COHORT PROGRAMME
A guided, hands-on cohort experience for serious learning designers.
A guided, cohort-based programme for professionals who want hands-on experience, mentorship, and real project work in instructional design and learning development.
Course Overview
What this course is about
A guided, cohort-based programme for professionals who want hands-on experience, mentorship, and real project work in instructional design and learning development.
The programme blends live facilitated sessions with independent project work, giving you direct mentorship as you design a full learning module from concept to completion. It is built for people who want accountability, community, and expert feedback — not just self-paced content.
Audience
Who it’s for
- Professionals ready to move beyond theory into applied, mentored practice
- L&D practitioners who want structured feedback on real project work
- Educators and instructional designers preparing to lead learning design in their organisation
Entry Requirements
Prerequisites
Prior completion of an introductory instructional design course (ours or elsewhere) is recommended, as this programme builds on foundational concepts. Applicants are reviewed before each cohort begins.
Curriculum
What you’ll cover
A week-by-week breakdown of the programme, from your first learning-problem analysis through to your final capstone presentation.
Week 1 — Thinking Like an Instructional Designer
Start by learning to spot the difference between a learning problem and a content problem and how to analyse a stakeholder’s real need rather than their stated request. You’ll leave the week with a real learning-problem analysis and your capstone project selected.
Week 2 — Learning Science for Designers
The research every credible instructional designer has to know — adult learning principles, cognitive load, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Universal Design for Learning — applied immediately by redesigning a genuinely ineffective lesson. Your first round of peer feedback happens this week.
Week 3 — Designing Learning Experiences
Move from research into structure: writing measurable learning outcomes, storyboarding, and applying ADDIE and backward design to your own capstone. By the end of the week, you’ll have your capstone’s learning outcomes and a first-draft storyboard.
Week 4 — Designing Engaging Learning
Build the activities that actually make learning stick — scenario-based design, microlearning, feedback design, and where AI genuinely speeds up the work. Your capstone’s activities and assessments get built this week, followed by your second round of peer feedback.
Week 5 — Modern Instructional Design Workflow
Get hands-on with the tools professionals actually use — Articulate Rise, Canva, and Moodle — including Teacher-level access to your own sandbox course on Academy, where you’ll build a working prototype of your capstone directly.
Week 6 — Launching Your Instructional Design Career
Turn six weeks of work into a career asset: portfolio development, CV and LinkedIn positioning, and how to price and find your first paid projects. The programme closes with your final capstone presentation and a completed professional portfolio.
Your Instructor
Misheck Njiru
Master’s Degree in Education (Leadership and Policy Studies); Postgraduate Diploma in Learning Design and Technology; Bachelor’s Degree in Education; certifications in Instructional Design and Learning & Development.
Misheck is an Instructional Designer specialising in eLearning design, Learning Management System (LMS) administration, and online course development. His work centres on applying sound instructional design principles — including Universal Design for Learning, backward design, cognitive load, and authentic assessment — to build effective, learner-centred online courses.
Pricing & Payment
Secure Your Seat
Early-bird price: KES 9,000 — apply and pay on or before 31 August to lock in 25% off the standard KES 12,000 rate.
Applications received from 1–3 September are still accepted at the standard price of KES 12,000, until applications close entirely on 3 September.
Your fee includes all live sessions, mentorship, structured peer review, and your final capstone project review.
Alternative payment — Manual M-Pesa Paybill
Paybill Number: 4006479 (Elevatech Consulting Group Limited)
Account Number: Your Name
If you pay this way, send a screenshot of your M-Pesa confirmation to 0116 285 960 on WhatsApp so we can confirm your seat.
KES 9,000 KES 12,000 (25% off — early bird, until 31 August)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Before you enrol
A few quick answers before you apply — if your question isn’t here, reach out and we’ll help directly.
How is this programme delivered?
Live, weekly facilitated sessions combined with independent project work between sessions — not a self-paced course. Attendance at live sessions is expected.
How does the application process work?
Express your interest through the form on this page. Applications are reviewed before each cohort begins, and applicants are notified of their status ahead of the start date.
What happens after I am accepted?
You’ll receive access to ElevateHub Academy in advance of the first live session, so you can get set up and resolve any login issues before 5 September
What support is available?
Reach out through the built-in messaging system on ElevateHub Academy, email support@elevatehub.ke, or message 0116 285 960 on WhatsApp — any of these will get you a response..
What if I apply after the early-bird deadline?
Applications are still accepted at the standard rate through 3 September, when applications close for this cohort.
Will I get hands-on access to build a real course?
Yes. You’ll receive Teacher-level access to your own sandbox course inside ElevateHub Academy, where you’ll build your actual capstone project — not just plan it on paper. Access is granted for the duration of the cohort plus a short wind-down period afterward, and platform basics are covered live in the first sessions.