Global Learning, Reimagined
Elevating Digital
Learning Excellence
Worldwide
Complete AI-enhanced curricula for universities and school districts, covering course architecture, faculty training, quality assurance, and accreditation support.
Our Philosophy
We work at the intersection of pedagogy, technology, and ethics.
What We Do
Our Services
AI-Powered Course Design
Curriculum development enhanced by artificial intelligence, creating learning experiences that adapt and evolve.
For programs that need to be built, rebuilt, or modernized with purpose. We design learning experiences around specific outcomes, defining what students will be able to do when they finish, with assessments, materials, and faculty guidance included. Ready for your delivery platform from day one.
EdTech Consulting & Strategy
Strategic guidance for institutional digital transformation, from assessment to implementation.
For institutions that want to adopt AI and digital tools with purpose and appropriate guardrails. We assess your current curriculum and operations for readiness, identify where technology genuinely improves learning, and build an adoption framework grounded in your institution's values and governance requirements.
Faculty AI Training
Empowering educators with responsible AI tools and methods that enhance teaching and preserve the human element.
For the educators and leaders who implement change every day. We design and deliver professional development in quality design, ethical AI, and modern learning principles, applied as daily practice in your institutional context. Custom programs built around your faculty's real challenges, with measurable outcomes and lasting impact.
Quality Assurance
Rigorous standards for digital learning programs, ensuring academic integrity and measurable outcomes.
For institutions preparing for accreditation, program review cycles, or internal quality audits. We evaluate curriculum, assessment design, and learning outcomes against the standards that matter to your accrediting body, helping you build documentation that demonstrates your programs work. A clear picture of where you stand, with a prioritized action plan.
Why Meridian Rise
Built on research.
Grounded in ethics.
Designed for impact.
We bring decades of experience in instructional design, educational technology, and AI integration to every partnership. Our work is guided by research and measured by outcomes.
Every engagement begins with an honest assessment of your needs and context. Our frameworks draw from peer-reviewed research in instructional design and learning science, applied to your specific situation rather than a generic template.
We guide institutions toward principled, evidence-based AI adoption that faculty and administrators can stand behind. Our frameworks align with accreditation standards and your institution's own governance requirements.
Quality means more than checking boxes. We evaluate curriculum, assessment design, and learning outcomes against standards that hold up under scrutiny, helping you build programs that perform on paper and in practice.
Our founding partners bring more than 50 combined years of experience in higher education, instructional design, and technology leadership. Having worked inside the institutions we now serve, we understand the constraints, the governance realities, and what it takes to get things done.
We define success before we start. Every engagement includes clear, measurable outcomes so you know exactly what you are getting, and can demonstrate results to leadership, accreditors, and faculty.
Who We Are
Founding Partners
Over five decades of combined experience in higher education, instructional design, and educational technology, brought to every engagement.
Sarah Evanick, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Nearly two decades in higher education and instructional technology, building trusted partnerships across domestic and international institutions.
Laura Otero, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer
15+ years in instructional design and educational research. Developed governance-ready AI frameworks that align pedagogy, policy, and technology at scale.
Christopher Beem, M.S.
Chief Technology Officer
20 years spanning instructional design, educational publishing, and technology leadership. Bridges technical infrastructure with pedagogical intent.
Ready to Begin?
Let's elevate learning together.
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