How can UX practitioners upskill in game design for a learning context? And why is this important in EdTech?
Alicia Quanchats The Sims, cheat codes, and moving past the “Big 5” of gamification (points, badges, leader boards, levels, progress bars) towards something more with:
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What is the current state of inclusive EdTech products and what are some resources to grow in this area?
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Alicia Quan chats with two members from the Khanmigo team at Khan Academy:
They discuss:
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Alicia Quan chats with several members from the team at ETS AI Labs:
They discuss:
Cross-functional approaches to product development
The role of LX Design
Educational contexts and use cases for AI
Designing with explainable AI in mind
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UX of EdTech Newsletter
UX Job Openings in EdTech
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Alicia Quan chats with Dr. Rachel Schechter, who founded Learning Experience Design (LXD) Research at Charles River Media Group, acting as Principal Investigator and Chief Research Advisor to companies large and small. Rachel helps guide the use of data and evaluation to support product improvements, build evidence of efficacy, and strengthen customer implementations.
They discuss:
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UX of EdTech Newsletter
LinkedIn & UX Job Opportunities
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Alicia Quan chats with two members from Duolingo about their work as an early launch partner with OpenAI’s GPT-4 model:
Edwin Bodge, Principal Product Manager
Megan Bednarczyk, Senior Product Designer
They discuss how they launched Duolingo Max, including:
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Edwin Bodge
Megan Bednarczyk
Alicia Quan
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UX of EdTech Newsletter
Job postings and resources in UX and EdTech
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Alicia Quan chats with Yuan Wang, the Head of Design at Maven, aka the university of the future. She is also a leadership coach (CPC) and an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. She previously led design at Airbnb, Twitter, and Mozilla.
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Alicia Quan chats with a few members of the team who worked on Quizlet’s Q-Chat, the world’s first AI tutor built with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It is modeled on research demonstrating that the most effective form of learning is one-on-one tutoring.
Eli Kariv, Sr. Product Manager,
Pranavi Javangula, Product Designer,
Ling Cheng, Director of Machine Learning
They discuss:
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Eli Kariv
Pranavi Javangula
Ling Cheng
Alicia Quan
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Alicia Quan chats with the team at Backpack Interactive. Backpack is a strategy, UX and design company focused on the EdTech space.
On this episode, we hear from:
- Principal and Creative Director, Sean Oakes
- Director of Creative Operations, Milagros Montalvo
They discuss the benefits of when companies design to outsource their UX design work and also the flip side when there would be factors that could make this route challenging.
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Backpack Interactive
Alicia Quan
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UX of EdTech Newsletter
LinkedIn Page + UX Job Opportunities
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Article: Outsourcing your EdTech UX Design: Everything you need to know
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Alicia Quan chats with Nicole Gallardo, Founder and UX/UI Director of the program, Founders Who UX.
They discuss why UX work is important and valuable for EdTech and education companies. They talk about the biggest barriers startups face in hiring UX support, the options they have, and what their next steps should be.
They also touch on what’s next for UX of EdTech this year.
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Nicole Gallardo
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Alicia Quan chats with Jessica Millstone, a venture capitalist, angel investor, and co-founder and managing director of Copper Wire Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on investing in women-led technology companies, primarily in the education space.
Prior to the investing world, Jessica’s career spans deep and wide in EdTech and UX. She now brings her growing UX mindset to her current work with startups in the future of learning and work.
They cover several topics, including:
If you are interested in hiring fractional and part-time UX support for your EdTech or education company, please reach out to Alicia Quan to get connected.
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Jessica Millstone
Alicia Quan
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Alicia Quan chats with a former educator and principal, and now UX Writer at BrainPOP, Sarah Mondestin.
Sarah has served as the Editorial lead at UX of EdTech and has helped build an amazing mound of written resources to support UX practitioners in our industry. Be sure to check out the publication that she has been leading.
They talk about going from the classroom to an EdTech role and the transferrable skills and circumstances Sarah has leaned on.
