About Rob Stewart

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in nearly a decade as a learning and development adviser, it’s that a habit of learning drives success, for both businesses and individuals.

Whether you’re an owner, manager, or team leader looking to upskill your staff or just someone who wants to make the most of your professional development to climb the next rung on the career ladder, learning is the key to getting there.

Fortunately, we have a wealth of digital learning opportunities and technologies at our fingertips, with new resources being developed all the time. However, many people never acquire the skills or strategies needed to effectively use or develop digital learning. They get stuck with less efficient methods. Why? Because of the intimidation and confusion that self-directed learning and learning technology can entail.

That’s where I come in as a digital learning consultant.

I’ve spent more than 20 years turning my childhood fascination with digital technology into a rewarding career, building effective learning resources from scratch and helping people maximise their training, apply what they’ve learned, and have a good time doing it.

I work with businesses and organisations to help them develop digital learning that works and with individual professionals who want to make the most of digital opportunities in their own learning.

Throughout my career, I’ve heard my clients express frustration about spending precious time trying to figure out learning technology on their own, just to end up discouraged and demoralised. That’s why I’m so passionate about what I do — it’s deeply rewarding to be able to clear those hurdles out of the way so my clients can focus on what they came to do: transfer information from a computer screen into real world performance improvement.

Some of my career highlights (so far) include nearly a decade of service as a learning and development adviser for the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). I also spearheaded the SSSC Open Badges programme, a learning technology project that pioneered a new approach to continuous professional development within the social services sector. I’ve spoken at several learning and development conferences in the UK and published articles in professional and trade journals. In 2019, I was honoured to be named Training Journal’s L&D Professional of the Year.

As an award-winning digital learning consultant, my services include:

• Needs analysis and action mapping
• Digital learning design and development
• Design and implementation of Open Digital Badges programmes
• Consulting and advice

If you’ve seen me on social media, you know that the name DigialiTay (pronounced “digi-ality”) is my Twitter handle, where I post helpful information and tips from the world of digital learning.

If you’d like to know more about how I can help you reach your digital learning or career development goals, check out my services page or connect with me on LinkedIn.