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.

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, Creative Thinking, Ideation, Innovation, Creativity, Strategic Thinking, Case Studies, Experimentation, Storytelling
★ 4.7 (9.2K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Disabilities, Multimedia, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Microsoft Office
★ 4.6 (255) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
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 (525) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Pedagogy, Teaching, Digital pedagogy, Disabilities, Instructional Strategies, Higher Education
★ 4.6 (111) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

Georgia Institute of Technology
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 (9K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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

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

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

Sage Publications
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

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

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 (20) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
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.