They also discuss the tricky question of differences between UX Writing and Content Design. Sarah digs into her 3-Part blog series on UX Writing in EdTech and why this role is so crucial to the success of businesses.
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Sarah Mondestin
Alicia Quan
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Alicia Quan chats with a Senior Product Design Manager at Coursera, Justin Morken.
They discuss how to approach moving the needle from design as a service to design as a thought partner. Justin explains in very practical ways how to shift people’s perception of what a designer does for the organization and the people it serves.
This is Part 7 and the final episode of the Design Maturity Series (2022). How do leaders build design maturity in their teams and across their EdTech company? What are the challenges and what benefits are in store? Be sure to check out our previous episodes.
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Justin Morken
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Alicia Quan chats with the Chief of User Experience at EdPlus (Arizona State University), Amanda Gulley.
EdPlus is a central enterprise unit within Arizona State University focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. Students are deeply embedded throughout their design processes and team. They truly invest in students and emerging talent.
This conversation is PACKED with depth and insight. Be ready to take some notes as Amanda dives deeply into how their organization works.
This is Part 6 of the Design Maturity Series. How do leaders build design maturity in their teams and across their EdTech company? What are the challenges and what benefits are in store? Stay tuned for our final interview.
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Amanda Gulley
EdPlus at ASU
Alicia Quan
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Alicia Quan chats with the VP of User Experience at Renaissance Learning, Jonathan Mann.
They discuss what design representation looks like there and take a look at the company’s journey towards design maturity in the midst of making acquisitions and merging into one team and organization. As a former design leader at PayPal and Target, Jonathan shares what he has learned about the unique considerations found in the education industry.
This is Part 5 of the Design Maturity Series. How do leaders build design maturity in their teams and across their EdTech company? What are the challenges and what benefits are in store? Stay tuned.
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Alicia Quan chats with Jing Jin, Head of UX at Outschool.
They discuss how this startup has grown since 2017 and how the role of UX grew all the way to the executive level. Jing explains why Outschool has a role titled Head of School instead of a CEO and why they chose to skip the typical Chief Executive type titling.
They discuss the role of Head of UX and its impact across the organization. Jing explains some of the obstacles she has faced and gives advice for leaders looking to build design maturity at other EdTech companies.
We hope you enjoy our conversation and check below for ways to follow us further.
This is Part 4 of the Design Maturity Series. How do leaders build design maturity in their teams and across their EdTech company? What are the challenges and what benefits are in store? Stay tuned.
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Jing Jin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jingidy/
Alicia Quan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
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Alicia Quan chats with Jamie Reffell, Head of Design at Clever. In this episode, Jamie gives us a working definition of design maturity and then weaves that throughout Clever’s recent story of design team growth. We talk about what happens when design maturity models don’t neatly apply to smaller teams and what the team at Clever did when they were in that situation.
Also, what are the particular challenges that EdTech and education companies face when striving towards higher levels of design maturity? We discuss this and more.
This is Part 3 of the Design Maturity Series. How do leaders build design maturity in their teams and across their EdTech company? What are the challenges and what benefits are in store? Stay tuned.
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Jamie Reffell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jreffell/
Alicia Quan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
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Alicia Quan chats with Kara Hodecker, Head of Product Design at Panorama Education. In this inspiring episode, Kara masterfully unpacks how the team diagnosed their maturity level and the steps they are taking to grow rapidly while steadily increasing in design maturity.
This is Part 2 of the Design Maturity Series. How do leaders build design maturity in their teams and across their EdTech company? What are the challenges and what benefits are in store? Stay tuned.
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Kara Hodecker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karahodecker/
Alicia Quan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
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Design maturity at EdTech companies. Who’s the best? This episode kicks off Season 2 and a series on Design Maturity within education and EdTech companies. We have a wide variety of companies and guests lined up so stay tuned!
