education / technology / communicationresearcher & learning experience designeravailable for selected collaborations

Educational research · Learning experience design · AI in Education

EducationalResearcher& LX Designer

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

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

Educational Content & Operations Specialist

Supported educational programmes across content, digital platforms, participant communication, webinar operations and learner journey design.

— Pedagogy of Possibilities

Chief Content Manager

Led the editorial transformation of departmental materials into accessible, human-centred educational communication.

2024— SHUM Centre

Ambassador, 2024 · Meaning Communicator, 2025–present

A communications role in a context where educational and cultural initiatives become more legible and more human for participants.

— VosHod Club

Communications and community projects

Tone of voice, public and internal communications, podcast concept and community design.

07 / academic base Academic foundation

Pedagogy, economics, digital environments

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

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

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