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 California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), UI/UX Strategy, Graphic and Visual Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Mockups, Layout Design, Responsive Web Design, Design, Wireframing, Design Elements And Principles, Usability, Design Strategies, Prototyping
★ 4.5 (579) · 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: 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

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Data Processing, Debugging, Web Scraping, File I/O, Data Visualization, Relational Databases, Restful API, Web Services, SQL, Databases, Data Visualization Software, JSON, Data Presentation, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Structures, Data Cleansing, Programming Principles, Python Programming, Program Development
★ 4.8 (281K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 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: Responsible AI, Generative AI, AI literacy, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Natural Language Processing
★ 4.7 (23K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, Prototyping, Conceptual Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Ideation, Design, Virtual Environment, Design Elements And Principles, Design Strategies, Game Theory, Creative Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Aesthetics, Design Research, Creativity, Writing
★ 4.7 (4.2K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: NoSQL, Extract, Transform, Load, Database Administration, Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Web Scraping, Bash (Scripting Language), Package and Software Management, Data Pipelines, Apache Hadoop, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Design, SQL, IBM Cognos Analytics, Data Store, Generative AI, Professional Networking, Python Programming, Data Analysis, Data Science
★ 4.6 (63K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

University of Alberta
Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Model View Controller, Unified Modeling Language, Object Oriented Design, Service Oriented Architecture, API Design, Web Services, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Microservices, Restful API, Code Review, Product Family Engineering, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Java, Java Programming, Software Documentation, Application Programming Interface (API)
★ 4.6 (4.1K) · 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.