Digital media is big business these days - revenue in the digital media industry is set to exceed $250 billion by 2025. The video game industry is the market’s largest sector, and is projected to make a whopping $154,630 million this year, which helps demonstrate the way technology is exponentially growing and developing. With one of our digital media courses, you can start exploring this interesting, valuable and incredibly broad industry.
We’ve partnered with some of the world’s leading universities and other educators to bring you a range of courses within digital media where you can try something new or build upon your current skills. These learning opportunities can help you upskill to a new role or develop your professional credentials.
Our courses are 100% online, and you have the freedom and flexibility to study whenever suits you. We offer a range of course types, from free short courses to learning subscriptions. If you subscribe to an ExpertTrack, you can complete a series of in-depth digital media courses and develop your expertise.
If you’re interested in gaining a professional certification, several of our digital media courses are CPD certified. This can be great for your professional development and help you work towards your career goals.
We also have several digital media ExpertTracks in topics such as UX design fundamentals and strategy. Completing an ExpertTrack allows you to earn a digital certificate that you can share with your professional network once you’ve completed all of the courses. You can also receive a digital certificate when you complete a short course if you choose to upgrade with us.
If you want to become a digital media expert, our courses are a great way to learn the necessary skills. There are a wide range of exciting digital media careers to choose from, such as animator, video game developer, web designer and photographer. This list is far from exhaustive, as there are so many opportunities within this industry.
Digital media is an exciting field to work in as there are many paths into the industry, and you’ll find yourself working with people with all different backgrounds. It’s an ever-changing, innovative industry where you’ll keep up to date with the latest developments in technology.
Some of the most popular and in-demand skills you can develop in digital media are design skills. Whether you’re interested in web design, video game design or graphic design, we have courses that can help you learn the most fundamental aspects of design.
In our web development courses, you can learn how to use HTML and CSS to build beautiful websites, and in our video game design courses, you’ll understand how to use narrative theory, gameplay design and visual design principles. Through our courses, you might find that you’re most interested in the programming side of design, or you might discover that your biggest strength is your artistic ability.
We have plenty of options available for studying digital media. Our short courses take between two and ten weeks to complete and offer an overview of digital media or a particular topic within it. We also offer a learning subscription called ExpertTracks, where you can subscribe to a series of in-depth courses and build practical expertise. FutureLearn also offers microcredentials in digital media; professional credentials designed for you to build in-demand and emerging career skills.