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Real people are complex, integrated beings. To thrive in this environment, everyone must become student and faculty and publisher and instructional designer. Think of a domain, say, chip designers. Designers usually only look at the formal component of learning. MORE
A diagram? As soon as we get to diagrams, the story gets more complex. Ok, Jill Larkin and Herb Simon once opined on Why a Diagram is worth 10000 words , but it’s about mapping conceptual relationships to spatial relationships. Though they may support retention, but we should use diagrams and images appropriately with text. Video’s even more complex. design meta-learning MORE
My contributions included this effort in learning design. I had designed OLe so that it used free-standing 'modules', and the IMS-LOM was perfect for this. These are only hinted at in Scott Wilson's famous diagram (and the many other diagrams that followed). MORE
That is, annotated diagrams or narrated animations for the models; comic books, cartoons, or videos for the examples. A series of these might be enough if the task isn’t too complex, but if it’s somewhat complex, it might be worth creating a model-based simulation and giving the learners lots of goals with it (read: serious game). design I’ve been on quite the roll of late, calling out some bad practices and calling for learning science. MORE
I was thinking (one morning at 4AM, when I was wishing I was asleep) about designing assignment structures that matched my activity-based learning model. The learner is also supposed to annotate their rationale for the resulting design as well. design meta-learning social MORE
Design Thinking is the featured topic in the September issue of the Harvard Business Review with four articles on the subject. “It’s The application of design thinking beyond products, - in innovation, problem solving and business strategy, - isn’t new. That’s where design comes in. MORE
That sounds fine, but it suggests that the mechanisms underlying working memory are a lot more complex than the buffer analogy suggests. The suggestion is that the limitations of working memory mean that "poorly designed instructional sequences can. MORE
I've been struggling a bit to capture a concept that I believe represents a fairly fundamental shift in how we need to think about Training Design. Oh, and I called it Learning Design in the diagrams, but I'm afraid that it's really more about Training Design. MORE
And, typically, if we’re addressing higher-level thinking than motor reactions (think: decisions about actions), we’re activating complex combinations of patterns. Images representing concepts, diagrams, and language. Invest in solid learning and performance design first. MORE
A North American-centric market share diagram is available here. Some universities are beginning to focus on a big-picture view of technology: making learning resources available in multimedia, integrating technology from design to delivery, using mobile technologies, and increased focus on network pedagogy. Well, technology is getting complex. Very complex. MORE
try a more complex example (perhaps in a group). try a very complex (read: typical) example. draw a flow diagram. design meta-learningI’ve been thinking a lot about processing in learning of late; what processing matters, when, and why. MORE
In one instance, a person who’d attended my game design workshop wanted to put it into practice. Given that their product was complex, it became clear that ‘how to’ videos were a real opportunity. They were particularly excited about the concept of ‘spacing’ practice, and loved the spacing diagram originated by my colleague Will Thalheimer. MORE
So, my first concern is the quality of the design. My mantra on design states that it has to be right first. But let’s assume that the design’s right. Perhaps the serious eLearning Design Manifesto? :) We can do better. Gilded bad design is still bad design. MORE
I was completing a set of posts under the general title of “ A sense of direction ” which focused on organisational design and Cynefin. ii) Isn’t everything complex? Hence the designation of Best-Good-Exaptive-Novel practice. MORE
Human behaviour and the nature of organisations both tend to be complex and highly variable, and neither lend themself to deterministic approaches. When we’re dealing with human and organisational learning and performance we’re dealing with highly complicated and complex systems. MORE
In 2002 I published Complex Acts of Knowing , the first major article to include Cynefin in its near current form; if we ignore the words the only difference with the current version is the lack of liminality. to explicitly bring complexity theory into play. MORE
Abolish the organization chart and replace it with a network diagram (some new tech companies have done this). The more complex or novel the idea, the more time it will take to be understood. MORE
Most people who sit down to design learning experiences (even trained ‘instructional designers’) think first about the content. In the diagram above the examples of core concepts are things such as ‘what does my job involve?’ MORE
