// Instructional Design · Teaching · AI

Curriculum designer. Program builder. Teacher.

Portrait of Jeffrey Maggard

I design courses, materials and programs that help students learn by doing real work. I use AI to speed up design, while students keep their own voice.

Studio

Media production

Animation, launch videos and course websites I design and produce.

AnimationFrom story to screenStoryboards, a locked Character Guide and AI animation for my Qatari folktale series.
Instructional designer introduction · goFLUENT application videoA 90-second introduction I scripted for an instructional design role. Motion graphics coded in React with Remotion, with an AI voice and an original piano score.
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Featured projects

Selected work

14 projects. Each one opens a case study.

B1+

Garnet Press · CEFR B1+

English for the 21st Century

A CEFR B1+ course book, co-created with a team at Garnet Press.

Animation · Museum partnership

He Who Doesn’t Know the Falcon Roasts It

A Qatari folktale I collected and edited. It appears in a National Museum of Qatar exhibition book. Now I am animating it.

UNESCO-funded

UNESCO Mongolia Kamishibai Program

Japanese paper-theater storytelling for university and K-12 students in Mongolia and Japan. A $30,000 grant.

Assessment design · Qatar University

ENGL250 assessments

Selected for the task force that created ENGL250. Co-created all of its assessments and edits its exams.

Zayed University · Public exhibition

The Story Mile

300 student authors. A public exhibition on the Abu Dhabi Corniche, a permanent installation and a book.

Bilingual book · Qatar University

Tales of Forgiveness

A bilingual (Arabic/English) book of Qatari folktales collected by Qatar University students.

Miyazaki · Fall 2003

Peace Studies Seminar on Cambodia

A 15-week, certificate-bearing seminar for 200+ students and community members, with a study trip to Cambodia.

Video lecture course · Miyazaki

Video lecture course in sociology

I wrote, directed and produced a video lecture series for a blended sociology course, and built its website.

Motion graphics · Launch videos

Launch and promo videos

Product launch videos, course walkthroughs and introductions, built as code with Remotion and AI voice.

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