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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How is learning experience design different?

Learning experience design is often compared to and sometimes confused with other disciplines like instructional design, user experience design, experience design or design thinking (and the list goes on!) So, how does LXD compare to these disciplines and how is it different?

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What is a learning experience?

Learning experience design 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

What skill set do you need to become a learning experience designer? Here's a list of qualities that enable the learning experience designers to come up with the best possible experiences for their learners.

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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.