Accurate is not the same as right
AI can be accurate and still fail a student: wrong exam board, or a summary that skips the retrieval work revision depends on. Precision, not correctness, is the real product.
Writing
What actually holds up when you test it.
Essays on AI-generated content, quality measurement, and learning science in education technology — grounded in evidence, not vendor claims.
The work behind a quality claim
Most AI trust claims are a rubric with no evidence anyone agrees on it. I tested mine on six reviewers before trusting it. One criterion, tone, failed completely.
The Pedagogy of the Page: Working with Vietnam on Textbook Development
On the World Bank-funded Renovation of General Education Project: what translating curriculum reform into actual textbooks requires. Written for Cambridge's Expressions magazine as Head of Business Development, Education Reform, Cambridge University Press.
From Pages to Platforms: Inside the Evolution of Educational Publishing
Legacy publishing scales by doing more — more outsourcing, more years, more bundled resources. Edtech that actually works scales by doing better. Written for the Publishing Training Centre.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: Four Key Themes Unveiled
Four trends from the fair: a return to retro design, rising career mobility, a shift from transferable to interoperable skills, and the unresolved tension between physical and digital events. Written for the Publishing Training Centre as Director of Content, FutureLearn.
Our Commitment to Content Excellence
The standards behind the Content Quality Index (CQI) at Save My Exams: what it takes to hire content creators with real classroom and examiner experience, and hold every piece of content to a measurable standard.
Our Commitment to Exam Specificity
Why exam-board specificity, not general subject coverage, is the standard Save My Exams content is held to — and what gets lost when content is merely accurate rather than matched to the exact spec a student sits.
The Future of Learning is Forged, Not Fabricated
Quality content is built through expertise and rigorous process, not shortcuts. Using blacksmithing as the frame: durable learning resources require careful source selection, real craft, structural discipline, and feedback — the best content is forged, not fabricated.