The book turned out to have a small discussion of the design of the French railway system in the early 19th-century, which reminded me of a map my old mentor Franco Moretti had showed me two decades ago in grad school, contrasting the heavily centralized French system with the more chaotic British rail lines. One of those Twitter replies pointed to a Wired interview from a decade ago with Paul Baran, the RAND researcher who was partially responsible for the decentralized design. MORE
Here are some recommendations for moving to a new social contract for creative work : Abolish the organization chart and replace it with a network diagram (some new tech companies have done this). The more complex or novel the idea, the more time it will take to be understood. MORE
One thing I want to tackle in more depth (which I didn't mention in yesterday's post) is the difference between design thinking as it is popularly understood and complexity informed design thinking. We then identify what aspects are complicated and which are complex. (If MORE
In a naturalistic redescription of the phenomenon, we might view it as an emergent, self-organising property of complex systems. One way to look at leadership in our complex work world is through the lens of improvisation. We don’t do fail-safe design. MORE
And it led me to think about the ways in which we support these limitations, as they have implications for designing solutions for our organizations. Also, the format of working memory largely is ‘verbal’ Consequently, using tools like diagramming, outlines, or mindmaps add structure to our knowledge and support our ability to work on it. Another limitation to our working memory is that it doesn’t support complex calculations, with many intermediate steps. MORE
On the one hand I talk about using decisions as a basis for design, and on the other I refer to activity -based learning. And I have separate diagrams for each. From the design point of view, there are correct answers, and wrong answers. MORE
Communication Nation Communication is one of the most important skills anyone can have, in business and in life. As individuals and as a species, I believe we will be happier and more productive if we can improve our ability to communicate. This blog is dedicated to that effort. MORE
I’ve visited his gallery a number of times but he’s never been there but I would like to talk with him about information architecture and why is it that he identifies as an information designer. The work of designing user experience is such a broad continuum of practice. MORE
So yesterday I talked about the value of diagrams , but I thought I’d add a bit about the process of actually creating diagrams. Naturally, I created a diagram about it. I created this diagram for a session I ran on diagramming a number of years ago. MORE
Complexity, the science of uncertainty allows us insight into reality; anthro-complexity, the science of human complex adaptive systems, allows us to co-create new realities out of the crisis. Great insights inspire design, strategy, and innovation. MORE
One of the things that I feel is a really useful tool in my ongoing learning, in my ‘making sense of the world’ is diagramming. I find diagrams to be a really powerful way to understand not just elements, but relationships. So I want to make a case for the diagram. MORE
Each of these, though, were used to design and deliver structured and directed learning based on some form of instructional design and, often, as part of a curriculum. The diagram below also represents a common view of blended learning. Work is becoming more complex. MORE
I’ve created diagrams (such as the Education Engagement Alignment ), and quips , but here I’m thinking something else. How do you use external resources to keep your design on track? Complex ideas require external representation. And, in particular, for design. MORE
Its part of a shift to creating more standard offerings that combine SenseMaker® capability with complexity based methods. One common feature of both those offerings is the need to contrast ostensive reality with idealised objective based design. MORE
Hildy Gottlieb added that the diagram is missing the word “context” because “systems thinkers don’t just “look at” things, it is the way they see (subtle difference, but a big one in effect). Found when researching systems thinking. MORE
I promised to address this yesterday following a presentation on Design Thinking at the conference here in Ohio. Designers going into the field to observe people in action. It also seemed more suitable for product design that service creation. MORE
Naturally I have done a lot more thinking since then but the fundamentals remain: you don’t scale a complex system by aggregation or imitation but be decomposition to an optimal level of granularity followed by recombination (possible exadaptive recombination). MORE
The workshop will focus on information design and information visualization. We'll be looking at techniques that both Karl and I have used to translate complex information into graphics, diagrams, charts and maps. MORE
It provides for a series of defined steps to achieve an outcome; a framework would position said methods (Cynefin places Scrum in the liminal aspect of the complex domain for example). Another quote from the Scrum Alliance: Scrum is an agile framework for completing complex projects. MORE
