Comments on: Aligning https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/08/aligning/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/08/aligning/#comment-820649 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:09:36 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=4451#comment-820649 Chris, good feedback, thanks. I should, rather, say we’re not good at formal reasoning rather than ‘irrational’ :). Which is one reason why we should treat learning design as much more complex than you’d think by looking at our tools and processes. And I definitely am an advocate of adding the emotional component to our learning (as my next Learrnovators post will address).

Second, you are absolutely right about personal time. In fact, in a recent post I wrote for ATD Science of Learning blog, I pointed out how brainstorming needs individual reflection before working together. It definitely needs to be there, it just can’t be all.

Thanks again for the discerning comments,

]]> By: Chris Riesbeck https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/08/aligning/#comment-820603 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:16:11 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=4451#comment-820603 All that and more, but two Quinn quibbles.

1. Why do you say our thinking is “irrational” rather than “emotional”? If we were irrational, designing effective education would be very challenging, if not impossible. The real point I think is to take learner passions, fears, annoyances and such into account from day one.

2. While collaboration matters a lot — for emotional reasons as much as intellectual — still, for me, often I learn the most when I get to be alone, to pause, reflect, probe, experiment, guess, fail, repeat, … Private exploration needs to be designed just as much as the team activities and deliverables.

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