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Instructional Design Courses

Instructional design courses cover creating engaging learning experiences using various strategies and theories. You will learn about needs analysis, curriculum design, assessment methods, and how to incorporate multimedia elements into your materials. Familiarity with frameworks like ADDIE or SAM may also be included, helping you structure your approach to instructional projects.

Popular Instructional Design Courses and Certifications


  • U

    University of Virginia

    Design Thinking for Innovation

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, Creative Thinking, Ideation, Innovation, Creativity, Strategic Thinking, Case Studies, Experimentation, Storytelling

    4.7 stars, 9.2K reviews, Beginner, Course, 1 - 3 Months

    ★ 4.7 (9.2K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • U

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design

    Skills you'll gain: Disabilities, Multimedia, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Microsoft Office

    4.6 stars, 255 reviews, Beginner, Course, 1 - 3 Months

    ★ 4.6 (255) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • M

    Microsoft

    Fundamentals of UI/UX Design

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Centered Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Centered Design, Wireframing, Prototyping

    4.7 stars, 525 reviews, Mixed, Course, 1 - 4 Weeks

    ★ 4.7 (525) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Inclusive Online Teaching Teach-Out

    Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Pedagogy, Teaching, Digital pedagogy, Disabilities, Instructional Strategies, Higher Education

    4.6 stars, 111 reviews, Mixed, Course, 1 - 4 Weeks

    ★ 4.6 (111) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Free
    Free
  • C

    Coursera

    Build a Full Website using WordPress

    Skills you'll gain: Content Management Systems, WordPress, Content Management, Web Presence, Web Content, Web Design, Web Design and Development, Web Development, Design, Marketing, Computer Science

    4.4 stars, 4.3K reviews, Advanced, Guided Project, Less Than 2 Hours

    ★ 4.4 (4.3K) · Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
    Category: Free
    Free
  • G

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Introduction to User Experience Design

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Prototyping, User Experience, User Centered Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Requirements Elicitation, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, User Research

    4.6 stars, 9K reviews, Beginner, Course, 1 - 3 Months

    ★ 4.6 (9K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
  • U

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Instructional Design MasterTrack® Certificate

    Skills you'll gain: Instructional and Curriculum Design, Operations Management, Continuous Improvement Process, Process Improvement, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Management, Instructional Design, Instructional Strategies, Diversity and Inclusion, Student Support and Services, Learning Theory, Multimedia, Education Software and Technology, Diversity Awareness, Educational Materials, Time Management, Disabilities, Lesson Planning, Virtual Teams, Digital pedagogy

    Mastertrack · 6 - 12 Months

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • I

    IBM

    IBM Full Stack Software Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Unit Testing, Software Development Life Cycle, CI/CD, Object-Relational Mapping, OpenShift, Istio, Kubernetes, Cloud-Native Computing, Node.JS, Cloud Infrastructure, Git (Version Control System), HTML and CSS, Server Side, Javascript, Front-End Web Development, Cloud Computing, Data Ethics, Python Programming, Software Development

    4.6 stars, 61K reviews, Beginner, Professional Certificate, 3 - 6 Months

    ★ 4.6 (61K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    Category: Job skills
    Job skills
    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • I

    IBM

    IBM AI Product Manager

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Product Planning, Generative AI, New Product Development, Product Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Responsible AI, Innovation, Generative Model Architectures, Product Development, Competitive Analysis, Product Strategy, Commercialization, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Product Roadmaps, Agile Product Development, Stakeholder Communications, Goal Setting, Product Design, Artificial Intelligence

    4.7 stars, 37K reviews, Beginner, Professional Certificate, 3 - 6 Months

    ★ 4.7 (37K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Top AI program
    Top AI program
    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • S

    Sage Publications

    Information Visualisation

    Skills you'll gain: Infographics, Interactive Data Visualization, Motion Graphics, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Usability Testing, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Design Research, Graphic and Visual Design, Usability, Layout Design, UI/UX Research, Visual Design, Data Storytelling, Animations, Typography, User Research, Design, Graphic Design, Interaction Design

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • M

    Meta

    Meta Front-End Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), User Interface (UI), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, JSON, Figma (Design Software), User Experience Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), User Centered Design, Wireframing, Object Oriented Design, Command-Line Interface, Javascript, Unix Shell, Debugging, Pseudocode, UI Components, Computer Science, Unit Testing, Code Reusability, Application Development

    4.7 stars, 24K reviews, Beginner, Professional Certificate, 3 - 6 Months

    ★ 4.7 (24K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Trending right now
    Trending right now
    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • S

    Skillshare

    Logo Design: From Concept to Client-Approved Work

    Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Adobe Illustrator, Ideation, Typography, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Design, Branding, Brand Strategy, Conceptual Design, Adobe Creative Cloud, Intellectual Property, Adobe Photoshop, Strategic Thinking, Legal Risk, Computer Hardware, Color Theory, Data Import/Export, Design Research, Creativity

    4.4 stars, 20 reviews, Beginner, Specialization, 3 - 6 Months

    ★ 4.4 (20) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
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How to choose the right Instructional Design course

Start with what you want to focus on. If you’re focused on e-learning development, choose courses covering e-learning authoring tools like Articulate Storyline or Adobe Captivate. If you want to apply the ADDIE model, check for courses that teach the ADDIE framework and its use in course development.

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