As a value and end result of the user-centered design (UCD) process, user experience (UX) is constantly evolving alongside of the users with which it is concerned. Faculty, staff, and other professionals in higher education attempt to meet the academic, economic, and ability needs of students by conducting usability testing and other user research, investing in open access (OA) and open educational resources (OER), and evaluating the accessibility of the physical and virtual services and products they currently provide or are considering. This paper will present the language used to describe UCD, as it applies to higher education, by examining the apparent overlap between UX and instructional design (ID), which leads to the concept of learner experience (LX), and the larger conversations on assessment and inclusion through universal design (UD) for college and university learning and teaching. [For the full proceedings, see ED596991.]