Oppida is a digital education agency that creates quality digital learning experiences. Specialising in sophisticated learning design, our team also produces high-quality teaching videos, animations and other dynamic, digital interactive assets to engage learners.
By embodying a learner-centred design approach and staying abreast of the ever-transforming education sector, we bring a passion for pedagogy along with decades of experience to every client project.
Founded on the desire to support first, sell later. Oppida’s core values are to:
Oppida will publish your courses / programs to any learning management system or platform and develop comprehensive style guides to ensure consistency and excellent user experience.
We never forget that we are humans designing for humans. In our own individual ways, compassion is at the heart of everything we do at Oppida.
At the core of Oppida’s online education development process is our drive for equitable access. We encourage inclusivity by allowing ideas to flourish, integrating diverse perspectives, and encompassing individuals’ needs as we believe this is the foundation on which education can transform lives.
Opportunities are plentiful and all individuals have the power to contribute meaningfully to our world. To do this, we create and work from a place of positivity at Oppida, allowing creativity to flow through us, fuelling our desire to learn, grow and evolve.
In taking inspired action, knowing that persistence pays off, and aiming for progress, we know that excellence will follow. Oppida accepts that we are constantly evolving, improving, and acquiring knowledge upon our individualised journeys.
Our team are all highly skilled, passionate educators, project managers, creatives, and technicians with extensive experience in digital learning. We ooze creativity and have an eye for detail and quality!
My name is Bianca Raby and I'm the Founder and CEO of Oppida. I have over 16 years experience working in education and my career began as a k-12 teacher. In my late 20s I retrained in business through a gruelling MBA at Melbourne business school an experience that set the stage for my next major step in life, founding Oppida. I launched Oppida in to better support other organisations to design and develop high quality digital learning.
As an experienced learning designer project manager and educational technologist myself, I saw a need to unpack what it really takes to design and develop and deliver world-class online programs. To date I have lead Oppida to serve over 20 unique clients by designing developing migrating publishing or enhancing their online courses.
In addition, in 2020 I spearheaded the decision for Oppida's investment in a world-class content production studio to lead the way in quality educational video production.
Oppida strives to practice what we preach so I personally embarked on learning how to produce the highest quality video content from pre-production production and post-production at the same time getting myself used to being on camera.
I'm so proud of the team we have built at Oppida and the talented work they continue to do for our clients daily. My desire is that by working with Oppida each client comes away much more informed of your complexities of education delivery in the digital age.
Evvie is a senior learning and education strategist with a solid track record in tertiary education teaching, developing custom online learning solutions and conducting qualitative human-centred research. Evvie is a PhD graduate from Western Sydney University who specialises in sociology and gender studies. Evvie also holds a BA Honours (Class I) from the same university. She has worked at several higher education institutions and their corporate entities in key leadership positions. Her strengths are in innovative online teaching pedagogies and curriculum development strategies, particularly in digital learning environments. Evvie takes a hands on approach to conceptualising, designing, building and implementing bespoke digital solutions for clients in the corporate, commercial, not-for-profit and higher education spaces using a design thinking approach.
Evvie is a senior learning and education strategist with a solid track record in tertiary education teaching, developing custom online learning solutions and conducting qualitative human-centred research. Evvie is a PhD graduate from Western Sydney University who specialises in sociology and gender studies. Evvie also holds a BA Honours (Class I) from the same university. She has worked at several higher education institutions and their corporate entities in key leadership positions. Her strengths are in innovative online teaching pedagogies and curriculum development strategies, particularly in digital learning environments. Evvie takes a hands on approach to conceptualising, designing, building and implementing bespoke digital solutions for clients in the corporate, commercial, not-for-profit and higher education spaces using a design thinking approach.
Matthew has over 12 years’ experience working in the higher education industry in roles that supported students to reach their full potential. Matthew has witnessed first-hand the unique set of challenges that online students face and decided to career pivot towards learning design that is mindful of these challenges whilst still being innovative in the approach. As a Senior learning consultant at Oppida, Mat works on the frontline of our projects to help clients embrace blended learning techniques. Follow him on LinkedIn here.
Matthew has over 12 years’ experience working in the higher education industry in roles that supported students to reach their full potential. Matthew has witnessed first-hand the unique set of challenges that online students face and decided to career pivot towards learning design that is mindful of these challenges whilst still being innovative in the approach. As a Senior learning consultant at Oppida, Mat works on the frontline of our projects to help clients embrace blended learning techniques. Follow him on LinkedIn here.
Laure graduated from Northwood University (MI, USA) with a BBA and from ESSCA Business School (France) with a masters degree. She worked in the fashion industry for a few years before starting her remote career as a graphic designer.
