Learning Designer & Educator
Applying classroom experience, inclusive design practice, and educational technology skills to curriculum and learning design in higher education.
From the classroom to learning design
I came to learning design through the classroom. After years working as a high school teacher and university tutor, I developed a close, practical understanding of what makes educators effective — and what genuinely helps them design curriculum, learning activities, and assessment that lands with students. That perspective is central to how I work: effective learning design starts with a real partnership between designer and educator, not a set of instructions handed down.
I bring that collaborative approach to my design practice now, applying pedagogical frameworks — constructive alignment, andragogy, ADDIE and SAM — to real curriculum and assessment problems, and drawing on evidence-based, data-informed decision making throughout.
Accessibility & inclusive design
Accessibility and inclusive design are central to how I work. I apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles from the outset — not as a compliance measure, but as a way of anticipating the genuine diversity of how students learn. This means designing for multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression, and ensuring content meets WCAG 2.1 standards.
Recent practice
I recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Learning Design, deepening my practice in curriculum design, learning technologies, and the purposeful use of emerging technologies including AI in assessment contexts. My portfolio reflects that work:
- Building Critical AI Literacy — a self-paced Canvas module designed for academic and sessional staff on AI-integrated assessment design, developed as part of my capstone project and presented as a full case study covering module structure, theoretical foundations, and design rationale.
- Redesign, Not Detect: Assessment Design for an AI-Present World — a six-lesson Articulate Rise 360 module built in partnership with a humanitarian-sector organisation, applying TEQSA guidance, Dawson’s tiered effectiveness model, and the PAIR framework to help course designers rethink assessment design for an AI-present world.
- VU Mate — a live AI chatbot built in Voiceflow to support first-year university students, designed around student-centred, accessible interaction.