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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.


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Popular Instructional Design Courses and Certifications


  • T

    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Modelos de diseño instruccional para ambientes digitales

    Skills you'll gain: Digital pedagogy, Education Software and Technology, Instructional Design, Planning, Design Strategies, Solution Design, Quality Assurance, Virtual Environment, Innovation, Emerging Technologies

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    439 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Use Mailchimp to Build an E-mail Marketing Campaign

    Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Advertising Mail, Direct Marketing, Campaign Management, Marketing Materials, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Target Audience, Registration, Design, Business

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    384 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • U

    Universidad de los Andes

    Desarrollo de Videojuegos en Unity: Una Introducción

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Video Game Development, User Interface (UI), Game Design, Animations, Google Analytics, Prototyping, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C# (Programming Language), Scripting, Application Deployment

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    266 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • S

    SAP

    Understanding the Enterprise Systems Environment

    Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing Architecture, SAP S/4HANA, Cloud Computing, System Design and Implementation, SAP Applications, Cybersecurity, ABAP RESTful Programming Model (RAP), Software As A Service, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Resource Planning, Analytics, Business Technologies, Customer experience strategy (CX), Data Science, Microservices, Business Analysis, Application Development

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    243 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University at Buffalo

    Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise

    Skills you'll gain: Product Lifecycle Management, Performance Measurement, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Material Requirements Planning, Production Management, Data Integration, Business Process Management, Digital Transformation, Data Security, Internet Of Things, Data Management, Decision Making

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    643 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • I

    IBM

    Full Stack Application Development Capstone Project

    Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Full-Stack Web Development, Application Design, Node.JS, Django (Web Framework), Back-End Web Development, Web Applications, Front-End Web Development, Restful API, Application Development, GitHub, Microservices, Kubernetes, User Accounts, Cloud Deployment, IBM Cloud, Containerization, React.js, MongoDB, Javascript

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    202 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of Pennsylvania

    Management Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: People Management, Employee Performance Management, Leadership and Management, Decision Making, Organizational Change, Organizational Structure, Performance Appraisal, Team Motivation, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Compensation Management, Job Analysis, Recruitment, Leadership, Change Management, Constructive Feedback

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    525 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    Universidade de São Paulo

    Mapas conceituais para aprender e colaborar

    Skills you'll gain: Lifelong Learning, Willingness To Learn, Learning Strategies, Peer Review, Collaboration, Brainstorming, Cognitive flexibility, Information Architecture, Critical Thinking, Constructive Feedback, Organizational Skills, Technical Communication

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    412 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Videojuegos: ¿de qué hablamos?

    Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Unity Engine, Unreal Engine, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Computer Programming, Computer Graphics, User Interface (UI), Storytelling, Artificial Intelligence

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    567 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • D

    DeepLearning.AI

    Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

    Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, ChatGPT, Prompt Engineering, OpenAI API, Vector Databases, Embeddings, System Monitoring, Artificial Intelligence, Model Evaluation

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    188 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • I

    IBM

    People and Soft Skills Assessment

    Skills you'll gain: Communication, Presentations, Teamwork, Problem Solving, Public Speaking, Collaboration, Interpersonal Communications, Professional Development, Social Skills, Agile Project Management, Solution Delivery

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    327 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • M

    Microsoft

    Microsoft Front-End Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), GitHub, C# (Programming Language), Secure Coding, HTML and CSS, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Figma (Design Software), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Git (Version Control System), User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Development, Debugging, Mockups, Microsoft Copilot, Authentications, Front-End Web Development, Programming Principles, UI Components, Javascript

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    239 reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Modelos de diseño instruccional para ambientes digitales : Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Use Mailchimp to Build an E-mail Marketing Campaign: Coursera
  • Desarrollo de Videojuegos en Unity: Una Introducción: Universidad de los Andes
  • Understanding the Enterprise Systems Environment: SAP
  • Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise: University at Buffalo
  • Full Stack Application Development Capstone Project: IBM
  • Management Fundamentals: University of Pennsylvania
  • Mapas conceituais para aprender e colaborar: Universidade de São Paulo
  • Videojuegos: ¿de qué hablamos?: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): DeepLearning.AI

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