by Emma Kolakowski Michigan State University faculty are pioneering the discipline of learning experience design in an effort to examine the entirety of the student experience in higher education. The focus is not just on the traditional classroom, but also examines how things like residence halls, student wellness, and campus…

by Dave Goodrich, Learning Experience Designer at Michigan State University Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology Recently, a post titled “The Cult of Quality Matters” came up on my Twitter feed from some of the good folks over at Hybrid Pedagogy. As I write this, I am facilitating a…

by Annie Dubois Reyila Hadeer, a Hub Grad Fellow and doctoral student in the College of Education, is fostering discussions about the role of globalization in academia and shining a light on diverse college experiences through her documentary-style video series, “Global Citizen Diaries.” “Global Citizen Diaries” features undergraduate and graduate…

By Ellie Louson and Makena Neal, Learning Experience Designers, MSU Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology The pandemic, and necessary shifts to remote work, has been challenging for all. For those of us who are more extroverted and social at work, it was hard to shift from a busy…

by Summer Issawi, Learning Experience Designer, MSU Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology “Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world.”…

by Erica Venton and Dave Goodrich Online education continues to have a complicated reputation. Though it has been around awhile now, it is important to remember that it is still in its adolescence. Most controversies since the 1990s have revolved around quality. Here, the primary question at play is if…

The ship has sailed…moving events online isn’t about building the same boat for different waters. — by Summer Issawi and Erica Venton In the past one year plus, we’ve seen a wide variety of events shift online. While some hit the mark, others left us unsatisfied. Maybe it was the orientation event that contained the right information but was buried under lengthy videos without markers. Or…

by Breana Yaklin Creating personas for user experience or market research can be an extremely useful tool to model an experience. Personas are a representation of a person or group of people, based on research, with the purpose of helping others understand the behavior, experiences, and choices of that person…

by Darren Hood Darren Hood serves in The Hub as a Senior Learning Experience Designer. Prior to joining The Hub, Darren worked for 16 years as a user experience (UX) professional. …