Start with the learner’s next task
Someone encountering UX for the first time needs explanations and a route through the material. I would begin with three questions: What is this lesson about? Which terms need explaining? What should the learner be able to do afterwards?
That does not mean making everything shorter. Some concepts need a detailed example. The task is to organise explanations so readers can also find them again.
Two UX principles
Nielsen Norman Group’s classic web-reading study describes participants scanning text. Meaningful headings and clear paragraphs are therefore relevant choices to consider.
Its explanation of recognition and recall also describes the value of available cues in an interface. Showing learners where they are differs from expecting them to remember the whole structure.
How UX Learning is organised
UX Learning is a self-initiated platform I designed and built, not a client commission. Chapters and lessons organise the content. Term explanations can open in context, and the platform includes language choices and a mobile layout.
These are specific interface decisions. An explanation beside a term can offer help during reading, but it does not replace an example, an exercise or feedback when someone needs to learn the concept.
What I would investigate next
Ask a new user to locate a lesson, explain a central concept in their own words and complete a small task. Observe whether the difficulty concerns navigation, language or the subject itself. Each calls for a different improvement.
Also distinguish finding an answer from understanding it. Finishing a page quickly is not evidence of learning. Evaluating learning requires investigating what someone can apply and, where relevant, remember later.
The platform can be tried through the linked project page. I have not measured learning outcomes yet; this article covers the design decisions and ideas for further testing.
