Work
Selected work
Two ways in: the courses and products I've built, and the reports and results that show what changed.
Courses & products
12 itemsThe technical craft: courses, scenarios, MOOCs, apps, chatbots and AI tools, designed and built for real learners.
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Comprehensive Sexuality Education course for in-service teachers
A nine-module, self-paced professional development course. I worked with subject-matter experts to identify teachers' learning needs, then authored the course from approved learning plans, adding Storyline scenarios for practice. Open on the UNESCO CSE Learning Portal, with 10,000+ enrolments.
ToolsPathwright · Articulate Storyline 360 · Rise 360
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DDR in Freeland: a branching-scenario course
Learners are immersed in Freeland, a fictional country, working as Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration experts. I designed and built the scenarios, chunking the content into bite-sized decisions.
ToolsArticulate Storyline 360 · Moodle
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DDR and the African Union: Operational Guidance Notes
An online course on the African Union's Operational Guidance Notes on DDR. Working with a subject-matter expert, I designed the objectives and flow of learning activities, storyboarded, and authored the course.
ToolsRise 360 · Articulate Storyline · Moodle
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Three flagship edX MOOCs for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Arabic for non-Arabic Speakers, Qatari History and Heritage, and The Human Being in Islam: open courses showcasing Qatari culture to a global audience. 75,000+ enrolments.
PlatformedX (QUx)
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Scripted Lesson Planner
An AI assistant that guides teachers in sub-Saharan Africa step by step to customised lesson plans and materials. I led the team, and the prompting and pedagogy: Bloom's Taxonomy for objectives, Laurillard's six learning types for activities, Gagné's events for sequencing, and Mayer's multimedia principles for presentation, aligned to curriculum standards.
RecognisedParis Peace Forum Laureate, AI Action Summit 2025
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Yamba and youth health learning apps
Mobile apps and WhatsApp chatbots that bring life skills and health education to young people, shaped with young people through app development workshops.
FormatsMobile apps · WhatsApp chatbots · Micro-learning
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Learner-centred approaches for teaching teams
Courses for teaching teams and learning facilitators, designed with ADDIE around learners' real contexts.
ToolsArticulate Storyline · Rise 360
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WhatsApp revision chatbot for exam classes
An "education first responder" build during Zimbabwe's COVID-19 lockdowns: a chatbot giving exam classes notes and revision materials over WhatsApp, so learning could continue with schools closed.
ToolsLandbot · WhatsApp
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Young People Today: website, health chatbot and brand
For a campaign advancing gender equality in and through education: a modernised website, a WhatsApp chatbot giving young people basic health information and routes to services, social media management, and a new logo and brand guidelines.
ToolsWix · Landbot · Hootsuite · Adobe CC
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ICT Essentials for Teachers: course and mobile app
The flagship deliverable of the Zimbabwe eSchools programme: a 12-unit course localised from the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers, available offline on USB, online, and through a mobile app. Used to train 400+ teachers in the 20 pilot e-schools.
FormatsMobile app · Online · Offline (USB)
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Micro-learning on librarianship
A sample from blended learning designs for undergraduate courses, using clean graphics and subtle motion to hold learners' attention. I also built course portals in Sakai and Moodle.
ToolsAdobe Captivate · Sakai · Moodle
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Interactive lesson on computer hardware
A high-school ICT resource from my classroom years: interactive, visually clear, and chunked into bite-sized pieces.
ToolsAdobe Captivate
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Reports & impact
4 itemsThe leadership evidence: strategies, programmes, reports and results that show what changed.
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Digital learning for 18 countries
Led the regional digital learning strategy and managed the digital learning portfolio for 18 countries, expanding access to education and youth services through behaviour-changing digital learning. That meant leading a suite of EdTech products (mobile apps, WhatsApp chatbots, a learning platform and an AI lesson planner), low-tech solutions for hard-to-reach areas such as radio and TV lessons and offline servers, and evidence-based technical guidance to member states.
Result20 million young people reached · 200,000+ teachers trained in 18 countries · 9 EdTech products with 5 million+ active users
RecognisedAI Lesson Planner: Paris Peace Forum Laureate, 2025
Recognition & media
- Paris Peace Forum · Scripted Lesson Planner, AI Action Summit 2025
- Mandela University · “Sweden on the Road” interacts with Mandela University
- UNESCO · Empowering Uganda's Youth: Yamba App Development Workshop
- YouTube · Webinar Q&A: Digital tools for school-based health and well-being education
- UNESCO · Using digital and AI for good in Eastern and Southern Africa (interview)
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ICT Transforming Education in Africa: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's arm of the UNESCO–Korean Funds-in-Trust project. Twenty schools, two of them for learners with special needs, piloted a ministry-designed e-school model with mobile eClassrooms. Teachers trained through a localised ICT Essentials course, also delivered on a mobile app; a national open educational resources repository grew to about 1,300 resources; 160+ lecturers from all 14 teachers' colleges learned to build digital materials; and a national Policy on ICT in Higher Education and its masterplan were developed.
My roleManaged the $2M project, led the eSchools pilot and convened the national policy process
Result400 teachers trained in pedagogical ICT · 45 teacher educators trained in open and distance learning · African Union award (2017)
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Bringing a university online after COVID
Part of the post-COVID team that brought Qatar University's learning online, consulting academic departments on course design to Quality Matters standards and running weekly faculty development.
Result3 global MOOCs with 75,000+ enrolments · 50+ courses digitised or enhanced · 100+ faculty workshops · significant cost savings
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Moving 45 teachers online during COVID
Training resources for 45 teachers on topics such as online learning design.
ResultA smooth transition to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic