We are a UX research and design partner focused solely on EdTech

We can help you fix acute user pain points quickly. We can also help you with longer-term strategic challenges like product validation and innovation, roadmap planning, and team scalability.
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Is a surge of user frustration growing into an emergency?

The Acute UX Diagnostic and Action Plan can help!

We can help you identify and create an actionable plan to deal with UX pain points so you can avoid more serious long-term damage such as product abandonment and lost sales.

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My working relationship with Openfield is one of the best I’ve had. I value and trust the partnership we’ve built together. We see them as another member of our team who has been instrumental in building great customer experiences with our products.

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Boost your EdTech user understanding through UX and CX team collaboration

Your User Experience researchers and designers and your Customer Experience team have a lot to offer each other. It’s easy, however, for UX and CX teams to work in silos. When UX and CX teams fail to collaborate, challenges can arise. These issues not only affect team efficiency but also impact the overall user experience.

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Supercharge your EdTech: blending engineering prowess and UX insights for transformative impact

User experience research and design is often misconstrued as “nice-to-haves” — not a non-negotiable like world-class product engineering. Especially if you’re an early-to-mid-stage EdTech company, you likely begin the product development process with a proof of concept and build it out as an evolving, real-world solution, with the engineering team at the helm.

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Take your EdTech product from problem to solution with these 3 ideation exercises

Of all the critical moments in the product design process, the leap from a defined problem to solution idea is one of the most exciting and critical steps. Whether building a product for the first time or generating ideas for the “next big thing,” an effective ideation process can ensure a strong start to the production cycle. Different business needs call for different kinds of ideas. All moments of ideation, however, benefit from a strong and creative plan for input and innovation.

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How A Comprehensive Approach Improves EdTech UX Outcomes

The EdTech sector is experiencing an increase in funding and investment. However, you still need firm justification for UX research and design initiatives across a long chain of command. That means if you want to invest in user research and design services, your product team needs to demonstrate a clear return on investment. As specialized EdTech UX research and design experts, we’ll guide you through each stage of our comprehensive approach to UX design, including outcomes and deliverables. This guide will allow you to assess whether Openfield is the right UX partner to drive measurable value for your EdTech.

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8 EdTech trends to drive your 2024 strategy

We’re sensing a lot of pent up desire to move on big picture initiatives in 2024. The past couple years were filled with many unknowns as investment in the sector was heavily scrutinized for both early-stage and mature EdTech products. If you’re like many product leaders we talk to, you may be looking at 2024 with continued trepidation but feeling the pressure to address underlying issues that are keeping your product from being the best it can be. But 2024 could shape up to be your best year yet — if you play it right. We compiled a list of critical trends that will be the biggest influencers on your business.

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How Openfield gets quick wins while tackling long-term solutions for strategic EdTech product growth

Following a period of reticence toward spending on longer-term strategic initiatives in favor of quicker wins, we believe there is pent up desire to tackle bigger picture initiatives. But the need to scrutinize big moves feels more important than ever as investment in the EdTech sector continues to reset to normal pre-pandemic levels. That means investors, stakeholders and buyers are seeking safe bets on viable solutions to well-researched user needs. Whether you are an early, mid, or late-stage EdTech product, you can’t afford to have a declining user experience.