Online PGCert Design for Learning Environments

Online PGCert Design for Learning Environments

Online education has dramatically increased in recent years, and learning environments in many sectors and industries now incorporate both digital and physical environments. The 100% Online PGCert from Russell Group University will equip you with the skills and knowledge to design programs of learning that meet the needs of learners and organizations.

• Top 100 – QS World University rankings
• Bronze Award: Athena Swan 2011
• Leading UK Provider of Distance and Blended Learning

“I’ve been convincing my colleagues to do this course. For those with limited experience, it takes you from zero to hero in one year. For those already in learning design, it provides a deep as well as broad theoretical underpinning, that can be immediately leveraged in your day-to-day.”

Kevin Cheeseman, Online PGCERT design for learning environments.

Enjoy short sessions and unique coursework to improve others’ learning outcomes

The course incorporates design, technology, education, social sciences, data science, and digital development to provide you with a rich diversity of perspectives. You will work with academics, active practitioners, and designers of learning environments from the fields of education, computer science, theoretical physics, and engineering - each bringing their own unique disciplinary perspectives to instructional design. Get crafty with innovative techniques as you participate in hands-on experiences that build both digital and traditional learning platforms' knowledge.

Short courses in Design for Learning Environments

If you are unable to commit to the full program, you can exit with a micro-credential certificate instead.

Lasting just eight weeks, short courses in Design for Learning Environments allow you to specialize in a particular area of instructional design, completing with a micro-credential certificate worth 10 master’s credits. Request information to find out about upcoming start dates.

The Online PGCert Design for Learning Environments is a 60-credit, 12-month program of study. As a student in the program, you will study six 10-credit modules over the year, with each module lasting 8 weeks.

You have a maximum of 5 years to finish your online program and under certain circumstances, you can break up your studies and take time out between modules if you need to. Please discuss this with a recruitment coordinator

• Applied data science for learning environments
• Communicating design stories
• Design and design thinking
• Developing digital artefacts for learning
• Perspectives on learning
• Sociotechnical learning environments

• Exploring the role of design, the processes involved, and current theories and practices
• Developing a digital artifact and implementing it in a learning environment, drawing on new technologies
• Analysing data sets against key tools and frameworks to evaluate teaching and learning
• Assessing the strengths and weakness of contemporary learning perspectives
• Examining the learning environment from a social and technical perspective
• Communicating a design proposal and planning a learning environment