You are here because you know that learning matters.

As a learning design consultant, I specialize in working with you to create
innovative learning solutions that result in real outcomes. Whether you are
developing engaging new content or impactful new products, developing or
revamping training or assessment plans, or want to establish a learning culture, I
can provide tailored strategies that deliver measurable results.

Approach

With decades of experience in instructional design and learning strategy, I help organizations build scalable, impactful, and engaging learning experiences that resonate with today’s diverse workforce.
I take a holistic approach to learning design, combining the latest educational theory with proven industry best practices. My goal is to make learning not just a necessity but an exciting, immersive journey—whether in the classroom, online, or in the flow of work.

Custom Learning Solutions

Whether you’re designing training for a global team, developing a new learning product, or looking to innovate your learning strategies, I offer a suite of services to meet your needs:

Let’s create learning experiences that engage, educate, and elevate.

Instructional Design & Curriculum Development

Learning experiences are not one-
size-fits-all. Learning content must
serve the specific needs and
obstacles that learners face, and
be carefully designed to support
the learning outcomes desired.

Learning Product
Development

Developing a successful EdTech
product goes beyond technical
development—it requires a deep
understanding of how and when
and why people learn as well as
the role technology can play in the
learners’ contexts. 

Assessment Strategy and
Design

Crafting valid and reliable
assessments requires articulating
clear, meaningful, and measurable
learning objectives and crafting
and testing the appropriate
instruments that will provide
evidence of learning. 

Learning Analytics

Traditional assessments can be time-consuming and demotivating for leamers. Learning Analytics can be an alternative by measuring learning and engagement without surveys or multiple choice questions.

Research

Data drives design. What data and for what purpose are the key questions. Landscape or competitor research to understand the learning ecosystem, play testing to see how your learning experience works, or user satisfaction and outcomes research to see the impact, rigorous research practices can improve any learning experience.

Learning Culture

Mentoring. Collaboration, Innovation. Feedback. Belonging. A healthy culture means happiness, engagement, and productivity. More than a set of principles, company and team culture are defined by values and practices

About Padraig

Padraig Nash has worked in the field of education for over twenty-five years, as a teacher, teaching-artist, researcher, consultant, program director, designer, and learning engineer. He has a PhD in the Learning Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he built virtual internships to teach young people how to see and solve problems in the ways that professional communities do, and developed innovative ways to understand mentoring processes and measure professional thinking. He has been working in the Ed Tech space (Amplify, Cengage, Udemy) for the last 10 years as a learning design leader, helping companies improve their products so they are better for learners (i.e. lead to learning outcomes).

Projects

Testimonials

Ready to chat

Whether you’re at the beginning stages of a project or ready to take your learning strategy to the next level, I’m here to help.