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Curious by nature. Educator by profession. Always growing ideas.

I am an academic, researcher and lecturer with a particular curiosity about what happens when education, emerging technologies and playful learning collide.

My work explores how technologies such as artificial intelligence, coding and robotics can become meaningful parts of teaching and learning, particularly in early education. I am interested not simply in what technology can do, but in how educators and learners experience it, adapt it, question it and use it to create new possibilities.

And that curiosity is ultimately what led to Digital Seedlings.

Ideas grow here.

My mission

To make educational innovation meaningful, accessible and useful.

My mission is to bridge the space between research and practice by exploring emerging technologies through a distinctly educational lens.

Through my research, teaching and collaborative work, I aim to translate complex ideas into practical possibilities that educators, student teachers and researchers can explore, question and adapt within their own contexts.

Technology should never be introduced simply because it is new. I believe its value lies in what it enables people to imagine, create, understand and learn.

My vision

I imagine classrooms where technology expands possibility without diminishing what makes learning human.

My vision is to contribute to a future in which educators and young learners are not merely consumers of technology, but curious, critical and creative participants in shaping it.

I want my work to contribute to an educational landscape where innovation is grounded in sound pedagogy, informed by research and responsive to the realities of diverse educational contexts, particularly those across the Global South.

Notions that guide my work...

Curiosity

Ask better questions.

I believe curiosity is where meaningful research, teaching and innovation begin. I am interested in the questions that make us reconsider what education could become.

Innovation

Explore what is possible.

Innovation is not about using the newest technology. It is about finding thoughtful, creative and contextually meaningful ways of improving learning.

Practicality

Make research usable.

Academic knowledge should not remain inside journal articles. I want my work to generate ideas, resources and approaches that educators can actually use.

Collaboration

Ideas grow better together.

Some of the most interesting ideas emerge through conversations between educators, researchers, students, children and communities. Collaboration is therefore central to how I approach my work.

Humanity

People with technology.

Technology is a tool, not the destination. The relationships, creativity, agency and experiences of educators and learners must remain at the centre of educational innovation.

Impact

Ideas should have a purpose.

I believe research and innovation become meaningful when they extend beyond academia. I want my work to contribute to real change in how educators teach, learners experience education, and communities engage with emerging technologies.

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