LearnAbout English

An Australian English classroom that answers while you write.

Feb 2017 — May 2018 NeoLAB Sydney Studio End client: Echelon Learning Project mng · UX · AI scripting learnabout.kr ↗
LearnAbout English running on a phone
01 — The brief

Echelon Learning has a legacy in the English Academy of Australia and wanted to expand online to the Asian market. Working with the client's smart-pen technology, the aim was to bring an Australian English classroom to mobile, where users can actively learn, reflect, and get feedback.

02 — Our part

Over one year and three months we worked cross-functionally on research, project management, ideation, prototyping, modelling the AI tasks, and scripting the XML language for the chatbot.

03 — The creation

A premium English learning program that combines rule-based AI with a live-feedback platform. Connecting the smart pen to the mobile app, AI characters lead users through tasks and respond to their questions as they write on the dot-coded textbook.

Chatbot conversation screens
04 — Iterative process

The target is Year 9–12, the digital natives; catching their attention and retaining engagement through a session was a big challenge. We constantly iterated — ideate, prototype, validate — across every aspect: UI, copywriting, chatbot character, sound effects, TTS voice, AI response rules, video lectures, scoring and other gamification policies.

How-Might-We statements Low-fi and high-fi prototypes Role play User testing Interviews Beta test
A student in a user-testing session