Course Design and Development
Our end-to-end service takes the stress out of building a new course or learning product.
What’s the problem?
Recent advances in AI are producing a skills gap. Only 65% of businesses believe graduates can apply their knowledge in work contexts (QS Global Employer Survey).
Creating effective learning experiences that bridge this gap requires significant time and specialised expertise—resources that are often stretched thin across competing priorities.
How do we solve it?
We scope, design and build courses, learning products and apprenticeship programmes that authentically reflect workplace challenges while meeting your professional standards.
Our scenario-based learning approach integrates subject knowledge with essential professional capabilities in communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving.
“The Ding team were able to take us from a high level vision to a fully designed programme and set of learning assets in just a few months. They took us through to a finished product where we were able to bring on a team at a few weeks’ notice and deliver an exceptional programme.”
Who do we work with?
We collaborate with Chief Learning Officers, Heads of Learning Product, Vice Chancellors and Human Resource Directors who are committed to enhancing the impact and relevance of learning and training while maintaining the integrity and values of their institutions.
What makes us different?
Instead of seeing academic excellence and vocational relevance as competing priorities, we help you integrate them through carefully designed learning experiences that develop both domain knowledge and practical capabilities.
Use Cases
Scenario-Based Learning
Enhancing Employability at
IO-Sphere
Creating Applied Learning
Improving Apprenticeships at Multiverse
Leveraging Video
Providing Flexible Access and Participation at Measurelab
Benefits of working with Ding
Scenario specialists
We have extensive experience of building authentic scenarios that develop workplace capabilities.
Former course leaders
Our team have led and delivered courses that achieved 100% satisfaction in the student survey.
Quality-focused
The work we do aligns with your quality metrics to deliver teaching excellence.
How it works
Step 1: Understand your context
We begin by learning about your educational philosophy, quality requirements, and student needs to ensure our work aligns with your institutional standards and frameworks.
Step 2: Integrate employability
Our team creates authentic workplace scenarios and learning activities that develop professional capabilities while meeting your academic requirements. Each element is carefully crafted to support meaningful learning.
Step 3: Support implementation
We provide comprehensive resources and guidance for your educational team, ensuring they can confidently facilitate workplace learning while maintaining your quality standards.
Where we can help
Enhancing existing programmes
We integrate authentic workplace learning scenarios into existing programmes, creating meaningful connections between theory and professional practice.
Developing new learning products
We scope, design and develop new learning products that develop core professional capabilities while meeting professional standards and employer expectations.
Supporting employees in the workplace
We design learning and training to upskill employees with technical and professional skills, helping them develop the capabilities employers need most.
Frequently asked questions
We're often asked about the practicalities of working with your team
"How do you maintain professional standards while developing workplace skills?"
We believe that rigour and relevance strengthen each other. Our approach begins with a thorough understanding of your learning outcomes and requirements.
We then create workplace scenarios that require learners and employees to apply new knowledge to authentic professional challenges. This integration actually deepens subject understanding while developing practical capabilities. For example, a healthcare scenario might require learners to apply scientific knowledge while developing communication skills with patients—enhancing both elements simultaneously.
"How do you ensure authentic workplace learning?"
We develop our scenarios through careful research and consultation with industry partners. Our team includes people with significant workplace experience across different sectors who understand the nuances of professional environments.
We pay close attention to the subtle realities of workplace culture and practice, ensuring scenarios feel genuine rather than contrived. We also regularly review and update our approaches to reflect evolving workplace practices.
"How do you support training staff who may not have recent industry experience?"
This is a common challenge, and so we create comprehensive delivery resources for learning teams. These include detailed facilitation guides with anticipated questions, discussion prompts, and guidance on navigating complex workplace scenarios.
We offer workshops for your delivery team and can provide ongoing mentoring as they become comfortable with this approach. Our materials explain the workplace context and rationale behind scenarios to build confidence.
"Can your support flex as our needs change?"
Absolutely. We structure our collaboration to adapt to your changing priorities. We can provide more support during intensive development periods and scale back during quieter times.
Many organisations we work with maintain an ongoing relationship that expands and contracts based on their needs, giving them flexible access to additional expertise without the commitment of full-time hires.
"Can you adapt your approach to different subject areas?"
Absolutely. We have experience creating workplace learning across diverse disciplines, from business, data and AI to healthcare, engineering and creative industries.
We work closely with your subject experts to ensure scenarios authentically reflect the specific challenges of your field while developing transferable professional capabilities. We adapt easily to different contexts while maintaining consistent quality and effectiveness.
"How do you measure impact on employability?"
We help you establish meaningful KPIs to understand the effect of workplace learning on outcomes. This typically includes gathering feedback from learners on specific aspects of their experience, collecting employer perspectives on workplace readiness, and tracking relevant metrics like engagement rates and progression.
We focus on creating a holistic picture of how your learning provision drives the metrics that matter most to you.
Get in touch
Have a chat
We’re always happy to talk about learning projects. Put in a meeting and we can chat over a coffee.
Connect with us
We share insights and stories about our adventures on LinkedIn, and run regular live events.
Tell us your needs
Find out how we can help you increase the performance of your courses and training.
Find out how we create courses that really improve employability
Have you had enough of talking about employability? Want to do something practical about it?
We’ll show you how scenario-based learning can improve employability in your programmes and tackle the impact of AI on learning and assessment.