UXPA | March 2019
Rachel Liu | Lead Service Designer
Beyond Learning
Experiences
Design Challenge
Business objectives
● Delivering a great customer experience
● Increase market share and revenue in emerging markets
● Registration portal requirements for build to E2E experience
Existing Challenges
● Historically, technology-centric solutions rather than user-centric
● 10 years old website with legacy systems
● No UX team has been involved designing the current experience.
Opportunities
● Establish a working relationship
● Increase the awareness of UX
Problem-solving Strategy
Detective ArchitectStoryteller
The Detective
Triangulation of Perspectives
Users
Extreme users
Experts
Cultural experts
Domain experts
Business
Product
Customer service
Sales
Triangulation of Perspectives
Business
Product
Customer service
Sales
Users
Extreme users
Experts
Cultural experts
Domain experts
Journey Hypothesis
Triangulation of Perspectives
Users
Extreme users
Experts
Cultural experts
Domain experts
Business
Product
Customer service
Sales
User Evaluations
Explorative research
Triangulation of Perspectives
Users
Extreme users
Experts
Cultural experts
Domain experts
Internal
Product
Customer service
Sales
Different Lens
Insider Outsider
Privilege blind spots
White
Educated
Industrialised
Rich
Democratic
Zoom in Zoom out
Journeys Zoomed Out
MOVING ABROAD
UNIVERSITY APPLICATION PROCESS
ENGLISH TEST
BOOKING JOURNEY
Connecting the dots
The Storyteller
Different ways to tell stories
● ….part of a workshop
● ….journey maps
● ….show-and-tell session (recorded) and shared
● ….summary slide deck with embedded video snippets
Telling better stories
Emotional Journey
Struggling StudentHigh Flyer
PrepareBookFind out Get Ready
After TestBefore Test
Take Test
Journey Hypothesis
Get Results
Test day
I need to take
an English test
Continue with Uni/visa
process
PrepareBookFind out Get Ready
After TestBefore Test
Take Test
Additional Step
Get Results
Test day
I need to take
an English test
Continue with Uni/visa
process
Plan/
Decide
The Struggling
Student
PrepareBook
Find out Get Ready
After TestBefore Test
Take Test
Alternative Journeys
Get Results
Test day
I need to take
an English test
Continue with Uni/visa
processPlan/
Decide
BookPrepare
Opportunity
PrepareBook
Find out Get Ready
After TestBefore Test
Take Test
Supporting Journeys
Get Results
Test day
I need to take
an English test
Continue with Uni/visa
processPlan/
Decide
BookPrepare
Supporting Roles
Provides financial
support
Test-taker Parent
Supporter
Test
provider
(TOEFL,
IELTS,
PTE-A)
Education
Agent
Legal
expert
Peers
Advisor
Language
training
institution
/agent
Test Expert
Asks for
recommendations
Takes test
Oversea
institution/
admissions
officer
Admissions
Take classes,
mock-tests
Studies
overseas
Uni and visa application
support
Transactional Service
Philippines India
PrepareBook
Find out Get Ready
After TestBefore Test
Take Test
Repeating journeys
Test day
Plane/
Decide
BookPrepare
Get Results
I need to take
an English test
Continue with Uni/visa
process
Learning Assessment
Opportunity
The Architect
Blueprint as a tool
Different uses of blueprint
● Visualise insights as a journey
● Alignment in cross-functional teams
● Identify gaps (more research)
● Identify opportunities (ideate, prototype)
Blueprint
development
Building Blocks with lines and symbols
● Main actor
● Supporting actor
● Interaction flows
● Channel
● Artefacts/props
Outcome | Revised Current State End-to-End User Journey
The building blocks to create more value
Learner
Supporting Actors
Stakeholders
Technology
Internal processes
Food for thought
How might we design better
learning experiences for our
stakeholders to show the
value of UX?
Thank you.
Questions?

Beyond Learning Experiences