Case Study: Advance HE achieves scalable, engaging CPD and global learning communities with D2L Brightspace

Advance HE uses D2L’s Brightspace to leverage Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in education

Advance HE is a UK-based organisation that promotes teaching excellence and professional practice in higher education worldwide. It faced a challenge scaling continuous professional development (CPD) and creating communities of practice: many early-career and global academics could not afford travel or time for face‑to‑face training, and without a virtual learning environment the organisation risked limiting professional growth and peer connection.

Advance HE adopted D2L’s Brightspace to deliver virtual classrooms, reading groups, webinars and personalised learning journeys, supported by real‑time learning analytics. The platform widened global engagement, reduced costs, enabled tailored CPD and peer interaction, and gave Advance HE actionable data to improve courses—empowering academics to experiment with teaching methods and strengthening blended learning and student outcomes.

Advance HE

Sally Bradley

Academic Lead in Professional Learning and Development