What is the Certified E-Learning Program Manager?

The Certified E-Learning Program Manager is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Leadership & Management.

How long does this certification take?

The programme is 8 Week and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Intermediate Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

You can enrol by emailing info@leadership.co.ke, contacting us via WhatsApp at +254 722 223 084, or filling the enrolment form below.

Certified E-Learning Program Manager (CELPM) | Online Certification

Executive Summary

Certified E-Learning Program Manager

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified E-Learning Program Manager (CELPM) delivers a rigorous Intermediate-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in instructional design, training delivery and learning management.

This 8 Week programme is structured around recognised instructional-design, quality-assurance and CPD standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CELPM holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified E-Learning Program Manager

Acronym

CELPM

Who Should Enrol?

Completion and Cohort Structure — applied to your own work
Assessment at Distance — applied to your own work
Accessibility in Digital Learning — applied to your own work
Measuring Digital Programmes — applied to your own work
Designing for the Device Learners Have — applied to your own work
Blend Allocation — applied to your own work

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex instructional design functions

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior L&D, academic and learning-leadership roles

Strategic Thinking

Build the strategic thinking, analysis and execution skills of world-class leaders

Organisational Impact

Design and implement instructional design systems that drive performance and measurable results

Personal Excellence

Develop emotional intelligence, resilience and authentic executive presence

Global Employability

Qualify for instructional design roles across training providers, universities, corporates and education institutions worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Instructional Design and Curriculum Development

✦Facilitation, Delivery and Learner Engagement

✦Digital, Blended and E-Learning

✦Assessment, Evaluation and Quality Assurance

✦Learning Strategy, Leadership and Administration

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Professional Context of Certified E-Learning Program Manager

Certified E-Learning Program Manager: industry context, trends and professional standards
Principles of teaching, training and learning
Adult learning theory (andragogy)
The learning and development profession
Roles, standards and professional ethics
The learning ecosystem and stakeholders
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Equity, diversity and inclusive education
The evidence base for effective learning
Career pathways and professional development

Completion and Cohort Structure

Digital, blended and low-bandwidth delivery
Evaluating learning: from reaction to results
Coaching, mentoring and on-the-job development
Questioning, discussion and active learning
Managing group dynamics
Handling difficult participants
Classroom and workshop management
Feedback and learner support
E-learning authoring and development
Learning management systems (LMS)
Multimedia and video for learning
Microlearning and mobile learning
Gamification and interactive design
Virtual classrooms and webinars
Social and collaborative learning

Assessment at Distance

Assessment that measures capability
Digital, blended and low-bandwidth delivery
Evaluating learning: from reaction to results
LMS and LXP administration
Content curation and management
AI and adaptive learning
Data-driven learning design
Dashboards and reporting
Learning data privacy and ethics
Innovation in learning technology
Learning strategy and roadmaps
L&D operating models and governance
Academic and training administration
Budgeting and resource management
Vendor and faculty management

Accessibility in Digital Learning

Inclusive learning and accessibility
Digital, blended and low-bandwidth delivery
Designing learning for transfer, not coverage
Team leadership in L&D
Learning transformation and modernisation
Digital learning strategy
Innovation and experimentation in learning
Skills-based and continuous learning
Scaling learning across the organisation
Future of work and reskilling
Sustaining transformation and benefits
Measuring learning transformation impact
Professional ethics in education and training
Academic integrity and honesty
Inclusion, accessibility and fairness

Measuring Digital Programmes

Evaluating learning: from reaction to results
Digital, blended and low-bandwidth delivery
Learning needs analysis at organisational level
Safeguarding and learner welfare
Data protection and learner privacy
Intellectual property and content rights
Quality standards and accreditation
Governance and accountability
Responsible use of AI in learning
Learning KPIs and scorecards
Evaluation and ROI measurement
Learner and stakeholder satisfaction
L&D maturity assessment
Driving measurable learning impact
Building a learning culture

