Individual Learning App (Memorius)
April 2022
Today knowledge its everyday growing and changing, the information around its getting bigger and people, specially young adults have to keep learning at their on pace. Individual Learning is " A method of teaching in which content, instructional technology, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interest of each learner."
We’re creating an app in which we will improve individual learning fo the users.
We need to understand how we can improve individual learning, what are the approaches people already have in individual learning, the potential pain points in their customer journey, understand if community is important in individual learning and basically comprehend what motivates the users to finish courses in individual learning.
My role:
Product Designer / UX Designer, Going through all the design process for Helping on the User research, wireframing, mockups, & prototyping . Thinking about the app structure creating the best user experience as well as problem solving.
Team:
Eduardo Arreguin
Product Designer
Ellen Cheon
UX Researcher
Gabriela Kurtz
UX Researcher
Priscila Requena
UI & Content Designer
Proto-Persona:
Pain Points:
Dropping Out
Users have a tendency of dropping out more than 50% of the courses that they bought because they loose track or motivation.
Interactions
Users need interaction with real people teachers, classmates, etc so they can get more involved in to the learning.
Feedback
Some plataforms lack of feedback, you get your assigments and test checked but theres no feedback to improve.
Motivation
Users loose motivation when the topic don't fill the expectations or becuase they feel its to hard or easy for them.
Wireframes:
Key features:
Social features on individual learning (chats)
Feature description :
With a chat function, you can chat with other users and the chat will be saved on a chat page.
Also, we created ‘New Group’ button for creating a group chat.
How is the feature related to the insights?
It would be better if our app has an group chat function since our app encourages group works and making a community.
Social features on individual learning (following system)
Feature description :
Users can follow each other and people who the user is following will be shown on their profile page so they can manage list of their followers and people that they are following.
How is the feature related to the insights?
Learning having a company who we can interact with is something that motivates them to continue.
Group Challenges
Feature description :
Group challenge is an extra work of an assignment that students can participate in and get an extra certificate and an achievement. Users can join a group by messaging other available users.
How is the feature related to the insights?
1) Learning having a company who we can interact with is something that motivates them to continue.
2) Interaction and feedback is very important in individual learning.
Collaboration Boards
Feature description :
Collaborative boards for each assignment that the users can like and comment.
When users submit an assignment, they can choose to share with all the classmates in the board.
How is the feature related to the insights?
The feeling of contributing to a group. This gives them the opportunity to learn and contribute with the submissions.
Peers Feedback
Feature description :
The users can give and receive one feedback per assignment from the other users.
They can check boxes to manifest interest in giving feedback to a peer and receiving one.
They can also evaluate the peers feedback, and that evaluation forms an average number that is shown in everyone’s profile page.
How is the feature related to the insights?
This feature addresses this need by giving them the chance to practice what they learned.
Achievements
Feature description :
The users can attain the badges by performing various tasks, such as completing courses, assignments and challenges, giving and receiving feedbacks, having a certain number of followers, etc.
How is the feature related to the insights?
As the users mostly drop courses, this feature helps motivating them into collecting achievements they can keep track of their progress in a more tangible way.
Course Progress
Feature description :
Shows the user’s progress compared to everyone’s average in the selected course.
It is measured by concluded lessons, and shown in a single graph bar.
How is the feature related to the insights?
This feature helps with a “feeling of belonging” to a group, when compared to the classmates.