Foxgroove is committed to improving the state of EdTech UX. We have been consulting with EdTech companies to implement strategies that make their products usable and accessible. Our outreach has taken us to a number of recent industry conferences across the country: COSN 24 in Miami, ISTELive 24 in Denver, FETC 25 in Orlando, and ASU+GSV 25 in San Diego. Our next stop will be at ISTELive 25 in San Antonio. This year we are partnering with ISTELive 25 to provide UX advisory sessions at the Solutions Summit and conduct usability-focused research with educators during the larger conference.

UX Advisory Sessions at the Solutions Summit

The Solutions Summit is a must attend preconference event for EdTech product owners. It brings together EdTech leaders, innovators, and experts from diverse industry perspectives to share best practices and insights, workshop new ideas, and make new connections. At the Solutions Summit, attendees will engage with product usability consultants, AI experts, and education visionaries to explore core design elements that make high-impact solutions within the EdTech ecosystem.The Solutions Summit is a must attend preconference event for EdTech product owners. It brings together EdTech leaders, innovators, and experts from diverse industry perspectives to share best practices and insights, workshop new ideas, and make new connections. At the Solutions Summit, attendees will engage with product usability consultants, AI experts, and education visionaries to explore core design elements that make high-impact solutions within the EdTech ecosystem.

Foxgroove and ISTE are partnering to provide Solution Summit attendees with complimentary, one-on-one user experience design consultations. Usable products enhance and facilitate learning by maintaining the user’s attention on learning, not the interface. The industry has taken note. At last year’s Solution Summit, ISTE+ASCD CEO Richard Culatta acknowledged ‘Usable’ as one of their five Quality Indicators for EdTech products.

Participating vendors will receive a website or product Usability Report Card including scores for aesthetics, navigation, content, interactivity, and forms. Company and product-specific strategies will be shared to help each company improve their product’s user experience.

Learn more about the ISTELive 25 Solution Summit.

Foxgroove provides consultation on improving the integration of user experience design into the product development lifecycle. Contact us to learn more.

Usability-focused Educator Research at the Conference

Educators are naturally committed to improving the educational outcomes of their students. Pedagogically sound curriculum, presented in ways that students resonate with has always been challenging. Over the last decade, EdTech products have become integral components of the learning environment placing additional burdens on both educators and students. Educators are now required to learn how to use an increasingly large number of EdTech products — some are usable, but many are frustrating to use.

Foxgroove and ISTE are partnering to conduct educator research at the ISTELive 25 conference. We will be recruiting educators for impromptu interviews on Tuesday, July 2nd. Our goals are to understand how the usability of EdTech products impacts teachers and student outcomes.

Look for us at the ISTELive 25 R&D Launchpad (room 221D).