Designing for the Device Learners Have

Digital, blended and low-bandwidth delivery
Inclusive learning and accessibility
Designing learning for transfer, not coverage
Managing the training function as a business
Curriculum, qualifications and accreditation
Knowledge management and organisational learning
Stakeholder mapping and partnering
Consulting with sponsors and managers
Marketing and promoting learning
Influencing and gaining buy-in
Professional writing and documentation
Presenting learning proposals and impact
Managing learner expectations
Collaboration with subject experts
Leading learning projects and change

Blend Allocation

Digital, blended and low-bandwidth delivery
Facilitation in mixed-ability, multilingual rooms
Designing learning for transfer, not coverage
Community and lifelong learning
Diagnosing whether training is the answer
Knowledge management and sharing
Communities of practice
Capturing and curating expertise
Learning in the flow of work
Self-directed and continuous learning
Talent and capability ecosystems
Embedding learning in performance
Sustaining a learning organisation
Capstone scoping: a real learning challenge
Needs analysis and audience assessment

Standards and Quality

Design review and quality assurance
Feasibility, cost and quality analysis
Professional accreditation and CPD
Process improvement and HR operating efficiency
Time-to-hire, quality-of-hire and cost metrics
Data quality, integration and master data
Continuous improvement programmes
Continuous improvement cycles
Driving measurable safety improvement
Continuous environmental improvement
Management review and improvement
Professional roles, ethics and standards for agricultural practitioners
The business case for productivity, quality and sustainability
Seed selection, quality, treatment and certification
Harvest timing, methods and quality optimisation

Cost and Value

Cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis
Standard costing and variance analysis
Budgeting techniques and the budgeting cycle
Flexible budgets and rolling forecasts
Responsibility accounting and cost centres
Cost reduction and efficiency programmes
Capital budgeting: NPV, IRR and payback
Cost of capital and WACC
Capital structure and financing decisions
Real options and strategic investment
Financial modelling and scenario analysis
Headcount budgeting and establishment control
Cost of workforce and ROI of HR interventions
Cost of accidents and prevention value
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis

Programme Delivery

Designing a learning programme or curriculum
Delivery and facilitation plan
Individual development planning
Media planning and buying
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
Forecasting and planning
Designing an intervention or programme
Risk assessment and safety planning
Treatment planning and review
Goal setting and action planning
Succession planning and talent pipelines
Leading HSE projects and change
Designing a safety programme or control
Emergency preparedness and response planning

Strategic Context

Strategic customer relationships
Manufacturing strategies: make-to-stock, make-to-order and batch versus flow
Content strategy across platforms
Workplace and organisational contexts
Business case and strategic alignment
Managing organisational politics
Organisational change management
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Strategic alignment of investments
Product and portfolio strategy
Go-to-market and channel strategy
Sustaining strategic customer focus
Customer experience strategy
Communications strategy and planning
Category management and strategy

Governance and Compliance

Technical and compliance training
Governance of cooperatives and farmer institutions
Implementation planning and risk management
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Insurance and price-risk management
Governance of service standards
Governance of the CX programme
Regulatory and fair-treatment obligations
The regulatory landscape and central banking
Corporate governance in banks
Regulatory duty and accountability
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Financial risk in projects
Risk identification and analysis
Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis

Culture and Motivation

Wellbeing and personal-effectiveness learning
Completion, engagement and impact metrics
Youth and start-ups in agriculture
Professional ethics and codes of conduct in agriculture
Remote sensing, satellite imagery and GIS in agriculture
Circular agriculture and waste-to-value
Service culture and brand promise
Building a customer-centric culture
Proactive engagement and success
Win-back and re-engagement
Building a service culture
Meaning, purpose and values
Building trust and engagement
Team leadership and motivation
Motivation and engagement

