Skills & Expertise

A working overview of my core competencies, tools, qualifications and professional certifications.

Richard Williams Richard Williams - CMALT certified · PL-200 Certified · Learning Technologist at UCL STEaPP

Learning Design & Technology

Designing digital, blended and in-person learning experiences - from postgraduate Moodle environments to commercial training programmes. Focused on learner journeys, accessibility and evidence-based practice. Across multiple Moodle deployments I operate at every level of an LMS: product management and ownership (roadmap, stakeholder requirements, theme and plugin decisions, governance), development (PHP, SCSS, JavaScript, themes and plugins), administration, and content creation and learning design. At the University of Suffolk I built module resources using Articulate (Storyline, Rise and 360) and Adobe Captivate on the Brightspace platform, and produced interactive video learning content with iSpring at UCL STEaPP; I also evaluated Canvas LMS as a candidate platform during a migration investigation at IKON Training, worked with both Echo360 and Panopto at UCL including content migration between the two, used Turnitin in assessment workflows at both UCL and the University of Suffolk, and supported Mahara eportfolios.

Moodle
Adobe Premiere Pro
H5P
PowerPoint
Articulate
Adobe Captivate
iSpring
Brightspace
Canvas LMS
Echo360
Panopto
Turnitin
Mahara
Google Classroom

Instructional design Learner journey mapping SCORM / xAPI Accessible course design Kirkpatrick-Phillips evaluation Assessment design eLearning authoring UDL Activity sequencing Online programme design

AI Adoption & Responsible AI

Practical AI deployment in learning and professional contexts - from building AI agents to delivering workshops on responsible adoption for staff and academic teams.

Copilot
Copilot Studio
AI Builder
Power Automate
Microsoft 365
ChatGPT
Google Gemini
Claude
DeepSeek
Agent for M365

AI agent design Responsible AI frameworks Prompt design AI literacy facilitation Staff AI adoption Assessment and AI integrity Generative AI workflows AI-enhanced accessibility

Workflow Automation & Integration

Building automation solutions and integrations across enterprise platforms - from requirements to go-live to documentation.

Power Automate
Power Platform
Power Pages
Azure Logic Apps
Zapier
SurveyMonkey
SharePoint
Microsoft Teams
GitHub
Postman
Swagger
WebHooks
REST APIs
JSON / HTTP
OAuth
HubSpot
IFTTT
SendGrid
Arlo TMS
Microsoft Entra

Moodle API Alteryx

Data, Analytics & Reporting

Turning operational and learning data into visible, actionable insight - dashboards, pipelines, analytics and interactive visualisation.

Power BI
Power Apps
Dataverse
PowerShell
Selenium
Python
Bokeh
pandas
Matplotlib
Seaborn
SharePoint
Dynamics 365
Excel

Moodle analytics Learner engagement reporting Kirkpatrick-Phillips evaluation Survey analysis Data-flow mapping

Facilitation, Training & Development

Designing and delivering workshops, staff development and train-the-trainer programmes for technical and non-technical audiences across HE, commercial training and third-sector contexts.

Mentimeter
Padlet
Kahoot
Slido
Zoom

Workshop facilitation AI workshops Train the Trainer Staff onboarding Virtual delivery Partner training Stakeholder engagement CPD design Conference presenting International speaking

Project Management

Across my projects, I have been the project lead - responsible for planning, prioritisation, stakeholder alignment, delivery, documentation and handover. I use the tool appropriate to context: MS Planner at UCL, Jira for Scottish Tech Army engagements, MS Project and Monday.com at IKON Training, and Miro for collaborative research work. In practice, this means translating requirements into task lists with owners and timelines, managing dependencies, running stakeholder check-ins, and producing handover materials so work is transferable. The IKON TMS went from requirements to live in six months; the UCL Engagement Tracker from concept to production in a single term.

Jira
Monday.com
Miro
MS Planner
MS Project
MS Lists

Requirements analysis Stakeholder management Risk and dependency tracking Documentation and handover

Development Tools

Languages, frameworks and tools used across Moodle theme and plugin development, web projects and data scripting. The BSc in Computer Science included database application development in C#. Raspberry Pi work spans robotics club teaching at Woodbridge School and CPD training delivery.

PHP
JavaScript
Python
C#
SCSS / Sass
HTML5
CSS3
Bootstrap
Git
GitHub
VS Code
FileZilla
cPanel
WordPress
Drupal
Docker
Raspberry Pi

Digital Media Production

VR and 360° scenario-based learning, video production, audio production and visual content creation for education, training and immersive learning contexts.

Premiere Pro
Audacity
Zoom
Blender
Canva
A-Frame
VR
AR
XR
360° Media
Photography
Videography

Qualifications & Certifications

Externally verified professional qualifications spanning learning technology, automation, law and education.

Choose Your Character - a poster framing the Learning Technologist role as one of several professional characters across law, teaching, computing and training
ALT - Association for Learning Technology logo
CMALT

Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), March 2025. Member No. 252362. Specialism: Developing Immersive Learning Experiences.

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Richard Williams at Bett 2026 - the educational technology conference where the Microsoft AI Practitioner certification was issued
Microsoft AI Practitioner

Microsoft AI Practitioner badge, issued at Bett 2026 (January 2026). Covers practical and responsible use of AI tools in professional contexts.

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate badge
PL-200 Certified

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate. Certified by Microsoft, June 2026.

Cambridge Spark Data Analyst badge - teal and gold hexagonal badge, completed
Level 4 Data Analysis

Cambridge Spark Data Analysis Level 4 qualification. Applied data analysis and interactive visualisation in a professional context, including building a Bokeh-based interactive feedback analytics dashboard for a live training organisation.

BSc Computer Science

Web Development and Mobile App Design. University of Suffolk, 2022.

LLM - Master of Laws

Northumbria University, 2008.

LLB - Bachelor of Laws

University of Sheffield, 2005.

Called to the Bar - Qualified Barrister

Bar Vocational Course PGDip, Inns of Court School of Law (Northumbria), 2007. Called to the Bar, 2008.

QTS / PGCE - Primary Education

The Open University, 2010.

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