Making Together: The Merging Journeys of UX, Design & Development
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The document discusses the integration of UX design and development in creating a web application, emphasizing the importance of storytelling and user research. It outlines various generational attitudes towards learning, technology, and credentials, highlighting the challenges faced in developing a scalable and accessible microcredentialing system. The authors advocate for an empathetic approach to design, aiming to enhance user experience and ensure equitable access to education.
Making Together: The Merging Journeys of UX, Design & Development
- 1. MAKINGTOGETHER THE MERGING JOURNEYS OF UX, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT #gogetdirty Robin Smail @robin2go Bevin Hernandez @bevinhernandez #psuweb
- 2. WHAT DOES IT MEANTO DESIGN/REDESIGN A WEB APPLICATION?
- 3. WHAT DOES IT MEANTO DESIGN/REDESIGN A WEB APPLICATION? really
- 10. HOW DO DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT INTERACT?
- 11. OUR STORY
- 12. –What Counts As Learning “The chance to rethink what counts as learning, how to recognize and make visible the learning that takes place anywhere, anytime, on any device” THE OPPORTUNITY
- 13. –Bevin Hernandez & Robin Smail “For anyone.”
- 14. amesphotos.com
- 15. To take a project that had been considered reasonably successful, and add a bunch of features…. With a brand new project team Who were brand new to the language In 3 months
- 16. “Oh shit.”
- 17. USER STORIES AREN’T JUST FOR UX
- 24. We are doing user stories; we just know these people.
- 25. OK, SO WHAT DOESTHE RESEARCH SAY?
- 26. INITIAL FACULTY RESEARCH “The content should all be in the system” “This shouldn’t be an LMS” “I want to embed this into Moodle” “I don’t want the students to have to come to the system” “I want the students to be able to do it all in the system” “The students care about the badge graphics” “I don’t want to have to design badge graphics - students won’t care“ “I want to be sure the badges have rigor and individual feedback“ “I don’t want to have to evaluate these badges, can we add automated quizzing“ “This needs to integrate with ANGEL” “People need to access it who aren’t at Penn State” **All actual statements from consultations
- 27. TRADITIONALISTS • They save and believe in delayed reward • They adhere to the rules • They feel contributing to the collective good is important • They don’t question authority • They are loyal • They believe in duty before pleasure • They work hard to earn the American dream • They are disciplined and responsible
- 28. GENERATION Z: THE RE-GENERATION • They save and are reluctant to incur debt • They are more likely to rent • They recycle, share, trade and barter • They are authorized • They are normal, not exceptional, users of technology • They don’t schedule • They improvise • They compromise –Tammy Erickson, Harvard Business Review (Jan 2014)
- 29. Only 12%strongly agree that a nice home is an important status symbol; –Tammy Erickson, Harvard Business Review (Jan 2014) only 9%strongly agree that a nice car is an important status symbol
- 30. Only 44%say they are likely or very likely to ever have a mortgage –Tammy Erickson, Harvard Business Review (Jan 2014)
- 31. 37%believe they learn more outside the classroom than they do in school –Tammy Erickson, Harvard Business Review (Jan 2014)
- 32. The #1thing they wish they were learning in school is how to get a job –Tammy Erickson, Harvard Business Review (Jan 2014)
- 33. THE CHALLENGE Create a competency-based microcredentialing system that incorporates multiple use cases with very diverse learning goals, use of technology and needs.
- 34. VERSION 1.0
- 37. RECOGNIZED NEEDS • break up the badge creation process into manageable pieces • organize content, have a strategy • create group functionality • lower barriers to entry with a better user experience
- 38. VERSION 2.0
- 43. RECOGNIZED NEEDS • this thing was starting to get huge; needed to rethink in terms of scalability and navigation • begin user testing on workable prototypes • move from website feel to application feel • HAD to work on mobile; HAD to be accessible
- 44. VERSION 3.0
- 51. We envision a world where everyone has access to education regardless of: Values Age Money Race Ability Time Location
- 53. Don’t be afraid to get dirty Free your team from processes designed to divide Believe in the vision Find your stories SIMPLE LESSONS LEARNED
- 54. less of this.
- 55. –Johnny Appleseed “Type a quote here.”
- 57. OR RATHER - PARALLEL LINES CONVERGE AT INFINITY
- 58. INFINITY IS WAYTOO FREAKING LATE FORTHIS PROJECT.
- 59. MAKINGTOGETHER THE MERGING JOURNEYS OF UX, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT #gogetdirty Robin Smail @robin2go Bevin Hernandez @bevinhernandez #psuweb