Inclusion and Access

Accessibility and universal design
Access to finance and de-risking
Financial inclusion and agency banking
Nomination, succession and diversity
The business case for diversity and inclusion
Team diversity and inclusion
Brand strategy, identity and equity
Gender, youth and social inclusion in agricultural development
Access to finance, grants and investment
Diversity, inclusion and inclusive leadership
Access control systems and identity management
Inclusion and the fairness of people decisions
Electronic access and biometric systems
Digital user experience and accessibility
Electronic and biometric access

Operations and Administration

Sales and customer-service training
Performance management in service
Leading service projects and change
Team leadership in customer service
Reconciliation and end-of-day processes
Banking products, services and delivery channels
Operating-model and process re-engineering
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Designing a banking solution or process
Principles of credit and the lending process
Automation, RPA and straight-through processing
Tariffs, regulation and the economics of essential services
Mineral processing and beneficiation
Outcome and process measures
Cross-functional collaboration with product and service

Market and Client Development

Building the learning brand
Comparable sales analysis and market evidence
Policy administration and customer service in insurance
The automotive market: segments, brands and buyers
Vehicle specifications, trims and options in customer language
The vehicle sales process from enquiry to delivery
Customer retention in the vehicle ownership cycle
Customer loyalty and repeat purchase in retail
Retail performance metrics: sales densities, conversion and basket
Telecom products, tariffs and customer lifecycles
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Digital and market transformation
Market systems and price discovery
Market linkages and aggregation
Demand analysis and market intelligence

Ethics and Professionalism

Ethics and independence
Ethics in communications
Ethics and professional standards in finance
Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct in HR
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Ethics and duty of care
Professional ethics and duty of care
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Ethical leadership and integrity
Professional standards and continuing development
Ethics and responsible leadership
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Real estate regulation, licensing and professional conduct

Cross-Cultural Practice

Language and communication training
Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Cross-cultural communication
Aligning learning to performance
Learning needs analysis (TNA)
Contract governance and compliance
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Security governance and management systems
Likelihood, impact and risk rating
Risk treatment and countermeasures

Knowledge and Content

Storyboarding and content development
Knowledge management and capability building
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
Creating content that performs: formats, hooks and production
Health records, data and confidentiality
Reporting and documentation
Record-keeping and data protection
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Professional documentation and presentation
Tender planning and documentation
Content marketing and editorial
Agri-enterprise planning and farm records
Process and control documentation

Groups and Communities

Selling hospitality: corporate, group and event business
Leading hospitality teams across shifts and seasons
Managing health workers and clinical teams
Designing and facilitating groups
Working with referrers and multidisciplinary teams
Leading groups and workshops
Collaboration and teamwork
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Virtual and distributed teams
Leading project teams
Team development and effectiveness
Productivity, collaboration and workflow tools
Corporate responsibility and community
Managing technology teams and technical work
Coaching and developing team members

Learning Practice

Talent, succession and workforce learning
Leading the learning function
Apprenticeships and work-based learning
Writing learning objectives and outcomes
Designing for different learning modalities
Learning materials and job aids
Emerging learning technologies
Assessment design and methods
Peer learning and communities of practice
Learning technology ecosystem
Learning analytics and data
Hazard and risk assessment
Risk assessment methodology and matrices
Dynamic and site-specific risk assessment
Fire risk assessment

People Development

Creativity and critical-thinking development
Continuing professional development
Measuring development impact
Feedback and developmental conversations
Career and talent development
Building a coaching culture
Measuring coaching and mentoring impact
Capability and skills frameworks
Leadership and management development
Coaching models and frameworks (GROW)
Competency framework development
Coaching and quality monitoring
Training and capability building
Coaching for performance
Development banking and project finance

Performance and Evaluation

Project KPIs and performance metrics
Quality and delivery metrics
Managing schedule and budget performance
Agile metrics and velocity
Setting objectives and marketing KPIs
Measuring growth and transformation impact
Marketing and sales KPIs and dashboards
Funnel, pipeline and conversion metrics
Customer and brand health metrics
Dashboards and performance reporting
Monitoring and evaluation with data
Psychometric and screening tools
Measuring change and project impact
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Capacity and performance management

