Zoë Keidge

Zoë Keidge is a Principal Learning Designer for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Queensland. She has a wealth of experience across secondary and higher education sectors, with a background in teaching, curriculum leadership, design, and creative industry practice. She holds a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education) and worked in public education for the better part of a decade before moving into higher education learning design.

As the 2025 Queensland Cooper Hewitt Fellow, Zoë worked with the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York to explore socially sustainable and inclusive approaches to education. Now, her work focuses on supporting staff to develop student-centred learning through authentic assessment design, inclusive learning practices, curriculum transformation, and the integration of AI and emerging technologies to promote critical and creative thinking.