Matt Riddle.
Educational consultant, designer, builder. 25+ years across Melbourne, Cambridge, La Trobe and CQUniversity. RocketShoes is my after-hours studio, run from Melbourne.
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.
On the side, I develop software. Photon was the first project. Project Hail Money is next.
Current role
Previously
- Director of Learning ExperiencesCurio
- Acting PVC & Director of Ed. InnovationLa Trobe University
- Research AssociateCambridge (CARET)
- Educational DesignerUniversity of Melbourne
Spaces for Knowledge Generation
A national research project on the design of informal learning spaces in Australian universities.
Co-led with colleagues from La Trobe, Melbourne, and CQU, SKG examined how the physical environments of higher education shape, and are shaped by, the ways students actually learn. The project produced a widely-used survey tool, a framework for evaluating learning spaces, and a body of work that has informed campus design across the sector.
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.”
“An outstanding educational designer who was involved in a number of award-winning multimedia productions.”
“Deep knowledge of curriculum theory, as well as the relatively rare ability to apply that theory in very practical ways.”
“Highly organised and pro-active… key to the success of the project.”