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      Starweaver

      Influencing, Collaboration and Decision Making

      Skills you'll gain: Negotiation, Trustworthiness, Influencing, Initiative and Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, Leadership and Management, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Management, Analytical Skills, Analysis, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Cooperation, Conflict Management, Collaboration, Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, Team Building

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Teaching Reluctant Writers

      Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Teaching, Empowerment, Instructional Strategies, Writing, Mentorship, Literacy, Constructive Feedback, Qualitative Research

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Edureka

      Power BI Capstone Project

      Skills you'll gain: Snowflake Schema, Power BI, Inventory Management System, Data Analysis, Analytical Skills, Project Design, Dashboard, Data Warehousing, Management Reporting, Data Modeling, Data Management, Data Integration, SQL, Data Visualization Software, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      9 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Corporate Finance Institute

      Advanced Tableau

      Skills you'll gain: Star Schema, Data Modeling, Tableau Software, Business Intelligence, Extract, Transform, Load, Dashboard, Performance Tuning, Technical Analysis, Database Design, Data Visualization Software, Data Warehousing, Market Data, Data Presentation, Investment Banking, Exploratory Data Analysis, Tree Maps, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Integration, Data Storytelling, Data Visualization

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      23 reviews

      Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      California Institute of the Arts

      Building Your Freelancing Career Capstone

      Skills you'll gain: Business Planning, Business Risk Management, Business Strategy, Peer Review, Financial Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Branding, Financial Planning, Service Design, Market Analysis

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      29 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Michigan

      Leadership for Healthcare Professionals

      Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Executive Presence, Strategic Communication, Healthcare Ethics, Strategic Planning, Health Care Administration, Health Policy, Leadership, Business Planning, Patient Safety, Innovation, Telehealth, Team Leadership, Organizational Strategy, Design Thinking, Advocacy, Communication, Strategic Leadership, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Decision Making

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Make a Table of Contents, Footnotes, and more with Word

      Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Document Management, Collaborative Software

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      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Project Network

      Launch an auto-scaling AWS EC2 virtual machine

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Virtual Machines, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Infrastructure, Scalability, Verification And Validation

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Edureka

      Advanced Golang Concepts

      Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Go (Programming Language), API Design, Web Services, Application Programming Interface (API), Performance Tuning, Web Development, Software Design Patterns, Debugging, Software Testing, Unit Testing, Databases, System Programming, C (Programming Language), Network Protocols, Data Structures

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Sensors for a Carbon Free World

      Skills you'll gain: Electrical Power, Power Electronics, Electrical Systems, Torque (Physics), Electronic Components, Electric Power Systems, Electrical Equipment, Basic Electrical Systems, Electrical Engineering, Semiconductors, Mechanical Engineering, Control Systems, Plant Operations and Management, Electronics, Engineering Calculations, Low Voltage, High Voltage, Energy and Utilities, Machine Controls, Thermal Management

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Michigan

      Equitable Stage Makeup and Hair

      Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Performing Arts, Design, Diversity Awareness, Aesthetics, Cultural Sensitivity, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Detail Oriented, Creativity

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Northeastern University

      Introduction to Service Innovation and Management

      Skills you'll gain: Process Improvement, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Service Improvement, Service Design, Process Design, Business Process Improvement, Patient Flow, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Operations Management, Organizational Change, Health Care, Innovation, Change Management, Consumer Behaviour

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Influencing, Collaboration and Decision Making: Starweaver
    • Teaching Reluctant Writers: Johns Hopkins University
    • Power BI Capstone Project: Edureka
    • Advanced Tableau: Corporate Finance Institute
    • Building Your Freelancing Career Capstone: California Institute of the Arts
    • Leadership for Healthcare Professionals: University of Michigan
    • Make a Table of Contents, Footnotes, and more with Word: Coursera Project Network
    • Launch an auto-scaling AWS EC2 virtual machine: Coursera Project Network
    • Advanced Golang Concepts: Edureka
    • Sensors for a Carbon Free World: University of Colorado Boulder

    Why Learn Instructional Design?

    Instructional design focuses on developing educational content and experiences that help people learn effectively—whether in classrooms, online platforms, or workplace training. It blends learning science, curriculum development, and digital tools to support meaningful outcomes. Learning instructional design can prepare you to create engaging learning solutions across education, business, and nonprofit sectors.

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