# Unfold Learning Design

> Translation alone is not enough. We guide K-12 educational programs market entry with localization and curriculum alignment so they work in Japanese classrooms.

Are you bringing a program that delivered strong results in its original market to Japan? Or do you have a program already here that’s facing implementation challenges? ULD understands that success in Japan requires more than translation — it demands a thoughtful evolution to meet the lived realities of local schools. We guide educational companies and organizations through market entry, localization, and curriculum alignment.

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## Pages
- [Home](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/): Translation alone is not enough. We guide K-12 educational programs market entry with localization and curriculum alignment so they work in Japanese classrooms. (updated: 2026-06-04)
- [About](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/about/): Through our teaching and corporate experience working with EdTech companies, publishers, program developers, and schools - we transform global educational programs into local success in Japan. (updated: 2026-06-04)
- [Services](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/services/): With our translation, localization, consulting, curriculum, content development and learning experience design services – we support educational programs entering Japanese and international markets. (updated: 2026-06-04)
- [Case studies](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/case-studies/): Case studies of our partnerships with EdTech innovators, publishers, program developers, and schools, leading to successful entry into the Japanese market. (updated: 2026-06-05)
- [Insights](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/insights-blog/): ULD's blog shares insights on educational localization, the introduction of international teaching materials to Japan, and global education. (updated: 2026-06-05)
- [News](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/news/): Get the latest updates on new projects, events and more. Find out about about our developments within educational localization in Japan and global education. (updated: 2026-06-05)
- [Contact](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/contact/): Whether it’s a small idea or major project, we’re always here to help. Feel free to tell us about your plans and the future you’re aiming for during a free consultation. (updated: 2026-06-05)

## Posts
- [New on Insights: what a Grade 3 classroom teaches about instructional design](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/new-on-insights-what-a-grade-3-classroom-teaches-about-instructional-design/): When people picture instructional design, they rarely imagine a Grade 3 classroom. Our latest Insights article makes the case that they should. Drawing on more than fifteen years of elementary... (updated: 2026-06-04)
- [Closing the design-actuality gap: What elementary teaching brings to instructional design](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/closing-the-design-actuality-gap-what-elementary-teaching-brings-to-instructional-design/): There is a concept gaining traction across education circles: the design-actuality gap. It describes the distance between how a learning resource, tool, or program was built and how it actually... (updated: 2026-06-08)
- [See you at EDIX Tokyo](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/see-you-at-edix-tokyo/): Unfold Learning Design helps EdTech companies, publishers, and program developers bring their work into Japanese classrooms with its impact intact. Through intentional design and integration, not translation. We will be... (updated: 2026-06-04)
- [New on Insights: not whether to use technology, but why](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/new-on-insights-not-whether-to-use-technology-but-why/): Our newest Insights article looks at a pattern showing up in classrooms everywhere: the devices are open, the students look busy, and yet the real learning has quietly drifted out... (updated: 2026-06-04)
- [ULD has relaunched. Welcome to our new website.](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/uld-has-relaunched-welcome-to-our-new-website/): Unfold Learning Design has relaunched with a new look and a sharper focus on pedagogical localization and integration. We help educational programs, tools, and content cross cultural and curricular boundaries... (updated: 2026-05-18)
- [Digital substitute: The case for intentional technology in education](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/digital-substitute-the-case-for-intentional-technology-in-education/): There is a pattern I keep seeing in schools, and it concerns me. A teacher will open a lesson on their device, allow students access to the lesson on their devices, and automated instructions and commendations will fill the remainder... (updated: 2026-06-08)

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- [Learning design](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/category/insights-blog/learning-design/): 2 posts
- [Insights Blog](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/category/insights-blog/): 2 posts
- [News](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/category/news/): 4 posts
- [Uncategorized](https://unfoldlearningdesign.com/category/uncategorized/): 3 posts

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