Resume

Samuel Opeyemi Falade

Learning Experience & Instructional Design
Professional summary

Learning experience designer and UX-informed instructional design professional with experience creating digital learning content, editing educational video, building Canvas LMS courses, and designing interactive learning tools. Background spans multimedia production, learner-centered design, educational technology, and research on adaptive feedback in educational games. Experienced with Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Figma, Canvas LMS, and video-based learning workflows, with working familiarity in Camtasia and Adobe Captivate. Passionate about translating complex concepts into clear, engaging, and effective learning experiences.

Tools & skills

What I work with

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Learning Design & UX

Instructional designLearner-centered design User experience designAccessible course design StoryboardingEducational technology Interactive learning design

Multimedia & eLearning Tools

Adobe Premiere ProAdobe Photoshop CamtasiaAdobe Captivate MediasiteCanvas LMS FigmaAdobe Lightroom

Design & Development

Unreal EngineHTMLJavaScript CSSPythonC#MATLAB

Research & Collaboration

Usability thinkingPrototyping Academic researchQualitative observation Cross-functional collaboration

AI & Productivity

AI-assisted ideationScripting Content refinementClaude ChatGPTGemini
Selected work experience

Experience (click any role to expand)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Craig & Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program · College Station, TX
Learner-focused instruction & academic support
Aug 2021 – Dec 2025
  • Facilitated ~30 seminars per semester for 400+ first-year engineering students (over 2,000 students across the 2021–2025 appointment), delivering learner-focused instruction and academic support.
  • Designed an accessible Canvas course page to improve navigation, communication, and learner experience.
  • Guided students in professional development, research discovery, and academic engagement through structured instructional support.
  • Provided feedback on student work and supported course delivery across a high-enrollment learning environment.
  • Helped create a positive, organized learning experience for a large and diverse student population.
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Selected projects

Things I’ve designed & built

Adaptive Feedback Educational Game Research

Xcode · ChatGPT · Claude

Designed educational game experiences to study how adaptive feedback influences learner interaction and problem-solving, focused on engaging, effective learning environments.

Teacher Support App Prototype

Figma · Spring 2025

A mobile prototype for teachers to support in-class learner interactions, follow-up tracking, collaborative activity management, and access to learner progress via a connected web portal.

International Student Onboarding App

Adobe Captivate · Fall 2023

An interactive onboarding app for prospective international students from Nigeria, a one-stop hub for pre-arrival information and resources, built to reduce information overload at Texas A&M.

Digital Twin · Offshore Wind Maintenance

Unreal Engine · Spring 2023

Designed and programmed the visual component of an Unreal Engine simulation supporting understanding of maintenance workflows and reducing offshore wind system costs.

VR Forest Fire Visualization

Houdini · Unreal Engine · Summer 2023

Explored Houdini and Unreal Engine pipelines to visualize fire-simulation data for wildland firefighter training.

Cognitive Effects of Video Games

Unreal Engine · Spring 2022

Developed four Unreal Engine games modeled on the Freedom Bridge game to investigate how graphics variations affected participant performance.

Education

Education

Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Engineering (Engineering Education)
Texas A&M University
Expected Dec 2026
M.S. Visualization
Texas A&M University
Dec 2023
M.S. Exploration Geophysics
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Feb 2016
B.S. Petroleum Engineering
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Nov 2009
Professional development

Certifications

Foundations of UX Design
Coursera · Google Certificate
Dec 2022
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, Ideate
Coursera · Google Certificate
Dec 2022
Web Management
Chevron Nigeria Limited
Feb 2016
Lean Sigma Overview
Chevron Nigeria Limited
Jun 2016
Volunteer

Giving back

The Battalion
Photographed 50+ events for the university news outlet.
Grace Bible Church
Photographed 30+ services and special events.
International Student Services
Photographed 1,000+ international students across 10+ events.