Valerii Ostroverkh
RU
education / technology / communicationresearcher & learning experience designeravailable for selected collaborations

Educational research · Learning experience design · AI in Education

EducationalResearcher& LX Designer

From evidence to learning experience.

I research how people learn in digital environments and translate evidence into learning programmes, learner journeys and responsible AI-supported educational experiences.

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Learning sciences · adult education · learner agency · cognitive accessibility 53°12′N / 50°09′E — digital space Based between research, education and digital product practice.
01 / profile About

I research learning, design experiences and connect evidence with action.

My professional background brings together pedagogy, educational research, economics, digital communications and technology. I am interested not only in what people learn, but in the conditions that enable them to set goals, engage with knowledge, use feedback and transfer learning into new contexts.

I combine research-informed design, learning experience design and AI literacy. This lets me work across theoretical frameworks, programme architecture, digital infrastructure, learner journeys and educational communication.

My work places the adult learner as an active agent of their own development. My core interests therefore include learner agency, heutagogy, digital learning environments, AI-supported learning and cognitive accessibility.

A meaningful learning environment does more than deliver knowledge — it expands a person’s capacity to act.

These fields are not a hierarchy: the core stays sharp while neighbouring areas shift depending on the task.

CORE The adult learner as an agent of their own development
education
research
technology
marketing
communication
experience design
02 / practice Focus areas

Five ways of looking at learning

Not a cloud of tags, but a working lens: from the research question to the conditions that let a person act with agency.

Learning Experience Design

Designing learning programmes, learner journeys, activities, feedback systems and digital environments in which content becomes experience.

learner journeysfeedbackprogramme architecture

Educational Research

Working with literature, conceptual frameworks, research design, learner feedback and evidence from educational projects.

evidenceframeworksresearch design

AI in Education

Designing responsible uses of generative AI and developing AI literacy so that technology supports rather than replaces human thinking.

AI literacygroundingresponsible use

Learner Agency & Adult Learning

Exploring autonomy, reflection, choice and the capacity of adult learners to shape their own learning pathways.

heutagogyautonomyreflection

Cognitive Accessibility

Designing for differences in attention, information processing, pace, cognitive load and interaction with learning environments.

attentionpaceneuroinclusive
03 / research Research agenda

One question, eleven ways into it

My research is guided by one central question: how can digital learning environments be designed so that technology strengthens learner agency, reflection and the real capacity to learn?

CENTRAL QUESTION How can environments expand the capacity to learn?
  • Heutagogy Self-determined learning
  • Learner agency Choice, reflection, action
  • Adult learning Learning across working lives
  • Digital learning environments Systems that shape experience
  • AI-supported learning Technology with a pedagogy
  • Learning ecology Distributed contexts and resources
  • Capability approach Real opportunities to learn
  • Cognitive accessibility Attention, pace, cognitive load
  • Neuroinclusive design Difference as a design input
  • Educational change How practice moves
  • Digital pedagogy Teaching in mediated spaces
THESIS / 2026 Highest grade

Bachelor’s thesis

Designing a Digital Learning Environment for Adult Learners Based on the Heutagogical Approach

The study focused on designing a digital environment for the professional development of educators learning to use generative AI. Its theoretical foundation included heutagogy, learner agency, self-determined learning, the capability approach and the idea of learning as a distributed ecology.

The practical component was connected to the professional development programme “AI Assistants as a Growth Point for Educators’ Digital Competence” and the analysis of engagement, feedback and participants’ use of AI tools.

adult educationheutagogylearner agencyAI literacydigital learning environmentprofessional development
04 / projects Selected work

Work at the intersection of meaning, systems and action

Four cases with different statuses — from an implemented programme to editorial practice. Concepts are kept separate from shipped work.

Implemented AI / ASSISTANTS

AI Assistants as a Growth Point for Educators’ Digital Competence

RoleLearning designer · Module developer · Facilitator

A professional development programme for educators focused on the logic of generative AI and its responsible use in teaching and research.

Experimental product WOWCAB

Wowcab

RoleFounder · Learning designer · Content strategist

A Telegram-based microlearning project for English vocabulary, using short stories, repeatable formats and low-friction practice.

Professional experience GTM / ACADEMY

Go-to-Market Academy

RoleEducational Content & Operations Specialist

Supporting educational and expert programmes across content, learner journeys, digital platforms and operational coordination.

Editorial practice PEDAGOGY / OF / POSSIBILITY

Pedagogy of Possibilities

RoleChief Content Manager

Editorial and communications work for a departmental Telegram channel, turning institutional and expert material into coherent, human-centred stories about education.

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS / CONCEPT STATUS

Ideas still in motion

Lingunity Venture concept

A concept for an education company combining language learning, professional development and international education services.

