Learning Experience Architect
Learning Experience Architect
Interactive Training for Foundational Job Skills
Role: Lead Instructional Designer | Format: Web-Based Interactive Training | Audience: Entry-Level and Mid-Level Students | Scope: 135 Lessons Totaling 735 Hours of Class Time
Project Summary
This was a large-scale curriculum development effort consisting of four separate courses designed for four different levels of Navy students. Because all four courses were developed concurrently, one of the key priorities was ensuring that each course connected logically with the others and contributed to a consistent progression of knowledge and skills across the broader training program.
Through coordinated development, the team completed 135 lessons representing approximately 735 hours of classroom training. The effort required careful planning across multiple teams to maintain consistency in instructional approach, content progression, and learner expectations from one course level to the next.
We were also tasked with transforming existing slide-based material into interactive web-based training. Much of the source content required significant rewriting and restructuring, which was completed in close collaboration with Subject Matter Experts and government stakeholders to improve clarity, accuracy, and instructional effectiveness.
The successful delivery of the curriculum helped demonstrate the strength of the team’s approach. As a result of the work completed on this effort, our company was awarded additional curriculum development work for another Navy rating.
Challenges and Solutions
The primary challenge was managing four courses in development at the same time while ensuring that each received the attention needed to meet the client’s standards. With multiple teams contributing across the curriculum, coordination had to be consistent without slowing production or creating unnecessary dependencies.
To maintain focus and course integrity, we relied heavily on structured planning, task management, and progress tracking through JIRA. Each course was broken into individual development tasks, allowing the team to monitor progress, assign responsibilities, identify potential issues, and provide mentorship where needed.
Lessons were also delivered through a staged review and approval process. Stakeholders first received a preliminary version of each lesson for review, and their feedback was documented and incorporated into subsequent revisions. Once the feedback had been addressed and validated, the lesson was approved and moved forward for implementation.
This process helped us maintain consistency, accountability, and quality across all four courses while continuing to move development forward at scale.
My Role
As the Lead Instructional Designer, I coordinated communication and collaboration between the instructional design team, Subject Matter Experts, government stakeholders, and other development groups. I led project status reviews, stakeholder feedback sessions, SME content development, project planning and tasking, quality assurance, and instructional development across the four-course effort.
I planned and tracked development in JIRA, monitoring the health and progress of each course as lessons moved through staged review and delivery. Working with the instructional design team, I helped establish a workflow that connected the four courses and supported a consistent progression of knowledge and skills from one level to the next.
I was also responsible for identifying lessons that needed additional instructional support and determining where interactivity, scenario-based learning, or other engagement strategies could add the most value. This helped ensure the curriculum remained cohesive while giving individual lessons the resources they needed to meet the client’s expectations.