Learning Programme
Design and delivery of a digital learning programme and platform for micro businesses
Client Background:
A consortium of universities came together to design and deliver a digital learning programme for micro businesses, supported by a new learning platform.
The programme needed to provide practical, accessible learning that could support early-stage and small business owners with limited time and varying levels of experience. This required not only the right technology, but a clear learning strategy, high-quality content and a learner experience that made it easy to find, apply and revisit learning in the flow of work.
The Challenge
The programme was ambitious in both scope and timescale. It needed to bring together multiple universities, academic stakeholders and external suppliers, while remaining focused on the real-world needs of micro business owners.
- Designing learning for a diverse audience
- Micro business owners varied widely in experience, confidence and available time, requiring a learning approach that was flexible, practical and easy to engage with.
- Building learning and platform in parallel
- Learning strategy, content development and platform implementation all needed to happen at the same time, with little margin for delay.
- Multiple stakeholders and perspectives
- Senior professors and academic leads from across the consortium needed to align on learning objectives, standards and content, while maintaining academic credibility.
- Tight delivery timeline
- With a fixed seven-month window, the programme had to be delivered on time and on budget without compromising quality.
Our Approach
Evolved Learning Solutions provided end-to-end support across learning strategy, programme design, content development and platform implementation.
Our approach focused on ensuring learning quality, clarity and usability, while maintaining pace and control across a complex delivery model.
- Defined the learning strategy and overall approach
- Set clear standards, frameworks and quality governance
- Built the programme plan and delivery roadmap
- Led stakeholder engagement and learning needs analysis
- Managed agile content development across multiple contributors
- Supported platform selection, setup and optimisation
- Designed the learner experience with strong visual and UX principles
- Created a diagnostic to guide learners to the right content
The Solution
The result was a fully implemented digital learning programme, supported by a learning platform designed to enhance, not complicate, the learner experience.
The solution combined:
- A clear learning strategy aligned to the needs of micro businesses
- Structured digital learning content designed for practical application
- Diagnostic-led learner pathways to personalise the learning experience
- A scalable learning platform optimised for clarity, accessibility and engagement
- Strong governance and quality assurance across content and delivery
- Together, this created a coherent, learner-centred programme that balanced academic credibility with real-world usability.
The Solution
- A complete learning programme and platform delivered on time and on budget, despite a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
- Learning designed around real business needs, increasing relevance and usability for micro business owners
- Improved confidence and alignment across the consortium, supported by clear frameworks and governance
- A scalable and sustainable learning solution, capable of supporting future content development and programme expansion
