherently saying we don’t trust our learners to be good at learning. I don’t expect learners (or SMEs for that matter) to know learning. Always a great thing!

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 25, 2020

He built and sold Epic, an elearning company, and now he leads a learning AI company, Wildfire. He’s knowledgeable (for instance, having read up and summarized centuries of learning theorists), willing to call out bad learning, and he’s funny. It’s just that it stops short of what we need for full learning.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 30, 2022

They can be learning, or performance support, or even just awareness. 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.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 11, 2019

As part of a push for Learning Engineering , Carnegie Mellon University recently released their learning design tools. I’ve been aware of CMU’s Open Learning Initiative for a suite of reasons, and their tools for separate reasons. First, let’s be fair, most uni learning design isn’t very good.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 16, 2019

So, I just finished teaching a mobile learning course online for a university. You have to think differently than what the phrase ‘mobile learning’ might lead you to think. I thought I’d share the learning lessons, both for my own reflection, and for others. And learn about the LMS earlier. (Ok,

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Clark Quinn

MAY 23, 2018

Yes, learning is really about strengthening neural links. For instruction, and other aspects like performance support and informal learning, however, cognitive (or social) is the right level. And, to be clear, learning sciences are a subset of the cognitive sciences. Invest in solid learning and performance design first.

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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. That’s how I learned it in grad school, and little seemed to change that. As an aside, I suggest that the basic human information processing loop is something that is critical to understand.

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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. To be fair, suggesting that L&D take responsibility for informal learning could be considered a stretch. It’s about formal learning, but also more. So, innovation is an opportunity.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 16, 2014

In a previous post , I suggested that we should not do the ‘click to learn more’, as it was just about presenting content. such as in instructional design between the elements of learning). While this might seem like more information, it’s really not, as the model minimizes the amount of arbitrary information you present.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The eLearning Guild is celebrating it’s 10th year, and is using the opportunity to reflect on what learning will look like 10 years from now. How has learning changed in the last 10 years (from the perspective of the learner)? What is the most significant change technology has made to organizational learning in the past decade?

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

We’re hearing more and more about AR (Augmented Reality), and one of it’s core elements is layering information on top of the world. But in a conversation the other night, it occurred to me that we could push that information to be even more proactive in facilitating learning. And this comes from the use of models.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 15, 2021

Learning, I suggest, is action and reflection. Thus, in my mind, exploration is a critical concept for learning. In learning, we must experiment (e.g. In learning, we must experiment (e.g. We learn to minimize surprise , but we also act to generate surprise. That is, making learning safe.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Which led to an ongoing series of activities that have some learnings both at the technical and learning side. So I thought I’d share my learnings about sites. So, the important thing: tech stuff ends up being complicated, but what helps are the same innovation (aka informal learning) steps as always.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the inaugural meeting of the Global Learning Council. While not really global in either sense (little representation from overseas nor from segments other than higher ed), it was a chance to refresh myself in some rigor around learning sciences. For one, the value of models in learning.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 15, 2022

In a recent post , I talked about how expertise is compiled away, and the impact on designing learning and documentation. 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. They’re all folks worth listening to.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 6, 2015

If, indeed, learning is the new business imperative , what does that mean we need to learn? I reckon they fall into two categories; those we do for our own learning, and those for learning with and through others. When we learn on our own, we need to address what information we want coming in and how we process it.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

I was asked by a colleague to answer some questions for a project on how to learn. I learn from folks in a variety of ways, but the key is asking questions. Most have given me some stretch assignments that required me to work in my ZoPD , and then feedback to learn from the outcomes. And I would ask them along the way.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As the broader picture, I’m talking about working ‘ wiser ‘ I’ll suggest it’s about better aligning with how our brains think, work, and learn. For one, it is about helping educate about learning science, and how it should be the foundation for what we do. This manifests in several ways.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

We’re hearing more and more about AR (Augmented Reality), and one of it’s core elements is layering information on top of the world. But in a conversation the other night, it occurred to me that we could push that information to be even more proactive in facilitating learning. And this comes from the use of models.

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