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First-stage funding for our design assist app secured ● Collaborating with Creative Informatics to bring our Learning People/Learning Places App to market
asked if the product was helpful, they so far have unanimously agreed, including one who stated, "I would go so far as to say not only helpful but vital." The next stage is to continue developing the product using the feedback we have gathered and to start securing funding for the next step, which should culminate in finally bringing the Learning People/ Learning Places to market.
The problem with any self- initiated project like this is that it does not generate any revenue, so naturally, our customers must come first, and as a deliberately small elite team, we are kept very busy. Initially, we considered crowdfunding a solution, which may yet form part of our strategy to bring the App to market. However, after sharing the concept with one of our contacts,
be aiming for, enabled us to move the outcome from a physical product to a basic digital prototype and to carry out test workshops with the relevant target markets. So far, we are delighted with the reaction from test workshops, where the product has been met with great enthusiasm. When participants were
Nomad Product Focus on learning environments. Sibling products with teaching and workplace focus - coming soon!
KEY INSIGHTS ● Our product works and people like it! ● Building a digital product is a complex and lengthy affair! ● Don't forget your card prototypes if you are holding a test workshop!
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Regular followers will know that we have been developing an app based on the data, knowledge and insights gathered through our practice for almost two decades! Learning People/Learning Places is a design tool to assist educators,
architects, and other interested parties in understanding the people who use learning spaces and help them create
we were advised that the product could be a good candidate for funding. As a result, we successfully secured funding for our
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I would go so far as to say not only helpful but vital!
better places. The content draws upon knowledge gained through thousands of interactions with real people and real places, including schools, public libraries, universities and colleges across the UK and beyond.
first development phase from Creative Informatics, a research and development programme affiliated with UoE. This funding has helped us to establish the type of digital product we should
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