Programme development

CAPDM’s programme development service is designed to help you produce high quality learning programmes. Programme development requires a team approach, to harness specialist capabilities in areas such as:

• Teaching methodologies
• Language and communications
• Graphic illustration
• Simulations and modelling
• Publishing
• Administration
• Quality assurance of both the teaching materials and the associated knowledge base.

Our programme development service uses our experience and expertise to help you harness all the resources you need to achieve success as conveniently, easily and quickly as possible. With CAPDM as a pivotal member of your team, successful programme development can be guaranteed.

So, how can CAPDM help? Here are some examples:

Common concerns	How CAPDM helps
General lack of understanding of how to develop a distance learning programme.	We've done it before and we're ready to share our knowledge and expertise to help you.
Academic staff generally not motivated to participate in the development of distance learning programmes.	Working with CAPDM is a highly motivational experience for staff. We support authors and help them create high quality materials.
Magnitude of the task seen as too large for the institution/ department to undertake.	We know what needs to be done, and how to do it but we don't tie you in. Do what you can yourself and depend on us for the rest.
Top management lacks understanding of distance/blended learning and finds it hard to be supportive	CAPDM provides executive management team consultancy and training. This includes commercial business planning and market strategy development.

The CAPDM programme development service is cost-effective, immediately available and provides benefits that help guarantee your success:

• Lower work ‘overheads’ attract academics and authors to contribute more and allows them to concentrate on producing the best possible materials
• Establishes a single source publishing capability independent of your online learning environment
• Sustains better quality product output and provides better version control to ensure consistency at every stage
• Solves the ongoing problem of protecting an investment made in reusable content assets at a reasonable overhead cost

For more information about our programme development service, or if you would like to talk to us about a specific development need, please contact us.