Codesign Product Certification

Codesign Product Certification is open to all companies that complete a research study with Leanlab Education and make product modification based on user feedback. The purpose of this certification is assess a company’s ongoing commitment to the values of co-design. Companies must submit evidence across six criteria in order to assess how their product was, is, and will continue to be designed with, not for, the communities and people their product impacts.

 

CRITERIA

 

LEANLAB Education provides edtech companies with an Action Plan at the culmination of each usability and feasibility study. Action Plan’s consist of recommendations for product improvements provided by teachers and students. In order to receive a Codesign Product Certification, companies must provide evidence they have incorporated, at minimum, 75% of those recommendations.

PREQUISITES

 

Lived Experience

  • Senior team members or board have lived experience in the classroom (if classroom tool) and/or in administration (if admin tool).

Founding Story

  • The product was created in response to a demonstrated need

Internal Structures

  • Company compensates users for their feedback

  • Company has mechanisms for users to give feedback directly to senior leadership and/or the development team

Educator Voice

  • Company has a written plan for how user feedback is incorporated in the product roadmap

  • Company has codesign written into their logic model

Future Strategy

  • Company made changes to their product or onboarding based on feedback from users

  • Senior leadership at the company is engaged in the research process

Research Fidelity

  • Company receives a +70 NPS from teachers at pilot schools

  • Educators feel like a valued member of the team and their ideas and input help shape the future of the product

  • Educators can identify a clear procedure for them to submit feedback and interact with the company

 

REVIEW PROCESS

 

Once, all materials are submitted, companies will be judged by industry experts, school advisors, students, parents, and the LEANLAB team.

 

USAGE

 

Companies are issued a tamper-proof digital badge that can be securely displayed anywhere on the web. Badges can be securely integrated with Linkedin and on your company website.

Badges are valid for two years after issuance.