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Community-Sustaining Learning Experience Design

How to improve UX in Higher Education, Workforce Training, and Professional Education

  • 1st Edition - June 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Lisa Giacumo, Helen Fake
  • Language: English

Community-Sustaining Learning Experience Design: How to Improve UX in Higher Education, Workforce Training, and Professional Education addresses a critical gap in the field of Lea… Read more

Description

Community-Sustaining Learning Experience Design: How to Improve UX in Higher Education, Workforce Training, and Professional Education addresses a critical gap in the field of Learning Experience Design (LxD) by comprehensively integrating inclusivity and organizational justice into the design process. While many existing resources touch on these important topics superficially, this book provides a thorough examination of actionable strategies that empower educators and designers to create equitable learning environments. The book begins with a preface that introduces the need for inclusivity in LxD and outlines the structure of the chapters, which cover essential topics such as stakeholder management, inclusive research planning, data collection and analysis, ideation, and the testing of learning artifacts. Each chapter is designed to equip readers with practical tools, templates, and insights from leading professors and practitioners, ensuring that design decisions are informed by diverse perspectives. By emphasizing the importance of inclusivity, this resource serves as an invaluable guide for scholars, professionals, and graduate students across various fields, including instructional design and workforce development. Community-Sustaining Learning Experience Design not only enhances understanding of LxD principles but also promotes meaningful engagement with learners, ultimately fostering environments where all individuals can thrive. This edited volume encourages contributions from diverse voices, enriching the discourse around inclusive design and its impact on education and training.

Key features

  • Provides an overview of key topics, including the introduction to inclusive LxD, stakeholder management, creating inclusive research plans, data analysis, ideation, and performance-focused design solutions
  • Serves as an invaluable resource for scholars, professionals, and graduate students in fields such as instructional design, educational technology, and organizational development, enhancing their knowledge and practice
  • Features pedagogical elements such as chapter outlines, performance-based learning objectives, authentic templates, case studies, reflective questions, and curated references for further exploration

Readership

Students and professors in learning experience design and related courses

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Inclusive, Equitable LXD

2. LXD Projects and Teams

3. Stakeholder Management

4. Getting Started: Creating an Inclusive LX Research Plan

5. Collecting & Analyzing Data

6. Ideating & Modeling

7. Testing Artifacts

8. Keeping focused on performance-based learning experience design and equitable, inclusive solutions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

Lisa Giacumo

Editor
Lisa A. Giacumo, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology at George Mason University, with extensive expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), global workplace learning, and instructional design. She started her career in training and workforce development 24 years ago. Dr. Giacumo's research focuses on creating culturally responsive learning environments, leveraging learning analytics, and enhancing learner experience design (LXD) to improve workplace performance. Her work has had a global impact, having consulted with businesses, universities, non-profits, and NGOs internationally as an instructional designer and trainer. She was also a Department of Defense Fellow for the US Office of Naval Research in 2022. Dr. Giacumo is the first author of the book Instructional Design for Organizational Justice, which introduces the LeaPs ID Model, a performance-oriented instructional design approach focused on fostering equity and inclusion in learning environments. She has also been recognized for her contributions to the field, notably receiving two awards recently. These include the AECT Presidential Session Award for her leadership in promoting social justice in instructional design and the AECT Culture Learning and Technology Best Journal Article Award for her research in organizational support systems for low income, first generation, underrepresented minority graduate engineering students.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology, George Mason University,VA, USA

Helen Fake

Editor
Dr. Helen Fake is an accomplished learning experience designer with over 15 years of experience in creating impactful digital and physical learning experiences for high-profile companies like The Center for Medicare and Medicaid, The Motley Fool, The International Trade Administration, Grant Thornton, and George Mason University (GMU). An expert in personalized learning and sustainable learning ecosystems, Dr. Fake now wears multiple hats with her work as a government consultant and her role as an adjunct professor facilitating master's level research courses in LX Design and Research. As a researcher, designer, and educator, Dr Fake’s work focuses on personalized learning, the development of adaptable, sustainable, and inclusive learning ecosystems, and the use of Human Centered AI tools in workforce training and development programs. Her research aims to build adaptable frameworks that promote continuous skill development and engagement. Dr. Fake additionally heads Boom Dazzle, LLC where she consults on ongoing contracts in the Software as a Service (SaaS), learning technology design, and emerging technologies spaces.