Certification in Instructional Designing

Hi Gayathri!

You'll get loads of advice about this. I wasn't looking for more degrees , just best practices, when I transitioned from instructional design for ILT to instructional design for e-learning. I took the online versions of ASTD's two certificate courses - their E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate and their Advanced E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate. Both fantastic, and largely based on Michael Allen's work. They take just a few weeks each and I highly recommend them.

For a multitude of other angles and advice, Connie Malamed is always answering questions about this. Here's a post she wrote very recently where she answers the same question for people in a variety of situations: Answers to Instructional Design Career Questions. She includes links to a variety of online and offline instructional design programs, too.

Good luck to you!