In this episode, Alicia Quan chats with Adil Dhanani, Director of Product Design at Handshake. One of many things that stand out about Handshake is the presence of a Chief Design Officer role. We dive into this and the ripple effects that it has across Handshake.
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Adil Dhanani - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adildhanani/
Alicia Quan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
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Alicia Quan recounts the last year of the podcast (est. June 2020) and her journey in moving from a classroom teacher into UX and product design. She also discusses what is next for UX of EdTech.
More announcements coming soon! @ux_edtech
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Medium
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia Quan chats with two instrumental team members on the Google Classroom product:
Amanda J. Rosenburg - Lead Researcher, Team Lead
Cora Foxx - a UX Design Lead
We chat about:
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
⭐ Connect with Amanda J. Rosenburg:
⭐ Connect with Cora Foxx:
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Blog
Music:Scott Buckley
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Alicia Quan chats with Brett Gunter, a product designer at Weld North Education working on Imagine Learning products. They chat about a variety of topics, including:
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE ---
⭐ Connect with Brett Gunter:
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Medium
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Alicia Quan chats with several members from the team at BrainPOP about the collaborative work of cross-functional teams and the extra concerns that EdTech teams have in this space of education, students, teachers, and all the key players in that space.
They touch on having varied experiences before working in product design, including the role of a science teacher. They also cover some portfolio and hiring tips and the guests mention some of their favorite resources for their disciplines.
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
⭐ Connect with John Rong, Product Designer:
⭐ Connect with Alisha Austin, Product Designer:
⭐ Connect with Ilana Weiss, Learning Designer / UXR:
BrainPOP UXR Article
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Medium
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Alicia Quan chats with Mauricio Malo and Joy Leelawat, UX Designers at Kahoot! They talk about the diverse work environment of this company, their advice for designers working in the education space, and an example of a design approach.
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
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⭐ Connect with Mauricio Malo:
-Website
⭐ Connect with Joy Leelawat:
-Website
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Medium
Music: Scott Buckleyand Alf Inge Wang
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How do you create a valuable digital user experience for children?
Alicia Quan chats with Rubens Cantuni, designer and author of Designing Digital Products for Kids. We discuss this guide to designing beautiful, usable, and ethical digital experiences for kids.
Be sure to follow up on the UX of EdTech publication for his guest article that gives a sneak peek of the book.
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
⭐ Connect with Rubens Cantuni:
Medium
-Book: Designing Digital Products for Kids
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Medium
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How do you teach UX design to teens?
Alicia Quan chats with Hazel Wyllie, UX Designer at BBC. Hazel is passionate about introducing young people to design thinking and careers in the design and tech industry.
This conversation unpacks a 30-minute lesson Hazel gave at a Tech Taster Day for girls. They also discuss how to scale this experience and why it is so important to share design thinking with young people.
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👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
⭐ Connect with Hazel Wyllie:
-Blog Article
🔺 Follow UX of EdTech and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Medium
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Let’s dig into the important work of EdTech innovation and how founders, designers, and researchers can team up.
Alicia chats with Ash Kaluarachchi, an EdTech startup guru, about several questions including:
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
⭐ Connect with Ash:
-StartEd
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
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Alicia Quan chats with the product team at Adobe for Education. The team unpacks many aspects of their roles and they answer questions that include the following:
• How did you transition from teaching into your current role? What transferable skills do you rely on?
• How do you connect Adobe products to what educators and students are already using and experiencing?
• How is your design approach improving the UX of teachers sharing content, lesson plans, etc?
• Tips and advice for those designing for the education space?
• Portfolio and resume insights from a hiring perspective?
• How do you infuse creativity into all types of classrooms (beyond the Art room)?
Guests:
⭐ Connect with Uriel Zarate, UX Designer:
⭐ Connect with Lexi Hradisky, Design Manager:
⭐ Connect with Jenna James, Product Manager:
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network and Alicia Quan:
UX job opportunities in EdTech
Medium Publication of resources on EdTech product design and research
YouTube
Alicia's Medium
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Alicia chats with Dr. John Spencer, education professor and former middle school teacher.
