Matt Marsaglia is a learning designer based in Colorado.
I’m interested in the future of work, particularly how to improve the quality, relevance, and accessibility of digital learning.
Approach

Learner Advocacy
Designs based in evidence and empathy are integral to making an impact.

Systems Thinking
Mapping interactions across the business clarifies the dynamic world orbiting our users.

Creatively Driven
Care necessitate expanding a toolkit with elegant solutions from disparate fields.

Strategically Aligned
Deliberate focus and clear outcomes underlie collaboration.
Work
Posts + Publications
To increase Black representation in Tech, Netflix, Norfolk State, and 2U partner with new bootcamps in high-demand skills.
Central Florida is seeing an explosion of job growth in the tech sector! We caught up with Matt Marsaglia, Senior Director of Learning at Trilogy Education Services, a 2U Inc. brand, to learn how UCF Boot Camps is getting bootcampers job-ready in 24 weeks.
Arcadia University, which has long partnered with other colleges on study abroad offerings, will share coding courses other institutions can make available to their students.
How do Air Jordans, calculators, and lamps connect with online learning? They each provide a glimpse into how we can evolve after the move-classes-to-Zoom rush.
How 2U Bootcamps responded to student needs during Covid-19.
A few strong design systems in digital learning can disseminate and support the application of learning research, improving our user’s sentiment toward digital learning and freeing us up for more meaningful work.
The missing piece to getting started with ML is not necessarily learning the statistics and engineering behind it but generating momentum from the business behind your project.
Lessons learned and the resources that helped guide the way.
5 ways to incorporate persuasive design in the launch of your next learning experience.
Context is expensive, no matter how you pay for it. But it’s worth it every time.
Offsites are attractive for the obvious reasons —minimal distractions, team bonding, change of scenery, visiting friends after work — but they can easily dissolve into a sitcom-worthy wayfinding expedition if you’re not careful.
An interprofessional team of nurse educators, simulation experts, information technology specialists, and nursing informatics graduate students collaborated on the simulation design. The results of this project support the need to develop innovative learning strategies to facilitate nursing students’ understanding of the relevance of evidence-based practiceresearch to improve patient outcomes.
Looking for eLearning portfolio inspiration? Look no further! Check out these 14 eLearning designer/developer portfolios from those who have been in the field 3 years or less.
Reports have indicated that nursing programs in the United States are not generally effective in teaching nursingscience, natural science, the social sciences, and the humanities. The value of the lifelong study of humanities for nurses is the invitation for contemplation on the human experience so we can make informed moral, spiritual, and intellectual sense of the world. In essence, when we understand, we become more empathetic. This article adds to the call for teaching for a sense of salience in nursing through the meaningful synthesis of humanities in baccalaureate education.
Lessons learned connecting product maxims & learning principles.