Learning design for real-world performance.
Designing Better Learning Systems
Who I've Worked With
Knox County Schools
#BuyBlackKnox
FIRST Robotics Competition
KnoxHarmonic
Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce
Knoxville Entrepreneur Center
I design learning experiences that help people perform through practice and feedback.
Featured Work
I redesigned a Toyota Kata learning experience to turn scientific thinking from something people learn into something they practice.
Applied Learning
Multimedia Storytelling
Visuals, video, diagrams, and interactive content make complex ideas more engaging and memorable.
Interactive Practice
Built-in matching, decision-making, reflection, and scenario-based practice turn concepts into action.
I helped a recording studio turn a COVID-era constraint into a new way of working, designing remote recording workflows and coaching the KnoxHarmonic team in Agile and Scrum.
Workflow Design
Workflow Design
I designed a remote recording workflows and trainings that connected musicians, engineers, and production across locations.
Pitch Deck Design
I designed the pitch deck that earned 2nd place and sponsorship for a 10-week startup program.
Bridging Vision & Execution
I served as project manager, aligning creative direction, goals, stakeholders subjectmatter experts and execution through grant writing to shipping final products.
I designed a spiral physical science unit around Prince Rupert’s Drop, using one fascinating phenomenon to connect chemistry, materials science, forces, modeling, and scientific reasoning.
Curriculum Design
Complex Ideas Made Visible
Models, visuals and purposeful scaffolds build lasting understanding.
Learning Made Visible
Learners use models and evidence to explain phenomenon and show their thinking.
About The Designer
Sydney Buckner
Learning Experience Designer