BOLD

The Blended and Online Learning Design (BOLD) short courses are designed to support professionals in the fields of educational technologies, instructional and learning design to understand the foundations and develop critical skills, knowledge and orientations in blended and online learning design. Through these short courses, participants will strengthen their understanding of the current practices, issues and trends in the field globally and locally, to create and manage flexible, innovative, and contextually relevant learning designs and experiences for a diverse range of learning contexts.

Blended and Online Learning Design (BOLD) short courses are offered by the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching in the Centre for Higher Education (CHED) at the University of Cape Town.

BOLD Contact Details:

Phone: (+27) 21 650 5500
Email: pgbold@uct.ac.za

BOLD short courses offered:

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Design Thinking for Learning Designers

  • Date: 1 September to 12 October 2025
  • Location: Online
  • Time: Mondays & Wednesdays: 16.00-18.00
BOLD short course: Design Thinking for Learning Designers

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Designing with AI

  • Date: 3 Feb, 7 July, 1 Sept 2025
  • Location: Online
  • Time: Tuesday & Thursday 16.00-18.00
A six-week online short course that forms part of a suite of short courses that support blended and online learning design.

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Facilitating Online

  • Date: 6 October to 16 November 2025
  • Location: Online
  • Time: Mondays and Wednesdays: 16.00-18.00
BOLD short course: Facilitating Online

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Introduction to Learning Design

  • Date: 9 June to 20 July 2025
  • Location: Online
  • Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 18:00 - 20:00
A six-week course exploring learning design as an approach, a role, a practice and an emerging research field.

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Learning Design in Practice

  • Date: 30 June to 10 July 2025
  • Location: Hybrid online and in person event
  • Time: Thursdays: 16.00-18.30, online, block week 7th-11th of July 2025: 9.00-16.00, face-2-face
A six-week course taking an experiential approach to learning design.

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Learning Design Models

  • Date: 7 July to 17 August 2025
  • Location: Online
  • Time: Tuesdays: 16.00-18.30
A six-week course introducing process-, learning-, material- and equity-oriented learning models, focusing on rationale, purpose and context of models.

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Project Management in Learning Design

  • Date: 6 October to 16 November 2025
  • Location: Online
  • Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 16.00-18.00
A six-week course exploring project management approaches to deal with a highly complex environment.

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