Sonja Klein

Didactic Product Management & Development

I manage and develop user-centered learning technologies that combine didactics, research, and business impact to make learning meaningful

WHAT?

Didactic Consulting &
Evaluation

Learning needs analysis, didactical framework & learning design, curriculum and content strategy, learning experience design evaluations

UX Research &
UX Testing

User Interviews, surveys, field studies, focus groups, usability testing, user journeys, user personas, impact measurement

Product Strategy & Roadmapping

Ideation & brainstorming workshops, initial prototyping, concept validations, didactical product strategy

Stakeholder &
Team Management

Learning content team setup & structure, scaling learning content production, organizational development

WHY?

I believe learning technologies only succeed when they are user-centered and built on strong didactical foundations. My mission is to merge research, pedagogy, and design to create tools that learners want to use — solutions that are engaging, effective, valuable, and have high impact for organizations. I focus on bringing the “learning” into learning technologies through user research, design methods, and didactically grounded product design.

HOW?

Human & User-centered

Every decision starts with your learners' needs and stakeholders' goals

Iteratively

IdeatioI use design thinking, iterative prototyping, and user testing to build and refine impactful learning solutions

Evidence-based

I combine didactical principles with research data to ensure decisions that make sense

Impact-oriented

I focus on measurable outcomes for your learners and your company

Projects & Work Examples

User Research & Prototyping - AI-Service Deletely

On average, people have around 168 online accounts, many of which are inactive. Each unused account increases the risk of data breaches and cyber-attacks. Yet, deleting accounts is often so complex and inconsistent across platforms that most people never do it.

Master IT & Learning

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Design-based Research - Exploring Student-Centered Learning Analytics Dashboards for Simulation-Based Training

During my internship at the University of Gothenburg, I designed and tested a student-facing learning analytics dashboard for maritime simulator training. Through participatory workshops, grounded theory analysis, and prototyping, I explored how learners define meaningful feedback. The results were presented to the i-MASTER consortium and contributed to the development of the EU project’s prototype system.

Master IT & Learning

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Design-based Research - Designing Dashboards that Help Students Make Sense of their Learning Data

I explored how Learning Analytics Dashboards (LADs) can go beyond data visualization and truly support learners in simulation-based training.

Master IT & Learning

2 min read