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

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

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

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Of late, I’m working in a couple of engagements where the issue of learning and performance strategy have come up. So here are some reflections on whether to use learning or performance strategy as an organizing concept. So here are some reflections on whether to use learning or performance strategy as an organizing concept.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2021

And while I’m a fan of concept maps, I was suspicious of the claim, So, while I’ve written on mindmaps before , it’s time to dig into concept maps and learning. As my late friend, historian Joseph Cotter, once told me, history isn’t about learning facts, it’s about learning to think like a historian.

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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

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

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For reasons that are unclear even to me, I was thinking about personalized versus adaptive learning. It’s kinda simplistic, but I think it may help to differentiate personalized and adaptive learning. As background, I led a project to build an intelligently adaptive learning platform. no learning ‘styles’ :).

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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. Tracking other folks, participating in dialogs, and even asking questions, Twitter’s an ongoing contributor to my learning.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

So here’s a first take at addressing fear in learning. The mantra, to be clear, is that you have 3 major hurdles to overcome in getting someone to ‘buy in’ to learning: I do need this. That includes establishing the need, removing false conceptions, and addressing fear in learning.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 19, 2020

In a perfect world, we’d spend all the time we want on learning. So here’s a stab at the case for learning science. Learning is a probabilistic game. That is, there’s a probability that anything we’ve invested in learning will arise at the appropriate time. And there are consequences.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

I’m an advocate of meta-learning, that is: learning to learn. So I thought I’d rant, for a post, on what is involved in developing learning to learn skills. So I thought I’d rant, for a post, on what is involved in developing learning to learn skills. And, this is still not enough.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I think we need to be aware of the possibilities, and then consider the meta-ethics of learning design. We need t support the meta-ethics of learning design, as well as the ethics themselves. . The post Meta-ethics of learning design appeared first on Learnlets. For better or worse.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 2, 2020

But for the second, I’m thinking that the biggest opportunity is making learning meaningful. Most importantly, I think there’s good support for evidence-based learning design. One area, however, I think we reliably get wrong and there’s not as much guidance for , is making learning meaningful.

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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. . SMEs know what needs to be learned. This might seem to be the case, but it reflects a view that org learning is a necessary evil, not an investment.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 18, 2020

It’s time, once again, for Jane Hart’s excellent Top 10 Tools for Learning survey. Here are my take on the top 10 tools that support my learning. The first way I learn is to process what I’ve seen. Social networks are a big part of my learning, which means that Facebook and LinkedIn also play big roles.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 11, 2018

What is a learning experience platform? In today’s era of increasing speed of change and decreasing resources for meeting the learning needs, L&D can no longer try to own everything. And, of course, the resources aren’t all about learning. The Learning Experience Platform(?). So what am I talking about?

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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

JANUARY 23, 2018

One asked about meta-learning (learning to learn), in the particular situation of courses with a variety of expertise levels, and getting into issues of learner responsibility. The author pointed to a presentation on learning to learn, that had a nice framework, and I thought I should elaborate.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

And we can either act to put the world back in alignment with our perceptions, or we have to learn, to create better predictions. Surprise does seem to be a key to learning! Then they’re ready to learn. It’s nice when an interest in AI coincides with an interest in learning. It sounds worth exploring.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 24, 2018

At AECT18, I dropped in on a session summarizing research on emerging technologies for online learning. There were experts in each area, so names like Vanessa Dennan on social media, Curt Bonk in MOOCs, Florence Martin on synchronous Learning, and David Wiley on Open Education Research.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A gift from a co-worker (an interesting story), and led me to reflect on the link between passion and learning. And, of course, cognition, learning, engagement, and design. And what’s fun is learning from these folks just why they find it so interesting. Let’s connect passion and learning to make it better.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Someone asked me what I would say about my first book, Engaging Learning. Since they asked… I saw the connections between computers and learning as an undergraduate, and designed my own major. We learn better when our hearts and our minds are engaged. So, please, start engaging learning by making engaging learning!

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 27, 2018

And my point here isn’t that I’m looking for sympathy, but to (of course) talk about the learnings. Because, despite the physical pain, there are learnings (good and bad). One learning is how close minded I can be about exploring alternative solutions. The post The pain of learning appeared first on Learnlets.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2019

Of late, a lot of my work has been designing learning design. That is, someone’s got a learning design process, but they want to improve it. It’s about good learning. Of course, making it an emotionally compelling experience has learning impact as well. So what are the likely inflection points?

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 22, 2020

So, do you wanna talk meaning, learning science, and more…? 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. As for me, first, my asynchronous session is on Learning Science 101. Here’s when and how.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 28, 2019

It’s time again for Jane Hart’s Top Learning Tools Survey , so it’s time for my personal list (and for you to submit yours). WordPress: my first learning tool is this blog. The learning comes from just me thinking through things to keep populating the post, and the exercise of actually putting the thoughts down.

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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

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. What you learn can (and often should) be shared. At whatever stage you’re at, there’s probably someone who would benefit from what you’ve learned.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

And that, in turn, led me to transformation learning. I’ll start with the reverse, transformative learning, because it came first and it’s at the large end. Mezirow was the originator of Transformative Learning Theory. Mezirow was the originator of Transformative Learning Theory. So, what’s at core?

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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

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

JULY 9, 2019

Way back in ’05, my book on games for learning was published. There were nine elements that characterized why learning should be ‘hard fun’ More recently, we released the Serious eLearning Manifesto. What is the alignment between Engaging Learning and the Serious eLearning manifesto? meaningful to learners.

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