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Instructional Design Courses

Instructional design courses can help you learn curriculum development, assessment strategies, and learner engagement techniques. You can build skills in creating effective learning experiences, utilizing multimedia resources, and evaluating instructional effectiveness. Many courses introduce tools like Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and learning management systems, which support the design and delivery of educational content.

Popular Instructional Design Courses and Certifications


  • E

    EDUCBA

    HR Management and Organizational Development

    Skills you'll gain: Organizational Development, Performance Management, Team Performance Management, Performance Appraisal, Workforce Development, Employee Performance Management, Business Transformation, Organizational Change, Team Management, Talent Management, Quality Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources Management and Planning, Leadership and Management, Organizational Structure, Leadership Studies, Human Resource Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, Employee Engagement, Change Management

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • P

    Packt

    Mastering UI Development with Unity

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), UI Components, Unity Engine, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Human Computer Interaction, Usability, Virtual Reality, Interactive Design, Video Game Development, Virtual Environment, Scalability, Mobile Development, Game Design, Layout Design, UI/UX Strategy, Interaction Design, Frontend Performance, C# (Programming Language)

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Email Marketing: Strategy, Segmentation & Design

    Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Target Audience, Campaign Management, Direct Marketing, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Marketing Effectiveness, Advertising Mail, Data-Driven Marketing, Campaign Planning, Personalized Campaigns, Responsive Web Design, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Analytics, Performance Measurement, Information Privacy, Law, Regulation, and Compliance

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Starweaver

    Building Resilient Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Site Reliability Engineering, Incident Response, Solution Architecture, Systems Architecture, System Monitoring, Business Continuity, Distributed Computing, Software Architecture, Systems Design, System Design and Implementation, Continuous Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Risk Management Framework, Load Balancing, Software Design Patterns, System Implementation, Service Level, High Voltage

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS

    Skills you'll gain: Angular, JavaScript Frameworks, Unit Testing, Ajax, Cloud Applications, Web Applications, Web Components, Front-End Web Development, Web Development, Javascript, Code Reusability, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), UI Components

    ★ 4.8 (1.9K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Architecting and Integrating Scalable AI Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Systems Architecture, AI Integrations, Cloud Deployment, Systems Design, Model Deployment, System Design and Implementation, Solution Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Scalability, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Model Training, Systems Integration, Cloud Management, Distributed Computing, Cloud Services, Performance Tuning, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Requirements Analysis, Business Requirements

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • G

    Google

    Foundations of Business Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Business Intelligence, Business Intelligence Software, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Dashboard, Real Time Data, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Project Design, Data Analysis, Business Metrics, Plan Execution, Dashboard Creation, Business Process Improvement, Business Process, Project Implementation, Data Pipelines, Continuous Monitoring

    ★ 4.8 (2.1K) · Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Columbia University

    Construction Cost Estimating and Cost Control

    Skills you'll gain: Construction Estimating, Cost Estimation, Punch Work, Cost Management, Construction Management, Bidding, Cost Control, Cash Flows, Project Closure, Lean Methodologies, Project Controls, Project Estimation, Cash Flow Forecasting, Earned Value Management, Procurement, Construction

    ★ 4.7 (2.3K) · Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • Y

    Yale University

    Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Methods, Data Literacy, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Medical Science and Research, Research Design, Scientific Methods, Research, Science and Research, Analysis, Clinical Research, Biostatistics, Research Methodologies, Risk Analysis, Medical Terminology, Fraud detection

    ★ 4.9 (2.2K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • D

    Duke University

    Java Programming: Arrays, Lists, and Structured Data

    Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Object Oriented Design, Java Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Java, Cryptography, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Code Reusability, Algorithms, Encryption, Maintainability, Data Store, Program Development, Web Analytics and SEO, Data Import/Export, Web Servers, Server Side

    ★ 4.6 (3.2K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • J

    John Wiley & Sons

    Java SE 21 OOP and Functional Techniques

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Java, Java Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Maintainability, Software Design, Code Reusability, Functional Design, Data Management, Data Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • S

    Stanford University

    International Women's Health and Human Rights

    Skills you'll gain: Community Organizing, Community Development, Community Outreach, Maternal Health, Community Health, Obstetrics And Gynecology, Gerontology, Child Health, Student Engagement, Health Disparities, Gynecology, Health Equity, Social Work, Social Justice, Family Planning, Social Determinants Of Health, Social and Human Services, Socioeconomics, Child Welfare, Health Education

    ★ 4.9 (1.7K) · Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular instructional design courses

  • HR Management and Organizational Development: EDUCBA
  • Mastering UI Development with Unity: Packt
  • Email Marketing: Strategy, Segmentation & Design: EDUCBA
  • Building Resilient Systems: Starweaver
  • Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS: Johns Hopkins University
  • Architecting and Integrating Scalable AI Systems : Coursera
  • Foundations of Business Intelligence: Google
  • Construction Cost Estimating and Cost Control: Columbia University
  • Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong: Yale University
  • Java Programming: Arrays, Lists, and Structured Data: Duke University

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