APRENDIZAJE

There is a degree of uncertainty about what we should call the learning experience platform, with the grounds of contention seeming to be chiefly around the word ‘experience’, the ‘x’ in LXP. Why is this word so contentious? And does the lack of agreement signal a deeper unease about the concept of ‘a learning experience’?

Recently, I stepped onto an elevator with my wife. On the control panel was a vertical series of raised squares with numbers on them, and like any rational person, I assumed that they were the buttons for choosing the desired floor. After pressing them several times though, I realized that the lighted squares to the right were actually the buttons.

  De Juan Domingo Farnos   Las personas antes llamadas formadores se están convirtiendo en administradores de experiencias, así nombrados porque no sólo estarán manejando la facilitación tradicional del aula sino también facilitando la experiencia de aprendizaje más amplia. Esto podría incluir cosas como fomentar el diálogo entre iguales a través de canales de medios sociales…

LXD is a rapidly emerging discipline in the domain of instructional design, and it is already redefining how learning should take place. Read more in this post

A las personas ya nos aburren los cursos, talleres, charlas,… queremos vivir verdaderas experiencias de aprendizaje. Entretenidas, significativas y eminentemente prácticas e interactivas. ¿No crees? Cuando buscamos una experiencia de aprendizaje, no queremos límites. Queremos disfrutar de un proceso integral, sin barreras de tiempo o espacio, como la vida misma. Queremos integrar toda esta experiencia …

Learning experience design uses human-centered strategies and tools, like the empathy map to develop empathy for a target audience. Download and learn how to use one here.

Of late, there’s been considerable discussion of the term learning experience design, both positive and negative. As with all such buzz phrases, it’s worthwhile examining what the promises and perils are. Ultimately, it’s about whether there’s value to be found in the concept.

The prospect of a technology-driven future might inspire excitement, dread—or both. Innovations in technology shape nearly every aspect of human society and interaction, including the ways we learn and work. Tech Humanist author and founder of KO Insights Kate O’Neill is adamant in her description of the best possible future: “We must make intentional choices that align the best of technology’s promise, and the business objectives that provide fuel to it, with the best and broadest of human objectives.”

LX Design Brings Together Numerous Learning Disciplines LearningExperienceDesign.com describes Learning Experience Design (LX Design) as, “the process of creating learning experiences that enable the learner to achieve the desired learning outcome in a human centered and goal oriented way.” This page

Why do we call them lessons? Or units? Or trainings? Or PD sessions? When what they really are is learning experiences. And we, as teachers, are designers of