About Abi
I am a Contractor and Consultant with 16 years experience in Education and 7 years in L&D roles. My specialties include adult and continuing professional education, accessibility, and multimedia design.
I am proficient in Learning Science, in the final stages of my PhD which focuses on the experience and transaction of online professional development.
In a learning capacity, I have worked with Staffordshire University, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow Clyde College, the Workers Educational Association, Scottish Water, Tesco Bank, Chartered Banker Institute, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI), UK-Med, Ashurst LLP, NHS Education for Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian University and Edinburgh Napier University (where I am also a research student).
Prior to working in learning, I worked in Higher Education Research and Business Development. This included projects such as the European Regional Development Fund, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, the UK Government's flagship Green Deal programme with the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and Birmingham City Council, The University of Manchester Business School's Research Excellence Framework 2014 submission and bidding for European Commission, Research Councils UK and a large selection of public, third and private sector funders and partners for Manchester, Birmingham and Aston University.
I balance both creative and commercially sound business practices with a particular emphasis on projects and stakeholder management and strategy. My main focus is STEM education and training so please touch base for any advice, consultancy or training support you require.
Skill Set
Blended & Digital Learning Design and Development
Digital and Blended Learning Delivery
13 years of experience in e-learning and digital course design and development. I have designed playbooks for many organisations and trained staff in authoring software and best practice.
I am also an experienced academic tutor and trainer in teaching and learning enhancement, technology, and soft skills.
Education and User Experience Research
Experienced in conducting and analysing research data, including literature reviews (systematic and traditional themed), research question and framework design, data impact assessments and analysis (NVivo and SPSS).
I am highly skilled at qualitative methods including interviews, focus groups, workshops and ethnography.
Accessibility Focused
Implements World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) accessibility standards and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into the heart of all online courses and resources. I have upskilled and created design guides for several organisations to date.
Project and Stakeholder Management
Excellent project management, planning and service design across the public, private and third sectors.
I can develop, budget, initiate, monitor, quality assure, complete and provide post-analysis on projects of learning, research or business.
Technical Specialisms
Front-end coding and LMS administration, SCORM and xAPI manifests, video encoding and audio standards.
I am a trained Audio Engineer through my first degree and subsequent multimedia work. I am also skilled in filming and post-production of training and education videos.
Let’s talk!
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Pattiesmuir Ltd, Inverkeithing, Fife, KY11 1NG
