FAIRFAX, Va., May 6 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:

Learning doesn't stop when you finish school. Whenever you start a new job or a new program, you learn new rules, new strategies, and new systems. And just like classroom education, there's science behind how that learning can be best supported.

"Large multinational or national organizations need people with knowledge of how people learn and how to create systems and supports for learning and development," explained Lisa Giacumo, associate professor of learning design and technology in George Mason University's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD).

Learning experience design (LXD) and user experience (UX) research are two key pillars of the CEH...