| User Type | Motivation | Use Cases | Core/Supporting/Generic |
|---|
Educators
| - I want to teach millions of learners around the world, and know my time is a good investment.
I want to improve as an educator. I want to elevate my brand and attract millions and millions. I want to connect with and learn from a community of educators. - I want to make money.
- I want to do academic research and publish some papers.
- I want to effectively, and easily do my job (course build, course run, learner management, data review).
- Effectively includes ability to pick and choose learning components.
| Educator.1 Easy Authoring - Extensible educational blocks
- Course Design (Structure - outline, etc)
- Educational Blocks (Teaching components and Assessment)
| Core - Authoring learning components to later be delivered to a learner.
- Rich eco-system of learning components.
|
Educator.2 Administration of Courses | Core - Launch a course run.
- Collect revenue share.
|
Educator.3 Actionable Data and Feedback - What are my students doing
| Supporting |
Educator.4 Communities of Practice | Supporting or Generic? |
Educator.5 Supporting Learners (Community and Mentorship) | Supporting or Generic? |
| Learners | I want to learn, so that I can improve my life (career change, improve my job, raise, change roles, fulfill educational requirements). - I am a lifelong learner.
- I want to connect with others in similar fields of interest.
| Learner.1 Discovery: Find the right course/program to help them achieve their goals | Supporting or Generic? |
Learner.2 Achieve Learning Outcomes - Rigor/quality of instruction
| Core - Consume content to achieve learning outcomes.
- Determining learning pathway.
- Inside and outside of course.
|
Learner.3 Support through their learning pathway – progress, messaging, social | Supporting or Generic? |
Learner.4 Proof of Learning, credentials/certifications | Supporting or Generic? |
| Admins | - Enterprise Admins:
- I want to effectively, and easily do my job (course curation, employee management, data review).
- I want to know my time and my employee's time is a good investment.
- I want to upskill my employees.
- I want to validate completion of internal requirements (legal / business policies).
- I want to retain my employees (a benefit).
- I want to create a pathway for my employees.
- Educator Admins:
- I want to effectively, and easily do my job (learner management, data review).
| Admin.1 Actionable Data and Feedback - Am I getting my money's worth
| Supporting |
Admin.2 Setting up edX for their org | Supporting |