Udemy: Where Experts Create Online Courses to Refine Your Dating Skills

The Short Version: Even when your school days are behind you, it’s never too late to learn something new. On Udemy, experts create courses for students to grow their skills and their understanding on virtually any subject matter — including love and relationships. Udemy’s name comes from “Academy for you,” emphasizing their commitment to making accessible learning tools for their over 13 million students. On a mission to democratize education, the Co-Founders built an online platform that allows anyone anywhere in the world to teach or be taught. The lessons vary in length, content, and style, but all are created by authoritative people with expertise in the subject. For daters, Udemy serves as a direct channel to date coaches, matchmakers, and other experts who want to share their insight on how to attract a date and maintain a relationship.

I’ve been on my fair share of bad dates. As a teenager, I always thought, “Well, he’s still figuring out how to do this,” and gave boys some leeway. But even in my 20s I still meet guys who seem allergic to eye contact and interesting conversation. I’m sure there are girls in the dating scene, too, who give off the wrong signals or say the wrong thing on a date.

Sometimes these blunders are easily avoided. Like, maybe don’t answer your phone within the first 10 minutes of meeting your date. Unless you’re using it as an excuse to run away. In which case, you still shouldn’t answer it. Your life isn’t an elaborately staged sitcom — just use your words.

I’ve often wished there was a course out there to teach singles these things. As it turns out, there is!

Udemy, an online academy, boasts they can teach anyone anything — including how to act on a first date. Filled with pro tips for daters, their platform brings together students and experts in an accessible, affordable learning environment.

Udemy Co-Founder Eren Bali decided to dedicate his life to furthering education for students worldwide after growing up attending a one-room schoolhouse.

Founded in 2009, Udemy puts the needs of their students first. Co-Founder Eren Bali drew inspiration from his own experience growing up in a small village in Turkey, teaching himself math online, and becoming a silver medal World Champion in the International Mathematical Olympiad. To help other self-motivated students, he created the world’s largest online learning marketplace.

Udemy connects students and teachers in a community built for self-improvement. The site makes education available on demand to everyone with a desktop or mobile device. To date, Udemy has enrolled over 13 million students around the globe in more than 40,000 courses. Through guided tutorials posted by love experts, any adult can gain the skills to impress a date or maintain a lasting relationship.

We aren’t born with social intelligence — it’s something we have to learn over time. If you want to study up on human relations and improve your social skills, many experts on Udemy are there to help. Singles and couples can take a course on everything from how to listen actively to how to conquer relationship fears.

Udemy structures their online courses to be convenient for students worldwide. Once you enroll in a course, you can learn at your own pace and on any device. You can browse through their library of lessons by keyword search or by category — such as Personal Transformation, Parenting and Relationships, or Self-Esteem.

“Quality ideas. Wonderful delivery. Interesting perspectives. I feel already more at ease with myself and with my next contact with women.” — Gigino Andreas, a satisfied Udemy student

Whether you’re curious about the five languages of love or the art of the approach, Udemy has a variety of dating lessons, all backed by an authority in their subject matter. Their affordable courses range in price from $0 to $50 for lifetime access.

To democratize education for all, Udemy implemented a site-wide price cap in April 2015. No Udemy course, no matter how long or how in-depth it is, will cost the student more than a one-time payment of $50. Many courses are offered as a free resource for students.

When you enroll in a course from a dating expert, you can follow a step-by-step guide to maintaining healthier communication with that special someone.

Everyone learns differently, and Udemy acknowledges that by offering many different types of course materials for students. Lessons often include videos, but they can also have supplemental texts, like book excerpts, articles, quick tips, and anything else the instructor cares to upload as a resource.

Additionally, a discussion board facilitates conversation and feedback on the lesson with fellow students.

Before enrolling, students can look over the course description to find out what the curriculum will entail, approximately how long it should take, the skill level required, and what they’ll get out of the lesson. There are also reviews from former students who want to share their experiences.

Udemy gives students the power to choose and to learn on their own terms with a diverse collection of individually designed courses.

If you’re looking for a way to spread your expertise to daters, Udemy offers a user-friendly platform for instructors in all subject areas. With the site’s support, you’ll have the tools to reach over 13 million students in more than 190 countries.

To help instructors find their niche, Udemy frequently updates a list of hot topic courses in demand among online students. According to this list, love and relationship advice currently has “high potential for success on Udemy.”

Udemy is mobile-friendly, so students and instructors can visit the platform from any mobile device.

You can easily post a Udemy dating lesson and let students come to you. It’s a great way to monetize your skill set, as body language expert Vanessa Van Edwards found out when she first started publishing courses.

Her first course was filmed using her iPhone, which she’d precariously balanced on top of a stack of cookbooks, and in less than a year, she was publishing classes for nearly 9,000 students. She said she’s thrilled to have a way to make money and help people overcome their awkwardness at the same time.

“I wish I could put into words the impact that Udemy has had on my life,” she said. “I wake up every day and wonder what course I can create next!”

Dating is a skill anyone can learn with a little coaching. Udemy makes sure the resources are there so date coaches and matchmakers can spread their expertise to as many singles and couples who want to improve their dating skills.

Since 2009, Udemy has inspired millions of students in an open learning environment.

No one wants to wind up as someone’s bad-date story. You can learn the etiquette, avoid the mistakes, and gain confidence by enrolling in Udemy’s dating courses. These affordable lessons can help daters foster a deeper connection from the first date onward.

“With the power of the Internet,” Eren Bali, Co-Founder of Udemy wrote in a blog post, “we imagined a world where anyone could learn anything — from any expert in the world. It didn’t take us long to realize how much this idea could change people’s lives.”

Both students and instructors have been enriched by their experience with Udemy. To charter your own inspirational path through a rich educational community, start your own course or sign up for one today.