CASE STUDY · LIDO LEARNING (BYJU'S)
Designing the learning system behind 4,000 live tutoring classes a week
I worked for the K-5 squad leading a team of 5 curriculum designers to ensure consistency for the learning experience of the K-5 curriculum.
HERO IMAGE · REPLACE
ROLE
Senior Curriculum Designer
TEAM
Instructional designers, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Design Team, Operations Head, Tutor Excellence Team
YEARS
2020 – 2021
GRADES
K – 5
REGIONS
US · UK · NZ · MENA
The Problem
2,000+ tutors and 4,000+ kids on live calls every week. Every classroom is small. Every classroom is custom. Keeping the teaching consistent at that scale was the hard part.
The Solution
Led 5 instructional designers shipping 100+ multi-subject lessons, and built the tutor enablement pipeline that trained 400 tutors a month — alongside the Teacher Excellence and Product Design teams.
The Outcome
A consistent live learning experience for 4,000+ K-5 students, every week, across the US, UK, New Zealand, and MENA.
Overview
Lido Learning was an Indian EdTech (later acquired by BYJU'S) running customized online tutoring for students in the US, UK, New Zealand, and MENA. At the start of the pandemic, the job was simple to say and hard to do — make a live class feel friction-free for the kid, the parent, and the tutor on the other end of the call.
My Role
Content Delivery
I was part of the grades K-5 squad and led a team of 5 instructional designers shipping multi-subject K-5 lessons every week. We used the framework and content set by the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create visually rich lesson plans using ADDIE, Backward Design and formative assessments. 20 lessons were created across Math, Science, English, Coding and Social-emotional Learning (SEL), for grade K-2 and grades 3-5, each. Week. These were made on software Articulate Rise and handed over to the Design team to add LIDO characters and make more visually appealing.
ENGLISH · GRADES 3-5 · LESSON SLIDE
MATH · GRADES 3-5 · LESSON SLIDE
Learning Experience Design
I wove the LIDO characters, energizers, and interactive moments into weekly lessons, then watched class recordings with the Tutor Excellence team to see what actually worked and changed the lesson timings and interactivity based on the feedback.
Tutor Onboarding & Training
Every week I ran live trainings for 400+ tutors walking them through the lesson format, the LIDO characters, and the conceptual stuff that matters most when teaching phonics and early math to little kids.
5 SLIDES · PHONICS TRAINING DECK · GRADES K-2
5
DESIGNERS LED
Instructional designers shipping multi-subject lessons every week.
100+
LESSONS DESIGNED
Live-class lessons built using ADDIE, Backward Design, and formative assessment.
400
TUTORS ENABLED · MONTHLY
Online tutors onboarded and trained every month, across subjects and grades.
What I Learned
This was a high-energy, demanding role. It taught me how to lead a team, coordinate across teams, run training for very large tutor groups, and that teaching 4-to-8-year-olds online means giving them a lot of talk time, free play, and joy. Tutor energy, I realized, is very important to ensure the little ones are not squirming on the screen!