UX and LX: Industries separated at birth

Published on Medium on November 1, 2019

The birth of Learning Experience Design

It was a post-taco, pre-meeting afternoon lull at work when I saw a “Learning Experience Design” community post flash up on my LinkedIn feed for the first time. Seeing the words “Learning Experience Design” I felt the hairs go up on my arms.

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CAN SOCRATES GO asynchronous? Part 2 – Designing online learning for the humanities

See Part 1 here!

When it comes time to create a learning experience, most learning designers start their process with understanding needs and goals. Ideally, a designer talks to some target users or learners and stakeholders to build empathy and definitions of success.

But when we asked the two well-dressed, Classics professors seated across from our team to talk about their learners’ needs and pains today, they delved into quite another serious concern altogether.

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