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.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Event Planning, Canva (Software), Event Management, Digital Content, Event Marketing, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media, Product Design, Digital Marketing, Marketing Communications
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Advertising Campaigns, Advertising, User Feedback, Marketing Materials, Online Advertising, Business Research, Marketing, Promotional Materials, Market Research, Branding
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Lesson Planning, Education Software and Technology, Digital pedagogy, Learning Management Systems, Instructional Strategies, Pedagogy, Telecommuting, Teamwork, Collaboration, Student-Centred Learning, Student Engagement, Community Development, Instructional Design, Classroom Management, Learning Strategies, Virtual Environment, Creative Thinking, digital literacy, Artificial Intelligence
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), No-Code Development, UI Components, Development Environment, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Web Content, Web Design and Development, Content Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Android Development, Unity Engine, Video Game Development, 3D Assets, Mobile Development, User Interface (UI), Debugging, C# (Programming Language), Scripting, Software Testing, User Interface (UI) Design, Development Environment, Animations, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Fundraising, Goal Setting, Campaign Management, Promotions and Campaigns, Project Design, Drive Engagement, Content Creation
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Health Systems, Process Improvement, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Patient Flow, Health Policy, Health Care Administration, Market Dynamics, Health Care, Stakeholder Analysis, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Management, Innovation, Value-Based Care, Organizational Structure, Information Technology, Business Analysis
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

AI Business School
Skills you'll gain: Agentic Workflows, AI Workflows, No-Code Development, Generative AI Agents, AI Enablement, Digital Transformation, AI Orchestration, AI Product Strategy, Business Process Automation, Business Technologies, AI Personalization, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Application Design, Productivity Software, Application Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Generative AI, Data Ethics, Prompt Engineering, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Plotly, Responsible AI, Data Visualization Software, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Data Integrity
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Shiny (R Package), Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, R Programming, Data Wrangling, User Interface (UI) Design, Ggplot2, Data Manipulation, Data Integration, Data Import/Export
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Skills you'll gain: Education and Training, Curriculum Development, Pedagogy, Teaching, Program Evaluation, Childhood Education and Development, Working With Children, Policy Development, Policy Analysis, Instructional Strategies, Public Policies, Child Development, Research, Data Collection
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Containerization, Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Cloud-Native Computing, Prometheus (Software), CI/CD, DevOps, Grafana, Microservices, Scalability, Application Programming Interface (API), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months