ERIC Number: EJ1463037
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1531-2542
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Creating a Micro UX Internship with Artifacts and Impact
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v25 n1 p11-34 2025
User experience (UX) internships generate ideas for usability projects, improve the design of existing and new services, investigate users' motivations and behavior, and build transferable skills for interns. This case study proposes a micro-internship model, grounded in the design cycle, that institutions can adapt to address their libraries and students' needs. The model employs a three-stage process--discover, understand, and create--and it also provides best practices on structure, engagement, resource selection, and skill acquisition with usability methods. The article includes three case studies of UX undergraduate intern projects completed in two weeks or less using a mini-portfolio format.
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Internship Programs, Undergraduate Students, Academic Libraries, Learner Engagement, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Student Journals, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Barriers, Student Interests, Library Services, Library Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Virginia
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