605 Resource Templates: Learning Science for Content Development
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT Thursday, October 27
Montego DE
What do you do when you are faced with a suite of support resources created ad hoc and tasked with creating a learning strategy? The context is a complex software product developed internally and rolled out for clients. A more consistent approach was definitely needed‚ ideally one grounded in how we actually think, work, and learn. If you want to be principled, how do the cognitive and learning sciences guide you to a solution?
In this session, we will discuss the context, the process followed, and the lessons learned. We'll look at how learning science was applied to review the resources and develop principles, the pivot from checklists to content templates, and how they were tested and refined. The different evaluations performed will also be unpacked. We'll review what a performance strategy means, and the benefits of a template approach. Come look at what learning science says for meeting real customer education needs in a dynamic environment.
In this session, you will learn:
- How a context suite meets performance needs
- How testing can be done in real environments
- What learning science means in practice
- What templates should contain to provide needed guidance
Technology discussed:
Games, scenarios, simulations

Clark Quinn
Chief Learning Strategist
Upside Learning
Clark Quinn, PhD is the executive director of Quinnovation, co-director of the Learning Development Accelerator, and chief learning strategist for Upside Learning. With more than four decades of experience at the cutting edge of learning, Dr. Quinn is an internationally known speaker, consultant, and author of seven books. He combines a deep knowledge of cognitive science and broad experience with technology into strategic design solutions that achieve innovative yet practical outcomes for corporations, higher-education, not-for-profit, and government organizations.