The Archive
Dispatches on building learning systems that hold up under inspection.
★ Lead dispatch AI × L&D Filed 21 APRIL 2026
Case file opened
Why this site exists, what it's built on, and what's coming next.
Read the dispatch The Archive № 007 Rm. 5 — Writing
Filed under — AI × L&D Game Design Measurement
The overlap between instructional design and AI prompting
Two disciplines that look unrelated share more than you'd expect — purpose, clarity, audience, iteration, and respect for whoever (or whatever) is on the other end of the instruction.
Continued insideThe AI Writer Assistant — why Google Docs was the right surface
A prototype that embeds a contextual AI assistant directly in Google Docs, so instructional designers can draft, iterate, and collaborate without switching tabs. Full case file lives in the portfolio.
Continued insideFeedback analysis, done in a spreadsheet
A prototype that turns Google Sheets into an AI-powered text analyzer — sentiment scores and categorisation on open-ended survey responses, without leaving a tool most L&D teams already use.
Continued insideLearning needs analysis: a short overview
A practical walkthrough of LNA — figuring out what people actually need to learn before you go build something to teach them.
Continued inside- 28 May 2023 Instructional design evaluation methods: the essentials Measurement
- 28 May 2023 From classroom to corporate: the Kirkpatrick model of evaluation Measurement
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