I am a big fan of diagrams (as you probably infer :), and animations add an important dimension. As Larkin & Simon pointed out in their landmark Cognitive Science article (PDF) “Why a diagram is (sometimes) worth ten thousand words”, a mental model is composed of conceptual relationships between the elements. A diagram maps those conceptual relationships to spatial relationships, providing a memorable framework to both comprehend and remember that model. MORE
Now my background was decision support; I had designed and built systems for that, written my MBA thesis on the subject and generally was fascinated by the human aspects of decision making in the context of technology augmentation. MORE
I started diagramming, and came up with the following characterization. I like how Van Merriënboer talks about the knowledge you need and the complex problems you apply that knowledge to. design games strategy MORE
One of the ways I’ve been thinking about the role mobile can play in design is thinking about how our brains work, and don’t. And to me, these are principles for design: So, for instance, our senses capture incoming signals in a sensory store. design meta-learning mobile MORE
Our team includes consultants, journalists, marketers, account managers, software designers, administrators and engineers. One ensuing suggestion was to increase the visibility of team members’ skill sets and expertise through diagrams or searchable online channels. MORE
See here for article and diagram.) Trust enables us to manage the complexity of our social world, reduces the cost of negotiations, facilitates the adoption of new technologies, and reduces perceived risks. From this they derived a model of nine trust drivers: Reciprocity and exchange, proactive communications, user control, brand, third party endorsements, design of user interface, offline presence, technology, and customer service. MORE
I spent an hour or so earlier today working on the diagram below. Its a high level summary designed to provide a visual aid to the text rather than a precise flow or description. In a human complex adaptive system you need to get pretty fast feedback on what is working and not working. MORE
Clark Quinn
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
So yesterday I talked about the value of diagrams , but I thought I’d add a bit about the process of actually creating diagrams. Naturally, I created a diagram about it. I created this diagram for a session I ran on diagramming a number of years ago.
Clark Quinn
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
One of the things that I feel is a really useful tool in my ongoing learning, in my ‘making sense of the world’ is diagramming. I find diagrams to be a really powerful way to understand not just elements, but relationships. So I want to make a case for the diagram.
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Dave Snowden
OCTOBER 3, 2013
I promised to address this yesterday following a presentation on Design Thinking at the conference here in Ohio. Designers going into the field to observe people in action. It also seemed more suitable for product design that service creation.
Dave Snowden
OCTOBER 1, 2017
Naturally I have done a lot more thinking since then but the fundamentals remain: you don’t scale a complex system by aggregation or imitation but be decomposition to an optimal level of granularity followed by recombination (possible exadaptive recombination).
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Design Thinking is the featured topic in the September issue of the Harvard Business Review with four articles on the subject. “It’s The application of design thinking beyond products, - in innovation, problem solving and business strategy, - isn’t new. That’s where design comes in.
Clark Quinn
APRIL 6, 2016
I was thinking (one morning at 4AM, when I was wishing I was asleep) about designing assignment structures that matched my activity-based learning model. The learner is also supposed to annotate their rationale for the resulting design as well. design meta-learning social
Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 9, 2008
I've been struggling a bit to capture a concept that I believe represents a fairly fundamental shift in how we need to think about Training Design. Oh, and I called it Learning Design in the diagrams, but I'm afraid that it's really more about Training Design.
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 18, 2018
try a more complex example (perhaps in a group). try a very complex (read: typical) example. draw a flow diagram. design meta-learningI’ve been thinking a lot about processing in learning of late; what processing matters, when, and why.
Clark Quinn
MAY 30, 2013
I am a big fan of diagrams (as you probably infer :), and animations add an important dimension. As Larkin & Simon pointed out in their landmark Cognitive Science article (PDF) “Why a diagram is (sometimes) worth ten thousand words”, a mental model is composed of conceptual relationships between the elements. A diagram maps those conceptual relationships to spatial relationships, providing a memorable framework to both comprehend and remember that model.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
I’ve created diagrams (such as the Education Engagement Alignment ), and quips , but here I’m thinking something else. How do you use external resources to keep your design on track? Complex ideas require external representation. And, in particular, for design.
