Our team was tasked with a making a current revamp of the NYU College of Dentistry orientation module for entering staff and faculty, working alongside the NYU Dentistry Office of Professional Development. The goal is to launch this orientation by the Summer of 2019. As DPL students, our design question became:

How might we design an orientation module for the entering NYU College of Dentistry staff and faculty that is both engaging and educational on the day-to-day responsibilities and workplace practices?

The methods we embraced during our research and analysis stage included:

• Post-module surveys
• Interviews
• Tours
• Secondary Research
• Analogous feedback & inspiration

We've implemented our designs using Learning Experience Design. LXD is the method of creating learning experiences that focuses on understanding learners’ needs, challenges and motivations to achieve the desired outcome. Learning Experience Design combines instructional design, learning theories, and human-centered methodology to provide the learner with actual experiences that they can relate to.