An interest in graphical and creative design has led Laure into building her capabilities in this field. She is constantly exploring new technologies and techniques in the field and building an impressive portfolio.
Laure graduated from Northwood University (MI, USA) with a BBA and from ESSCA Business School (France) with a masters degree. She worked in the fashion industry for a few years before starting her remote career as a graphic designer.
An interest in graphical and creative design has led Laure into building her capabilities in this field. She is constantly exploring new technologies and techniques in the field and building an impressive portfolio.
Kelly is an experienced and adaptable senior consultant with an excellent track record of leading operations through significant change and transformation. She is skilled in project management, business analysis, performance improvement, coaching, business process improvement and stakeholder engagement. Her strong history of people leadership and engagement for performance, mentoring and development is demonstrated via numerous roles through the healthcare and financial industries. Kelly has an MBA from Melbourne Business School. She believes that a secure digital environment is a great facilitator for work/life balance, and she demonstrates that by working from on board her catamaran in the Bahamas. She’s aiming to circumnavigate the world, and her Oppida colleagues are looking forward to her arrival in their various ports!
Kelly is an experienced and adaptable senior consultant with an excellent track record of leading operations through significant change and transformation. She is skilled in project management, business analysis, performance improvement, coaching, business process improvement and stakeholder engagement. Her strong history of people leadership and engagement for performance, mentoring and development is demonstrated via numerous roles through the healthcare and financial industries. Kelly has an MBA from Melbourne Business School. She believes that a secure digital environment is a great facilitator for work/life balance, and she demonstrates that by working from on board her catamaran in the Bahamas. She’s aiming to circumnavigate the world, and her Oppida colleagues are looking forward to her arrival in their various ports!
Helen has more than 30 years’ experience working in management roles in central and local government in New Zealand. She trained as an archivist at New Zealand’s national archives, specialising in the management of archive buildings, before becoming a more general facilities and property manager in other government agencies, including New Zealand’s Ministry of Education. She has extensive experience in change management and change communications within the government sector. She has a BA in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington.
Helen has more than 30 years’ experience working in management roles in central and local government in New Zealand. She trained as an archivist at New Zealand’s national archives, specialising in the management of archive buildings, before becoming a more general facilities and property manager in other government agencies, including New Zealand’s Ministry of Education. She has extensive experience in change management and change communications within the government sector. She has a BA in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington.
Catherine is a creative thinker with a passion for putting people at the heart of every design. She takes a human-centred approach to create exceptional learning experiences that make the most of the technology and tools that are available.
With over 20 years of experience, Catherine has a strong track record working across multiple disciplines and sectors including education, training and technology. Catherine brings this experience to all projects with a flexible approach enabling her to quickly adapt to a wide range of contexts and synthesise complex material.
Catherine’s experience is backed up by a Masters in Online and Distance Education from the Open University (MA ODE), which she describes as having been a transformational learning experience. Catherine is passionate about continuous learning in the online field and what can be achieved online.
Catherine is a creative thinker with a passion for putting people at the heart of every design. She takes a human-centred approach to create exceptional learning experiences that make the most of the technology and tools that are available.
With over 20 years of experience, Catherine has a strong track record working across multiple disciplines and sectors including education, training and technology. Catherine brings this experience to all projects with a flexible approach enabling her to quickly adapt to a wide range of contexts and synthesise complex material.
Catherine’s experience is backed up by a Masters in Online and Distance Education from the Open University (MA ODE), which she describes as having been a transformational learning experience. Catherine is passionate about continuous learning in the online field and what can be achieved online.
Oppida believes in the power of dynamic, multidisciplinary teams with aligned incentives to create amazing elearning products. This is why, where possible we partner with organisations to build and bring to market exceptional online learning content.
Instructure Canvas is a global Learning Management System that supports a deep focus on teaching and learning. Oppida is proud to be an official partnership with the modern educational platform. We love working with the Instructure Canvas team and our clients to get the best out of the system!
PixelSavvy is Oppida’s preferred design firm for animations, video editing and graphics. Based in Canberra, their team work support Oppida to raise the bar in online video content for our clients.
Nomads Giving Back are a community of nomads who INFORM, INSPIRE & EMPOWER our community to give back. Oppida is primarily partnering with NGB to support their new Skillshare initiative.
VETNEXUS is a do-it-all RTO consulting and support service with expertise in delivering digital solutions. Oppida is a proud partner and collaborator as both VETNEXUS and Oppida strive to raise the bar in online education.
Purpose Productions exists to give people a voice and to empower them with the best visual media. Melbourne-based, the Purpose Productions team specialises in creating video for professional services. Predominantly helping lawyers, marketers, consultants and other professionals create great video content, Purpose Productions has partnered with Oppida to support our clients filming needs in Melbourne and beyond.
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