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    Instructional design courses can help you learn how to create effective learning experiences using educational theory, technology, and learner-centered strategies.

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      University of Virginia

      Agiles Arbeiten trifft auf Design Thinking

      Skills you'll gain: User Story, Persona (User Experience), Design Thinking, Agile Product Development, Agile Methodology, Persona Development, Product Development, Team Oriented, Innovation, User Centered Design, Customer Advocacy

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Unity Android Game Development — Build Seven 2D and 3D Games

      Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Android Development, Bitbucket, Unity Engine, GitHub, Git (Version Control System), Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Video Game Development, Mobile Development, Game Design, C# (Programming Language), Scripting, Graphics Software, Scripting Languages, Animations, 3D Modeling, User Interface (UI), Development Environment, Software Installation

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      DeepLearning.AI

      LLMs as Operating Systems: Agent Memory

      Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Generative AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Information Management, Data Management, System Design and Implementation

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      Unity C# Scripting — Complete C# for Unity Game Development

      Skills you'll gain: Program Development, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Development Environment, Interactive Design

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Data Engineers: Scaling with GenAI

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Data Integration, Data Ethics, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Data Governance, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Pipelines

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      L&T EduTech

      Design of Precast System

      Skills you'll gain: Structural Engineering, Structural Analysis, Building Design, Construction, Construction Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Civil Engineering, Engineering Calculations, Engineering Practices, Engineering Design Process, Engineering Software, 3D Modeling, Technical Standard

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Substance Painter to Unreal Engine 5 Masterclass

      Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Modeling, Video Production, Animation and Game Design, Virtual Environment, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Video Game Development, Baking

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      Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Chatbots

      Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Tensorflow, Applied Machine Learning, Amazon Web Services, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Unstructured Data, Supervised Learning

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Mapa de empatía en Miro

      Skills you'll gain: Customer Insights, Collaborative Software, Customer Analysis, User Research, Team Oriented, Design Thinking, Virtual Teams, Entrepreneurship

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Scrimba

      Build a Multi-Page Website with Frontend Mentor, HTML, and CSS

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Web Design, Typography, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Front-End Web Development, Mobile Development, Figma (Design Software), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), User Interface (UI) Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Interface (UI), Usability, Color Theory, Animations

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      UBITS

      Comunicación visual: enriquece tus mensajes

      Skills you'll gain: Business Leadership, Organizational Change, Infographics, Business Communication, Leadership, Team Building, Organizational Leadership, Presentations, Business Transformation, Corporate Communications, Data Visualization, Communication Strategies, Creativity, Graphic and Visual Design, Communication

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      L&T EduTech

      Pavement Materials and Design (IRC and MoRTH)

      Skills you'll gain: Civil Engineering, Structural Analysis, Construction, Engineering Calculations, Engineering Design Process, Engineering Analysis, Technical Standard, Laboratory Testing

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Agiles Arbeiten trifft auf Design Thinking: University of Virginia
    • Unity Android Game Development — Build Seven 2D and 3D Games: Packt
    • LLMs as Operating Systems: Agent Memory: DeepLearning.AI
    • Unity C# Scripting — Complete C# for Unity Game Development: Packt
    • GenAI for Data Engineers: Scaling with GenAI: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Design of Precast System: L&T EduTech
    • Substance Painter to Unreal Engine 5 Masterclass: Packt
    • Chatbots: Johns Hopkins University
    • Mapa de empatía en Miro: Coursera Project Network
    • Build a Multi-Page Website with Frontend Mentor, HTML, and CSS: Scrimba

    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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