TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Ensuring successful implementation and delivery of learning technology or elearning projects, from off-the-shelf product implementation to complex development.
LEARNING SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
Technical input to your learning programme design initiative, ensuring technical feasibility and a frictionless learner experience.
SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
Requirements definition, RFP writing, vendor shortlisting and selection, implementation management.
PRODUCT EVALUATIONS
Evaluating product capabilities and performance, looking behind vendor promises to help you make the right investment decisions.
TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS
Targeted sessions for L&D professionals or senior leaders to demystify the latest learning technology trends and practices.
LEARNING TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
Collaborating with your team and partners to design the optimal learning ecosystem for your organisation.
Challenges I can help you address
Navigating the evolving landscape of learning technology can be overwhelming. Let me guide you through critical decisions, from system implementations to upskilling your team, ensuring seamless experiences and successful project outcomes.
DELIVERING COMPLEX PROJECTS
Whether its a system implementation or some custom development work, hire me as a seasoned technical project manager.
PLANNING AN INITIATIVE
Procuring and implementing a new learning system is a daunting experience. Let me take the strain for you.
IMPROVING LEARNER EXPERIENCE
Many organisations have lots of learning products, poorly integrated. Talk to me about frictionless learner experiences.
FINDING YOUR WAY
Many L&D people feel lost amidst all buzz about AI, VR or whatever next big thing. I can help you navigate this madness!
UPSKILLING YOUR TEAM
Understanding future directions in learning technology is time consuming. Book me for a team workshop.
MAKING TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS
Lots is at stake when making an investment decision in a new product. Ask me for an independent, expert view.
Testimonials
He has an innate ability to provide sound, impartial advice on a range of technology solutions based on client requirements, and present them in a way that both technical and non-technical stakeholders can easily understand, enabling us and them to make informed decisions based on his recommendations.
Colin Welch, Managing Director
BRIGHTWAVE
I love his infinite passion for learning, which he passes on to the people that work for and with him. With Mark you have a calm, well informed leader, who’s not shy of making difficult decisions, when needed. I loved working with Mark and I look forward to work with him again in the future.
Sacha van Tienhoven, Director of Technology
LTG PLC
After being recommended Mark by three well trusted members of the elearning community as the best next move to continue the journey of The Portal, I had to get in touch. I was not disappointed. Mark brought years of experience and expertise to deliver an incredibly rich and detailed project including the RfP that we used to source the brilliant DabApps. Mark was never without the support, ideas and insight I needed for The Portal and I look forward to working with him again.
Sally Burns, Founder & Director
THE PORTAL
Latest blogs
Case Study: The Portal – reimagining learning
I was delighted that multiple people recommended me to help with this project. My role was to help define what the first version of The Portal would look like, conduct a ‘build vs buy’ analysis to establish a way forward, and lead the selection of a product vendor or development agency who could help to make it a reality.
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How community engagement platforms are moving in on the workplace learning market
While doing some market research for a customer, I noticed an emerging product category that may align much better with how people learn in organisations. Community engagement platforms have been quietly growing in capability in recent years, with many now squarely targeting organisational learning.
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Decommissioning your LMS: the art of data extraction
This article explores how I crafted and fine-tuned a suite of RPA scripts to automate the data extraction of 80,000 learner records from an LMS and reflects on the challenges faced and lessons learned.
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Our journey searching for the AI Team
My piece for Thrive’s AI newsletter about setting up a new AI team for the business and some of the innovations they’ll be working on through 2024.
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Using ChatGPT as a learning simulation tool
How I migrated an old bespoke chatbot learning tool to ChatGPT. What took a team of people 4 weeks was replicated, with better results, in just a few hours.
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Blockchain in Education: Hype or Reality?
People have been trying to find educational uses for blockchain for many years now. I try to carve out a little time every year to see if any research projects have matured into industry products. On attending a conference I heard a speaker tell the assembled audience from the higher education world that blockchain is coming to disrupt their sector. Eyeing up the conference audience interest, I decided it was time to update my research and see if anything has changed….
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Ready to discuss how I can enhance your learning ecosystem or tackle your next learning technology challenge? Reach out to me today!
hello@markaberdour.com
Whether you’re seeking advice on learning technology strategy, product evaluations, system implementation, or workshops to empower your team, I’m here to assist you every step of the way.
Feel free to drop me a line, I look forward to hearing from you!