Posts in Learning Design
Secret Agent Mia

Darren’s team developed, managed, and marketed this voice chatbot and book subscription product for Mia Learning. It used conversational AI and machine learning to offer personalized book recommendations and coaching to help elementary-school students become intrinsically motivated to read. Children using Secret Agent Mia achieved 32% annualized gains in reading motivation, and the product saw 196% year-over-year revenue growth.

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Agile Administrators

Agile Administrators is a digital professional learning product developed for the American Council on Education to help senior leaders of college and universities learn to use user-centered design, lean startup business model validation, and agile mindsets and ways of working to accelerate innovation and institutional transformation in the service of equity. It includes a self-paced multimedia curriculum of 61 multimedia microcourses, a microcredential portfolio assessment, and learning circles, peer-facilitated social learning groups similar to communities of practice.

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Drivers of Change in Higher Education

This series of motion graphics videos, along with an aligned set of microcourses, were produced for the American Council on Education in collaboration with KnowledgeWorks to support learning and spark conversation among senior leaders of colleges and universities. Each video introduces a driver of change in higher education to guide futures thinking and strategic planning. 

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