Hi, I'm Nathan
Ormsby

Learning Innovation Leader Faculty Development Strategist Educational Technology Leader AI Enablement Partner

I help colleges and mission-driven organizations improve teaching, learning, and student experience through educational technology, instructional design leadership, accessibility, and practical AI adoption.

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Professional Strengths

Director-level learning and innovation perspective. I bring a rare blend of faculty development, instructional design, educational technology, accessibility, and operational leadership. My work is strongest when an institution needs someone who can connect vision to execution and help teams move from ideas to practical systems that improve teaching and learning.

Educational technology with purpose. I do not approach technology as novelty. I focus on whether tools, platforms, and workflows help educators teach more effectively, help students learn more successfully, and help institutions operate more equitably. That includes LMS strategy, faculty support, instructional design, digital accessibility, and practical AI enablement.

Human-centered change leadership. My academic and professional background in psychology, higher education, and human-centered design helps me see the people inside the system. I look for the real barriers to adoption, engagement, and success, then build clearer, more usable, and more inclusive experiences around those realities.

1,000+

Faculty Supported Across Professional Learning Efforts

$500K+

Annual Funds Managed in Higher-Ed Operations

10+ Years

Learning, Teaching, and Program Leadership Experience

Leadership Approach

I believe strong learning organizations are built through alignment. Instructional design, faculty development, educational technology, accessibility, and student experience should reinforce one another instead of competing for attention. My leadership style is collaborative, practical, and systems-oriented: I listen carefully, identify the real point of friction, and then help people build solutions they can actually sustain.

I am especially drawn to work that sits at the intersection of innovation and responsibility. Whether the issue is AI adoption, accessibility, online learning quality, or faculty support, I try to bring a balance of curiosity, judgment, and operational discipline. The goal is not just to introduce new ideas. The goal is to make those ideas useful, inclusive, and durable.

Selected Leadership Work

Large-Scale Educational Programming for Inclusive Teaching

Led the design and coordination of a faculty-facing educational initiative focused on neurodiversity and culturally responsive practice. The work required program planning, stakeholder coordination, accessibility logistics, and scalable delivery design so the experience could serve faculty effectively and reflect institutional values around equity and inclusion.

Program Leadership Stakeholder Coordination Accessible Delivery

Learning and Development Experience Design for Faculty

Designed faculty learning experiences in Canvas with the mindset of an L&D specialist: clear pathways, strong content flow, accessible design, and a structure that respected adult learners while making professional development easier to complete and apply.

Learning Experience Design Adult Learning Faculty Development

Change Leadership for AI in Teaching and Learning

Helped educators move from uncertainty and hesitation around AI toward practical, responsible adoption. This work centered on change leadership: building trust, translating ambiguity into usable practice, and helping people adjust their teaching in ways that were thoughtful, transparent, and sustainable.

Change Leadership Innovation Adoption Faculty Guidance

A Little More About Me

Let's Connect

I am especially interested in roles focused on learning innovation, faculty development, educational technology, AI enablement, accessibility, and strategic higher-ed leadership. If your institution or organization needs someone who can connect vision, systems, and implementation, I would welcome the conversation.

The best way to learn more about my background right now is through my LinkedIn profile. Additional site content and portfolio materials can continue to grow from here, but this site is being reshaped to better reflect the kind of work I want to do next.