Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 22, 2024

Yet, we often develop learning experiences that exclude a significant portion of our learners—those with disabilities. Most often, it’s that we’re not sure how to develop accessible eLearning without compromising effective instructional design. And I’m including some links to additional information for learning more.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Key LMS Features Every Life Sciences Company Needs for Regulatory Compliance GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In the life sciences industry , regulatory compliance is not just a requirement; its a fundamental aspect of operational integrity. Top 10 Essential LMS Features Life Sciences Companies Need for Regulatory Compliance 1.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 9, 2019

The links and resources in this post include learning science, patterns and tips for branching scenarios, visual design principles, and some free resources. Learning Science. While I’m skeptical of most claims about neuroscience research directly informing learning design, this tries to avoid that.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 1, 2021

Specifically, they often have questions about how to adapt their resumes. Teachers already have many relevant skills for instructional design, but they don’t always know how to convey that to employers. Switch the order in which you talk about your skills and accomplishments. Talk about collaborative work.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 6, 2023

This post includes links on game design, branching scenario tools and templates, ChatGPT prompts for ID, AI tools, learning science, engagement, and the “magic email” for freelancers and consultants. Be clear about the learning goal. Make sure the story is realistic, relevant, and tied to the learning goal.

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Infopro Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Artificial intelligence (ai) is no longer a work of science fiction or a trend to look forward to in the future. According to recent studies by Deloitte, today’s industry leaders are learning how to integrate artificial intelligence into their team’s everyday workflow. – HR’s transition into an advisory role.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 28, 2019

The links and resources in this post include tips for using research in designing learning experiences, a method to teach people to read sources critically, and research from outside learning. How can we evaluate research for usefulness in learning experience design? tags : research learning. … Step 4.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

Do instructional designers and learning experience designers need to know how to use development tools, or should they focus just on analysis and design? What about people who only do development but no design; are they instructional designers? How much project management falls under the role of instructional designer?

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Infopro Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Infopro Learning has more than 25 years of experience creating business aligned learning outcomes to help industry leaders overcome their toughest challenges.In Infopro Learning has more than 25 years of experience creating business aligned learning outcomes to help industry leaders overcome their toughest challenges.In

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Jiani Wu interviewed me for her new MAGICademy podcast about scenario design. We discussed scenario-based learning, strategies to integrate AI, and the effectiveness of scenarios for teaching complex skills. Check out my other podcasts on scenario-based learning and other topics or all of my posts on storytelling and scenarios.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. Research and practice Reflecting on Research and Practice How do we put research into practice in L&D? Clark Quinn reflects on the work of the LDA (Learning Development Accelerator) to improve the field of L&D with approaches informed by science and research.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If you’re not active in L&D Twitter, you might have missed the big debate recently about whether and how research is relevant to the work of instructional designers and corporate training professionals. Specifically, this is the personalization principle from Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 30, 2023

This post is part of a series about instructional design careers. I’ve been asked by a number of people how to get into this field, and these posts are based on my responses to those questions. A number of job seekers and transitioning teachers have asked about professional organizations to help people gain skills and network.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 11, 2021

I find it’s helpful for my own learning if I pull one or two key points out of those notes to help me remember the sessions. Week 1 of the Learning Solutions Digital Experience (LSDX 2021) has been a lot about new tools, so this post includes links to some of these new tools and resources. This requires change management.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Which underpins why it makes sense to talk about Learning Experience Design (LXD) and not just instructional design. We need to accommodate complexity in learning design. (* Which I talk about in Chapter 2 of my learning science book , and in my workshops on the same topic through the Allen Academy.).

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I’m not alone in carrying the banner for learning science. Others are talking about evidence-based practices, making it stick, and more. Is there a problem with a learning science bandwagon? For one, folks have been talking about neuroscience. I feel similarly about the term brain-based.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 18, 2023

Last week was the Learning Solutions Conference 2023. I enjoyed catching up with folks I have seen at past events, meeting new people, and learning from the sessions. One of the ways I have learned to get more out of the conference is to both take notes during the sessions and then to review those notes after I get home.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2019

It’s been so much fun to watch her process of learning to read and write. During their unit about animals, my daughter wrote some facts about fish. How fish move, what kind of covering they have…and their lack of eyebrows?!? How fish move, what kind of covering they have…and their lack of eyebrows?!?

