LXDCON'23 Program

NOTE: LXDCON ran on Amsterdam time (CET/GMT +2).
This is the program of LXDCON'23. You'll notice breaks in the program, we did this to cater to different time zones and sessions are available for rewatch.

Day 1

Tuesday June 13, 2023

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10:00am - 10:30am

Kick off LXDCON'23

Niels Floor | Shapers

Welcome to the eighth annual learning experience design conference LXDCON’23. Together with learning experiences designers from around the globe we will explore this year’s theme "Long Live the Learner”. Join us for four days of learning experience design activities.

10.30AM - 11:00AM

Talk - Discovering Design Research

Maaike Mintjes | Freelance Design Researcher and Facilitator

"Designing without research is like getting into a taxi and just saying: ‘Drive’." * Design research forms a crucial part of the design process. It opens your eyes to what users need, highlights opportunities and provides direction. But what is it exactly? This talk will help you discover the ‘what, why, when and how’ of design research. You will come away with a clear understanding of what it is and why it’s important in LXD. (*Nate Bolt, CEO Ethnio)

11:15am - 12:45pm

Workshop - Interviewing Tips & Tricks

Maaike Mintjes | Freelance Design Researcher and Facilitator

Interviewing is a commonly used method in Design Research. If done right, it is a very effective way to get insights about your target audience. In this workshop you will be given practical tips on conducting great interviews. We will look at the interview structure, question types and pitfalls. You will also have a chance to practice with each other. We will create a fun and safe environment so don’t worry if you’ve never interviewed anyone before!

Note: Attending the talk from Maaike Mintjes at 10.30AM is not necessary to follow this workshop, but it is recommended.

Break until 4:00PM

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4:00pm - 4:30pm

Talk - The Fifth C: Leveraging Culture in LXD

Nikos Basbas | Basbas Consulting

HigherEd delivers four universal types of value to the learner: Competence, Conscientiousness, Credibility, and Community. This talk is about the fifth C – Culture, the often-overlooked tool that every LXD’er should have in their toolkit.

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Workshop - Mapping Environments for Learning Experiences

Dr. Sonia Tiwari | Penn State University

Learning Environments include the people, technologies, physical layout of the learning space, and sociocultural factors supporting a learner. In this one hour session, we will learn how to map learning environments by collecting data from learners, educators, and caregivers. Practice maps will be provided in the session to unpack how learning experiences can be improved through mapping techniques.

5:30pm - 6:00pm

Meet Up

Stick around and join the speakers from the previous two sessions. Meet fellow learning experience designers from around the world to network and chat. Each year we welcome participants from all continents and bringing all of you together is one of the best parts of LXDCON. See you there!

Day 2

Wednesday June 14, 2023

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10:00am - 10.15am

Inspiration - Co-creating with 100 learners from Latin America

Paz Arando | PINE - Plataforma de introducción a las nuevas economías

How do we learn synchronously from different contexts? How do we include diversity in our teachers, assignments and methods? How do we measure the impact of co-creation? I want to approach these design challenges with examples and learnings from PINE.

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10:15am - 10:30am

Inspiration - Diagnostic support tool for playful LXD

Willem-Jan Renger & Evert Hoogendoorn | HKU University of the Arts

Ludodidactics is part of the LXD family as a design methodology specifically using game and play design elements to create engaging learning experiences. When developing and testing designs it is often difficult to assess why a particular design fails to meet expectations. In our experience learning diagnostic skills to assess the inner workings of a concept can be tough. In this session we show you a newly developed tool to help troubleshoot a playful learning design concept.

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10:30am - 12:00pm

Workshop - Storytelling: From Abstract to Adventure

Mark Meily | Kindmind Experience Design

This session is a roadmap to help participants turn a complex topic into an adventure story. Our goal is to:

• Hold the learner’s attention and create engagement.

• Make a boring abstract topic into a compelling, understandable, and a relatable story.

• Develop clarity as the learner finds value in the things that they learn.

• Craft a story where the learner will be either the hero or an ally of the story’s hero.

