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Learning design fails when a course assumes unlimited video and a second screen. Most African Future University learners do not have that. This PGCert starts with prepaid data, shared phones, and print. You will storyboard a module, write bilingual instructions, and design an assessment that can be sat under identity check without a computer lab. The university treats low bandwidth as the default, not as an accessibility afterthought. Digital tools are used when they earn their bytes. French and English pathways are designed as genuine tracks, not machine-translated dumps. The award is a graduate certificate. It is not QTS and not a ministry curriculum appointment. It is for designers who must keep a module honest when the learner’s data bundle ends at 80 MB. You will compare an audio-first sequence with a print pack for the same learning outcome, including French and English as dual construction rather than a dump from a translation engine. Identity-checked exams model the assessment you are designing. QTS is not awarded. Study is tuition-free online aside from the examination fee, over nine months, with prepaid data as the default constraint. PGCert Low-Bandwidth Learning Design is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 9 months, and the credit total is 15. Students move from Data Budgets and Shared Devices through Data Budgets and Shared Devices; Print Packs as Core Media; EN/FR Dual Construction; Identity-Checked Exams on Poor Connectivity; Module Fragment Production, and finish on Module Fragment Production. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Storyboard a module under a data budget Write EN/FR instructional text that survives print Design identity-checked assessment without a lab Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Fifteen credits: constraints-first design, bilingual instructional text, assessment under identity check, and a module-fragment capstone. Nine months. Examination fee 60.
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Tuition is free. Examinations are free. There is no exam fee. Study from anywhere in the world.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU881 | Data Budgets and Shared Devices Students specify a small system or work, its users, and the interface between parts. The module is Data Budgets and Shared Devices.
| 3 |
| AFU882 | Print Packs as Core Media Students implement or review a component and show how it was tested or critiqued. The module is Print Packs as Core Media.
| 3 |
| AFU883 | Audio-First Sequences Students describe release, failure, and the record an operator or producer would need. The module is Audio-First Sequences.
| 3 |
| AFU884 | Accessibility without Luxury Assumptions Students deliver a supervised build or design and defend the trade-offs. The module is Accessibility without Luxury Assumptions.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFU885 | EN/FR Dual Construction Students specify a small system or work, its users, and the interface between parts. The module is EN/FR Dual Construction.
| 3 |
| AFU886 | Plain Language for Academic Content Students implement or review a component and show how it was tested or critiqued. The module is Plain Language for Academic Content.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU889 | Identity-Checked Exams on Poor Connectivity Students specify a small system or work, its users, and the interface between parts. The module is Identity-Checked Exams on Poor Connectivity.
| 3 |
| AFU890 | Assignments that Can Be Photographed Students implement or review a component and show how it was tested or critiqued. The module is Assignments that Can Be Photographed.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU893 | Module Fragment Production Students specify a small system or work, its users, and the interface between parts. The module is Module Fragment Production.
| 3 |
| AFU894 | Data-Budget Spreadsheet Students implement or review a component and show how it was tested or critiqued. The module is Data-Budget Spreadsheet.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 9 months. Teaching language: English + French assessment options. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. African Future University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@afutureuni.com.
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| AFU887 | Local-Language Complements (Not Tokenism) Students describe release, failure, and the record an operator or producer would need. The module is Local-Language Complements (Not Tokenism).
| 3 |
| AFU888 | Machine Translation Failure Modes Students deliver a supervised build or design and defend the trade-offs. The module is Machine Translation Failure Modes.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU891 | Feedback that Fits SMS and PDF Students describe release, failure, and the record an operator or producer would need. The module is Feedback that Fits SMS and PDF.
| 3 |
| AFU892 | Ethics of Proctoring Claims Students deliver a supervised build or design and defend the trade-offs. The module is Ethics of Proctoring Claims.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU895 | Reviewer Checklist Students describe release, failure, and the record an operator or producer would need. The module is Reviewer Checklist.
| 3 |
| AFU896 | Capstone: Low-Bandwidth Design File Students deliver a supervised build or design and defend the trade-offs. The module is Capstone: Low-Bandwidth Design File.
| 3 |