Ripple
Role
UI/UX Designer
Team
Collaborated with Stephanie Chou
and Kenneth Tran
Tools
Protopie, Figma, After Effects
Timeline
1 month in Spring 2024
Challenge
Modern students struggle with feeling engaged with educational material. With the emergence of AI, there are new tools that can be used for learning but they also have many weaknesses.
Exploration
Taking advantage of current AI capabilities to power a group discussion facilitator app with the goal of encouraging balanced conversations. With the integration of timely and intentional interventions, new ideas and discussions can formulate.
My Role
Taking advantage of current AI capabilities to power a group discussion facilitator app with the goal of encouraging balanced conversations. With the integration of timely and intentional interventions, new ideas and discussions can formulate.
Example Activity 1
Multi-Device Setup
Final Design
Example Activity 2
User Research
Autoethnographies
Our team conducted three autoethnographies and four interviews, focusing
on positive/negative learning experiences and personal encounters with
educational based AI.
Insights
Tangibility: learning through practice, discussing, and doing.
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There is a need for an engaging and interactive way to learn new concepts, not just an answer machine.
Ideation
Crazy Eights
We each created eight ideas in eight minutes, and then categorized and discussed each the pros and cons of each one. This strategy helped us generate a ton of ideas and encouraged us to talk about how our ideas aligned with our research insights.
“I’ve noticed that my learning style is very burst-y. I find motivation sporadically.” - Amy
“I prefer taking notes online, but I like learning through activities and applying content to the real world.” - Kenneth
“I like to learn through practical application (personal/class projects, step-by-step guides)” - Stephanie
Contextual Inquiry
Our team then used snowball sampling to recruit and interview four college students. The interview questions consisted of semi-structured questions, aiming to allow participants to think deeply about the ways they find educational motivation and stay engaged.
“I feel like I don’t learn that much from lectures, I understand much better after trying the content out myself.” - Pebble (Junior, CS major)
“I get bored with videos and I stop paying attention... I like audio stuff [because] I can do other stuff while I’m listening to it and I don’t lose focus.” - Indigo (Sophomore, ESRM + LSJ Majors)
“I often ask ChatGPT about things that I couldn’t understand in lecture, AI can be helpful.” - Isaac (Senior, Math major)
“I like self-paced learning because everyone has different strength and weakness and different style of learning.” - Day (Senior, Design Major)
Selection Criteria
We then used our research informed design goals to rate each of our ideas in order to find the option best aligned with our values.