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. This post includes research on stories and memory, games for learning, scenario-based learning, a definition of LXD, and a few AI image tools. As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. This was created in Playground.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 17, 2022

When ATD asked me to write the learning science book , I’d already had the intention of writing a Learning Experience Design (LXD) book. I’d even begun, and the first section on learning was underway, so essentially I was partly done! First, look at the three elements of LXD: learning, experience, and design.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Leadership development is incredibly important when it comes to securing the future success of your business and developing your talent can provide many business benefits, but how do you optimize your program? How do you ensure that your leadership development program will deliver the maximum benefits for your company?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2019

Previously, I’ve talked about the skills instructional designers need and how to get into the field of ID. In this post, I talk about determining if instructional design is a good “fit” as a career. We always asked those candidates how they would feel giving up direct interaction with students. Always Learning.

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Upside Learning

JULY 22, 2024

My last real job before becoming independent (long story ; ) was leading a team developing an adaptive learning platform. Thinking about it in the current context I realize that there’re some new twists. So here I’m reflecting on adaptive learning technology. I had team members participating in the standards process.)

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 21, 2021

Provide a Blend of Learning Experiences. Employees may have different levels of experience, roles, and learning preferences. Utilizing a blended approach and providing a wide range of different cutting-edge learning modalities will help you engage all learners in a way that best suits them. Today’s workforce is diverse.

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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. I want to talk a little about the evolution, and a little bit about what’s involved. Nice to know. As always, also the script.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 23, 2023

How do you respond when stakeholders ask you to measure how fast learners respond to questions? How do you train for fluency when the speed and accuracy of performance truly matter? Anuradha Gopu gave a good example in chat: in call centers, it matters how long customers are put on hold. But what about the reverse?

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Infopro Learning

MARCH 22, 2021

Approaching Software Adoption as a Learning Journey. There are three different ways you can develop a learning journey that will effectively guide employees through the stages of product adoption. Integrating training methods that are social, formal and experiential can engage employees with varying learning styles and preferences.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. This post includes links with examples of scenarios, tips for creating scenarios, AI tools, reflections on AI and skills, and research on using videos for learning. As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. This one was created with Playground.AI.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 21, 2022

I’m happy to report that the ebook version of my next tome, Make It Meaningful: Taking Learning Design From Instructional to Transformational , is now available for pre-order ! While there are increasing resources available on the learning science side, the other side is somewhat neglected. Why should you care?

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Upside Learning

MARCH 5, 2025

Beyond formal courses, online learning can revolutionize knowledge retention, adaptive problem-solving, and real-time decision-making. The Overlooked Role of Peer-to-Peer Learning Top-down instructional design is used in the majority of telecom and IT eLearning projects, with L&D personnel or outside vendors creating organized modules.

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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 start, she cited how I wanted to move to Performance and Development. To start, she cited how I wanted to move to Performance and Development. It’s about formal learning, but also more.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 28, 2021

There’ve been some emergent themes, and it’s worth it (to me, at least ;) to think a bit more about them. So here’s what I’m thinking about while reflecting on 2021. So here’s what I’m thinking about while reflecting on 2021. Obviously, the cognitive and learning sciences have been a theme.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Again, a video of an idea I want to talk about. This time about AI and Meaningful Practice (just around 2 minutes). Script: Hi, I’m Clark Quinn, Executive Director of Quinnovation (my vehicle for learning experience design strategy). Today I want to talk about an insight I had, sparked in a conversation I had with a colleague.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This is post #3 in a series about how to become an instructional designer. If you’re considering moving into instructional design, I think one of the best things to do is just to start reading about it. Learning Solutions Magazine is an eLearning Guild publication with contributions by numerous authors.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

That means we have to go beyond our folk beliefs about learning and look to what the research says leads to effective change. When we pay attention to what learning science tells us, however, we can do better. When we pay attention to what learning science tells us, however, we can do better.

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