Fingerthief

LinkedIn

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-create-a-course-on-LinkedIn-Learning

https://learning.linkedin.com/instructors

https://terminus.com/blog/why-and-how-to-create-a-linkedin-course/ To summarise, LinkedIn Learning is fairly difficult to sign up to as an instructor. Another downside is that you need a membership to watch linkedinlearning videos.

YouTube

Another platform I considered is YouTube. I could try a similar format to Bubble - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDgLFs6WYk-qj16lEyFFlw where I would record videos and seminars, ideally with people from specific backgrounds who could give their expertise.

This would make the content very accessible however there is no way of tracking whether your watched all the videos or assessing what you’ve learned.

Notion

Using layouts similar to these templates https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-5-best-notion-templates-for-students-e30409ec98f1 I could create a course in Notion. The drawback is once again a lack of completion tracking.

Figma

Today was my first day back at uni after Christmas. I met our new lecturer Daniel who gave me incredibly valuable feedback for my project. We talked about what direction Environfriend could head in after it is built. My plan was to research & build all my courses now so that there is a finite amount. This means once the user has completed everything, it’s ‘game over’.

Daniel and I explored whether the courses could be continually updated but I  concluded it wouldn’t be feasible as I wouldn’t have the time while working a full time job and from my research I’ve discovered this kind of education isn’t something developers are really willing to pay for via subscription. Daniel then suggested that perhaps I could sell it as an onboarding training course - similar to ‘ethics’ and ‘code of conduct’ courses you have to complete when joining a new workplace. I thought this was a brilliant idea and could work really well. I considered the format this would take. During my time at Synergy Learning I saw all those courses being built out as SCORM packages (exclusive to Learning Management Systems [LMS]) and even had a go building some myself. This would be perfect except I imagine this kind of training would be picked up by indie companies like Wholegrain Digital, rather than big companies like Western Union. Indie companies don’t tend to use LMS but rather, Notion or Jira so I wouldnt be able to integrate the app. Exploring this idea further, I considered whether I could extract the content from Environfriend and create a Linkedin Learning course. I also considered other popular applications such as Udemy or Codecademy.

Through the first semester I’d been reading Amy Bucher’s “Designing for Behaviour Change” where I picked up some tactics I held in the back of my mind while designing my app. Here are a couple diagrams I designed to support the pages and services of my app.

For weeks, I’d hit a roadblock. I’d never had writer’s block before, but this time I was definitely experiencing designers block.

Juggling interface design with research, I’d lost sight of what I wanted users to do: log on, learn and then assess their carbon emissions and the progress they are making to minimise these. I’d read a great book on the topic, however it mostly discussed physical endurance i.e. apps helping stroke victims, or fitness apps like couch to 5k. I had to put my project on the back burner which gave me ample time to concentrate on my dissertation and enjoy a weeklong christmas break.

When I came back to Environfriend I spent about a day mulling over all my slides, tumblr and prototypes until it finally struck me: make Environfriend a Tamagotchi.  Unfortunately I can’t find a link, but I remember reading a great article explaining that a virtual character keeps users coming back. Think: Duolingo. I decided not only would I have a virtual character, I would also make the user responsible for feeding them and improving their living conditions, just like a microcosm for the real world. Another benefit of this is that the user will see their impact of their actions on the microcosm momentarily. Personally I believe some of us fail to act with regard to the environment, because we don’t see the environmental impact of our actions as we perform them; it will only become visible in 10s of years when it is far too late.

https://www.stridesapp.com/

https://www.coach.me/habit-tracker

https://www.goalsontrack.com/

https://wayoflifeapp.com/

Today I used a Chrome plugin called Green IT to assess how environmentally friendly the Notion & Google Slides are. This plugin takes into account the number and size of images, what frameworks the site uses and much more, as outlined in ‘Best Practices’

Ecologi https://ecologi.com/

consistent vector illustrations

moving aspects i.e. windmills

great use of white space

clear visualisation of progress at the top of my page

amount of CO2 offset shown through trees

all my stats are visible to the public

goal setting possible but no accountability

goals are predetermined and chosen from a dropdown menu

Today I Interviewed Dan, and was able to design and Empathy Map as well as create a COM-B Model worksheet.