Learning Design

I design and develop curricular programmes and containers of learning in which you’ll probably learn something, if you’re willing. My learning design and pedagogy are careful to embed the values and principles that make learning so important in the first place. Whether this relates to the logistical preparation of the learning environment or the before and after of the learning experience itself - all of these considerations across time and space are part of the learning journeys that we will embark on. As a designer, my job is to hold my responsibility and express my creativity in attending to the purpose, process, and people that make the magic of learning not only possible, but pleasurable. I am not interested in the kind of learning that promotes the false narrative that we are somehow deficient or inferior. My job is not to treat people as passive recipients of information, but rather active participants in their own discovery. I’m interested in lifelong, transformative learning that is decolonial, anti-capitalist, and subject-centred. I’m interested in learning that is both useful and contextualised for the student’s understanding of themselves, others, and their place in the world. Learning is a precious resource and a risky adventure that is deeply personal and also relational. My pedagogical lineage includes Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Ken Robinson, Carl Rogers, adrienne maree brown, Parker Palmer, and Jenn McCabe.