Learning Science for Instructional Designers

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From Cognition to Application

By Clark N. Quinn

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Learning Science for Instructional Designers by Clark N. Quinn distils the essentials of learning science into an accessible primer for instructional designers. It emphasises how effective design removes distractions, reduces cognitive load, and breaks content into manageable chunks. More than helping learners memorise, this book focuses on empowering better decision-making through well-designed experiences that promote retention and real-world application. It covers spaced practice, motivation, performance support, social learning, and more, with prompts to integrate these concepts into your work.
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This book is ideal for instructional designers and educators seeking to ground their practice in learning science. It suits both newcomers wanting a clear introduction and experienced designers aiming to update their approaches with current research.

Learning science is a professional imperative for instructional designers. To create effective learning experiences that engage, we need to know how learning works and what facilitates and hinders it. Learning Science for Instructional Designers distils the current scope of learning science into an easy-to-read primer.

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Ensure Your Instructional Design Stands Up to Learning Science

Learning science is a professional imperative for instructional designers. In fact, instructional design is applied learning science. To create effective learning experiences that engage, we need to know how learning works and what facilitates and hinders it. We need to track the underlying research and articulate how our designs reflect what is known. Otherwise, how can we claim to be scrutable in our approaches?

Learning Science for Instructional Designers: From Cognition to Application distills the current scope of learning science into an easy-to-read primer.

Good instructional design makes learning as simple as possible by removing distractions, minimizing the cognitive load, and chunking necessary information into digestible bits. But our aim must go beyond enabling learners to recite facts to empowering them to make better decisions—decisions about what to do, when, and how. This book prepares you to design learning experiences that ensure retention over time and transfer to the appropriate situations.

Gain insights into:

Providing spaced practice and reflection
Tapping into motivation and challenge to build learner confidence
Using performance-support tools, social learning, and humour appropriately

Prompts at the end of each chapter will spark your thinking about how to use these concepts and more in your daily work.

Written by Clark N. Quinn, author of Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions: Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions, this book is perfect for anyone who strives for their instruction to stand up to learning science.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781952157455

Publisher: American Society for Training & Development

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: ATD Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 133.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Clark Quinn assists Fortune 500, education, government, and not-for-profit organizations in integrating learning science and engagement into their design processes. He has a track record of innovation, and has consistently led development of advanced uses of technology, including mobile, performance support, and intelligently adaptive learning systems, as well as award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites. Previously, Clark headed research and development efforts for Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio, and held management positions at Open Net and Access CMC, two Australian initiatives in internet-based multimedia and education. Clark is a recognized scholar in the field of learning technology, having held positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center, and San Diego State University's Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education. He earned a PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of California, San Diego, after working for DesignWare, an early educational-software company. Clark keynotes both nationally and internationally and is the author of numerous articles and chapters, as well as the books Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games, Designing mLearning: Tapping Into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance, The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education, Revolutionize Learning & Development: Performance & Innovation Strategy for the Information Age, and Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions: Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions. In 2012 he was awarded the eLearning Guild's first Guild Master designation. He blogs at Learnlets.com, tweets as @quinnovator, and serves as executive director of Quinnovation.