Svetlana Eskina completed an online Coursera course in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of California, San Diego in September 2014. The course covered techniques for designing interfaces such as rapid prototyping and testing alternatives. Specific topics included creating mock-ups, field testing, and principles of perception and evaluating designs with users. The course was associated with Professor Scott Klemmer of the university's Cognitive Science and Computer Science & Engineering departments.