IMMERSIVE EXPLORATION
Ocean Explorer
From sunlit waters to the deepest trench. Meet extraordinary life, watch real ocean footage, and investigate how light and pressure shape the world below.
Depths · Habitats · DiscoveryFree access
THE NEXT FRONTIER IS HOW WE LEARN
Explore what
learning can be.
A universe of possibility.
Open to everyone.
AN OPEN LEARNING R&D STUDIOKeep exploring
01 / A NEW FIELD OF POSSIBILITY
What if learning
worked differently?
An idea you can move. A decision you can rehearse. A world you can change.
Learning Frontier is an open learning research and development studio created by ACED. We build experiences that turn curiosity into understanding—and share them freely.
02 / FOUR WORLDS. ENDLESS WHAT IFS.
FREE TO EXPLORE · NO ACCOUNT REQUIREDEXPERIENCE 001 · INTERACTIVE LAB
Planet Lab
One planet.
Infinite what ifs.
Move a world closer to its star. Change its greenhouse warming. Turn up the sunlight it reflects. Make a prediction, run an experiment, and discover what changes.
Explore Planet Lab
BLUE MARBLE 2012 · SATELLITE-DATA COMPOSITENASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring
Optional narration · Six-world atlas · Downloadable expedition notesCreated by ACED. NASA-informed. Independently developed.
Keep following your curiosity.
Go deeper. Turn up the heat. Make a little electricity.
INTERACTIVE EARTH SCIENCE
Volcano Lab
Look beneath the surface. Change the magma, release the gas, and compare eruptions in a landscape you can turn, pause, and explore.
Magma · Eruptions · ExperimentsFree access
HANDS-ON PHYSICS · BETA
Magnet Lab
Move a magnet. Make electricity. Explore magnetic fields, bend a charged particle’s path, and discover what changes the voltage you create.
Fields · Motion · ElectricityFree access
Gallery artwork is illustrative. Each experience opens in a new tab, ready to explore.
03 / CURIOSITY, WITH A METHOD
We make things.
Then we ask better questions.
Every experience is an invitation to learn—and an opportunity to understand how learning itself can work better.
Ask something worth exploring.
Start with a real learning challenge. An idea that’s hard to see. A skill that needs practice. A question with room for discovery.
Make the idea tangible.
Build something people can change, choose, test, or create. Let the learner become part of what happens.
Learn from the experience.
Listen to learners. Notice where understanding grows and where the design gets in the way. Refine, then try again.
Share what moves us forward.
Release useful experiences freely. Share the questions, design choices, and discoveries behind the work.
04 / SMALL SPARKS. WHOLE NEW WORLDS.
Learning takes
many forms.
We follow the learning question.
The format grows from there.
01Widgets & tools
One idea, made visible. Small interactive tools that help people see a relationship, test an assumption, or solve a problem.
A MOMENT OF CLARITY02Games & activities
Choices with consequences. Meaningful challenges, room to experiment, and feedback that makes the next attempt more informed.
A REASON TO TRY AGAIN03Labs & simulations
Systems you can explore. Change a variable, make a prediction, and investigate what happens. Planet Lab is our first exploration.
Enter Planet Lab04Course experiences
A connected journey from curiosity to capability. Guided practice, thoughtful feedback, and something meaningful to take into the real world.
A JOURNEY THAT BUILDS05 / FROM THE STUDIO
FIELD NOTE001DESIGN NOTE · PLANET LAB
Give curiosity
something to do.
A planet becomes a learning experience when you can ask “what if?”—and do something about it.
In Planet Lab, a prediction comes before an experiment. You change one variable, see the result, and compare it with what you expected. A surprising answer becomes a reason to look closer.
Read the design note
06 / POSSIBILITY BELONGS TO EVERYONE
Knowledge opens worlds.
Let’s leave the door open.
Everything we publish under Learning Frontier is free to explore and share. Bring it into a classroom. Try it with a friend. Pass along something that changes how you see.
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Open access.
No course fees. No membership required to learn.
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Made to travel.
Share the experiences and keep their credits with them.
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Room for everyone.
Clear language, thoughtful design, and different ways to participate.
A note on sharing
Share public experience links freely. Follow the credits and reuse details provided with individual resources; third-party material may have its own terms. Keep private progress and return links to yourself. Free access does not imply that every project’s source code is released.
07 / THE STUDIO BEHIND THE EXPLORATION
Ambitious by design.
Generous by nature.
Learning Frontier is the open learning R&D initiative created by ACED.
We bring learning design, creative technology, and a spirit of experimentation together to push what’s possible in digital learning.
Our mission is to expand what learning can be by designing, testing, and freely sharing experiences that turn curiosity into understanding and capability.
We’re building a growing body of work—and sharing what we discover along the way.
Meet ACED08 / BRING THIS KIND OF LEARNING TO YOUR WORLD
ACEDMake them curious.
Make it click.
Make it matter.
Stunning, modern learning.
Built around the learner.
ACED brings the imagination behind Learning Frontier to your people, your subject, and your goals. We turn complex ideas into experiences people want to explore—and skills they can put to work.
Build something with usBeautiful with a purpose.
Visual worlds, clear stories, and thoughtful interactions that invite people to take the next step.
Learning through doing.
Let people experiment, make decisions, practice safely, and see why an answer works.
Designed for capability.
Connect the experience to what people need to do, then plan how to assess understanding and performance.
Custom courses / Games & simulations / Learning tools / Learning strategyExplore ACED
09 / YOUR NEXT GREAT IDEA STARTS HERE
Let’s make
something extraordinary.
FROM WHAT IF TO WHAT’S NEXT.
Bring the big idea.
The tricky topic.
The thing nobody’s tried yet.
Tell us who you’re designing for and what you want to make possible. A rough idea is a great place to start.
Prefer a direct conversation?info@acedllc.com
Custom projects and partnerships are led by ACED. Learning Frontier’s public experiences stay free to explore and share.