Learning Technology

CRM and marketing automation platforms
Customer data platforms and segmentation
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Scaling technologies and business models
Digital marketplaces and e-commerce
Digital and self-service transformation
Self-service and digital support
Customer service technology stack
Technology selection and integration
Emerging service technologies
Digital, mobile and internet banking
Agile and digital transformation projects
Automation in project delivery
Emerging project technologies
Digital disruption and modern go-to-market

Evidence and Analytics

Feedback and learner analytics
Data ethics and farmer privacy
Baseline surveys and data collection tools
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Using evidence to refine agricultural practice
Designing an evidence-based intervention or farm plan
Portfolio of evidence and reflective practice
Data-driven decision support and analytics
Complaint data and learning
Service analytics and dashboards
Text and interaction analytics
Web and campaign analytics
Web, campaign and funnel analytics
Sales analytics and forecasting tools
Market research design and methods

Workforce Context

Onboarding and induction design
Engagement and motivation
Measuring engagement and impact
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Engagement, motivation and energisers
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Stakeholder engagement and risk management
Onboarding and induction programme design
Employer branding and employee value proposition (EVP)
Employee and manager self-service
Communicating risk to the workforce
Worker engagement and empowerment
Motivation theories and engagement
Workforce and shift management in retail

Leadership and Management

Strategic decision-making under uncertainty
Delegation and empowerment
Self-awareness and the leader's identity
Delegating for development
Quality management and standards
Category management and strategy development
Data quality and master data management
Locks, keys and credential management
Visitor and contractor management
Key account management
Journey management and tracking
Negotiation and conflict management
Escalation and decision-making
Project management software and tools
Portfolio and resource management systems

Communication

Presentation and public-speaking skills
Professional portfolio and presentation
The media and telecommunications landscape
Patient experience and communication in care settings
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Reporting quality and governance
KPIs and performance reporting
Reporting automation
Communicating financial results
Professional case study and presentation
Control monitoring and reporting
Crisis communications
Stakeholder communications
Internal communications

Stakeholders and Clients

Stakeholder identification and analysis
Building project relationships
Building strategic customer relationships
Partnering and co-creation with customers
Sponsorship and negotiation selling
Negotiation with clients and partners
Stakeholder mapping across the agricultural ecosystem
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Relationship management and cross-selling
Wealth, SME and corporate relationships
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Stakeholders, agency and accountability

Change and Adoption

Sales and marketing transformation
Soil chemistry, pH and cation exchange capacity
Change management in farming systems
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Technology governance and change control
Foreign exchange and hedging
Change management and adoption
The finance function and digital transformation
Cost concepts, classification and behaviour
Regulatory change management
Change and adoption in projects
Baseline setting and change control
Performance management that changes behaviour
HSE transformation and maturity

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Completion and Cohort Structure — applied to your own work
Assessment at Distance — applied to your own work
Accessibility in Digital Learning — applied to your own work
Measuring Digital Programmes — applied to your own work
Designing for the Device Learners Have — applied to your own work
Blend Allocation — applied to your own work

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CELPM certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised instructional-design, quality-assurance and CPD standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CELPM?

This certification is ideal for Trainers and Facilitators, Instructional and Curriculum Designers, Learning and Development Professionals and Academic and Education Administrators, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in instructional design, training delivery and learning management with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CELPM certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 8 Week and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CELPM internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CELPM certification?

The Certified E-Learning Program Manager is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 349 and Live Virtual at USD 549. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CELPM certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CELPM?

The Certified E-Learning Program Manager is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CELPM?

The Certified E-Learning Program Manager carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CELPM while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CELPM?

Graduates progress towards senior L&D, academic and learning-leadership roles. The CELPM strengthens your expertise in instructional design, training delivery and learning management and positions you for advancement across training providers, universities, corporates and education institutions.

Certified E-Learning Program Manager

Certified E-Learning Program Manager

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

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