Aaron Appleton

Applied Learning Sciences

ALU School of Wildlife Conservation

As a founding team member of ALU's School of Wildlife Conservation I led the design and delivery of ALU's full product portfolio in conservation, supporting growth to 5 countries. Our flagship products included our Conservation MBA graduate program and our conservation undergraduate program.

ALU has been dubbed "the university of the future" by CNN, and one of the 50 of the most innovative organizations in the world by Fast Company (opens new window). We raised over $400 million in funding, and are training entrepreneurial leaders for Africa and the world.



Role: Learning Experience Design Lead (specifically led the design of our conservation graduate and undergraduate programs and all the educational products these programs utilized)

Tools Used: Rhinoceros 3D, Unreal Engine 4, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Ableton Live, Adobe Premier Pro, Cinema 4D, Figma

Methods Used: Learning experience design, play design, interaction design, service design, industrial design, work domain analysis, ethnographic research, jobs to be done interviews, cognitive task analysis, rapid prototyping, usability testing, desirability testing, learning outcomes testing

In Collaboration With:
Fred Swaniker (CEO of African Leadership Group)
Dr. Francis Vorhies (Consultant to the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Elizabeth Babalola (Director of Operations at ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Dr. Brian Child (Consultant to the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Cedric Maforimbo (Faculty at ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Dr. Edwin Sabuhoro (Faculty at ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Elizabeth Gitari (Faculty at ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Elizabeth Gitari (Faculty at ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Richard Vigne (Advisor to the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Dr. Helen Gichohi (Advisor to the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Dr. David Macdonald (Advisor to the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)
Fred Nelson (Advisor to the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation)