What if you could‌.
...reach, retain and inspire more students?
Course Development Services
...create a course that is intuitive and inclusive whether the learner is on a laptop in Manchester or a smartphone in Malaysia?
...accelerate the delivery of online courses and launch within months not years?
Contact us to start a conversation www.pearsoned.co.uk/coursedevelopment
Our Services
Why work with us?
We help universities and other learning providers to create innovative online and blended courses by providing flexible and scalable services, underpinned by rigorous learning design principles. We understand that each institution is unique and that the resources, online learning expertise and budget within each one differ immensely. That’s why our services are collaborative and adapt to your institution’s needs. Whether you are developing an entirely new online or blended programme, or need to reinvigorate a current course, our experienced team can help.
We develop online and blended courses for:
We are learning all the time. Pearson has hundreds of instructional designers who share resources and research that add to our historical foundation of best practices and cutting edge experiments in learning. As we learn we add to our core set of principles:
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Dr. John Haeger, President, Northern Arizona University, USA
Here’s an overview of the services we can provide:
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§§ Project requirements and key performance indicators
§§ Mock-ups & proof of concept
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Platform Setup §§ User experience & user interface design
§§ Third party tools integration
§§ Virtual learning environment customisation
§§ Data analytics setup
Content Support §§ Subject matter expertise support or sourcing
§§ Content maps and gap analysis
§§ Curriculum alignment to accredited boards where appropriate
§§ Content storyboards and reviews
§§ Pearson content provision §§ Editorial services - rights and permissions, copy-edit
Production and Testing §§ Social tools for peer, learner-instructor and employer interactions §§ Quality assurance - proofread, functional testing and device compatibility
Training and Evaluation §§ Outcomes reporting on key performance indicators
Since 2010 we have developed over 2,000 courses for 80+ institutions in the UK, US, Middle East and Australian institutions. Here’s what some of them have said about working with us:
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§§ Learning design approach
§§ Faculty training and follow-up
You can be confident that every course we develop is firmly grounded in research-based, tried and tested learning design principles.
Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
§§ Faculty collaboration
§§ Multimedia production - simulations, 360 videos, instructor recordings, animations & interactives
Course development experience
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Consultation and Design
§§ Assessment creation - diagnostic, formative and summative
Collective learning design research
§§ Recommended revisions for course updates
Foundations § Tried and tested learning design principles § Unique design for your institution’s platform and brand § Meets institutional requirements for accessibility and accreditation
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Objectives & Alignment: Write clear, discrete statements that are sufficiently challenging before creating aligned content and assessments.
with rich and engaging content, clear and
Formative Assessment: Include multiple checks during learning so learners can pinpoint gaps/strengths, track progress, and summarise learning.
accessible structure and tools and services designed to support the student in their
Scaffolding
Feedback: Provide clear, timely and focused feedback that feeds forward.
learning journey. Simon Thomson, Head of E-Learning, Leeds Beckett University, UK
Formative Assessment & Feedback
Scaffolding: Set appropriately rigorous tasks so they are within reach of the learner and then incrementally increase in difficulty. Critical Thinking: Design activities that get learners to objectively analyse an issue to make a judgement.
Critical Thinking Motivation
Self-Regulation: Empower learners to monitor their own learning. Learning Transfer: Create opportunities for learners to apply previous learning to new situations. Collaboration: Incorporate group work into the curriculum.
Adaptation: Design the learning experience to adjust to the learner’s prior and learnt knowledge, aptitudes, and/or cognitive abilities.
10. Authenticity: Create opportunities for the learners’
World-renowned content and digital innovation
Authenticity
How much new or existing content you choose to use on your course, is up to you. As a rule, adapting content is more economical than starting from scratch. If you want us to source and personalise content for your course, we have a wealth of high-quality resources and services to choose from:
10,000 textbooks
25,000 + digital & multimedia assets
6,200 case studies
20+ online homework & assessment products
Simulations
Adaptive learning
knowledge and skills to impact beyond the classroom. Virtual and Augmented Reality
Work based assessment
500 professional business & careers books
Competency based learning
VLE customisation
Data analytics on learner outcomes