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 30, 2020
A diagram? As soon as we get to diagrams, the story gets more complex. Ok, Jill Larkin and Herb Simon once opined on Why a Diagram is worth 10000 words , but it’s about mapping conceptual relationships to spatial relationships. Though they may support retention, but we should use diagrams and images appropriately with text. Video’s even more complex. design meta-learning
Charles Jennings
MAY 5, 2015
Each of these, though, were used to design and deliver structured and directed learning based on some form of instructional design and, often, as part of a curriculum. The diagram below also represents a common view of blended learning. Work is becoming more complex.
Clark Quinn
APRIL 8, 2013
I started diagramming, and came up with the following characterization. I like how Van Merriënboer talks about the knowledge you need and the complex problems you apply that knowledge to. design games strategy
Harold Jarche
DECEMBER 15, 2011
Here are some recommendations for moving to a new social contract for creative work : Abolish the organization chart and replace it with a network diagram (some new tech companies have done this). The more complex or novel the idea, the more time it will take to be understood.
Dave Snowden
APRIL 12, 2020
Complexity, the science of uncertainty allows us insight into reality; anthro-complexity, the science of human complex adaptive systems, allows us to co-create new realities out of the crisis. Great insights inspire design, strategy, and innovation.
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 28, 2014
And it led me to think about the ways in which we support these limitations, as they have implications for designing solutions for our organizations. Also, the format of working memory largely is ‘verbal’ Consequently, using tools like diagramming, outlines, or mindmaps add structure to our knowledge and support our ability to work on it. Another limitation to our working memory is that it doesn’t support complex calculations, with many intermediate steps.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
That is, annotated diagrams or narrated animations for the models; comic books, cartoons, or videos for the examples. A series of these might be enough if the task isn’t too complex, but if it’s somewhat complex, it might be worth creating a model-based simulation and giving the learners lots of goals with it (read: serious game). design I’ve been on quite the roll of late, calling out some bad practices and calling for learning science.
Dave Snowden
MARCH 10, 2020
I was completing a set of posts under the general title of “ A sense of direction ” which focused on organisational design and Cynefin. ii) Isn’t everything complex? Hence the designation of Best-Good-Exaptive-Novel practice.
Clark Quinn
MAY 23, 2018
And, typically, if we’re addressing higher-level thinking than motor reactions (think: decisions about actions), we’re activating complex combinations of patterns. Images representing concepts, diagrams, and language. Invest in solid learning and performance design first.
Dave Snowden
JANUARY 20, 2015
One thing I want to tackle in more depth (which I didn't mention in yesterday's post) is the difference between design thinking as it is popularly understood and complexity informed design thinking. We then identify what aspects are complicated and which are complex. (If
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 25, 2016
On the one hand I talk about using decisions as a basis for design, and on the other I refer to activity -based learning. And I have separate diagrams for each. From the design point of view, there are correct answers, and wrong answers.
Charles Jennings
JANUARY 3, 2013
Human behaviour and the nature of organisations both tend to be complex and highly variable, and neither lend themself to deterministic approaches. When we’re dealing with human and organisational learning and performance we’re dealing with highly complicated and complex systems.
Dave Snowden
OCTOBER 22, 2019
In 2002 I published Complex Acts of Knowing , the first major article to include Cynefin in its near current form; if we ignore the words the only difference with the current version is the lack of liminality. to explicitly bring complexity theory into play.
Dave Snowden
MARCH 18, 2018
It provides for a series of defined steps to achieve an outcome; a framework would position said methods (Cynefin places Scrum in the liminal aspect of the complex domain for example). Another quote from the Scrum Alliance: Scrum is an agile framework for completing complex projects.
Harold Jarche
JULY 29, 2013
Abolish the organization chart and replace it with a network diagram (some new tech companies have done this). The more complex or novel the idea, the more time it will take to be understood.
Dave Gray
APRIL 2, 2008
The workshop will focus on information design and information visualization. We'll be looking at techniques that both Karl and I have used to translate complex information into graphics, diagrams, charts and maps.
Harold Jarche
OCTOBER 18, 2011
In a naturalistic redescription of the phenomenon, we might view it as an emergent, self-organising property of complex systems. One way to look at leadership in our complex work world is through the lens of improvisation. We don’t do fail-safe design.
