UX of EdTech Alicia Quan
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Helping UX professionals who work on products and services that support learning.
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Upskilling in Game Design
How can UX practitioners upskill in game design for a learning context? And why is this important in EdTech?
Alicia Quan chats The Sims, cheat codes, and moving past the “Big 5” of gamification (points, badges, leader boards, levels, progress bars) towards something more with:
Chris Bennett, Game designer, Stanford invited lecturer, and EdTech advisor
Worth Noting:
Chris’ Stanford Game Design Thinking Blog
Nine Dimensions of Deep Flow
Browning’s MDAO framework
Core Engagement Loop
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Inclusive Design in EdTech Products (Kahoot & Backpack Interactive)
What is the current state of inclusive EdTech products and what are some resources to grow in this area?
Alicia Quan chats with:
Louisa Rosenheck, Director Learning Design at Kahoot!
Sean Oakes, Creative Director at Backpack Interactive
Worth Noting:
The Kahoot! For All project, funded by the LEGO Foundation
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The Design and UX Research of Khanmigo (Khan Academy)
Alicia Quan chats with two members from the Khanmigo team at Khan Academy:
Karen Shapiro, Sr. UX Researcher, former teacher of 16 years
Jonah Goldsaito, Principal Product Designer
They discuss:
The story of how Khanmigo was developed and their early partnership with OpenAI on its GPT4 LLM launch
The most challenging parts of the journey so far
Balancing excitement and optimism with caution and foresight when it comes to AI developments
What’s next for Khanmigo
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LX + Product + UX + Eng + AI
Alicia Quan chats with several members from the team at ETS AI Labs:
Lisa Ferrara, Sr. Director, Product Development
Narmeen Makhani, Executive Director of Technology
Erin Scully, Sr. Director of Learning Science and Design
They discuss:
1. Cross-functional approaches to product development
2. The role of LX Design
3. Educational contexts and use cases for AI
4. Designing with explainable AI in mind
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UX of EdTech Newsletter
UX Job Openings in EdTech
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ETS AI Labs
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Choosing Literacy Programs That Work (LXD Research)
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:
Ensuring educator-leaders choose literacy programs that work
LXD Research
Research certifications of products and why is it important
The relationship between UX research and these certifications
Advice for education/EdTech researchers of all kinds
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Dr. Rachel Schechter
Alicia Quan
🔸 Resources:
UX of EdTech Newsletter
LinkedIn & UX Job Opportunities
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LXD Research
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Building Duolingo Max with OpenAI's GPT-4
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:
The story of how Duolingo Max came to be
Biggest challenges of that journey and process
Balancing optimism with caution when it comes to recent developments in AI
Advice for teams currently exploring and building with GPT4 and generative AI
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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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Duolingo Max
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Music by Sleep Still