Experience Design in Education

You’ve heard of product design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design, etc, but perhaps not Experience Design, which is the invisible frontier of human engagement.  UX (“User Experience”) design has been around for a long time to understand how humans can best engage with onscreen potentials, but mobile experience design is considerably deeper and more exciting. As mobile technologies continue to get smaller and more capable, they are beginning to disappear from our physical awareness without letting go of our attention – in fact, they are cleverly meshing our physical and digital worlds into an enhanced form of attention.  This is possible because mobile media can be context aware: they are our first media to be about us – where we are, who we’re with, etc, etc. - David Vogt

It's always been about experience design. Not optics or outside perception, not just scores and university acceptance numbers, not the percentage of course completion, not what the 'parent' or 'institution' thinks is best, but experience. It's about the experience of the user, the learner, the ones who will carry our collective futures.

In the past, the question that was asked was how can we tailor fit learning objectives suitable for each age group? While standards, learning objectives, and test scores can develop someone' academic prowess. It's without a doubt experience design that not only improves accessibility of resources, efficiency of learning, and ultimately what it means to be a learner in the this day and age.

Now, the question that needs to be asked is how can we use experience design to further segment learners to match them to learning objectives most suitable for them even if they are in the same age group? How do we create an experience for learners where they feel and know that they are exactly where they are supposed to be?