Fundamentals of learning experience design

It's great to see a growing number of people who want to learn about learning experience design. Right here you can get started with some of the fundamentals of learning experience design.

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What is learning experience design?

Learning experience design (LX design) is the process of creating learning experiences that enable the learner to achieve the desired learning outcome in a human centered and goal oriented way.

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What is a learning experience?

Learning experience design (LXD) revolves around the experience of the learner. There is an infinite variety in the experiences we can have and just as many ways to learn from them. This raises the two questions: what is an experience and what makes it a learning experience?
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The origin of learning experience design

Learning experience design is an interdisciplinary field of expertise. It incorporates elements of different disciplines like interaction design, neuroscience, cognitive psychology and teaching. It merges them into a completely new design discipline.
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Learning experience design process

Designing a learning experience can be an unpredictable and adventurous process. This is in a way inherent to the creative, agile and innovative approach LX designers use. Then what does a typical learning experience design process look like?
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Qualities of a LX designer

Designing learning experiences requires a certain set of qualities that enable the learning experience designer to come up with the best possible learning experiences. Here's a list of these qualities.
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The Next Steps

After reading the LXD Fundamentals, the basics, you might be curious to take the next step in learning more about learning experience design and how to apply it.

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LXD Book

Get the LXD book by Niels Floor: "This is Learning Experience Design - What it is, how it works and why it matters"

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Learning Experience Canvas

We offer the Learning Experience Canvas for free! This is a great tool to get into lxd alone or with your team.

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Online LXD Cohort

Join the 4-week online learning experience design cohort starting January 20 2025.

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LX Canvas Course

Get the most out of the Learning Experience Canvas with this self-paced online course.

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LXDCON

Visit LXDCON'25, the 10th annual Learning Experience Design Conference from June 10 to 13.

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LinkedIn Group

Join thousands of LXD enthusiasts from all over the world in our LinkedIn Group.

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Meet Up

Free online LXD Meet Up in Zoom. Next up: February 20 2025 at 4PM GMT+1/CET.

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Manifesto

Sign the LXD Manifesto and let the world know you are a learning experience designer!

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