When John discovered UX design, it transformed how he approached his classroom.
This is a must-listen for educators of all types.
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX, Education, and EdTechHERE
⭐ Connect with John Spencer:
-Blog article: 7 Ways UX Design Theory Transformed My Approach to Course Design
🔺 Follow theUX of EdTech Network:
UX Job Opportunities in EdTech
Publication of resources on EdTech product design
👋 Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
YouTube
Medium
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia Quan chats with leaders from the Prodigy Education team. We cover some tough and important questions, including:
How do Product Management and Product Design work together?
How does the team manage business viability with learner efficacy?
How do they balance this learner efficacy with student desirability? In other words, is it just a fun game or are students really learning math?
What does it mean to be a growth designer?
What is on the horizon for Prodigy?
Our three guests this week are:
Mary Lee, Director of Product Management:
Richelle Rogers, Director of Product Design:
Natasha Tenggoro, (Growth) Product Designer:
Blog: How working in growth made me a better designer
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX and Education HERE
🔺 Follow theUX of EdTech Network:
Job Board
Publication of resources on EdTech product design
👋 Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
YouTube
Medium
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia Quan chats with Asia Hoe, Senior Product Designer at Newsela. Their discussion includes:
Relating the work of design systems with the work against systemic injustice
Unpacking and refreshing your design process
Tips for designers in the EdTech space
Reflections as a woman of color in tech and design
Newsela’s anti-racist curriculum work
👉 Email Series: Exploring EdTech Product Design, UX, and Education HERE
⭐ Star of the Show - Connect with Asia Hoe:
Clarity Conference Talk: The Systems of Design
🔺 Follow theUX of EdTech Network:
Job Board
Publication of resources on EdTech product design coming soon!
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Medium
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How do you thrive in an EdTech role? Alicia Quan chats with Bridget Weis, Senior Design Manager at Microsoft Education. They discuss:
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX and Education HERE
⭐ Connect with Bridget:
Website
🔺 Follow the UX of EdTech Network:
Job Board
Publication of resources on EdTech product design coming soon!
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YouTube
Medium
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What should you consider when designing for kids?
Alicia chats with Debra Gelman, the author of Design for Kids, a Rosenfeld publication. She is also the SVP of Experience Design at Bottle Rocket.
They cover a lot of ground, including:
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX and Education HERE
Connect with Debra Gelman:
Design for Kids Book
Follow UX of EdTech:
Job Board
Publication of resources on EdTech product design coming soon!
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YouTube
Medium
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Alicia chats with Sabina Idler, the founder of UXKids. She is passionate about interactive media and designing for a very special and unique target group: children.
UXKids is the first research and consulting firm in the Netherlands that is specialized in UX research and Interaction Design for children. At UXKids they believe that the best children products are developed WITH kids.
📧 Interested in collaborating and working together? Let’s connect below.
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX and Education HERE
Connect with Sabina:
UXkids
Blog
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YouTube
Medium
Connect with UX of EdTech
💼 Job Board: UX Roles in EdTech
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Alicia chats with Justin Chando, the Director of Design and Vision at Flipgrid, Microsoft. This conversation is packed with insight as we dive into this powerhouse of a tool for the classroom. Topics include:
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX and Education HERE
Connect with Justin Chando:
Flipgrid
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Alicia chats with Finlay Thorburn, a product designer at Wakelet, about designing for teachers and students and why he has gravitated towards working with the education community.
