Selected work

Illustrative engagements — anonymised, honest.

The projects below describe the kind of work EduSpark delivers from our John Street studio. Client names, programme titles and identifying details have been removed or altered. Timelines, budgets and outcomes are representative of past engagements — not promises of what your project will achieve. We are a learning-design consultancy, not an accredited school and not a credentialing body.

Client briefing session with learning designers reviewing programme requirements

Higher education · Ontario

College programme competency rebuild

A two-year professional programme had a full catalogue of courses and satisfied accreditation paperwork — but faculty could not agree on what graduates should be able to demonstrate in a workplace setting. We ran a six-week discovery phase with department leads, mapped observable competencies across four terms, rebuilt the scope-and-sequence and redesigned formative checkpoints so each module connected to a summative performance task. AI-assisted content drafts were produced for twelve modules; every draft passed a faculty review gate before entering the LMS. Academic integrity guidelines were updated in parallel, including clear language on permitted AI use in student assignments.

Scope: Curriculum & instructional design, assessment design, AI-assisted content · Timeline: 16 weeks · Indicative budget: C$34,000

Classroom context materials and learning activity prototypes laid out for review

K-12 · Greater Toronto Area

Board-wide assessment alignment project

A school board needed formative assessment instruments that actually measured the board's revised learning expectations — not generic quiz templates copied from commercial banks. We audited existing assessments against stated outcomes, identified misalignment in three subject areas and designed new rubric frameworks with moderation protocols for classroom teachers. The project included train-the-trainer sessions so department heads could sustain the review cycle without external dependency. UDL requirements were applied to every instrument: multiple means of representation, action and expression were built into the design specifications, not added as an accessibility appendix.

Scope: Assessment design, teacher enablement · Timeline: 12 weeks · Indicative budget: C$28,500

Corporate L&D · National employer

Leadership development LX course build

A national employer's internal leadership curriculum existed as a folder of slide decks and facilitator notes with no consistent learner pathway. We designed a twelve-module LX experience in their TalentLMS environment: branching scenarios, peer discussion prompts, self-assessment checkpoints and manager conversation guides. AI drafted scenario variations and feedback language; L&D subject-matter experts and two senior managers reviewed every module before pilot launch. Analytics hooks were configured so programme owners could identify modules where learners disengaged — supporting an iteration cycle we documented in a maintenance handbook.

Scope: LX & course build, AI-assisted content · Timeline: 14 weeks · Indicative budget: C$41,000

Printed leadership development materials and course prototypes on a design desk
Design team collaborating on an EdTech product learning layer

EdTech · Canada

Product learning layer for a skills platform

An EdTech company preparing a new skills-assessment feature needed instructional design credibility — not just engineering specs. We designed the learning progression model, wrote assessment item guidelines, produced educator-facing documentation and built a responsible-AI review protocol for auto-generated feedback. The engagement included privacy impact considerations under PIPEDA for learner data flowing through the new feature. Our deliverables let the product team ship with a governance pack their enterprise clients could evaluate during procurement.

Scope: Assessment design, responsible-AI advisory, content · Timeline: 10 weeks · Indicative budget: C$26,000

Continuing education · Quebec & Ontario

Micro-credential content production sprint

A continuing education provider needed four short micro-credential courses built in six weeks for a partner institution's catalogue. We scoped each course to 12–15 hours of learner time, produced AI-assisted lesson drafts with educator review, built formative quizzes and designed summative portfolio assessments. The sprint included a style guide and content template so the provider's internal team could produce subsequent courses using the same quality gates. We did not grant the credential — the partner institution retained awarding authority throughout.

Scope: AI-assisted content, assessment design, LX build · Timeline: 6 weeks · Indicative budget: C$19,500

Micro-credential content drafts in production at the EduSpark studio

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