Duncan at CAPDM
@capdm.com
I'm the MD of CAPDM Limited in Edinburgh, Scotland. CAPDM helps universities and other learning providers to build and manage world-class programmes of online and distance learning. We've been doing that since 1996. #edtech #highered #elearning
Likewise! Great chats. Thank you!
July 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Likewise! Great chats. Thank you!
Indeed! (This post was an attempt at humour. Sorry!)
December 5, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Indeed! (This post was an attempt at humour. Sorry!)
By the end of our conversation my contact was really keen to work with us but their bosses had already decided to buy the shiny new tool which promised point-and-click course authoring (with AI assistance, inevitably). I wonder what they will have built in 3 years. Maybe I'll be proved wrong. [5/5]
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
By the end of our conversation my contact was really keen to work with us but their bosses had already decided to buy the shiny new tool which promised point-and-click course authoring (with AI assistance, inevitably). I wonder what they will have built in 3 years. Maybe I'll be proved wrong. [5/5]
What struck me was what could have been achieved with £50,000 here, versus what is likely to happen. We've just completed a complex medical programme comprising 42 hours of study, and we charged less than £35,000. Content development was on top, of course, but it shows what can be achieved. [4/5]
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
What struck me was what could have been achieved with £50,000 here, versus what is likely to happen. We've just completed a complex medical programme comprising 42 hours of study, and we charged less than £35,000. Content development was on top, of course, but it shows what can be achieved. [4/5]
It was a classic tools-first purchasing decision. I counselled against it, and in favour of spending the majority of the money on making the content as good as possible, then finding an LMS that met the needs of that content and those learning from it. But you win some you lose some. [3/5]
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
It was a classic tools-first purchasing decision. I counselled against it, and in favour of spending the majority of the money on making the content as good as possible, then finding an LMS that met the needs of that content and those learning from it. But you win some you lose some. [3/5]
They had a budget of about £50,000 over three years, I think from a specific grant, and they decided to spend about £35,000 of it on three years of a subscription to a new integrated authoring and delivery environment. Most of the remainder was admin costs with a few thousand for content. [2/5]
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
They had a budget of about £50,000 over three years, I think from a specific grant, and they decided to spend about £35,000 of it on three years of a subscription to a new integrated authoring and delivery environment. Most of the remainder was admin costs with a few thousand for content. [2/5]