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    Find the Best Instructional Design Course for Your Goals

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      EDUCBA

      Project on PyQt - Employee Management System

      Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), MySQL, User Interface (UI) Design, Application Development, Application Deployment, Database Management, Databases, Python Programming, SQL, Data Validation, Debugging

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Building Smarter Software: GenAI Tools and Practices

      Skills you'll gain: Test Planning, Test Tools, Prompt Engineering, Version Control, Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design, Software Testing, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), GitLab, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Application Programming Interface (API), Mobile Development, Front-End Web Development, Application Deployment, Database Management, Back-End Web Development, Application Development, GitHub, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      REST API Automation With REST Assured - Zero To Hero

      Skills you'll gain: GitHub, Authentications, Test Case, Eclipse (Software), Verification And Validation, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Software Installation

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Google Cloud AI Infrastructure

      Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware Architecture, Application Deployment, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Computing Architecture, Performance Tuning, Infrastructure Architecture, Computer Architecture, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Cloud Platforms, Business Workflow Analysis, Interoperability, Artificial Intelligence, Product Demonstration, Performance Improvement, Systems Architecture, Benchmarking

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Spring WebFlux: Build Scalable Reactive Web Apps

      Skills you'll gain: Spring Framework, Software Architecture, Microservices, Cloud Applications, Software Design Patterns, Event-Driven Programming, Java Programming, Restful API, Performance Tuning, MongoDB, Web Applications, Scalability, Real Time Data, Resilience, Integration Testing, Performance Management, Debugging

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      EDUCBA

      PyQt Training Beginner Level

      Skills you'll gain: UI Components, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Event-Driven Programming, Development Environment, Application Development, Software Development Tools, Application Frameworks, Python Programming

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Skillshare

      Modern Frontend Web Development: Frameworks & APIs

      Skills you'll gain: JavaScript Frameworks, Responsive Web Design, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Web Applications, Vue.JS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Maintainability, Scalability, Web Development, React.js, Angular, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Development, Javascript

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      EDUCBA

      XHTML - Advanced Server Side Programming with PHP

      Skills you'll gain: PHP (Scripting Language), Web Applications, Responsive Web Design, MySQL, Web Design and Development, Server Side, HTML and CSS, Data Import/Export, Back-End Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Database Development, File Management, SQL, Data Structures

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, User Story, Real-Time Operating Systems, SQL, Systems Engineering, New Product Development, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Delegation Skills, Sampling (Statistics), Supplier Management, Failure Analysis, Sustainability Reporting, Accountability, Data Ethics, Data Mining, Statistical Modeling, Database Design, Unsupervised Learning, Proposal Writing, Generative AI

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      Pearson

      Cisco Software-Defined Wan for Enterprise & Cloud: Unit 2

      Skills you'll gain: Software-Defined Networking, Wide Area Networks, Network Planning And Design, Network Architecture, Cloud Computing, Network Infrastructure, Network Administration, Package and Software Management, Configuration Management, Scalability

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Skillshare

      Notion for Beginners: Build Powerful Dashboards & Databases

      Skills you'll gain: Database Management, Databases, Information Architecture, Content Management, Kanban Principles, Automation

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDUCBA

      Azure Practical - Cognitive Services

      Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Anomaly Detection, Microsoft Azure, Computer Vision, Image Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Cloud Applications, Applied Machine Learning, Text Mining, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Development, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Processing, Restful API

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Project on PyQt - Employee Management System: EDUCBA
    • Building Smarter Software: GenAI Tools and Practices: Coursera Instructor Network
    • REST API Automation With REST Assured - Zero To Hero: Packt
    • Google Cloud AI Infrastructure: Google Cloud
    • Spring WebFlux: Build Scalable Reactive Web Apps: Coursera Instructor Network
    • PyQt Training Beginner Level: EDUCBA
    • Modern Frontend Web Development: Frameworks & APIs: Skillshare
    • XHTML - Advanced Server Side Programming with PHP: EDUCBA
    • Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Cisco Software-Defined Wan for Enterprise & Cloud: Unit 2: Pearson

    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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