Innovative educational ideas often collapse under their own complexity.
I help higher education programmes (re)design curriculum and assessment without losing clarity, coherence or academic quality.
When good intentions meet institutional reality
Many innovative programmes start with a strong educational vision.
They want:
more meaningful learning
more student ownership
more authentic assessment
more space for complexity, identity and real-world learning
But once these ideas meet curriculum, assessment and institutional reality, things often start breaking down.
AI making traditional assessment increasingly unreliable
teacher overload
students focusing on performance instead of learning
programmes struggling to assess developmental and complex learning
curriculum losing coherence
accreditation stress
innovation projects getting stuck
In short: assessment chaos. And slowly, assessment becomes increasingly messy, unclear and difficult to sustain. The original educational vision starts to break under its own complexity.
That is usually the moment programmes reach out to me.
Assessment quick scan
Want to first explore yourself where assessment complexity and innovation pressure may be building up inside your programme? I developed the Assessment Quick Scan for programmes that feel something is no longer fully working, but struggle to pinpoint where the real tension sits.
Why Learner Ecologies?
If assessment feels increasingly complicated, the problem is often bigger than assessment itself.
What appears as an assessment issue may actually reflect tensions around curriculum coherence, AI, educational vision, professional judgement or organisational structures.
The name Learner Ecologies reflects this perspective: helping programmes look beyond symptoms and understand how different parts of the educational ecosystem influence one another.
Inge is an outstanding educator with an in-depth knowledge of international education. She has been involved with the International HETL Association as a Country Delegate and has provided valuable input into the direction of the organization. Inge is a highly intelligent person who cares deeply about the issues affecting higher education around the world.
Patrick Blessinger, Founder and President of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, JAHRE Editor-in-Chief
How we can work together
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Curriculum & assessment diagnostic sprint
For teams that want quick insight into the strengths, risks, and development opportunities of curriculum and assessment.
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Curriculum & assessment transformation
Longer-term support for programmes that want to fundamentally redesign curriculum and assessment.
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Teacher development & assessment training
Practical online workshops and training around assessment, alignment, feedback, professional judgement and assessment in the age of AI, ranging from foundational assessment literacy and BKE/BKO-related support to innovative and developmental approaches to learning and assessment.
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Assessment committees & examination boards
I can join your assessment committee or examination board as an external member or advisor within innovative higher education contexts.
I worked with Inge on a number of course and minor designs. Her didactic and assessment expertise are unmatched. I relied heavily on her feedback and guidance throughout a minor design and assessment pilot. Her expertise ensured we were able to successfully launch the minor with an immersive range of content and assessments that met all programme / accreditation criteria.
While remote work can be a challenge, Inge’s superior project management of all our collaborations ensured we had a mutually convenient workflow and met all deadlines ahead of schedule. Cannot wait to collaborate again.
Heath Broussard, Educational Developer & Teacher
Not sure where to start?
Not sure what your programme needs most? Book a free 30-minute call and we’ll explore the best next step together.
Helping higher education programmes create coherence between curriculum, assessment and learning in times of complexity.
“What we assess reveals what we truly value.” Inge Rozendal