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX and Education HERE
Connect with Finlay Thorburn:
Wakelet
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Alicia chats with Colin Gray, PhD, who headed up one of the first UX undergraduate programs at Purdue University. They chat about:
👉 Email Series: Exploring UX and Education HERE
Connect with Colin Gray:
LX Book Chapter
UXP2 Lab
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Medium
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Alicia chats with Lauren Schaefer, the Director of UX/UI at Nearpod. Listen to get a look at the design approach behind Nearpod as they discuss a variety of topics for designers and educators:
👉 Email Series on EdTech Product Design HERE
Connect with Lauren:
Nearpod
South Florida UX Meetup
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YouTube
Medium
Music: Scott Buckley and Teknoaxe
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Alicia chats with Kim Ducharme, the Director of Educational User Experience Design at CAST. She works at the intersection of user experience design, instructional design, and the learning sciences.
Kim leads the creative process from brainstorming through prototyping to product launch. She is committed to harnessing the power of design to tackle the educational challenges of our time.
Our discussion includes defining edUX and where this domain is headed in the future.
👉 Email Series exploring UX and Education HERE
LinkedIn Discussion Post
Connect with Kim Ducharme:
CAST
Blog on edUX
edUX Meetup
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YouTube
Medium
Music: Scott Buckleyand Schematist
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Alicia talks with Alison Park Douglas, a UX Manager in EdTech currently at SMART Technologies. We discuss several topics:
👉 Email Series on EdTech Product Design HERE
Connect with Alison:
UX Career Change Article
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
YouTube
Medium
Music: Scott Buckleyand Teknoaxe
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Alicia talks with Elyse Klaidman, former Director of Pixar University and a founding leader for Pixar in a Box and Imagineering in a Box supported by the Walt Disney Company. Beyond Pixar and Disneyland, Klaidman and the “X in a Box” team are working with other companies to package their resources for students across the globe. They are committed to working towards an equitable education system that provides opportunity for all.
What it is like to work at Pixar
How companies can grow their education initiatives
Advice for designers and educators
Unpacking the Media Bias Project based on “When They See Us” (co-written and directed by Ava Duverney)
Explore UX and the EdTech space: https://sendfox.com/ux.edtech
Connect with Elyse Klaidman and X in a Box:
X in a Box Website
Adobe MAX Talk
Pixar in a Box (Lesson Plans)
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Medium
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Alicia talks with Yannick Dupont, a concept designer for LEGO Education. He reflects on his journey as a middle school science teacher, a freelancer specializing in LEGO Robotics and instructional design, and his eventual move to Billund, Denmark to work at LEGO.
What’s it like to work at LEGO Education? We get a glimpse here and inspiration for any design work in the education realm.
Explore UX and the EdTech space: https://sendfox.com/ux.edtech
Connect with Yannick:
LEGO Education
Learning through play
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Alicia talks with the founder and co-founder of Gimkit, Josh Feinsilber and Jeff Osborn. Gimkit is a live quiz learning game that positively ignites classroom engagement and rivals the type of excitement produced in a Kahoot! set.
Listen in on several topics:
How to make an EdTech product that is successful in the classroom
How the team understands the pain points teachers and students experience
The role of social media in their product design
New game mode proposals and how to get your ideas actually built and published
Advice to student game creators
UX / EdTech Goodies
Connect with Gimkit:
Gimkit
Gimkit Twitter
Josh Feinsilber
Jeff Osborn
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Alicia talks with Maurice Woods, Founder and Executive Director of Inneract Project and Principal Designer at Microsoft.
Inneract Project (IP) serves primarily middle and high school youth who identify as Black, Latinx and/or of low-income backgrounds.
IP offers a pathway of free design classes and initiatives, in order to introduce youth to the field of design and help channel their creativity into viable career paths.
Maurice offers insights on a variety of topics, including:
UX / EdTech Goodies
Connect with Maurice Woods:
Inneract Project
Twitter (Maurice)
Twitter (IP)
Blog: How Inneract Project Empowers the Next Generation of Black and Brown Designers
Adobe Max Talk: Designing a System for Social Change
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YouTube
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia talks with Morgan Chin, a former elementary teacher and current UX designer completing her masters in Human-Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech and having recent internships at The Home Depot and Facebook for AR/VR.
