Educational Apps

Educational apps can make learning more engaging, accessible and personal, but only if they’re built around what learners need. IE helps schools, universities and education charities shape the right idea, then design and build apps and interactive resources that learners actually use.

Educational App Services

We design engaging learning apps and interactive resources with and for the people who’ll use them, through:

User research and discovery

UX and UI design

Cross-platform app development

Native apps through trusted partners

Interactive learning resources

LMS and VLE integration

Gamification

User testing with learners

App store deployment

Ongoing support

Southern Universities Network (SUN)

UniExplorer

Digital Education

Countryside Classroom

Easy-to-use resource for schools

Digital Charity

Young Lives vs Cancer

Online community tool and smartphone app

Digital Charity

Sexwise

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Digital Charity

Insight

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I really enjoyed working with IE. My digital consultant has been brilliant, making excellent suggestions and being very responsive to our needs. The end result is superb and I’d highly recommend IE’s digital team.

Claire O’Neill, Head of the Southern Universities Network, University of Southampton

FAQs

Should we build an app or an interactive website?

It depends on how people will use it. Apps work well for tools people return to often or use on the go. But asking someone to download an app is a real barrier, and today’s mobile websites can do much of what apps can. We’ll help you choose the right option, which is often an interactive web resource.

How do you make learning apps engaging?

By designing around learners, not technology. We test ideas and prototypes with the people who’ll use them and draw on techniques such as interactive content and gamification. Testing with secondary school pupils, for example, quickly shows what holds their attention and what they’d skip.

Can an app connect to our existing learning platforms?

Yes. We regularly integrate digital tools with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) such as Moodle, as well as Customer Relationship Management platforms (CRMs) and other systems. Joining these up means learners get a seamless experience, and your team can track progress without extra admin.