Blog: Subscribe Now

How User Experience Research Informs Edtech Design

In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives.
In our latest episode, Brian welcomes User Experience (UX) Researcher Alesha Arp to the show for a discussion on user feedback and design. Alesha explains how we gather user feedback, and the design thinking that goes into updates we make to our ST Math program.

One of the things that is very different about user experience research is we don't just make [changes] based on feedback that we get from surveys or support tickets, we dig a little deeper and really try to understand the root of the problem.

-Alesha Arp, MIND Research Institute

You can listen to the episode in the player below:

Topics Covered in this Episode:

0:45 Intro

2:35: Alesha's Work as a UX Researcher
6:00 Gathering user feedback
10:00 Classroom observation
11:45 Going beyond feedback
12:30 Identifying design issues
14:30 Design decisions

Thanks for listening to the podcast! Please leave us a review on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker or wherever you are listening to the show. Subscribe to get future episodes as soon as they are released! 

Get_it_on_iTunes_Badge_US_1114.svg Listen on Google Play Music Inside Our MIND Podcast RSS Feed

Additional Resources

Brian LeTendre

About the Author

Brian LeTendre was the Director of Impact Advancement at MIND Research Institute. In addition to building thought leadership and brand awareness for MIND, Brian worked cross-functionally internally and externally to amplify MIND's social impact and accelerate our mission. He is an author, podcaster and avid gamer.

Comment

Interested in Contributing?

Read Our Blog Guidelines

Join Our Newsletter