The Science of Learner Engagement | L&D Explorers Podcast With Clark Quinn

Welcome to the L&D Explorers podcast from GoSkills! 🎙️ In today’s episode, we talk to Dr. Clark Quinn, founder of Quinnovation.com and a renowned expert in Learning Experience Design and Development. He joins us to discuss the importance of learner engagement, how to keep learners engaged, the role of feedback, and what we can learn from game design to inform our L&D efforts. 🎬 The highlights: 00:00 Introduction 00:21 What is learner engagement? 03:54 The trilogy of mind: cognition, affect, and conation 04:30 How to make people want to learn 06:08 How to engage learners from the start 10:00 How to maintain engagement 13:09 How to avoid overwhelming learners 16:18 The role of feedback in learning 21:15 What games can teach us about learning 26:02 How to assess learning effectiveness 28:36 Conclusion 📚 Get the key takeaways from this episode here: https://www.goskills.com/Resources/le... 👨‍🏫 Simplify course creation with the GoSkills course builder, our AI-powered authoring tool. Try it for free: https://www.goskills.com/course-build... 🚀 Discover how our LMS and course builder can transform your team’s learning journey: https://www.goskills.com/lms?utm_sour... 🤝 Join our L&D Explorers Club — your hub for insights, community, and growth: https://www.goskills.com/l-and-d-comm... About Dr. Clark Quinn: Clark Quinn, Ph.D., is a recognized leader in learning technology strategy, helping organizations leverage information systems to meet learning, knowledge, and performance needs. His approach, learning experience design, combines what we know about how people think and learn with an understanding of technology’s capabilities to address real needs. In addition to leading Quinnovation, he currently serves as Co-Director of the evidence-based L&D society The Learning Development Accelerator and as Science Advisor to the learning-extending platform Elevator 9. 👉 Visit his website: https://quinnovation.com/ 👉 Visit his accelerator: https://ldaccelerator.com/ 👉 Visit Elevator 9: https://www.elevator9.com/ Subscribe to ‪@GoSkillsCourses‬ for the latest podcast episodes! 🔔 Follow us on social media for more L&D advice: ☑️ LinkedIn:   / go-skills   ☑️ Facebook:   / goskills   ☑️ Instagram:   / goskills   ☑️ Twitter:   / getgoskills   #LearnerEngagement #InstructionalDesign #InstructionalDesigner #LearningAndDevelopment #CorporateTraining #LearningDesign #Elearning #LDExplorersPodcast #GoSkills

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