Educational Designer & Educator
Bringing classroom experience, inclusive design practice, and emerging technology skills to learning and educational design.
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 deep understanding of how people learn — what engages them, what loses them, and what makes the difference between content that sticks and content that doesn’t.
That experience drives my approach to educational design. I don’t just build courses — I think carefully about the learner’s experience from first contact to final assessment, drawing on pedagogical frameworks I’ve applied in real teaching contexts.
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 people learn. This means designing for multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression, and ensuring content meets WCAG 2.1 standards.
Current practice
I’m completing a Graduate Certificate in Learning Design, deepening my practice in digital learning design and the purposeful use of emerging technologies including AI. My portfolio reflects that work — a self-paced module on AI-integrated assessment design for university educators, and a live AI chatbot built in Voiceflow for first-year student support.