Kirsten Alburg · Learning Experience Designer & Education ProducerLearning Experience Design · Education Production · Project Leadership
I design learning experiences for organizations doing meaningful work in science, conservation, health, education, and human potential.
You bring the expertise. I help people experience it, understand it, and use it.
Hello, I'm Kirsten
Bring me the research, expertise, program, idea, or existing materials. I'll learn what matters, understand the people you're trying to reach, and help turn it into the right learning experience.
A course, a curriculum, an interactive experience, an education program, a toolkit — we'll figure out the right shape together. I love stepping into a world I don't know yet and learning from the people who know it best.
More about meWhere I work
Science · Research · Conservation · Exploration
Turn fascinating work into learning people can experience.
Flagship example: Odyssey Discovery.
Health · Rehabilitation · Accessibility · Adaptive Living
Create learning that helps people participate more fully in life.
I design the learning, working alongside your clinicians and specialists.
Education · Professional Learning · Complex Knowledge
Turn expertise into clear, engaging learning experiences.
Flagship project · Real-world learning design
I founded Odyssey Discovery to connect educators with scientists, researchers, and field experts. Through Field Notes: Explorer and Educator Expeditions, I work alongside experts to turn active science into learning teachers can bring back to their students.
Explore Odyssey DiscoveryWays to work with me
Starting at $10,000
You have expertise, research, content, or an idea worth teaching.
I turn it into an engaging learning experience people can understand, use, and remember.
Projects may include:
Starting at $5,000
You already have a course, training program, curriculum, or learning experience, but it needs to become clearer, more engaging, more useful, or easier to navigate.
I review what exists, identify what should change, and redesign the experience.
Projects may include:
Starting at $15,000
You have expertise, research, a mission, or an initiative and want to create an educational experience around it.
I help develop the learning concept, audience experience, curriculum, resources, digital learning, and how it all rolls out.
Especially relevant for:
Scope and pricing based on project
Have an important initiative that needs someone to move it forward?
I provide project-based leadership for learning, education, science, health, nonprofit, and mission-driven initiatives — coordinating stakeholders, timelines, deliverables, production, and implementation from concept through launch.
Tell me what you're working on. You don't need to know exactly what the learning solution should be yet.
Featured work
Science communication
A learning program that helps researchers and technical experts be understood by everyone else — practiced on their own real material.
Conservation & environmental education
A place-based learning experience for a conservation site: field orientation, short moments tied to what visitors can see, and volunteer steward training.
Redesigning existing learning
A course library people stopped finishing — reviewed for structure, engagement, assessment, and accessibility, then redesigned with a clear plan for what to fix first.
Workplace learning
A guided first-week experience: an explorable workplace, real situations to practice, and a friendly check that new hires feel ready.
How I work
01
Listen.
Learn about the expertise, the audience, your goals, and the material you already have.
02
Design.
Determine the right learning experience and create the approach.
03
Build.
Develop the experience, course, program, resources, or materials.
04
Refine.
Test, gather feedback, and improve what needs improving.
Available for projects
You don't need to have it all figured out. A short note is all it takes, and I'll reply personally.
