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New on Insights: why a perfectly translated program can still fail in Japanese classrooms

06/24/2026

Our newest Insights article sits at the heart of what we do. It begins with a hard truth: a great program, accurately translated, will often still fail in a Japanese classroom. Not because the program is weak. Translation carries the words, but not the layer beneath them, the...

See you at ISTE+ASCD in Orlando

06/15/2026

ULD is heading to ISTE+ASCD in Orlando from June 28 to July 1, one of the largest education and EdTech gatherings in the world. If you have a program, a platform, or a curriculum, whether well established or still taking shape, Japan is a substantial and often underserved...

New on Insights: what a Grade 3 classroom teaches about instructional design

05/27/2026

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 teaching in Canada, it explores how designing without a set textbook, for a room full of very different...

See you at EDIX Tokyo

05/13/2026

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 at EDIX Tokyo on Thursday, May 14. If you happen to be there too, please say hello. We...

New on Insights: not whether to use technology, but why

05/12/2026

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 of the room. It argues that the question is never whether to use technology, but why, and makes...

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