Module 2: Conceptualizing Digital Experience Design for Impactful Teaching
Welcome to Module 2: Conceptualizing Digital Experience Design for Impactful Teaching!
This module will provide you with a framework for designing and/or reiterating your online learning experiences, by using an array of Design Thinking and Learning Experience Design processes so you can:
- Chapter 5 will conceptualize reliable, multi-dimensional, step-by-step methods for creating digital experiences;
- In Chapter 6, you will practice connecting with your audiences by designing with empathy and mapping out learner personas;
- Chapter 7 will give you the tools to engage your learners and make their learning stick by weaving in storytelling and learning journey maps;
- In Chapter 8, you will explore how the user experience shapes an accessible and optimal digital learning environment.
You can jump directly to any of the following sections:
Chapter 5: The Digital Experience Design Process – From Ideation to Implementation
- 6 Steps of the Design Thinking Process
- How you can connect Design Thinking to Digital/Learning Experience Design
- Using MURALcommunity boards for working on your learning experiences
Chapter 6: Learner Personas – Understanding Audience Demographics, Needs, and Expectations
- Why Learner Personas matter
- Empathy Mapping
- Designer’s Corner: A look behind the scenes
Chapter 7: Learning Journey Maps – Storytelling in Digital Experience Design
- The importance of Storytelling
- Intentional Design and Learning Journey Mapping
- Learning Experience Blocks and Artifacts: Revisited
Chapter 8: From User to Learner – User Experience in Digital Experience Design
- Frictionless Digital Experience Design
- User Experience vs. Learning Experience Design
- Selecting Digital Tools
