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      Vanderbilt University

      Generative AI for Kids, Parents, and Teachers

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Multimodal Prompts, Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Creative Thinking, Brainstorming, Game Design, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

      4.7
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      100 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Commonwealth Education Trust

      Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Being a Professional

      Skills you'll gain: Teaching, Professional Development, Lifelong Learning, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Professionalism, Personal Development, Education and Training, Pedagogy, Willingness To Learn, Instructing, Working With Children, Collaboration, Leadership

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      215 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Siemens

      Siemens NX Mastery: Advanced Design & Applications

      Skills you'll gain: Assembly Drawing, Finite Element Methods, Mechanical Design, Drafting and Engineering Design, 3D Modeling, Computer-Aided Design, Technical Design, Engineering Software, Simulations

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      33 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of North Texas

      Management Foundations in the Hospitality Industry

      Skills you'll gain: Hospitality Management, Hospitality, Employee Training, Human Resources Management and Planning, Performance Appraisal, Leadership and Management, Team Motivation, Training Programs, Human Resources, Customer experience improvement, Recruitment, Employee Performance Management, Human Resource Strategy, Legal Risk, Employee Onboarding, Talent Acquisition, Job Analysis, Interviewing Skills

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      81 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Imperial College London

      A Guide to Healthcare Innovation: Principles and Practice

      Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Product Development, Design Thinking, New Product Development, Health Systems, Commercialization, Ideation, Health Care, Health Technology, Social Studies, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      207 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      SkillUp

      Enterprise Data Integration, Governance and Architecture

      Skills you'll gain: Data Security, Data Migration, Data Governance, Extract, Transform, Load, Cloud Storage, Data Management, Data Integration, Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Data Storage, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Personally Identifiable Information, Incident Response, Security Controls, Information Privacy, Data Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Threat Detection, Law, Regulation, and Compliance

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      48 reviews

      Advanced · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Manipulating Data with SQL

      Skills you'll gain: SQL, Data Manipulation, Relational Databases, Database Design, Databases, Data Integrity, Database Management Systems, Debugging, Data Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      195 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Project Network

      UI Design using Material Design 3: Designing a Reminder App

      Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Figma (Design Software), UI Components, User Experience Design, Prototyping, Wireframing, Mobile Development

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Amazon

      Full Stack Web Development

      Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, Restful API, Front-End Web Development, Web Services, Application Deployment, Web Development, Spring Framework, Amazon Web Services, HTML and CSS, Application Programming Interface (API), Server Side, Web Applications, Back-End Web Development, Spring Boot, Model View Controller, Responsive Web Design, Javascript

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      24 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of London

      3D Interaction Design in Virtual Reality

      Skills you'll gain: Virtual Reality, Interaction Design, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Virtual Environment, User Interface (UI), Human Computer Interaction, Display Devices, Game Design, Human Machine Interfaces, Usability, User Experience Design

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      135 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Scrimba

      Learn AI Agents

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI Agents, Tool Calling, User Interface (UI), LLM Application, Agentic systems, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Computer Interaction, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      74 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google Cloud

      Networking in Google Cloud 日本語版

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Load Balancing, Cloud Infrastructure, Containerization, Cloud Storage, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Network Routing, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Generative AI Agents, TCP/IP, General Networking, Identity and Access Management, Network Architecture, Computer Networking, Network Infrastructure, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Planning And Design

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      706 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

    • Generative AI for Kids, Parents, and Teachers: Vanderbilt University
    • Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Being a Professional: Commonwealth Education Trust
    • Siemens NX Mastery: Advanced Design & Applications: Siemens
    • Management Foundations in the Hospitality Industry: University of North Texas
    • A Guide to Healthcare Innovation: Principles and Practice : Imperial College London
    • Enterprise Data Integration, Governance and Architecture: SkillUp
    • Manipulating Data with SQL: Coursera Project Network
    • UI Design using Material Design 3: Designing a Reminder App: Coursera Project Network
    • Full Stack Web Development: Amazon
    • 3D Interaction Design in Virtual Reality: University of London

    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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