Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

I have argued before about how we can, and should, augment our pattern-matching capability with the perfect memory and complex calculation that digital technology provides, and separately how social extends our cognition. meta-learning technology' A good extension and a worthwhile read.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 26, 2011

Today, Roger Schank keynoted the Learning Technologies UK conference, talking about cognitive science and learning. Obviously, I was in large agreement. And, as usual, I mid mapped it:

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

New Learning Technologies. Hmm, my meta-learning one isn’t posted, am checking, will put in if/when it shows up). Performance Support. mLearning: Part 1 and Part 2. Advanced Instructional Design. Games and Gamification. Courses in the Ecosystem. L&D and the Bigger Picture. Measurement. Reviewing Design Processes.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 22, 2020

In addition to the presenters who have prepared asynchronous learning experiences, and the live presentations by the same and others, there are other things going on. There are panels on, for instance, on diversity & inclusion, state of learning, learning technology, women in learning, as just a few.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 5, 2016

You can only teach meta-learning on top of real goals, and we (should) have those in schools, so it’s the ideal place and arguably the best contribution schools can provide in this rapidly changing environment. And it’s not like the investments in learning technology are addressing this either.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 22, 2020

because I wanted to know more about cognition and learning. I not only taught, but was asked to lead my university’s learning technology committee. I stepped away from the university to assist first one, then another initiative in online learning. After some work, I obtained a Ph.D.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 1, 2020

I recall attending Learning Technologies to speak on games, many years ago. Memory’s funny. And, as part of the conference, one keynote was a speaker who talked to the futility of predicting the future. And I want to push that point just a wee bit.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 28, 2015

My background is in learning technology design, leveraging a deep background (read: Ph.D.) in cognition, and long experience with technology. I have worked as a learning game designer/developer, researcher and academic, project leader on advanced applications, program manager, and more.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 10, 2017

Papert was instrumental in much of the thinking that has shaped what we do in learning technology. There remains a controversy over whether and how the book influenced research in the area of symbolic and sub-symbolic intelligence approaches. I’m grateful for his contributions.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 24, 2018

The initial learning technology standards came out from the AICC. They wanted a way to share important learning around flight, an area with a big safety burden. These are the people who labor quietly in the background on initiatives that will benefit all of us. Thus, they were able to come together despite competition.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The books include The Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual , Creating a Learning Culture , Michael Allen’s eLearning Annual 2009 , and a bunch of academic handbooks (Mobile Learning, Experiential Learning, Wiley Learning Technology ;). Then there are articles in a variety of magazines.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 20, 2016

Of late, I’ve been talking about the approach organizations take to learning. It’s come up in presentations on learning design, measurement, and learning technology strategy. And the point is simple: we’re not using the right basis. identifying the root cause. mapping back to an intervention design.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 14, 2014

My passion was still learning technology (and has been since I saw the connection as an undergraduate and designed my own major), but there’re strong links between the two fields in terms of design for humans. As preface, I used to teach interface design.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There was a formal event on innovation in learning technology (that was only partly so), and a presentation by a colleague. Last week included an interesting series of events and conversations. And from that latter conversation came an interesting revelation.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 10, 2015

As my passion was designing learning technology solutions to meet real needs, I explored other design approaches to look for universals. Along the way I looked at industrial, graphic, architectural, software, and other design disciplines.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 20, 2011

A recent request for feedback on new learning technology research areas highlighted areas they thought were important, and a subset naturally struck me: the connection between formal and informal learning : an interest of mine since I first noticed the gap in organizations.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

I was engaging in a mobile strategy session with a small not-for-profit the other day, and naturally it became an overall technology strategy session, as you really can’t do mobile strategy without considering social media strategy, learning technology strategy, even enterprise technology strategy.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Finally, it does appear more organizations are getting the message about moving to a strategic position in terms of learning technology. And, of course, that means getting strategic about learning ( big ‘L’ learning ), and then aligning with the overall organization strategy.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 24, 2011

