NUMBERS
One seamless learner journey
Since launching shortcourses.ed.ac.uk in June 2025:
500+
8,700+
16,000+
25
THE CHALLENGE
A fragmented experience and missed opportunities
Short courses had been running at Edinburgh for years but they didn’t share infrastructure. There was no central catalogue where prospective learners could browse the university’s full short-course portfolio.
For learners taking more than one course, the journey was disjointed. For administrators, every new programme meant another manual process. And for the institution, there was no clear view of what was being offered, let alone how it was performing.
“Schools have been delivering short courses for many years, but they didn’t all use the same learning platform. That led to a very fractured user experience for learners who took multiple courses.”
1. Inconsistent learner experience
2. Diluted branding
3. Regulatory compliance gaps
4. Complex, manual workflows for administrators
5. A lack of overarching portfolio strategy
6. Missed opportunities for data reporting and data-driven decisions making
THE SOLUTION
One scalable system for storefront, enrolment, and learning
Following a procurement process, Edinburgh selected Canvas LMS and Eduframe, pairing a learner-friendly LMS with a continuing-education backbone built to handle the reality of 25 schools with different needs.
This year is about getting our foot out the door. Next year is about refining and improving.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR · 45 MIN
Unifying continuing education at scale: practical insights from Edinburgh
How do you scale continuing education across multiple schools when budgets are tight, systems are fragmented, and expectations for impact keep growing? Edinburgh’s team shares how they moved from fragmented short-course delivery to a single, unified ecosystem.
Myles Blaney
Senior Learning Technology Service Manager
Fiona Buckland
Learning Technology Team Manager
Lauren Johnston-Smith
Marketing Manager for Short Courses
Kevin Martin
VP, Sector Strategy, Instructure
Mieke Ridderhof
CMO & Managing Director US & APAC, Drieam
PARTNERSHIP
Built for Canvas, trusted by Instructure
Eduframe is a proud Instructure Certified partner. Together, Canvas and Eduframe let institutions like Edinburgh enroll non-traditional learners, manage B2B partnerships, and launch stackable programs with speed and clarity. When Canvas and Eduframe work together, learners move seamlessly from catalog to certificate, and institutions get the infrastructure to grow lifelong learning at scale.
Expanding what's possible in continuing education with Canvas and Eduframe
Why the joint stack matters: the connected approach to non-traditional enrollment, B2B contracts, and stackable credentials at institutional scale.
University of Edinburgh: Delivering seamless online learning in critical fields
How did Edinburgh Law School & Edinburgh Medical School create a seamless and rich online learning experience for short course learners.
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