Challenge
The problem
Students and working learners lack flexible, mobile-friendly learning resources that match their schedules and bandwidth.
Research
Research
Interviews with learners and educators to understand context-of-use — when, where and how they learn between work and life.
- Sessions are short and fragmented
- Mobile is the primary device
- Progress visibility motivates completion
- Offline-friendly content is essential
Solution
The solution
A mobile-first learning experience that organizes courses into bite-sized lessons with clear progress tracking and a simple dashboard.
Learning dashboardCourse organizationProgress trackingMobile-first experience
Process
How I worked through it
- 1Discovery
Validated the problem with learner interviews and pilot signal.
- 2Feature Definition
Defined the smallest valuable experience around lessons + progress.
- 3Wireframing
Low-fidelity flows for browse, learn and track surfaces.
- 4Prioritization
Picked the three jobs that drove retention and cut the rest.
- 5Documentation
Lightweight PRD with success metrics tied to lesson completion.
Metrics
Outcomes
4
Core features
3
Weeks to first build
Mobile
Primary platform
Reflection
Lessons learned
- Shipping fewer features made the value clearer to learners.
- Progress UI was the single most motivating element.
- Mobile-first constraints sharpened content and IA decisions.