Neurodistinct neural network Artistic research concept

An artistic research project about neurodiversity, AI and cognitive accessibility.

mentally tired Media concept

An intellectual media concept about learning, language, cognitive experience and contemporary culture.

05 / method Method

From questions to evidence, from evidence to experience

A process for keeping technological novelty distinct from educational value.

01

Frame the problem

I start with the problem, context and human behaviour — not with a platform or format.

02

Build an evidence base

I work with research, data, feedback and existing practice.

03

Design the experience

I shape the learner journey, educational actions, feedback and digital environment.

04

Prototype and test

I turn a hypothesis into a prototype, observe interaction and collect evidence.

05

Reflect and improve

I analyse constraints, revise the solution and record transferable principles.

WORKING PRINCIPLES
evidence over hypeagency over complianceaccessibility beyond accesstechnology in service of peopleclarity without simplification
06 / trajectory Experience

Relevant practice

Not a list of vacancies but a trajectory: the key points are sharp, the intervals between them stay in motion.

Go-to-Market Academy
  1. 3 July 2025 — Present

    Educational Content & Operations Specialist

Supporting educational and expert programmes across content, digital platforms, participant communication and learning operations.

What I did
  • Working with GetCourse, BotHelp, Tilda and Telegram
  • Developing educational and communication content
  • Supporting webinars and coordinating with speakers
  • Designing user journeys and communication flows
  • Providing learning operations support
Pedagogy of Possibilities Telegram Channel
  1. 16 June 2023 — 1 September 2026

    Chief Content Manager

Leading the editorial development of a departmental Telegram channel and transforming administrative, academic and event-based materials into accessible, human-centred communication.

What I did
  • Editorial planning
  • Collaboration with academic staff and students
  • Adapting academic and administrative materials
  • Developing the channel’s tone of voice
  • Publishing stories about projects, mobility and achievements
Voskhod Student Club
  1. 22 July 2025 — 1 March 2026

    Deputy Coordinator & Head of Special Projects

    Coordinating special projects, developing internal processes and contributing to community management.

  2. 1 May 2023 — 22 July 2025

    Head of Media Centre

    Leading the media centre, developing external and internal communications, and working on tone of voice, content formats and media projects.

What I did
  • Developing distinct communication models for public and internal channels
  • Creating the concept for the «Обсудим на ВосХоде» podcast
  • Working on community design
  • Developing special projects
  • Contributing to internal process design
SHUM Centre for Youth Media Development
  1. 2024 — Present

    Ambassador → Communications Ambassador

Joined the SHUM Centre ambassador programme in 2024 and continued after the role was renamed Communications Ambassador in 2025.

07 / academic base Academic foundation

Pedagogy, economics, digital environments

Pedagogy and educational research meet economics, marketing, digital technologies and design practice.

Durham University — incoming

2021—2026 With honours

Samara State Technical University

Bachelor’s degree with honours

44.03.05 Teacher Education with two specialisations

Foreign language and economics

Five-year full-time programme · 300 Russian credit units

4,218 academic contact hours
300 Russian credit units
pedagogy and psychologyEnglish language and linguisticseconomics and managementmarketing and financeentrepreneurshipdigital educationinclusive educationresearch practice

The thesis and its description live in section 03 / research.

2023—2024 274 hours

MIET · National Research University of Electronic Technology

Internet Marketing Specialist

Brand Communications in the Digital Environment

05 MONTHS / SCHOLARSHIP-SUPPORTED

Taiwan

A five-month scholarship-supported academic experience in Taiwan strengthened my interest in how educational culture, institutional context and digital environments shape learning.

Other countries and statuses will be added only after verification. International perspective here is not a collection of flags, but a way of seeing educational systems.

08 / verified Recognition

What is already evidenced

Bachelor’s degree with honours

Samara State Technical University

Thesis awarded the highest grade

Research on digital environments for adult learning

Scholarship-supported academic experience

Taiwan · five months

Ambassador and communications role

SHUM Centre

PUBLICATIONS & TALKS / CURATION IN PROGRESS

Publications and talks

A curated list of publications and talks is currently being prepared. It will include verified work on digital pedagogy, AI in Education, learner agency and learning experience design.

09 / contact Valerii Ostroverkh

Open to research projects, educational product development, AI in Education, public speaking and international collaborations.

Let’s turn evidence into experience.

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WHERE WE COULD WORK TOGETHER

Educational research

literature reviews · conceptual frameworks · research design · learner feedback · evidence synthesis

Learning experience design

programme architecture · learner journey · activity design · digital learning environment · course audit

AI in Education

AI literacy for educators · responsible integration · AI-supported activities · professional development

Educational communication

expert content · research communication · bilingual content · editorial systems