She spends her free time learning about and designing interfaces that will further bridge the gap between education, technology, and people.
Listen in as she describes her ideal workspace that brings together her love for kids and education with her work in technology and design.
UX / EdTech Goodies
Connect with Morgan Chin:
YouTube
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
- YouTube: Teacher to UX Designer - Transferable Skills
Music: Scott Buckley
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Need inspiration as a creative leader and educator? Do you design for learners?
Alicia talks with Miguel Cardona, an interdisciplinary designer and professor teaching New Media Design courses at RIT College of Art and Design.
We chat about all things Figma and education! If you are a creative educator, leader, or designer for learners, you don’t want to miss this episode.
UX / EdTech Goodies
Connect with Miguel Cardona:
Website
Sketchcups
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
- YouTube: 5 Reasons to Use Figma in the Classroom
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia talks with three members of Backpack Interactive, a creative strategy, UX and design company in the EdTech space. As EdTech specialists, they believe in the power of thoughtful design and delightful UX to enable better teaching, learning, and communication.
They chat about all things EdTech and the road to get there, including:
Explore UX and the EdTech space: https://sendfox.com/ux.edtech
Connect with Backpack Interactive:
Website: https://backpackinteractive.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/backpackinteractive/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BackpackEdTech
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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True or False? UX + ID + UI = LXD
What is Learning Experience Design (LXD)? How do you become an LX designer? Should you hire one? Where are the LX designers in the K-12 space?
Alicia discusses these questions and features multiple guest voices throughout the show.
Explore UX and the EdTech space: https://sendfox.com/ux.edtech
Connect with the Guests:
Pamela Hogle Article: https://learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/lx-design-shifts-emphasis-from-elearning-content-to-learners
Alex Salas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stylelearn/
Alex - eLearning Launch: https://www.elearninglaunch.com/
Dr. Kiersten Yocum - UX vs. LXD: https://theagilelearningguru.com/blog
Niels Flor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielsfloor/
Niels - LXD Resources: https://lxd.org/
Dr. Jeff Bergin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbergin/
Jeff B. - 10 Differences between LX and UX: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=eldj
Dr. Dan Randall: https://www.danrandall.com/
Dan R. - Job Postings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan2randall/
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley; Schematist; Barradeen; TeknoAXE
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What kind of education, background, and experience make excellent UX professionals in the EdTech space? Alicia talks with the president of Openfield, Adam Sonnett, about this and the current landscape in EdTech. They chat about what should be considered by EdTech companies in 2020 and beyond. Adam also unpacks how their agency functions and their vision for the future.
Openfield is an agency of UX professionals with deep domain experience in the EdTech space.
Explore UX and the EdTech space: https://sendfox.com/lp/3ly8l6
Connect with Adam Sonnett:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsonnett/
Openfield: https://openfieldx.com/
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia talks with Dannielle Rivera, a 2nd grade teacher, about what it is like to use EdTech tools in our current distance learning environment. If you have a hand in designing products for learners, you definitely want to check out this conversation! It is sprinkled with “on the ground” insights of usability and high level reflections on takeaways for product designers. Listen in if you want to be freshly reminded of what teachers are considering in an EdTech tool today.
Connect with Dannielle:
Instagram: @quitedaintyclassroom https://www.instagram.com/quitedaintyclassroom/
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia talks with Belinda Medellin, a Texas “Teacher of the Year” who has created one of the first UX course pathways for high schools in the United States. Listen to find out about her process and opportunities to collaborate with both Belinda and Alicia.
Designers, Teachers, Students: Interested in partnering to develop a high school UX course in your area? Connect here for a starter kit and next steps:
https://sendfox.com/ux.edtech
Connect with Belinda:
High School UX Pathway: https://www.bulbapp.com/u/cast-tech-user-experience-pathway-ux
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belinda-medellin-879a97/
Email: billiedove1@gmail.com
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia talks with Suj Premachandran about his work on a UX course designed for 8-11 year olds. Suj is the CEO of Digital Influx, an EdTech consultancy that aims to bridge the gap between education and employment. We chat about the influence that UX principles can have on education globally. Don’t miss out on this vision for educating children.
