Paul Sijpkes
Learning Designer at University of Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolPaul Sijpkes is a learning designer and PhD candidate with over a decade of experience crafting online, blended and hybrid courses at the University of Newcastle, balancing instructor workload with excellent student experience. He combines deep grounding in learning sciences and adult pedagogy with practical full‑stack web development skills, making him equally at home designing assessments or prototyping interactive learning tools. His career spans roles from secondary teaching to senior learning design secondments, giving him a rare fluency in client relationships and competing institutional priorities. Known for pragmatic creativity, he embeds leading‑edge approaches—including responsible GenAI use—into reliable, scalable course design processes. Based in Newcastle, Australia, he’s also a guitarist and avid walker, reflecting an appetite for iterative practice both in craft and life.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Educational Evaluation and Research, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Educational Evaluation and Research at University of Technology SydneyGraduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) Secondary Education and Teaching, Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) Secondary Education and Teaching at Monash University
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Github Skills (123)
panorama-viewer10
pannellum10
canvas-lms9
editor9
javascript9
lms9
linux9
gdscript9
vagrant9
virtualization9
windows9
zooming9
twine9
text-editor9
electron9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
BOLDLab/learning_tools_integration
May 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 180 commits, 64 pushes in 2 years 8 months
BOLDLab/lti_peer_assessment
Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 release, 85 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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