PGDip Learning Design Methods

Our PGDip is founded on the belief that effective learning design can produce transformation in business and education. We support and enable designers to create learning experiences that are both invisible in their seamlessness and profound in their impact.

We view learning design as an interdisciplinary art form, blending insights from psychology, technology, and creative arts. This approach fosters a unique problem-solving mindset that sets our graduates apart. The course encourages you to cross disciplinary boundaries, combining insights from areas such as user experience design, creative education, and digital technologies with learning design principles.

Critical reflection is at the core of our philosophy. We challenge you to question assumptions, examine beliefs and assumptions about learning, and develop your distinctive voice as a designer. The PGDip cultivates your originality in tackling and solving problems, preparing you to act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional level.

While embracing emerging technologies like AI, we balance innovation with established learning theories and human-centred design principles. This ensures you have the knowledge and skills to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of learning design, and prepared you to be a leader in learning-focused roles.

Our aim is to empower you to lead in the field of learning design. We develop confident professionals who can articulate the value of creative learning design across various sectors to produce innovation through transformative learning experiences.

PGDip Learning Design Methods consists of two core units:

Learning Design Toolkit (40 credits)

This unit strengthens your practical skills and develops essential competencies for successful learning design. You'll learn to work as both an internal and external consultant, collaborating with Subject Matter Experts across disciplines. You’ll explore topics including artificial intelligence, storytelling, learning product development, creative direction, video production, UX design, accessibility, project management, digital technologies, change management, and effective communication.

Learning Design in Context (20 credits)

This unit strengthens your ability to lead through research in creative teaching and learning design roles. Learning professionals regularly explore new and unfamiliar problems, and in this unit you’ll have the opportunity to investigate an area of interest related to your present or future work. You'll conduct a small-scale research project to build your confidence in research, decision-making and developing new insights.