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Assessment & learning design
Assessment strategy, formative practice, literacy and curriculum expertise, item and instrument design, and the hard decisions that sit between validity and usability.
Education × Technology × Delivery
Learning systems,made better.
MADE Learning brings educational judgement and technical delivery together, helping education organisations turn complex ideas into practical products, assessments and programs.
01 — THE GAP
Where we work best
Between the big idea
and the classroom reality.
Education projects rarely fail for lack of ambition. They get stuck in translation: between policy and product, educators and developers, data and decisions.
That in-between space is where MADE is useful. We bring together hands-on education experience, technical fluency and implementation discipline to make sure the thing being designed is the thing people actually need.
02 — CAPABILITIES
How we can help
Smart across
the whole system.
From early thinking to real-world use, we help teams see the whole problem and move the work forward.
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Education technology & product
Product direction, requirements, prototyping and UX guidance for digital learning tools that need to work for teachers, students, administrators and the people supporting them.
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Data, reporting & insight
Practical data structures, reporting logic and technical analysis that turn complex education data into information people can understand and act on.
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Implementation & advisory
The connective work: discovery, localisation, rollout planning, training, quality assurance and long-term support for education programs and platforms.
03 — APPROACH
How we work
Rigorous about the detail.
Refreshingly practical.
Understand the real problem
We get close to the users, the constraints and the existing system before deciding what the work is.
Make the complex legible
We translate between education, policy, product, data and development so the right decisions can actually be made.
Deliver something useful
We stay with the work through implementation. A polished recommendation that cannot survive reality is just expensive stationery.
04 — PEOPLE
Who we are
Two perspectives.
One shared standard.
MADE Learning is a family-led Australian education consultancy founded by Joshua and Natalie Madden.
Co-founder · Education technology
Joshua Madden
Josh has spent a decade working across education technology, digital assessment and system-scale implementation. He brings client leadership, product and UX judgement, data fluency and technical problem-solving to complicated education work.
- EdTech systems
- Assessment
- Product & UX
- Data
Co-founder · Education & literacy
Natalie Madden
Natalie is an educator and literacy specialist with deep classroom experience and postgraduate expertise in literacy intervention. She keeps learning design grounded in teaching practice, evidence and what genuinely works for students.
- Literacy
- Intervention
- Curriculum
- Quality
05 — EXPERIENCE
Where we add value
Experience on both sides
of the implementation.
Education authorities & departments
Turning policy, curriculum and assessment intent into workable digital programs.
EdTech & product teams
Bringing an education lens to product decisions, workflows, data and user experience.
Schools & education networks
Designing implementation around the realities of teachers, leaders and students.
Assessment & curriculum teams
Connecting sound learning design with the possibilities and constraints of technology.
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Have a complicated
education problem?
Good. Those are usually the interesting ones.
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Based in Geelong, Victoria
Working across Australia