I turn institutional needs into learning systems people actually use.
Learning that moves
into the room.
Diagnose the need, align the institution, deliver, then keep improving.
AidData · William & Mary · 2023–Present
Launched / ongoing deliveryStrategy, curriculum and the AidData Training Hub platform.
A W&M-credentialed course, a Manila pilot and multi-year training in Pakistan.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · 2021–2023
Strategy & capability developmentLed the design team, the strategy and the first Instructional Design Expo.
14 workshops, 297 attendees, 21 module redesigns and a 10-week design sprint.
University of Zululand · 2016–2021
Cross-faculty pilotThe curriculum and a support team of 40+ postgraduate assistants.
1,200+ students, 75%+ engagement; 73% of 955 respondents rated it good for first years.
Code for Africa · 2022–2023
Audit & relaunch strategyA platform evaluation and a learning roadmap.
Six learning pathways with pre- and post-course evaluation.
AidData / Presidential Precinct · Global Democracy Fellowship · 2026
Designed & delivered / 3-hour simulationA fictional health-system handover negotiated across roles.
Fellows produced a defensible joint public statement.
Teludens Lab · 2026
Independent R&D / agent skillNeckbeard, an agent skill that reads a codebase and drafts onboarding, tutorials and practice. It runs in Codex, Claude and Cursor.
Tutorials with real commands and recovery steps, plus a record of what the agent actually ran versus only read. 23 tests pass.
Sethu’s Idea · 2026
Design study / playable lessonThree exercises, including a 3D bench where fitting a part on a hunch fails on purpose. Hand-coded in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with keyboard alternatives throughout.
Not yet run with learners. Turn on Design notes to see each screen’s objective, learning principle, captured evidence and access decisions, plus an outcome-to-evidence alignment table.
It has to fit the organisation, not just the learner.
Read priorities, workflows and the capability gap first.
Agree direction with leaders, experts and partners.
Join curriculum, technology, standards and support.
Build around existing processes and people.
Run a working pilot, then scale where it fits.
Measure, learn and refine.
From institutional decisions to the build.
WordPress/LearnPress, Moodle, D2L Brightspace, custom plugins and multimedia.
Generative AI for learning content and tools.
Protect inputs, check outputs against sources, keep human review, measure usefulness.
Real roles, competing priorities and uncertain evidence, then a structured debrief.
Explore projects & labs ↗AidData, William & Mary · October 2023–Present
Statecraft Simulations Group, Gates Global Policy Center · December 2025–Present
University of KwaZulu-Natal · 2021–2023
Code for Africa · 2022–2023
University of Zululand · 2016–2021
MA Education with Merit · Liverpool John Moores University, 2023
Presented and facilitated · ISS African Futures Conference · 14 October 2026
AidData · Research translation and simulation
AidData · Statecraft education
African Liberty · Policy and capability
Learning strategy, institutional systems and decision practice.