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Let’s take a look at Google’s May 2025 launch of Material Design 3, their most research-backed visual language. MD3 represents Google’s response to evolving user expectations—namely, that technology should not just function well, but should also resonate emotionally and adapt personally.
The experience arc is the sequence of designed touch-points that guide a person through emotional, cognitive, and behavioural states. It’s the spine of a learning, product, or change journey.
At Hot Neon, we choose to use the term Learning Experience Design rather than Instructional Design because to us, it better captures how we believe we should think about learning at this point in time: through a multidisciplinary lens that emphasizes experience and context.
Interactive video is the next logical step in the evolution of digital media. While it isn’t new, it seems that the market is finally ready for widespread adoption of this format. It’s a bridge between traditional video content and interactive games or animation heavy websites, offering the ability to more deeply and actively engage with
Remember the last time you watched a compelling video that made you wish you could learn more about a specific point or choose what happens next? That’s exactly what interactive video delivers. It’s transforming how we engage with video content, turning passive viewers into active participants in their own learning journey.
Video production can be a powerful tool for learning designers, but only if used thoughtfully and with clear intention. Creating a video that achieves your desired results takes careful planning and design, and that starts with a clearly defined purpose.
During the pandemic, webinars became a go-to format for disseminating information at scale. Unfortunately, we’re still suffering the consequences of this poorly planned and implemented content strategy.
Video can be very effective, but it needs to be done thoughtfully. Sending people an hour-long talking head (lecture) video is not the most helpful strategy. Follow these recommendations to improve your resources.
Stop obsessing about which “content type” to use and focus on the purpose. Learning is a dance between current and future states, and you have to balance making it easy for them in the right places so they can focus on stretching themselves bit by bit in their knowledge and skills.
Customer education often starts as a marketing initiative, which comes with surprising challenges.
There are some very clear parallels between industries—however, there are some significant differences as well that can get in your way if not carefully planned for.
This is your chance to make a difference for your audience and organization. Reach out, we’ll be happy to answer all your questions as soon as possible.