Learning Strategy & Design
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We partner with organizations to design clear, engaging, and sustainable learning experiences across formats and sectors. Our work spans higher education, professional training, and organizational learning — including eLearning, live virtual instruction, in-person workshops, and blended programs.
What We Do
We partner with organizations to design clear, engaging, and sustainable learning experiences across formats and sectors. Our work spans higher education, professional training, and organizational learning — including eLearning, live virtual instruction, in-person workshops, and blended programs.
Project areas have included:
• Continuing medical education
• Healthcare and bodywork training
• Cybersecurity and compliance education
• Leadership development programs
• Data literacy initiatives
• Mental health professional training
We meet each project with flexibility, collaboration, and deep respect for context — adapting to your team, timeline, and goals.
What We Prioritize
Clarity through Synthesis
We excel at distilling complex material into coherent frameworks that make learning feel navigable rather than overwhelming.
Human-centered design
We design with empathy for real learners, supporting reflection, confidence-building, and meaningful engagement.
Visual thinking and structure
We bring an artistic eye to learning design — creating experiences that are not only effective, but intuitive and visually clear.
Accessibility by design
As a CPACC-certified professional, we build accessibility into learning from the start, not as an afterthought.
Collaborative sense-making
We work across disciplines and perspectives, helping diverse voices align around shared understanding.
The "First Branch" Journey
This is where Groundwork Studios began.
Learning strategy and instructional design are my foundation. Long before Groundwork had a name, I was drawn to the challenge of helping people make sense of complex ideas — and turning that clarity into learning experiences that genuinely support growth.
This work brings together everything I love: curiosity, creativity, structure, and human connection. I approach learning design not as content production, but as sense-making. I listen closely, synthesize widely, and design with care — for both learners and the systems that support them.
My background in theater and dance education, combined with a lifelong immersion in teaching through my family, made instructional design a natural home. I don’t just build courses. I shape learning experiences that are thoughtful, usable, and built to last.
This branch is the root system of Groundwork Studios — the practice that made everything else possible.
—Allison
