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Ask An Expert: Leslie Aiuvalasit

Dec 10, 2025

Leslie Aiuvalasit, Math Team Lead at Six Red Marbles, blends content expertise, mentorship, and collaborative leadership to elevate math instructional design. From guiding editorial partners to shaping client projects, Leslie brings clarity, curiosity, and heart to every challenge. This interview explores her role, insights, and the future of math education.

Unbundling the Degree: Designing Learner-Centered Pathways for a Skills-First Future

Higher education is under pressure to evolve. As demographics shift and the skills-first economy accelerates, institutions must design learning pathways that deliver ROI for learners, employers, and campuses. Unbundling the degree through modular, stackable microcredentials offers a strategic path forward that increases agility, strengthens workforce relevance, and creates new opportunities for sustainable growth.

Ask An Expert: Kristin Pinyan

Nov 18, 2025

Lead Instructional Designer Kristin Pinyan shares how SRM bridges institutional goals and faculty creativity—and why problem-solving, empathy, and flexibility define successful higher ed course design.

Rethinking for Speed: How Institutions Can Deliver Quality in 8-, 6-, and 4-Week Formats

Oct 20, 2025

Accelerated courses can boost flexibility and retention, but only when designed with care. Learn how colleges can protect rigor, support faculty, and sustain student success in 8-, 6-, and 4-week formats through intentional pacing, digital-first design, and readiness strategies that make speed and quality work together.