Instructional Design Is A Dynamic Field

Clark Quinn then goes on to remind us that

"Instructional design is a dynamic field".

Even David Merrill—one of the giants of instructional design—continued refining and evolving his thinking throughout his career.

That was another reminder for me:

If the pioneers kept learning...

Who am I to stop?

Then came another sentence that stayed with me.

Clark Quinn explains that the foundations our design processes rest on, have evolved—from their World War II roots to today's post-cognitive, constructivist understanding of learning.

And that left me with only one thought:

If the foundations of our design process keep evolving... shouldn't the evidence we build our designs on evolve too?

That's the reminder I needed.

Not to chase every new trend.

But to keep my design decisions anchored in the best evidence available today—not yesterday.

Welcome to the another episode of Taking a Walk in Quinn's Mind.

I started reading this book hoping to learn more about instructional design.

I didn't expect it to start redesigning how i see the world through the lens of the brain.

And That's powerful.

So many Myths, so many lies, hard marketing all targeted to a brain that focuses on fruits over roots in other words the results over processes

So thank you, Clark Quinn. Not just for writing another instructional design book, but for writing one with transformational experience for the reader causing a rethink as to what it means to design responsibly

And if you're just starting out, speaking from experience i'd suggest you pick up "Learning Sciences" too. It's not only a book for Instructional design, it's a book for "The Foundation of Knowledge Acquisition and Transmission"

Day 18 of Instructional Design.

Stay Tuned as you will be shocked by the things a newbie is about to say

but don't be surprised as well, This is what you get when you seek to view things through the lens of Predator Translators.