MOOCs-to-Mentorship

THE CHALLENGE

Only 10% of people from low-income families attain a bachelor's degree by 25. For those that do, the benefits could be life changing. In order to make it possible for more and more kids from low-income families -

How might we reimagine the cost of college in the US and how it's paid for?

SOLUTION

MOOCs-to-Membership is one of the possible solutions to make college more accessible to people. It aims to solve the affordability problem by restructuring the traditional classroom model and fee structure. By offering low fee and a combination of MOOCs and Satellite campuses it lowers the barrier to entry. The cost and residency requirements increase towards the end of the degree and that is aimed to be offset via corporate sponsorship and paid internships.

MY ROLE

UX Design and Prototyping.

METHODOLOGIES

Personas, User Journey, Prototyping.

PROCESS

USER RESEARCH

After gathering insights from contributions to the Research section of the OpenIDEO Higher Ed challenge and gaining perspective from my own and my classmate's higher education experience, I analyzed and synthesized the information to shape personas and user experience.