This, of course, also is what happens in informal learning, if we end up discussing a problem to solve, or even just blog our thoughts and get comments. As Jay Cross says , the most powerful learning technology is conversation.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 21, 2015

I have gone to many conferences, and some are big, e.g. ATD’s ICE or Online Educa, or Learning Technology (certainly the exhibit hall). It is also a pop culture phenomenon, where new releases are announced, analysis and discussion occur, and people dress up. And it is huge ! It’s more like the SuperBowl.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 3, 2010

Tags: meta-learning technology.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 4, 2012

Increasingly, as I look around, I see folks addressing learning technology tactics; they’ll make a mobile app, they’ll try out a simulation game, they’ll put in a portal. And there’s nothing wrong with doing each of these as a trial, a test run, some experience under the belt.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 17, 2011

As a nice complement to my last post on Understanding by Design , comes this piece on Pseudoteaching that Donald Taylor (who runs the excellent UK Learning Technologies conference) pointed out. The premise is that much teaching that appears good to both the instructor and observers is really ineffective.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 6, 2010

I always joke about how we cut off the flow of blood to the brain before we expect men to conduct business (my take on the business ‘tie’), but this is really a serious impediment to successful problem-solving in the coming workplace where continual problem-solving and innovation is necessary.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 31, 2018

They have been about the subjects of my books, or the future of learning technology in general. Presentations. A number of organizations around the world have booked me to speak to their audiences. And have indicated they were quite satisfied with the result ;).

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

If you want to get your mind around the forefront of learning technology, at least in the organizational space, DevLearn is the place to be. design meta-learning mobile social strategy' And now there’s an app for that!

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

I subsequently taught interface design (aka Human Computer Interaction or HCI) for a number of years (while continuing to research learning technology), and made a practice of advocating the best practices from HCI to the ed tech community.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 3, 2017

First, you should have some clear relationship to learning technology. Consider this a public service announcement. So, I get a lot of requests to link on LinkedIn, and I’m happy to, with a caveat. Or be willing to explain why you want to link.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 27, 2008

Tony Karrer comments on it in his own post looking at performance support and learning technology. Jay Cross has an eloquent post talking about the history of Performance Support, ending of course calling for considering the learnscape.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Small elements, like recognizing that the overall quality of teaching impacts an institution’s reputation, that devolving responsibility to domains will undermine a unified effort, that a systemic consideration of learning technology provides efficiencies as well as opportunities for effectiveness, etc.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Sure, there’d likely be some templates around for learning, but it’d be more self-directed, customizable, and put the appropriate responsibility on the learner.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 6, 2010

Let an LMS be a functional tool, not an enabler of mis-focused energy, and certainly not the core of your learning technology investment. Tags: social strategy technology. Look at the bigger picture, and budget accordingly.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 20, 2023

Not quite 15 years ago, I proposed that Web 3.0 would be system- generated content. There was talk about the semantic web, where we started tagging things, even auto-tagging, and then operating on chunks by rules connecting tags, not hard wiring. I think, however, that we’ve reached a new interpretation of Web 3.0

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 9, 2022

I continue to be a fan of Jane Hart ‘s work, and her annual survey of Top 10 Learning Tools is only one of the reasons (another being her co-conspirator, along with Harold Jarche & Charles Jennings in the Internet Time Alliance ). As a consequence, it’s time for my annual list, this time the Top 10 Learning Tools for 2022.

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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. However, in reviewing last year’s list , things haven’t changed much. Still, it’s worth getting out there.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The challenges are different than in corporate learning technology, but there are interesting outcomes that are worth tracking. I did a couple of presentations myself that I’ll summarize in tomorrow’s post, but it was a valuable experience. A valuable experience. The post #AECT17 Reflections appeared first on Learnlets.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

That was another of our findings, but only 20 years before this online learning expert got going. Learning technology is the same way; bringing together techies, learning psychologists, and more, and it’s. activity theory) was first explored by the ed community.

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