Learning Design and Technology: Learning Experience Design Concentration

This concentration prepares you to design, prototype, and evaluate learning experiences grounded in research and responsive to learner variability — and to lead design strategy at the organizational level.

Who is LXD Built For

LXD is a strong fit if you’re drawn to the craft of teaching and training but want to work at a systems level — thinking carefully about why some learning experiences work, and others don’t. Strong candidates often come from backgrounds in education, instructional design, corporate training, communications, or related fields, and are looking to deepen their practice with a rigorous, research-grounded framework. You don’t need prior technical experience, but you should be comfortable with analytical thinking and eager to engage with design as an iterative, evidence-driven process.

What You’ll Focus On​

Across the course sequence, you’ll work through iterative design cycles: conducting needs analyses at the course and program level, prototyping solutions, running user research, and evaluating impact. Throughout, the emphasis is on alignment — connecting learning goals, instructional strategies, assessment, and feedback into coherent designs. You’ll produce tangible artifacts, including instructional modules, technology-supported learning environments, and program-level plans, while building the analytical skills to critique and refine your own work and others’.​

The culminating course shifts focus from individual learning experiences to leadership, asking you to develop systems for designing learning experiences that advance measurable goals across an organization.

What You’ll Be Prepared For ​

Graduates are prepared to contribute to and lead design teams across sectors — including education, business, government, and nonprofit organizations — with the research grounding and practical skills to make design decisions that hold up under scrutiny. Explore a career path in Learning Experience Design.​

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