Julie Usher

Julie Usher (Digital Learning Developer)

Julie has worked in digital education since 2002. She has experience in developing and supporting blended and online learning, as well as in academic staff development, project management and pedagogic research.

Julie has supported staff and students from a range of disciplines to develop their digital literacy, and to find digital solutions to teaching and learning challenges. She also worked as a Solutions Engineer for Blackboard (now Anthology), advising universities around the world on digital tools for teaching, learning and assessment.

Julie also has experience in learning design, including supporting an institution to transition all its taught provision to a blended model. She has provided learning design consultancy for flagship online programmes at UWL, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick. She has published research on approaches to learning design, and facilitated co-design projects including students, industry stakeholders and service users.

Her areas of interest include critical pedagogy and inclusion, and generative AI. Outside of work, she loves plants, poetry and paddleboarding.