Maya Okonkwo(she/her)
I design learning that sticks — short on theory, long on application.
Selected work
08Skills this work teaches and assesses
ProposedAllure Connect reads each published course and records which skills it teaches and which it checks. This describes the courses, not what any learner has achieved.
Claimed by Maya
Self-declared. Not measured or checked.- Articulate Storyline 360
- Articulate Rise
- Adobe Captivate
- Camtasia
- Vyond
- Figma
- xAPI / cmi5
- SCORM 1.2 / 2004
- Unity (collab)
- ADDIE / SAM
- Kirkpatrick L1–L4
- Plain-language writing
Words from clients
“Maya reframed our compliance program as a design problem, not a content problem. We got 8 weeks of seat-time back and a course people actually finish.”
She moved faster than our in-house team and shipped something we still use 18 months later. Worth every dollar of the engagement.
The rare ID who can write a storyboard, build the Storyline file, and defend the assessment in a regulator meeting.
Maya Okonkwo shipped Storyline work on time with metrics leadership could defend in QBR.
Maya Okonkwo shipped Storyline work on time with metrics leadership could defend in QBR.
Credentials
- ATD Master Instructional DesignerATD · Certification · 2022View source(opens the issuer’s page)
- Articulate Storyline Pro CertifiedArticulate · Certification · 2024View source(opens the issuer’s page)
- CPLP — Certified Professional in L&DATD · Certification · 2019
- CPACC — Accessibility CoreIAAP · Certification · 2026–2029View source(opens the issuer’s page)
- Prosci Change PractitionerProsci · Certification · 2021
- xAPI FoundationsRustici / TorranceLearning · Certification · 2023
Recent activity
- Jun 12Confirmed as speaker DevLearn 2026 — 'Branching that Behaves: Designing Trustworthy Sims'Las Vegas, NV
- Apr 12Published module HIPAA: The 8-Minute Refresh1.2
- Apr 2Earned credential CPACC — Accessibility CoreIAAP
- Mar 4Spoke at Learning Solutions — 'From SME Brain Dump to Storyboard in 90 Minutes'Orlando, FL
Active in 5 of the last 12 months
Events
- Jun 2026DevLearn 2026 — 'Branching that Behaves: Designing Trustworthy Sims'Speaking · Las Vegas, NV · Upcoming
- Mar 2026Learning Solutions — 'From SME Brain Dump to Storyboard in 90 Minutes'Workshop · Orlando, FL · Past
- Nov 2025ATD TechKnowledge — 'xAPI in the Wild: 3 Production Stories'Panel · San Diego, CA · Past
- Sep 2025UGA M.Ed. Learning Design — 'Audit-Defensible Microlearning'Speaking · Athens, GA · Past
Q3 2026 · One client at a time
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