Case study: The Courtauld Institute of Art

Transforming education to deliver an exceptional learning experience
The Courtauld Institute of Art was ready to accelerate its digital learning experience to meet the complexities presented by a global pandemic. By identifying the right opportunities and supporting the introduction of Microsoft 365 for Education for The Courtauld, we helped them create a digital education platform that provided a consistent classroom delivery framework, allowing more time be focused on the quality of teaching and allowing students to connect and work together wherever they are.

Key Outcomes:
The challenge
As an educational institution specialising in the history of art and conservation, The Courtauld Institute of Art has students from all over the UK – and the world – who all have high expectations of learning that need to be met.
A digital education platform had been on The Courtauld’s radar for a little while – but like many organisations around the globe – being in the midst of a global pandemic accelerated the need to adapt and really start digitising. During the summer of 2020, it became clear they needed a strong digital education framework to deliver and support learning.
With not much time before the new school term began, The Courtauld needed to quickly adapt to a new way of working and find a robust and repeatable method for scaling the framework around digital learning to its students.
Our solution for The Courtauld
With teachers and students who had varying degrees of technical proficiency and diverse needs, The Courtauld needed their digital education platform to:
We worked with The Courtauld to support a digital strategy that could be implemented quickly to start transforming how they deliver education. This involved digitising the infrastructure that supports a classroom, and then creating an online learning experience for students.
It was vital to The Courtauld these new digital changes didn’t add more pressure to the internal IT department. We implemented the self-service model of Microsoft 365 for Education to leverage what The Courtauld already had. Microsoft 365 can also be accessed and used on any device and is straightforward to learn.
Features of the Solution
For The Courtauld’s digital education platform, we implemented a bespoke Microsoft 365 for Education solution that helps enhance the learning experience for students in the digital world. This included:
How this helped The Courtauld
By utilising the Microsoft 365 for Education suite to create a tailored digital education platform, The Courtauld experienced benefits for both teachers and students, including:
Embracing education digital transformation sets The Courtauld up to provide a stronger and scalable experience for students in so many ways. By being at the forefront of the digital revolution, The Courtauld is making it easier for students to collaborate with each other, while also gaining more control over their education – so they can tailor how they learn to best suit their personal learning style.
There are more doors this all opens for The Courtauld going forward too. This digital-first approach increases global accessibility by opening education up to more people and removing barriers to attending courses. No matter where students are located, they can receive a high-level of education that gives them access to all the classes and course materials, while also facilitating collaboration and communication with their coursemates too.
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