Design Thinking for Learning Designers

  • Course Date: 1 September to 12 October 2025
  • Location: Online
  • Time: Mondays & Wednesdays: 16.00-18.00
  • Duration: 6 weeks
  • Application Deadline: 25 August 2025

About the course

This course is aimed at taking participants through a design thinking process based on design thinking principles and approaches. Tackling a real-life learning and/or teaching problem, participants will explore context-sensitive solutions in multidisciplinary groups and build a prototype in order to gather feedback and suggest improvements.

Learning objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe a Design Thinking process;
  • List different Design Thinking activities;
  • Explain Design Thinking principles and reveal Design Thinking mindsets;
  • Engage in a learning design process and decision making processes using Design Thinking processes; and
  • Reflect on a Design Thinking intervention.

Course cost

The full cost of the course is R5500 with discounts available as follows:

  • When enrolling 5 or more participants, participants are entitled to 10% discount.
  • UCT staff are entitled to a 30% discount i.e. R3850. 
  • All current full-time postgraduate students from any institution are entitled to a 50% discount i.e. R2750. 
  • HELTASA members are entitled to a 10% discount i.e. R4950.

NB: Please request a discount voucher code from: pgbold@uct.ac.za BEFORE you enrol for the course.

More information

Blended and Online Learning (BOLD) short courses

50 seats available.
Price: R5,500.00
Quantity: