Dane Adams

Curriculum Vitae

Dane Adams

Learning Experience DesignerInstructional DesignerLearning Technologist

Learning Experience Designer and Learning Technologist with eleven years designing, building and deploying technology-enhanced learning at scale. Deep instructional design experience paired with an AI-first approach to content creation, development and workflow design, including shipping working web applications built with AI coding assistants. Proficient in Articulate Storyline, Rise 360 and H5P, with hands-on SCORM authoring and multi-platform LMS administration. Designed and delivered programmes achieving 100% pass rates against lower national benchmarks, with learning outcomes directly evidenced through data. Actively transitioning into corporate L&D and EdTech.

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Core strengths

What I bring into corporate L&D and EdTech roles

AI-Assisted Content CreationPrompt Engineering for L&DAI-Augmented DevelopmentInstructional Design (ADDIE, UDL)Articulate Storyline & Rise 360H5P & SCORM AuthoringLMS AdministrationSME CollaborationAdult Learning Theory

Professional narrative

Grounded in education, increasingly fluent in product

I have spent my career building learning experiences that have to work in practice, not just in theory. That has meant designing for mixed confidence levels, organisational constraints, accessibility requirements, and deadlines that rarely move. A significant proportion of the learners I have worked with have had additional needs — including ADHD and autism — and designing inclusively has never been optional.

The evidence that this approach works is in the outcomes. The T Level in Digital Production, Design and Development programme I designed and launched from inception has achieved 100% student achievement in each of its first two years of delivery, against a considerably lower national average. All assessment is externally set and marked, which makes that figure genuinely meaningful.

What has changed in the last few years is the speed and shape of delivery. AI tools now let me move beyond concepts and into working artefacts quickly: prototype an idea, test a flow, build an internal tool, or assemble a full case-study-ready application in days rather than weeks.

That combination is the thread through this CV. I care about clarity, sound pedagogy, accessible implementation, and using AI as a practical force multiplier rather than a gimmick.

Signature project

KPI Analytics Dashboard

Full-stack web application built with AI coding assistants

Next.jsReactTailwindSupabase/PostgreSQLVercel

Architected, built and deployed a working analytics platform for the Digital Technologies department, replacing manual spreadsheet workflows with searchable, dynamic KPI reporting organised by department, course, and student level. Adopted by institutional leadership as the primary performance reporting interface, with historical trend analysis built in through weekly data capture. Delivered sole-handed using AI-assisted development tooling — specifically Claude Code — demonstrating the kind of lean, AI-augmented build capability increasingly expected of L&D professionals who own both the learning design and the tooling that supports it.

Experience

Professional experience

Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader, Digital Technologies

Hertford Regional College

2018–Present

Hybrid instructional designer, learning technologist and programme lead designing digital learning, administering multiple LMS platforms, and producing eLearning content across T Level, BTEC and HND Digital programmes.

  • Designed and launched the T Level in Digital Production, Design and Development from inception, personally creating hundreds of interactive digital learning resources — achieving 100% student achievement in each of the first two years of delivery against a significantly lower national average.
  • Facilitated live Agile/SCRUM sprint cycles across T Level and games development cohorts, acting as Scrum Master for 20-week project delivery cycles producing industry-standard outputs.
  • Embedded AI tooling across daily workflow for content authoring, lesson planning, storyboarding, code generation, quiz design, accessibility review and administrative writing.
  • Authored a full library of interactive HTML-based eLearning modules using AI-accelerated HTML, CSS and JavaScript development, alongside resources built in Articulate Storyline, Rise 360, H5P, and Adobe Captivate.
  • Administered Moodle, Canvas, Cisco Networking Academy and AWS Academy concurrently, including course builds, rollover, assessment setup, and QA.
  • Built and deployed a full-stack KPI analytics dashboard adopted by institutional leadership as the primary performance reporting interface.
  • Applied ADDIE, backward design, Bloom's and UDL throughout curriculum development, including differentiated content for learners with additional needs including ADHD and autism.
  • Delivered formal staff CPD sessions on AI-enabled content creation, learning technologies and accessibility, alongside one-to-one support and written how-to guides for colleagues with varying levels of digital literacy.
  • Acted as Personal Tutor to learners, conducting pastoral interventions, one-to-one progress meetings, SMART target setting, and safeguarding responsibilities.

Lecturer — Games Art & Creative Media

South Thames College

2015–2017

Delivered blended learning across BA (Hons) Games Art and designed and maintained VLE content, online submission workflows and digital feedback processes.

  • Developed practical and theoretical learning resources spanning 3D modelling, game art pipelines and portfolio development for undergraduate learners.

Lecturer — Games Design

Newham College

2014–2016

Developed digital course resources and VLE content for Level 1–3 Creative Media qualifications.

  • Designed and delivered project-based learning units covering games design fundamentals, iterative prototyping and user testing.

Toolkit

Technical toolkit

AI Tooling

Daily use of AI coding and content assistants for authoring, development, storyboarding, assessment design, accessibility review and workflow automation.

Authoring

Articulate Storyline, Rise 360, H5P, bespoke HTML/CSS/JS modules, screencasting.

Standards

SCORM, xAPI awareness, WCAG accessibility, Universal Design for Learning.

LMS / VLE

Moodle, Canvas, Cisco Networking Academy, AWS Academy, Turnitin, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Google Classroom.

Frameworks

ADDIE, Backward Design, Bloom's Taxonomy, UDL, Adult Learning Theory, Agile / SCRUM.

Development

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, Node.js, Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Git, Vercel.

Soft Skills

Stakeholder engagement, SME collaboration, clear technical communication, mentoring and knowledge transfer, analytical problem solving, calm under pressure, self-directed learning.

AI in practice

How AI already shows up in my day-to-day work

Content development

Generating first-draft storyboards, lesson scripts, quiz item banks and assessment rubrics from SME source material, then refining tone, reading level and cognitive load through iterative prompting.

Development & prototyping

Shipping full-stack web applications, dashboards, inventory tools and interactive learning prototypes end-to-end using AI coding assistants.

Accessibility & inclusivity

Auditing content against WCAG and UDL principles, generating alt-text, simplifying language and producing multiple versions of content at varying complexity levels.

Workflow automation

Turning repetitive administrative work into templated, AI-assisted processes that save hours per week.

Colleague enablement

Training delivery teams on responsible AI use in education, including prompt design, verification, bias awareness and practical integration into authored learning content.

Education

Formal education

Level 6 Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)

2018–2020

University of Greenwich

BA (Hons) Games Design — First Class Honours

2009–2012

University of West London

Development

Certifications and CPD

  • Cisco Networking Academy — Certified Instructor & Platform Administrator
  • AWS Academy — Certified Instructor & Learning Environment Administrator
  • Pearson Lead Internal Verifier — T Level Digital Production, Design & Development
  • Ongoing CPD — Learning Experience Design, accessibility, AI in Learning & Development, emerging EdTech