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 13, 2015
One of the ways I’ve been thinking about the role mobile can play in design is thinking about how our brains work, and don’t. And to me, these are principles for design: So, for instance, our senses capture incoming signals in a sensory store. design meta-learning mobile
Dave Snowden
JUNE 4, 2014
Its part of a shift to creating more standard offerings that combine SenseMaker® capability with complexity based methods. One common feature of both those offerings is the need to contrast ostensive reality with idealised objective based design.
Clark Quinn
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
In one instance, a person who’d attended my game design workshop wanted to put it into practice. Given that their product was complex, it became clear that ‘how to’ videos were a real opportunity. They were particularly excited about the concept of ‘spacing’ practice, and loved the spacing diagram originated by my colleague Will Thalheimer.
Dave Snowden
APRIL 25, 2013
Now my background was decision support; I had designed and built systems for that, written my MBA thesis on the subject and generally was fascinated by the human aspects of decision making in the context of technology augmentation.
Steven Berlin Johnson
DECEMBER 14, 2011
The book turned out to have a small discussion of the design of the French railway system in the early 19th-century, which reminded me of a map my old mentor Franco Moretti had showed me two decades ago in grad school, contrasting the heavily centralized French system with the more chaotic British rail lines. One of those Twitter replies pointed to a Wired interview from a decade ago with Paul Baran, the RAND researcher who was partially responsible for the decentralized design.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
MARCH 1, 2020
My contributions included this effort in learning design. I had designed OLe so that it used free-standing 'modules', and the IMS-LOM was perfect for this. These are only hinted at in Scott Wilson's famous diagram (and the many other diagrams that followed).
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
OCTOBER 20, 2017
That sounds fine, but it suggests that the mechanisms underlying working memory are a lot more complex than the buffer analogy suggests. The suggestion is that the limitations of working memory mean that "poorly designed instructional sequences can.
Adaptive Path
JUNE 6, 2013
I’ve visited his gallery a number of times but he’s never been there but I would like to talk with him about information architecture and why is it that he identifies as an information designer. The work of designing user experience is such a broad continuum of practice.
George Siemens
JULY 8, 2010
A North American-centric market share diagram is available here. Some universities are beginning to focus on a big-picture view of technology: making learning resources available in multimedia, integrating technology from design to delivery, using mobile technologies, and increased focus on network pedagogy. Well, technology is getting complex. Very complex.
Ross Dawson
APRIL 19, 2015
Our team includes consultants, journalists, marketers, account managers, software designers, administrators and engineers. One ensuing suggestion was to increase the visibility of team members’ skill sets and expertise through diagrams or searchable online channels.
Charles Jennings
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Most people who sit down to design learning experiences (even trained ‘instructional designers’) think first about the content. In the diagram above the examples of core concepts are things such as ‘what does my job involve?’
Dave Snowden
JULY 17, 2010
I spent an hour or so earlier today working on the diagram below. Its a high level summary designed to provide a visual aid to the text rather than a precise flow or description. In a human complex adaptive system you need to get pretty fast feedback on what is working and not working.
Dave Gray
NOVEMBER 11, 2007
Communication Nation Communication is one of the most important skills anyone can have, in business and in life. As individuals and as a species, I believe we will be happier and more productive if we can improve our ability to communicate. This blog is dedicated to that effort.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
Hildy Gottlieb added that the diagram is missing the word “context” because “systems thinkers don’t just “look at” things, it is the way they see (subtle difference, but a big one in effect). Found when researching systems thinking.
Jay Cross
APRIL 16, 2013
Real people are complex, integrated beings. To thrive in this environment, everyone must become student and faculty and publisher and instructional designer. Think of a domain, say, chip designers. Designers usually only look at the formal component of learning.
David Weinberger
MAY 31, 2011
See here for article and diagram.) Trust enables us to manage the complexity of our social world, reduces the cost of negotiations, facilitates the adoption of new technologies, and reduces perceived risks. From this they derived a model of nine trust drivers: Reciprocity and exchange, proactive communications, user control, brand, third party endorsements, design of user interface, offline presence, technology, and customer service.
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