My name is Troy Ashman, and I am a Learning Experience Designer and Developer based in Wentworth Point, NSW (near Sydney Olympic Park). I have a keen interest and passion in developing complete learning solutions from conception to implementation, specialising in the tourism industry.
You might be thinking, what exactly does a learning experience designer do? Well, my simple answer is, I design high-quality, creative, and engaging learning experiences from end-to-end. But it’s really so much more than that, it also includes: learning and educational strategy, project management, marketing, design etc. With a number of years of Elearning development experience under my belt, I am constantly looking to push the boundaries of what I achieve with learning technologies and always looking beyond for the latest technologies (such as augmented reality, virtual reality, chatbots, immersive geographical experiences and more) to delight and engage my learners.
My skills vary from creating blended learning experiences through responsive multi-device eLearning tools and Interactive Storyline 360 courses to bespoke printed workbooks and learning resources, animated videos, designing, deploying and managing learning management systems, developing knowledge management solutions, curating corporate communications and marketing campaigns.
My years of 'on-the-ground' experience allow me to understand the first-hand knowledge employees need to know, their key skills and interests. My experience has come from my employment within a range of dynamic industries such as both the tourism, cruise, hotel and hospitality industries to customer service, retail and call centre environments.
My education and personal development has included an Advanced Diploma in Tourism Management (from Hunter TAFE), Certificate IV Frontline Business Management (from Hunter TAFE), a Diploma of Training Design & Development (from Royal Institute of Technology Melbourne) and numerous online self-development courses including b Online Learning, codeacademy, LinkedIn Learning and Treehouse.
MY FORMAL EDUCATION.
Advanced Diploma in Tourism Management - 2009
Certificate IV in Leadership & Management - 2015
Diploma in Training, Design & Development - 2017
Graduate Certificate in ELearning - Estimated Completion 2020
SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING
LIFE-LONG LEARNING.
Education is important and I firmly believe we should never stop learning - encourage and aspire to become life-long learners. With this in mind, I am constantly looking for ways to expand my knowledge and ensure my skills are up-to-date.
Here as some of my recent achievements from Treehouse but I'm always adding more. Click each to explore more.
WHAT I CREATE.
ELEARNING. BLENDED. MLEARNING. PRINT.
Combining custom visual design and branding, animation, learning objectives and interaction, learners will engage with a bespoke ELearning course built Articulate 360's suite of apps including Storyline and Rise, all SCORM and/or xAPI compatible.
Bespoke ELearning Experiences
Learning should be engaging whilst educational. Gamification increases engagement, fun and provides results. Let learners explore, test their knowledge and more with custom-built gamification elements within the specific courses.
Gamification
Design
Bring content to life and allow media to tell a story to the learners from whiteboard designs to flat contemporary animated designs. Options are endless for creation and deployment, animated videos can used within ELearning, for marketing and explainer videos.
Animated Video
Creation
Learning should be accessible and responsive to any device. The modern learner requires responsive learning experiences built within Articulate Rise, Adapt Learning Authoring Tool or Evolve Authoring Tool - all without restricting the bespoke experience.
Multi-Device, Responsive ELearning
Blend the learning experience for maximum impact - Learners will engage in a blend of both digital learning and instructor-led training, to create a stronger connection with the objectives and transfer of information.
Blended Learning Experiences
Corporate communications and marketing strategies should be beautiful and powerful - from infographics, animated and film videos, bespoke emails including drip campaigns and engaging imagery.
Communication Strategies & Material
Print workbooks and job aids don't need to be bland, non-inspirational and static. Using gorgeous imagery and interactive elements - printed learning materials will rival ELearning in design and delight learners.
Animated Video
Creation
Learning content hosted online through a Learning Management System (LMS) should be easy to use, deploy and provide results as intended, whilst serving the purpose to delight learners yet easily to administrate for managers and the like.
Learning Management Systems & Portals
Delight your learners with immersive geographical experiences created within Google Earth Studio. Bring history, geography, destination and tourism training to life with fly through and fly over videos.
Immersive Geographical Experiences
Allow your learners to ask questions and find out more through Chatbots placed throughout your learning courses. You'll even be able to report on what they're asking.
Go beyond static printed learning content with Augmented Reality - A simple code brings content to life.
Augmented Reality, Chatbots & AI
