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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


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    Google Cloud

    API Development with the Apigee API Platform

    Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, API Design, Application Deployment, Restful API, Continuous Deployment, AI Integrations, Cloud Deployment, LLM Application, Web Services, AI Security, CI/CD, AI Workflows, Token Optimization, Prompt Patterns, Proxy Servers, Large Language Modeling, Application Lifecycle Management, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Michigan

    UX Research at Scale: Surveys, Analytics, Online Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Surveys, UI/UX Research, User Research, Survey Creation, A/B Testing, Web Analytics, User Experience, Qualitative Research, Usability Testing, Research Methodologies, Web Analytics and SEO, Data Collection, Research Design, Sample Size Determination

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Generative AI: Elevate your Software Development Career

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Software Design Documents, Software Design, AI Integrations, Software Architecture, Agentic Workflows, Continuous Integration, Software Development, Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, Application Security, Software Engineering, Code Review, Debugging, DevSecOps

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Rice University

    Principles of Computing (Part 1)

    Skills you'll gain: Combinatorics, Probability, Programming Principles, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Development Testing, Software Testing, Applied Mathematics, Algorithms, Python Programming, Game Design, General Mathematics

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    West Virginia University

    Sales Operations/Management

    Skills you'll gain: Sales Management, Sales Territory Management, Recruitment, Sales Development, Training Programs, Sales Training, Sales Strategy, Account Management, Sales, General Sales Practices, Training and Development, Talent Recruitment, Expense Management, Sales Process, Organizational Structure, Strategic Planning, Inside Sales, Expense Reports, Business Ethics, Employee Training

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Universidades Anáhuac

    AI para docentes: Transforma tu enseñanza con ChatGPT

    Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Responsible AI, Education Software and Technology, Generative AI, AI Integrations, Digital pedagogy, AI literacy, Artificial Intelligence, AI Personalization, AI Security, Prompt Engineering, Natural Language Processing

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Mastering KiCAD: Open-Source PCB Design for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Design Software, Diagram Design, Technical Design, Design, Open Source Technology, Software Installation, Data Import/Export

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer Professional Certificate en Español

    Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Data Lakes, Data Pipelines, Dataflow, Data Processing, Apache Spark, Model Deployment, Big Data, Tensorflow, Systems Design, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Hadoop, Data Infrastructure, Real Time Data, Data Integration, Data Warehousing, Metadata Management, Data Architecture, Data Migration, Unstructured Data

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    How to create presentations using Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Multimedia, Visual Design, Graphical Tools, Graphic Design

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    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Introduction à la programmation orientée objet (en C++)

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C++ (Programming Language), C and C++, Object Oriented Design, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Code Reusability, Memory Management

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Clinical Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Clinical Data Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Modeling, Clinical Research, R (Software), Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Medical Privacy, Data Manipulation, Predictive Modeling, Database Design, Clinical Research Ethics, Data Mapping, Clinical Informatics, Data Quality, Natural Language Processing, grep, Informatics, Text Mining, R Programming

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Alberta

    A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone)

    Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Systems Development, Solution Architecture, Machine Learning Methods, Model Training, Model Evaluation, Agentic systems, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Model Optimization, Machine Learning Algorithms, Markov Model, Feature Engineering, Algorithms, Performance Tuning

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