Connect with Suj:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suj-premachandran-b630b444/
UX Course Demo: https://www.digitalinflux.com/courses/ux-for-kids
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia talks with Alex Britez, Director of User Experience at MacMillan Learning and adjunct professor at NYU. Alex has also received his graduate degree in Digital Media Design for Learning from NYU. He unpacks his journey from graphic design to his pivot towards educational technology and design as he discovered his “why” and purpose as a designer. We discuss how learning science affects our application of AR/VR and voice interfaces in education and we consider how to prepare for more online teaching under the pandemic. So many insights!
Connect with Alex Britez:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/unthinkmedia/
Medium: https://medium.com/@abritez
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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How important are the research phases of UX and product development? Alicia connects with Alesha Arp, a Senior UX Research at MIND Research Institute. MIND is an EdTech math organization supporting K12 students and educators. They chat about the role of research in developing educational technology products.
Connect with Alesha Arp:
Twitter: @AleshaArp (https://twitter.com/aleshaarp?lang=en)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alesha-arp-078b853/
MIND Research Institute: https://www.mindresearch.org/
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia connects with Eva PenzeyMoog, Principal Designer at 8th Light and Founder of the Inclusive Safety Project. They chat about her former experiences at an education nonprofit, her transition into UX and the tech industry, and her current work in designing against domestic violence. Join us as we explore what a mission-driven mindset can look like throughout multiple fields of work.
Connect with Eva:
The Inclusive Safety Project: (https://www.inclusivesafety.com/)
“Designing Against Domestic Violence” Conference Talk: (https://www.inclusivesafety.com/resources)
Twitter: @inclusivesafety @epenzeymoog (https://twitter.com/epenzeymoog)
Connect with Alicia & the Podcast:
Twitter: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux_edtech/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia connects with John Lewis, a Special Education teacher of 13 years moving into the field of UX. They chat about his experiences as a teacher, a boot-camper at Springboard, his research on Google Classroom, and what it is like to change careers and transfer his skills to a new field.
Connect with John:
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Twitter/Instagram: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia connects with Jules Bennett, a former social studies middle school teacher, and they chat about his past experiences as an educator and the path he took to his current career as a UX/UI designer.
Connect with Jules:
Blog Post - Why Every Teacher is also a UX Designer(https://medium.com/@julesdylan/why-every-teacher-is-also-a-ux-ui-designer-103e35cbf7d3)
Blog Post - The $10,000 UX/UI Bootcamp. Is it worth it? (https://medium.com/nyc-design/the-10-000-ux-ui-bootcamp-is-it-worth-it-facd901cf585)
LinkedIn: Jules Bennett (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jules-bennett/)
Email: jules.d.bennett@gmail.com
Connect with Alicia Quan & the Podcast:
Twitter/Instagram: @ux_edtech (https://twitter.com/UX_EdTech)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia2joy/
Music: Scott Buckley
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Alicia connects with Alice Barton, a former high school Biology Teacher, and they chat about her experiences as an educator and a designer.
Connect with Alice:
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Music: Scott Buckley
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This episode launches listeners into a journey of collaboration. What can happen when experienced educators and UX designers come together on the topic of EdTech? Alicia shares how she began this process and extends the invite your way.
Q: If you are an educator, what are some things you wish the designers behind EdTech knew about your world?
Q: If you are a user experience designer, what are some things you wish the educational community knew about your role and craft?
Let me know! You can send in messages at the podcast Home page: https://anchor.fm/ux-edtech
Or reach out on Twitter: @UX_EdTech
For more of an introduction to this topic, check out my recent article at UX Collective. https://uxdesign.cc/k12-teachers-as-ux-designers-2c93894f2a3e
Music by Scott Buckley
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