Learning Strategy, Design & Technology

Hi, I’m Stephen.

I help organizations figure out what their people need to learn, whether technology is part of the answer, and how to make it happen.

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About

For more than twenty-five years, I’ve built software for the web—for startups, agencies, Crown corporations, and products of my own. Learning kept turning up in the work along the way: an early e-learning module at SaskTel, an HR onboarding intranet at Saskatchewan Government Insurance, a distributed-learning CD-ROM for Scholastic, and years of mentoring and onboarding developers.

Teaching web development at a higher education institution was the turn that captured the focus. It led to an MA in Learning and Technology from Royal Roads, and a move toward learning design as the intentional work rather than something I occasionally happened to work on.

What interests me most is the diagnostic side—working out what a team actually needs to meet their learning objectives, whether technology belongs in the answer, and what the answer should be. The years of building mean I can usually help make it real, not just pitch the idea.

Approach

Understand the need

Determine what people actually need to do, and where they're getting stuck. Many training problems turn out to be something else. The first job is spotting the difference.

Is technology the answer?

Work out whether technology belongs in the solution, and how. Sometimes it’s a course. Sometimes it's a job aid, a process change, or a tool that doesn't exist yet.

Make it real

Design the solution and, when it helps, build it—learning pathways, e-learning, or custom software. Coming from development, I don’t have to hand the build to someone else.

Selected work

CueParrot

Founder & Learning Designer · 2025–present

CueParrot started from a problem I had as an actor: needing to run lines with a scene partner on no notice. I figured that a tool could solve it, and built one—a script-rehearsal platform, which I run solo.

The learning design is built into the product. Multiple practice modes integrate line-learning techniques for getting actors off book; integrated features support focused, effective practice; and I am continuing to develop features to support how actors work and learn. I am actively expanding the product to serve as a full learning platform for actors.

Teaching in higher ed

Instructor, Interactive Design · 2022–2024

Taught web and interactive design across multiple cohorts—designing project-based curriculum, running the room, and managing delivery and assessment through D2L Brightspace. The teaching is what pointed my focus toward learning design.

Building a UX practice

UX Lead, Field Safe Solutions · 2020–2022

Built a UX capability where there wasn't one—as much internal coaching and standards-advocating as design work. Establishing what a capability is for, before producing its artifacts, and prioritizing purpose over yardage.

Safeguarding Academic Integrity

MA capstone · Royal Roads CTET · 2026

Adapting to Motivation and Assessment Challenges Presented by AI. My capstone, sponsored by Royal Roads’ Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies. I interviewed their people and developed research-backed recommendations specifically for their practice.

Contact

Location
Calgary, AB · Canada
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/stephenpeasley