UX of EdTech

Mar 26 2025 61 ep. 36 mins 25
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A design studio cultivating learning, creativity, and play

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Chalkboards to AI: A Veteran Teacher's EdTech Journey

Mar 26 2025 30 mins  
Designing for K12 EdTech? Take a moment to linger in the world of this teacher.Alicia Quan and Sarah Mondestin listen to second-grade teacher Danielle Rivera, as she shares her perspective on growing through EdTech’s various iterations. She also gives her personal perspective on this question: What do veteran teachers want from AI?Chapters00:00 - The Joys and Challenges of Teachi

👋 How to Collab with UX of EdTech

Mar 03 2025 26 mins  
Alicia Quan introduces our new podcast co-host, Sarah Mondestin! Ever wondered how to collaborate with UX of EdTech? This episode should point you in the right direction. The hosts discuss Sarah's diverse career journey from educator to UX content designer and her involvement in various UX of EdTech initiatives. The conversation covers the structure and goals of the UX of EdTec

Upskilling in Game Design

Jun 05 2024 18 mins  
How can UX practitioners upskill in game design for a learning context? And why is this important in EdTech? ⁠Alicia Quan⁠ chats The Sims, cheat codes, and moving past the “Big 5” of gamification (points, badges, leader boards, levels, progress bars) towards something more with: ⁠Chris Bennett, Game designer, Stanford invited lecturer, and EdTech advisor Worth Noting:�

Inclusive Design in EdTech Products (Kahoot & Backpack Interactive)

May 23 2024 26 mins  
What is the current state of inclusive EdTech products and what are some resources to grow in this area? Alicia Quan chats with: Louisa Rosenheck, Director Learning Design at Kahoot! Sean Oakes, Creative Director at Backpack Interactive Worth Noting: The Kahoot! For All project, funded by the LEGO Foundation Follow for more goodies The Latest at UX of EdTech UX Job Op

The Design and UX Research of Khanmigo (Khan Academy)

Jul 20 2023 35 mins  
Alicia Quan chats with two members from the Khanmigo team at Khan Academy: Karen Shapiro, Sr. UX Researcher, former teacher of 16 years Jonah Goldsaito, Principal Product Designer They discuss: The story of how Khanmigo was developed and their early partnership with OpenAI on its GPT4 LLM launch The most challenging parts of the journey so far Balancing excitement and op

LX + Product + UX + Eng + AI

Jul 11 2023 46 mins  
Alicia Quan chats with several members from the team at ETS AI Labs: Lisa Ferrara, Sr. Director, Product Development Narmeen Makhani, Executive Director of Technology Erin Scully, Sr. Director of Learning Science and Design They discuss: 1. Cross-functional approaches to product development 2. The role of LX Design 3. Educational contexts and use cases for AI 4. Designin

Choosing Literacy Programs That Work (LXD Research)

Jun 22 2023 23 mins  
Alicia Quan chats with Dr. Rachel Schechter, who founded Learning Experience Design (LXD) Research at Charles River Media Group, acting as Principal Investigator and Chief Research Advisor to companies large and small. Rachel helps guide the use of data and evaluation to support product improvements, build evidence of efficacy, and strengthen customer implementations. They discuss

Building Duolingo Max with OpenAI's GPT-4

May 30 2023 48 mins  
Alicia Quan chats with two members from Duolingo about their work as an early launch partner with OpenAI’s GPT-4 model: Edwin Bodge, Principal Product Manager Megan Bednarczyk, Senior Product Designer They discuss how they launched Duolingo Max, including: The story of how Duolingo Max came to be Biggest challenges of that journey and process Balancing optimism with cauti

Leading Design at an Education Startup (Maven)

May 01 2023 53 mins  
Alicia Quan chats with Yuan Wang, the Head of Design at Maven, aka the university of the future. She is also a leadership coach (CPC) and an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. She previously led design at Airbnb, Twitter, and Mozilla. They discuss: Maven’s mission How the Founding Product Designer role influenced the business Best timing for hiring design s

ChatGPT & Quizlet's Q-Chat

Mar 14 2023 21 mins  
Alicia Quan chats with a few members of the team who worked on Quizlet’s Q-Chat, the world’s first AI tutor built with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It is modeled on research demonstrating that the most effective form of learning is one-on-one tutoring. Eli Kariv, Sr. Product Manager, Pranavi Javangula, Product Designer, Ling Cheng, Director of Machine Learning They discuss: What probl