DM from Keith: Hey I’m looking for some input. Got a minute? I’ve been asked to take on a role that combines staff capability building in edtech with “exploring innovation”, whatever they mean by that. Specifically we are looking at new tech, tools, platforms and workflows for students and teachers. DM from me: What do you need? DM from Keith: …
#LXDesign Panel at #SXSWEdu
Today was a day about a year in the making. Our #lxdesign panel at #sxswedu in Austin, Texas was finally on and we got to engage with our learning communities around our favourite topic. As happy as we were to be selected out of 1400 proposals, I was even prouder to be sharing the stage with such innovators in Jessica Knott …
Stop Designing for Designers #sxswedu
This post was written by Myra Travin, (@m_travin on Twitter) in preparation for our SXSWEdu panel on Tuesday 8 March 2016 in Austin, Texas. Every great author knows that stories tend to write themselves. This is because characters in fictional stories are unpredictable—they do things that you can’t imagine even when you are the person who created them. Like your …
The Democratization of Learning #sxswedu
In preparation for our panel at SXSWedu, the panelists and I agreed to write a blog post about how we made the connection between UX and learning design. As I started thinking, I kept coming back to “why,” rather than “how.” To me, LX means the democratization of learning. It means separating subject matter expertise from “knowing” what students need. …
Confessions of a newfound LXer – episode 1
This is a guest blog post by Perrin Rowland. Perrin is the elearning project director for the Intueri Education Group, previously she was the Learning Technologies Team Leader for the Waitemata District Health Board in Auckland, NZ. Despite having the loudest laugh in any room, Perrin also makes a mean Carnitas. You can find her on twitter as @perrinia. I’m …
LX Perspectives: A Hot New Marriage by Myra Travin
View PostWhy LXDesign.co and what is Learner Experience Design?
LX Design the blog and LX Design the project are Texas born. No, neither of us founders are from Texas or live there. Jess and I were introduced to each other at the #et4online e-learning conference in Dallas in April 2015. We like to think that if it hadn’t happened in Dallas, it would have happened on Twitter. Between us Jess …