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:

Becoming a Learning Design Professional (RPL course)

• Date: 6 Oct to 6 Nov 2025
• Location: Online
• Time: Self-paced

This course is for 2026 PGBOLD applicants going through an RPL application.

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Design Thinking for Learning Designers

• Date: 1 Sep 2025, 30 Mar 2026, 22 Jun 2026
• Location: Online
• Time: 16:00-18:00 (see course dates below)

A six-week course guiding participants through a design thinking process using key principles and approaches.

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Designing with AI

• Date: 16 Feb 2026, 4 May 2026, 3 Aug 2026
• Location: Online
• Time: 16:00-18:00 (see course dates below)

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 Oct 2025, 7 Sept 2026
• Location: Online
• Time: 16:00-18:00 (see course dates below)

A six week online course supporting participants to become effective online facilitators.

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Introduction to Learning Design

• Date: 16 Feb to 29 Mar 2026
• Location: Online
• Time: 16:00-18:00 (Mon/Wed)

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: 29 Jun 2026, 3 Aug 2026
• Location: Hybrid, Online (see course dates below)
• Time: 16:00 - 18:00 (see course dates below)

A six-week course taking an experiential approach to learning design.

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Learning Design Models

• Date: 30 Mar to 17 May 2026
• Location: Online
• Time: Mondays and Wednesdays: 16:00 - 18:00

A six-week course on process-, learning-, material- & equity-focused models, their purpose & context of models.

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Project Management for Learning Designers

• Date: 6 Oct 2025, 7 Sep 2026
• Location: Online
• Time: 16:00-18:00 (see course dates below)

A six-week course exploring project management approaches to deal with a highly complex environment.

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