A creative storytelling studio

Derek Philip-Xu sitting down next to a book shelf in front of a large glass window. A large, modern building is located across the street in the background.

I’m Derek Philip-Xu and I’m a digital learning designer, eLearning content developer and publishing consultant.

I am the founder and owner of Refreshing Publishing.

Refreshing Publishing helps organisations design and develop meaningful and refreshing learning experiences by incorporating actionable stories into the learning design process. This enables organisations to benefit from increased knowledge and skills retention of its employees, improved employee engagement and improved business outcomes.

Conceptualising, designing and developing eLearning courses (project scoping, concept development work, instructional story design, preparing briefing documentation, product prototyping, accessible content design, content authoring).
Repurposing and refreshing existing online learning content.
Designing learning that meets accessibility requirements (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), particularly in relation to images, audio and video assets.
Digital content development (content curation, content editing, editorial reviews, alpha/beta testing).
Project management

Schedule a meeting to discuss your eLearning requirements.

Refreshing Publishing is also a custom publishing imprint which creates and publishes books, eBooks, magazines, brochures and newsletters for educational and corporate organisations.

Full editorial (copyediting and proofreading) service
Writing mentorship
Publishing consultancy
Editorial project management

Please get in touch and let me know how I can help.