Connecting the Dots: a User Experience (UX) Design Approach to Voice Student Motivations [1387]

Elaine Brown, Debbie Holley, Mike HobbsElaine.Brown@anglia.ac.uk | @ElaineBrownARU

#altc presentation, University of Warwick, 07 September 2016

“by living a digital lifestyle they have become the center

of their digital egosystem” (Solis, 2015)

Aims• Why do students go to lectures?• What is the purpose of lectures in 21st century?• Elicit the student experience of lectures,

to better design for the learning experience

Tools• Storyboard (visual narrative)• User Experience Map

Adaptive Path(Schauer, 2013)

Initial findings• Inspiration/ enjoyment

“Enthusiastic lecturers inspire us”• Compelled

“I’ve paid for it”• Guilt

“Respect for the lecturer”

• Reticient “Not preparing for lectures makes you not want to go”

Initial experience map

“so I go on Facebook and start talking to my

friends, who are also in the lecture,because we’re quite bored,

and lost, and don’t know what to do”

“I actually enjoy

going to them”