Instructional Designer & eLearning Strategist

Stop Building Courses. Start Solving Business Problems.

I turn performance problems, expert knowledge, and complex content into effective digital learning experiences.

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Charles Lwanda — Instructional Designer & eLearning Strategist
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Years of
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Projects
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Sectors
Served
Training That Changes Behaviour✦ Performance Gap Diagnosis✦ Scenario-Based Learning✦ Government & NGO Projects✦ Corporate eLearning✦ Curriculum Design✦ Learning That Sticks✦

Three things I bring
to every engagement.

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Strategic Thinking

I diagnose before I design. Half the time, the real problem isn't a training problem at all.

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Learning Science

Every decision is grounded in cognitive science — spaced practice, retrieval, cognitive load, scenario fidelity.

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Technical Execution

I build it myself. Storyline 360, Rise, video, job aids — from storyboard to SCORM-packaged delivery.

Case Studies

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Scenario Simulation
When the Algorithm Is Wrong
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When the Algorithm Is Wrong

C-suite leaders were over-trusting AI outputs. A compliance course would have changed nothing. A judgment simulation did.

●Leaders practiced judgment calls before facing them live
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Performance Support
Trained. Certified. Blank.
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Trained. Certified. Blank.

Staff knew the 47-page SOP. They still froze at point-of-performance. The answer wasn't more training.

●Staff could find and apply the right response without leaving the floor
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Branching Scenario
The Conversation You've Been Avoiding
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The Conversation You've Been Avoiding

61% of direct reports said their manager avoided difficult feedback. A video about feedback wasn't going to fix that.

●Managers practiced difficult conversations before having them with real staff
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Capacity Development
MATTERS CBE Training of Trainers
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MATTERS CBE — Training of Trainers

Field practitioners across Kenya were certified but couldn't adapt content when the room stopped responding. Knowledge transfer wasn't the problem. Facilitation capacity was.

●Trainers completed structured field practice before certifying — two cohorts across Kenya
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Learning Analytics
M&E Framework
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Measuring Whether Learning Actually Worked

Most programme evaluations measure completion rates and satisfaction scores. Neither tells you if anything changed on Monday morning. Here's the evaluation architecture I use instead.

●Four-level framework designed for Kenya field programme constraints — applied to MATTERS CBE ToT
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Services

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eLearning Development
Storyline 360, Rise 360, branching scenarios, assessments, SCORM / xAPI packaging.
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Performance Consulting
Gap analysis, root cause diagnosis, solution design — including recommending against training when appropriate.
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Instructional Design
Storyboards, learning objectives, facilitator guides — production-ready for your dev team or vendor.
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Learning Strategy
Blended learning architecture, Kirkpatrick evaluation, L&D roadmaps tied to business outcomes.
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Real Work, Real Context

Selected outcomes

Senior school tutors left with a facilitation framework they could practice before entering a classroom — not just policy awareness.
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ToT ProgramGovernment — CBC Reform, Kenya
Replaced a 47-page SOP with a 5-minute field guide. Frontline staff could find and apply the right response without leaving the floor.
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Job Aid RedesignHospitality Sector
Managers reported faster role confidence and fewer early-stage errors after scenario-based onboarding replaced slide-heavy induction training.
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Sales OnboardingB2B Services Organization

How I think about
learning problems.

Short, sharp essays on why most corporate training fails — and what to do about it.

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Let's talk about
the actual problem.

Not the training request. The performance gap. Tell me what people are doing vs. what they should be doing — I'll tell you honestly what will fix it.