• Help the learner develop agency, empathy, and better memory.

Break until 4:00PM

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Talk - What can forest walks teach us about joyful Learner Experience Design?

Nomi Kurian | University of Cambridge

Nature has a way of making us feel connected, curious, and fully immersed in the present moment. What can nature teach us about designing a rich, interactive learning experience that sparks a sense of discovery, joy, and exploration for the learner?

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Meet Up

In this Meet Up, Niels Floor will create an interactive session. Meet fellow learning experience designers from around the world to network and chat.

Day 3

Thursday June 15, 2023

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Talk - Embracing the uniqueness of the learner

Maria Galaykova

Personal Construct theory tells us that every new experience is interpreted by the learner through the lens of internal reality constructed as a result of previous experiences. How can we design for learners who perceive reality in so many different ways?

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4:30pm - 5:00pm

Talk - Learning Experiences in Interactive Art

Stephanie Fleming | Stephanie Brown LLC

Traditional art exhibitions are all look no touch. However as an exhibiting artist I have learned to utilize LXD in development of my artworks. Learn about my largest interactive and participatory art installation to date.

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Meet Up

We're going to discuss the previous sessions in this meet up. Each year we welcome participants from all continents and bringing all of you together is one of the best parts of LXDCON. Meet fellow learning experience designers from around the world to network and chat.

Break until 7:00PM

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7:00pm - 8:00pm

Workshop - Your learner’s perspective

Frank Leoné | Radboud University

Taking the perspective of your learners can be hard for many reasons. They are different people, with different backgrounds, and often growing up in a different time. In this workshop, we will practice taking the perspective of your learners along the different ways you and your learners’ perspective differ to hopefully contribute to even better learning experiences for your learners.

Final day

Friday June 16, 2023

10:00AM - 11:30AM

Workshop - Future Forecasting

Yentl Croese & Niloufar Daneshkhah | Leiden Learning & Innovation Centre from Leiden University

A common saying is that we are educating people for jobs that do not yet exist. But what if there is a way to anticipate or even predict these jobs? Future forecasting principles can help you and your learners to be better prepared for what the future can bring.

Break until 4:00PM

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Talk - LXD Assessments & Evaluation

Cara North | The Learning Camel

Crosswalking your LXD content to assessment & evaluation doesn't have to be painful. Let's explore ways to create measurable assessments & evaluations with keeping the learner in the center of the design.

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Talk - Feedback is king in Learner-Centred Design

Adam Ambrozy, Larissa Menocci, Anahi Camacho | MakeTeamWork

In this session, we will share our design journey utilising research methods to create and improve a program for scale-ups CEOs. Our challenge: help them in becoming the leader that their company needs.

5:00pm - 5:15pm

Wrap up LXDCON'23

Another virtual edition of LXDCON has finished. Our LX design pioneer Niels Floor will summarize the experience. What a ride!

5:15pm

Meet up & Afterparty!

Let's meet, do a little dance and have a drink all from our own homes, but in the same space!

How to get the most out of LXDCON

These four days in June will be packed with a variety of LX design activities for you to choose from.

We've decided to not just do 1 conference day, but up to 4 days filled with workshops, meet ups, inspirational sessions and talks.

This is a global event with participants from across the world in different time zones. That's why we arranged the program in a way that enables you to participate in a way that suits your schedule:

Quick and easy:
Cherry pick the activities that fit your schedule and watch them either live or the recording afterwards. Ideal if you're short on time and you know what you're looking for. 3 to 5 hours in total.

Get active:
Participate in (some of) the live events like virtual workshops and debates to dig deeper into what matters to you. 5 to 10 hours in total.

Go all in:
Join us from start to finish. Challenge yourself by actively participating in all live events and connect with the LX design community. We'll see you each day of the week! 10 to 20 hours in total.

Most live events will be recorded for you to watch later so don't worry about missing anything!

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Organization

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We, Shapers, are pioneers in the field of learning experience design. We believe in the power of well crafted experiences to elevate the quality of learning. That's why we apply, train and promote learning experience design around the globe.