Comments on: On principle, practice, experimentation, and theory https://blog.learnlets.com/2010/07/on-principle-practice-experimentation-and-theory/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: marian casey https://blog.learnlets.com/2010/07/on-principle-practice-experimentation-and-theory/#comment-95644 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:22:27 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1638#comment-95644 Hi Clark,
Welcome Back. What about “better practices”- someone I worked with used this term when I mentioned “best practices”? I agree with a holistic approach in designing learning experiences and especially with your comment that the factors involved are not predictable. One factor that plays a big role in the design process are the external factors that are the catalyst for many innovations and changes in learning design (global organizations, increased use of web-based tools for learning etc).

One of these external factors is the information available on how the brain takes in and processes information obtained from fmri and PET brain scans. Here’s a deck from Chris Atherton (some technical sections but interesting) on our attention span and powerpoint slides -Why Your Attention Sucks — Chris Atherton at Presentation Camp London http://ow.ly/2il60.

By the way, I recently took a class at Northwestern University with Allan Collins, one of the creators of the cognitive apprenticeship model. He is an incredible thinker and person. His recent book co-authored with Richard Halverson, Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology, offers a good overview of the future of learning.

]]> By: Holly MacDonald https://blog.learnlets.com/2010/07/on-principle-practice-experimentation-and-theory/#comment-95590 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:41:00 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1638#comment-95590 Clark – I couldn’t agree with you more. I think in many ways best practices breeds the worst of practices: no analysis for actual performance gap, solution-itis, and sheep dipping. If we are students of learning science (I like that), then we should apply our critical thinking skills.

As an independent, I’ve had clients decide that fixing the actual performance problem was less desirable than being able to say that they were using the same program as some other company that they thought had good brand appeal. I blame best practices.

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