I'm a creative and versatile learning designer with 20 years’ experience in online and distance higher education (18 years at the Open University). Particularly adept at harnessing the expertise of subject matter experts and media/technical professionals to deliver accessible, constructively aligned learning for adults.

Experienced at developing digital capabilities in a range of training contexts and enthusiastic in the application of social media in HE and professional development.

Trained facilitator, accomplished artist, qualified publishing editor.

I am an experienced practitioner in the area of online/blended learning having taught at HE and FE level and having worked in a senior manager role at University. I have been freelance since 2006, working with many clients nationally and internationally. I provide 3 main types of service to clients; Training, Consultancy and Content development, across the learning technology spectrum. In recent years most of my work has been around the effective use of VLEs (mainly Moodle or Totara) .

As well as working with FE and HE institutions, many of my recent projects have been with other organisations such as Governing Bodies for sport, Charities, Government Organisations, and Private sector organisations.

Educational Design and Engagement

Providing AV system design (Extron based with in house logic), maintenance and user support for our Health Academy - A "halfway house" facility for medical/nursing students from our feeder universities/colleges can attend lectures, skill workshops by visiting lecturers and our own staff and simulation training while on placement with us and current staff can be upskilled to Royal College accreditation.

We also provide expertise in Educational Technologies such as online teaching tools (Kahoot!, Socrative, Slido), hardware solutions (3D printing, testing with XR devices, simulation recording and in house developed tools) and especially during the COVID-19 crisis - online collaboration (Microsoft Teams), video conference codecs (Polycom, Lifesize) and room tools (Extron Teamwork) as well as the basic IT support surrounding this in collaboration with our IT Department.

I run a training and research consultancy with a specialism in copyright and online learning, digital and information literacy and educational technologies.

John Traxler is Professor of Digital Learning in the Institute of Education at the University of Wolverhampton. He is one of the pioneers of mobile learning, associated with mobile learning projects since 2001 when he was evaluator for m-learning, the first major EU project. He is a Founding Director of the International Association for Mobile Learning, responsible for the annual international mLearn research conference running since 2002. He is co-editor of the definitive, Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers, and six others, plus many papers, articles and chapters on all aspects of learning with mobiles. He has supported and advised UNESCO, UNRWA, USAID and ITU, and worked on projects funded by DFID, LSC, JISC, British Council, EU, IDRC and DFID in the Middle East, Southern Africa, South America and South Asia.

Specialising in the design, development and maintenance of education technology services and solutions. Our focus is taking a deep understanding of a project brief and requirements, as well as the client and user needs. With a depth of experience across spectrum of common technologies used in Higher Education we are able to get up-to-speed quickly on projects and deliver fast turnaround times always working with the client to work iteratively through their requirements and end-goals.
My role in projects is very much a hands-on service for high-quality and timely turnarounds on projects. This may include the design and setup of an entire LMS, the user experience design and improvements to new or existing courses, design and development of websites or learning resources, or providing support to projects which are already underway.