Creating Effective Learning Environments: Lessons from UX Design
As educators and instructional designers, one of our tasks is to create online learning environments that students can comfortably use to complete their course activities effectively. These platforms need to be designed in such a way as to minimize extraneous cognitive load and maximize generative processing: that is, making sure that the learners’ efforts are spent on understanding and applying the instructional material and not on figuring out how to use the website or app. Research and practice in User Experience (UX) design – more specifically, usability – can give us insights that we can apply to improve our course page design and organization. Getting Started: General Recommendations Steve Krug, in his classic book Don’t Make Me Think: A Common … Creating Effective Learning Environments: Lessons from UX Design
