Human-Centered Learning Experience Design (LXD) • PAIDÓS

Learning Ecosystems and Human-Centered Instructional Design 

In close collaboration with educational institutions, publishers, and cultural projects, we design learning ecosystems and learning pathways centered on the learner’s journey. We combine design sensitivity with pedagogical depth to transform complex educational content into clear, engaging, and above all meaningful learning experiences.

Our work focuses on the quality of learning and on building deep understanding, ensuring that content is not simply consumed, but truly understood and meaningful to the learner. Rather than producing isolated learning materials, we create educational experiences that strengthen intellectual autonomy and expand cultural understanding.

Our areas of expertise and innovation 

Inclusive and author-driven Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
We design learning ecosystems using Google Sites, focusing on intuitive interfaces, easy administration, and high accessibility — ideal for institutions that want agility within the Google for Education ecosystem.

Purpose-driven gamified learning experiences
We structure learning mechanics based on meaningful gamification strategies that promote real engagement and formative feedback in real time, with clear progress tracking for learners, teachers, and academic managers.

Immersive narratives and thematic learning environments
We develop customized learning environments that place students inside the context of knowledge — such as the world of the Renaissance — transforming learning into a journey of cultural discovery.

Participatory design and educational co-creation
We believe in collective intelligence. Educational projects are developed in close dialogue with institutions, always respecting their pedagogical identity, curriculum, and specific goals.

Curated and original educational content development
We create educational resources for Early Childhood Education, Elementary School and High School, aligned with the Brazilian National Common Core (BNCC) and also with international curricula, bridging academic rigor and the reality of the classroom.

Instructional Design and Learning Experience Solutions (LXD)

We design original learning resources that connect pedagogy, culture, and technology. Our goal is to support educational institutions, publishers, and cultural organizations in creating learning experiences that are both pedagogically solid and human-centered. 

Our design solutions include: 

Digital learning ecosystems and learning objects
We design customized Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), interactive H5P content, smart PDFs, and gamified resources focused on usability, accessibility, and meaningful learner engagement.

Learning pathways and instructional sequences
We structure clear and well-designed learning journeys that promote autonomy, deep understanding, and long-term knowledge retention.

Multimodal learning resources
We develop educational materials that work across digital, print, and hybrid learning contexts, ensuring a consistent and effective learning experience in any format.

Pedagogical curation and content adaptation
We transform complex or technical content into clear, accessible, and inclusive learning materials without losing academic rigor.

Early Childhood Education Materials

Didactic sequences, proposals for interaction and play-based learning, resources for the development of oral language and multiple languages (aligned with the Brazilian National Common Core (BNCC) and international curricula).

Each project is developed as a tailor-made solution, aligning learning objectives, learner profiles, and the real context of implementation.

Paidós Methodology: Learning Experience Design and Pedagogical Rigor (LXD)

Our approach integrates learning science, critical content curation, and cutting-edge technical development. We guide the creation of learner-centered, active, and contextualized experiences, structured around four key pillars:

Critical Didactic Adaptation: We adapt complex content for diverse audiences and educational levels, ensuring cognitive accessibility without compromising academic rigor.

Pedagogical Interactivity and Learner Autonomy: We leverage digital tools and gamification mechanics to foster genuine engagement and meaningful learning, empowering students to take ownership of their own learning pathways.

Multicultural and Inclusive Curation: We integrate diversity, cultural, historical and social perspectives, ensuring that the learning process is a space of otherness and representation. Our commitment is to a decolonial approach: we recognize that knowledge is situated, historically constructed and often hierarchized. Therefore, we value local, indigenous, quilombola, migrant and border epistemologies — placing them at the center of curriculum design, not as an appendix.

Pedagogical Rigor and Coherence: Each resource is organized around clear learning objectives and sound methodologies, guaranteeing that every interaction is purposeful and grounded in effective instructional planning.

Each project is developed as a tailor-made solution, aligning learning objectives, learner profiles, and real-world implementation contexts.

Decolonial Foundations: Why plural epistemological perspectives?

At Paidós, we start from the principle that no knowledge is neutral or universal. The curricula we inherit often privilege European, male, white and Western narratives — while silencing Indigenous, African, Asian, quilombola, migrant and peripheral knowledge.

Our decolonial approach is not a 'cross-cutting theme'. It is the structure that guides every choice: which narratives do we include? Who produces the knowledge we teach? How can we teach mathematics based on Indigenous basket-weaving patterns, or history based on African cosmologies?

We work to make the learning experience not just instruction, but also epistemic reparation — an invitation to recognize that there are many ways of knowing, many ways of teaching, and many ways of being in the world.

Portfolio: Learning Experiences in Practice

Our projects showcase a balance between advanced instructional design and human-centered sensitivity, tailored to diverse levels of interactivity and cultural contexts:

European Renaissance (Custom VLE)

Although the theme is traditionally taught from a Eurocentric perspective, this AVA proposes a decolonial reading of the Renaissance: it connects art, history and technology so that Brazilian students in Japan can understand the period not as 'the height of civilization', but as one historical moment among many — in dialogue with African, Asian and Indigenous knowledge often erased from traditional curricula.

Brasilzinho Kits (Portuguese as a Heritage Language)

Brasilzinho Kits develops methodologies and multimodal resources for sustaining Portuguese as a Heritage Language (PHL), with architecture and design tailored for schools and for families — recognizing that each context demands specific materials and approaches.

Unlike traditional approaches that focus on "bringing Brazil" to the child, Brasilzinho Kits proposes a double expansion of perspective: it speaks of Brazil and the world, showing that the culture of origin is just as important as the country where the child lives and as the rest of the world.

The goal is to create pride without hierarchy — an experience where the child does not have to choose between being Brazilian and being a global citizen. She can be both, fully.

The materials are organized around themes that connect cultures (Brazilian, local, and global) without placing one above another, valuing plurality as structure, not as an appendix.

Nomadic Peoples (PDF Learning Design)

The project invites students to understand nomadic cultures not as 'backward' or 'exotic', but as equally complex forms of social organization, knowledge of territory and relationship with the environment — confronting colonialist narratives that have historically inferiorized peoples without permanent territorial settlement.

Contexts and Fields of Action

Our design and curation solutions transform learning across diverse scenarios, whether formal, non-formal, or purpose-driven corporate environments:

Primary and Interdisciplinary Education: Integrated projects that foster critical thinking, creativity, and active learning for Primary and Secondary Education.

Publishers and Content Producers: Development of digital and multimodal educational and supplementary resources, focusing on pedagogical flow, accessibility, and diversity.

Cultural Spaces and Museology: Immersive learning experiences for museums, exhibitions, and intercultural projects, requiring high historical and contextual sensitivity.

Digital Learning Ecosystems: Implementation in LMS/VLE platforms and development of interactive learning objects that promote learner autonomy and engagement.

Non-Formal Education and Social Initiatives: Support for independent educational programs and NGOs seeking pedagogical innovation and social impact through design.

Let’s Develop Your Educational Project Together

We are available for partnerships in instructional design, Learning Experience Design (LXD), pedagogical curation, and development of learning objects for educational and cultural contexts.

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