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About

Matt Riddle.

Educator, designer, builder. 25+ years across Cambridge, Melbourne, La Trobe and Curio. Now independent, running RocketShoes from Melbourne.

Portrait of Matt Riddle

Short story

I’ve spent most of my career at the messy edge of learning and technology — helping educators, designers, and institutions figure out what actually works when the tools keep changing underneath them.

For the last few years the question has been the same: what does good learning design look like when AI is part of the workflow? That’s the problem I’m most interested in helping teams solve — usefully, without the hype.

On the side, I build small software. Project Hail Money is the first of those. Photon is next.

Current role

Now
Deputy Director, Learning Design Futures
CQUniversity
Mar 2025 – present

Previously

  • Director of Learning Experiences
    Curio
  • Acting PVC & Director of Ed. Innovation
    La Trobe University
  • Research Associate
    Cambridge — CARET
  • Educational Designer
    University of Melbourne

Endorsements

drawn from my LinkedIn →
“Extremely able, creative, hardworking and collegial, and well able to work with a team to bring a project to completion.”
— Assoc. Prof. Kay Souter
“An outstanding educational designer who was involved in a number of award-winning multimedia productions.”
— Dr Michael Keppell
“Deep knowledge of curriculum theory, as well as the relatively rare ability to apply that theory in very practical ways.”
— Prof. Russell Hoye
“Highly organised and pro-active… key to the success of the project.”
— Rod Rivers