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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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    Universidade de São Paulo

    Inove na gestão de equipes e negócios: O crescimento da empresa

    Skills you'll gain: Talent Management, Team Management, Product Development, Decision Making, Operations, Agile Product Development, Strategic Prioritization, Leadership, Business Priorities, Business Strategy, Culture Transformation, Scalability, Employee Engagement

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Pennsylvania

    A Crash Course in Causality: Inferring Causal Effects from Observational Data

    Skills you'll gain: R Programming, R (Software), Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Data Analysis, Quantitative Research, Regression Analysis, Research Design, Graph Theory

    4.7
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    568 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Washington

    Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Advanced Analytics, Data Analysis, R Programming, Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning, Graph Theory, Classification Algorithms, Probability & Statistics, Big Data

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Amazon Web Services

    Exam Prep: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, Software Architecture, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Solution Architecture, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Deployment, Amazon S3, Cloud Security, Amazon CloudWatch, Serverless Computing, Amazon DynamoDB, Network Architecture, Scalability, Disaster Recovery

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    244 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Converter Control

    Skills you'll gain: Control Systems, Power Electronics, Systems Analysis, Electronics Engineering, Technical Design, Systems Design, Graphical Tools, Plot (Graphics), Engineering Analysis, Performance Testing, Mathematical Modeling

    Build toward a degree

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Crea y diseña productos digitales en Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Design, Digital Design, Design Elements And Principles, Product Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Layout Design, Intellectual Property, Web Analytics, Graphic Design, Journals, Marketing

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

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    Meta

    APIs

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, API Testing, Django (Web Framework), API Design, Software Documentation, Application Programming Interface (API), Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Debugging, JSON, Performance Tuning, Data Validation, Extensible Markup Language (XML)

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Brightline Initiative

    Bridging the Gap between Strategy Design and Delivery

    Skills you'll gain: Strategic Leadership, Organizational Strategy, Plan Execution, Strategic Thinking, Gap Analysis, Business Leadership, Business Strategy, Leadership, Organizational Change, Business Consulting, Case Studies, Change Management

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Duke University

    Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively

    Skills you'll gain: Deductive Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Diagram Design, Information Architecture

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidad Austral

    Negociación 4.0

    Skills you'll gain: Negotiation, Conflict Management, Communication, Coaching, Influencing, Teamwork, Collaboration, Emotional Intelligence, Decision Making, Active Listening

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Getting Started with Azure DevOps Boards

    Skills you'll gain: Sprint Planning, Scrum (Software Development), Azure DevOps, Backlogs, Kanban Principles, Agile Software Development, Project Management, DevOps

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    Meta

    The Full Stack

    Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, Front-End Web Development, Django (Web Framework), Scalability, Responsive Web Design, Web Applications, Back-End Web Development, MySQL, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cloud Computing, Application Programming Interface (API), Virtual Environment, Javascript, Database Management

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Inove na gestão de equipes e negócios: O crescimento da empresa: Universidade de São Paulo
  • A Crash Course in Causality: Inferring Causal Effects from Observational Data: University of Pennsylvania
  • Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods: University of Washington
  • Exam Prep: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate: Amazon Web Services
  • Converter Control: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Crea y diseña productos digitales en Canva: Coursera
  • APIs: Meta
  • Bridging the Gap between Strategy Design and Delivery: Brightline Initiative
  • Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively: Duke University
  • Negociación 4.0: Universidad Austral

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