UX in Education - Challenges and Opportunities
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About the Event
Join us at our inaugural conference, bringing together user-centered professionals working in education for a day of thought-provoking talks, interactive sessions and networking.
Since we formed in 2021, our UCISA UX community has grown online, we have come together in virtual sessions to talk about our work (and at times, share in group therapy!). It’s now time to meet in-person to share more ideas, make more connections and learn more from each other. This UX conference is different to other UX conferences - it has a specific focus on the adoption and application of user-centred approaches and practices in education, with consideration of the specific challenges and opportunities that exist and characteristics of the sector we work in. If you’ve ever grappled with student-journey mapping, academic engagement and getting buy-in for user research to improve university-wide services, then this is the conference for you!
The conference will explore a range of themes, including:
- Successes and failures - honest case studies presented by UX practitioners in education.
- Sessions by experts in the field to inspire and invigorate your approach to UX in your institution.
- Ideas for techniques and approaches to embed user-centered design into your institutional culture.
Event Schedule
Tuesday
Registration and Exhibition opens
Welcome and Introduction
Emma Horrell, User Experience Manager, University of EdinburghUX in Education Multiplied: Exploring future transformation opportunities and challenges using new types of leadership and design thinking
Tash Willcocks, Head of Learning Design and Ben Holliday, Chief Design Officer, TPXimpactBuilding bridges into accessibility research
Ayala Gordon, Associate Director for Digital User Experience and Sara Cunha, Senior User Researcher, University of SouthamptonRefreshments
From digital anarchy to order – how implementing a design system is helping collaboration, creativity and consistency at UCL
Samantha Fanning, Product Manager for Digital Experience, University College LondonTravel time
Breakout sessions
- Transforming the Student Digital Experience (in Chadwick A)
Kris Purdy, Head of Digital Experience, University of Glasgow - Inclusive Programme Review: Service design application to student experience (in Chadwick C)
Radka Newton, Professor in Management Education and Innovation, Lancaster University
Lunch
Workshop sessions
- Drawing insights: unveiling user behaviours through cognitive mapping in UX (in Chadwick A)
Catherine Broadley, Systems and Discovery Librarian; and Prakash Chauhan, Systems and Discovery Adviser, Manchester Metropolitan University - Communicating the benefits of UX to everyone who needs to hear it (in Chadwick C)
Ned Potter, Faculty Engagement Manager: Community + UX, University of York
Travel time
Making the case for service design in Higher Education- creating change from the inside out
Val Mitchell, Senior Lecturer, Loughborough UniversityResearching and designing inclusive and accessible experiences for staff and students
Funso Oyolola, UX Lead Information and Digital Services, Keele UniversityRefreshments
Data as a Service: Enhancing User-Centric Education
Stephanie Carlson, Data Scientist, University of CambridgeScaling research – using visuals and maps to make decisions and address big challenges
Ben Richards, User Experience Research Lead; and Amelia Johnson, User Experience Researcher, University of ExeterLeveraging UX principles for better educational technology procurement: a case study in digital assessment at the University of Cambridge
Sylwia Dzula, Senior User Researcher; and David Marshall, User Research & Data Science Team Lead, University of CambridgeClosing remarks
Emma Horrell, User Experience Manager, University of EdinburghClose of the Conference
Other Info
Exhibitor Information
UCISA Group
- UX Community
