Learning problems rarely fit inside one discipline
That's why Curio brings strategists, learning designers, technologists, researchers, educators and delivery specialists together in one global team. Since 2016, we've helped education providers and organisations turn ambitious ideas into learning that people can use, and systems that teams can sustain.
Why Curio exists
Too many learning initiatives get split across partners who each see only one part of the problem. Strategy gets separated from delivery. Content gets designed without the platform in mind. Technology gets implemented without enough attention to the learner.
Curio exists to connect those decisions. We can join at one point in the learning lifecycle, or carry an initiative all the way from evidence and business case through design, build, delivery and continuous improvement.
The result isn't just a more coherent project. It's learning that's easier for people to engage with, and more practical for organisations to run.
What we value, and what it means for you
Our purpose is learning for a changing world. Our values are how we pursue it, and each one means something for our team, for clients and for learners.
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Curious
We're eager to know, learn and understand.
We take the time to understand your context, goals and challenges, then look for new ways to help.
We understand your context and bring new thinking to your learning.
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Creative and resourceful
We seek out new approaches, ideas and technologies. We're passionate about overcoming obstacles, and we see things through.
We bring our collective capability, experience and resources to your challenges. We encourage entrepreneurial thinking and embrace new ideas.
We design and facilitate new experiences and environments that help you flourish.
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Learn and grow
We actively seek feedback, reflect on it and act on it. That's how we learn and grow, individually and together.
We share what we learn, just as we learn from working with you.
We approach learning and teaching with a growth mindset, aware of your context and making connections with you.
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Connect and collaborate
We love working together. We look for ways to work and grow as teams, and we respect every contribution, because we have a bigger impact together.
We build a strong partnership with you. We listen and bring opportunities, because together we get a better outcome.
We facilitate collaborative, social learning, so you learn from us, your peers and experts.
What guides our work
Start with the learner and the outcome
We begin with what people need to understand, do or become, not with a format, platform or fashionable tool.
Use evidence, then apply judgement
Learning science, research and data inform our recommendations. Experience and human judgement turn that evidence into decisions that fit the real context.
Connect the whole system
Learning is shaped by content, technology, people, incentives and operations. We look across the whole system so a fix in one area doesn't create a problem in another.
Leave useful capability behind
Our best work makes the client stronger. We build reusable systems, practical knowledge and internal confidence, not dependence on an external partner.
Be candid and accountable
We say what we see, explain the trade-offs and take responsibility for the quality of the work.
Global perspective, close collaboration
Curio is a distributed team supported by a global Faculty community. That model gives clients access to relevant expertise across disciplines, sectors and locations, while keeping a focused project team and clear accountability.
Our experience spans higher education, vocational education, schools, early years, professional learning and enterprise. Clients benefit from patterns and ideas that travel across sectors, adapted carefully to their own environment.
Recognised for the work, and the clients behind it
Better Future Melbourne Design Gold, for To Future Me. HoloniQ ANZ EdTech 50. The RMIT Paul Taylor Award.
That recognition sits behind delivery work with organisations including LSE, Oxford, Stanford, Coursera, Volkswagen Group, Audi, KPMG and RMIT Online.