"Sparse Representations in Signal and Image Processing: Fundamentals" |
"This course introduces the fundamentals of the field of sparse representations, starting with its theoretical concepts, and systematically presenting its key achievements. We will touch on theory and numerical algorithms. Modeling data is the way we - scientists - believe that information should be explained and handled. Indeed, models play a central role in practically every task in signal and image processing. Sparse representation theory puts forward an emerging, highly effective, and universal such model. Its core idea is the description of the data as a linear combination of few building blocks - atoms - taken from a pre-defined dictionary of such fundamental elements. A series of theoretical problems arise in deploying this seemingly simple model to data sources, leading to fascinating new results in linear algebra, approximation theory, optimization, and machine learning. In this course you will learn of these achievements, which serve as the foundations for a revolution that took place in signal and image processing in recent years."
Price: 99.00 |
"Analysis of Transport Phenomena II: Applications" |
"Due to challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, start dates for this course have been delayed until Fall 2020. Please note, that the dates listed are tentative and subject to change. If we make any further changes, we will share this information with you via email. We apologize for the delay and hope to make this content available to you as soon as possible. --- In this course, you will learn to apply mathematical methods for partial differential equations to model transport phenomena in chemical engineering. Applications include fluid flow, waves, hydrodynamic instabilities, convection, coupled heat and mass transfer, phase transformations and electrochemical transport. The engineering applications and mathematical methods that you learn in this course will advance your career in industry or academics. You will learn how to formulate models, make scaling estimates and derive analytical approximations. There is growing demand for such mathematical skills in most technical careers and graduate programs today. At MIT, 10.50 is a required subject for all first-year graduate students in chemical engineering, but it also attracts students from other departments. This online course is suitable for anyone interested in learning the principles of continuum modeling. Although the examples are mostly from chemical engineering, no prior knowledge is assumed about the applications, but familiarity with the mathematical methods of 10.50.1x is assumed. *Image source: Irmgard Bischofberger"
Price: 149.00 |
"Islamic Studies (الثقافة الاسلامية)" |
"يُعنى هذا المساق بدراسة الثقافة الإسلامية من حيث روافدها، ويناقش عدداً من القيم الحياتية في الإسلام: كالصدق، والأمانة، والتسامح، وحسن استغلال الوقت، والتعاون، والتواصل الاجتماعي، وغيرها، كما يتطرق المساق إلى دراسة اسهامات المسلمين في العلوم الإنسانية، والاجتماعية، والطبيعية. الأهداف التعليمية للمساق: يسعى هذا المساق إلى تحقيق الأهداف الآتية: - تعريف الطالب بالمفاهيم والمصطلحات الإسلامية الواردة في موضوعات المساق. - بيان أهم روافد الثقافة الإسلامية. - التعرف على مجموعة من القيم الحيوية التي دعا إليها الإسلام. - توضيح إسهامات المسلمين في العلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية والطبيعية."
Price: 45.00 |
"Marketing Innovative Products and Services" |
"Marketing innovative products and services occurs in an ever-changing environment, and requires rapid decision making with incomplete information. These innovations are introduced at increasingly frequent intervals, and there are high mortality rates for products and services, and the businesses themselves. Our course provides a practical, how-to guide for navigating these marketing challenges to bring innovative new products and services to market. With learning modules on product strategy, go-to-market strategies, and growth strategies, you will build your skills in understanding and applying the latest marketing strategies and tactics. We’ll explore how to develop an informed marketing plan that aligns with customer needs based on real market research. Learn the latest strategies for customer discovery, interviews and focus groups, product design, product development, content marketing, social media marketing, and marketing campaign management. The course will provide a balance between conceptual discussions based on readings of concepts and practices, and applied, hands-on analysis with real projects."
Price: 149.00 |
"Creating Innovative Business Models" |
"This course was created to guide aspiring and active startup entrepreneurs and corporate innovators that feel... Overwhelmed by the tasks of creating a new venture Frustrated with finding the right team at the right time Disappointed by the widespread failure of bringing good ideas to market It’s common to desire... Innovative approaches and tools to help create a startup company or corporate venture Intelligence on what customers really want, and are willing to pay for Insights on the big picture of crafting a startup company, and how the puzzle pieces fit together This course will help you to... Understand the theory and practice of value creation Determine how to build the right team for your startup company or corporate venture Avoid wasting time with startup ideas with limited commercial potential Raise the right financial capital at the right time for the right purpose By the end of this course, you will be positioned to... Effectively design value propositions that directly align with your target customers’ interests Assemble and lead an well-comprised team to produce results that create value for your customers Pursue big ideas that really matter to customers Craft a financial model that minimizes risks and maximizing your success"
Price: 149.00 |
"Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities" |
"This course explores how anyone can be a successful startup entrepreneur or corporate innovator by thoughtfully examining themselves and the business opportunity. By harnessing these insights and cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit, you can create and transform an entrepreneurial idea into a new startup company or corporate venture. Over 800,000 people have used The Opportunity Analysis Canvas that is the basis of this course. Designed by Dr. James V. Green, the lead faculty for this course, this unique model equips you to identify and analyze a new business opportunity that aligns with your startup entrepreneurship or corporate innovation interests. The Opportunity Analysis Canvas distills vast amounts of research in psychology, sociology, and business into a practical how-to guide for aspiring and active entrepreneurs and innovators. The course presents a whole new understanding of entrepreneurial mindset and action. The course is structured as a nine-step experience segmented into thinking entrepreneurially, seeing entrepreneurially, and acting entrepreneurially."
Price: 149.00 |
"Biochemistry: Biomolecules, Methods, and Mechanisms" |
"Do you want to prepare for medical school, study a STEM field, become a research scientist, or transition to a career in the booming biotechnology industry? Or maybe you just want to understand the chemical reactions that govern life itself. Join Professor Yaffe, an MIT professor and practicing surgeon, as he guides you through the science that inspires countless doctors, researchers, and students alike. We developed 7.05x Biochemistry with an emphasis on: Developing your scientific thinking skills including articulating hypotheses, performing thought experiments, interpreting data, and designing experiments. Using data based on real scientific experiments and highlighting the scientific process. Asserting that biology is an active field that changes daily through examples of MIT (and other current) research, not static information in a textbook. Visualizing real molecular structures with PyMOL to better understand function and mechanism. Appreciating the quantitative aspects of biochemistry and practicing this quantitation with MATLAB. Translating topics in biochemistry to diseases and medicine. Conveying the authentic MIT firehose experience. Implementing the science of learning in the course design. We offer a thorough and robust means of certifying edX learners in their mastery of the MITx biochemistry content, through the MITx 7.05x Biochemistry Competency Exam. This challenging option is available only to those who register for the verified-certificate track, and successful completion of this exam is the majority of the assessment grade that counts toward a certificate. The Competency Exam will be open from June 23, 2020 to June 30, 2020."
Price: 150.00 |
"Découvrir l'anthropologie" |
"Comment les humains s’organisent-ils en sociétés ? Qu’appelle-t-on « familles » et comment se constituent-elles ? Quel regard et quels types d’analyse l’anthropologie propose-t-elle sur les systèmes de parenté, symboliques, politiques, religieux ? L’anthropologie prospective nous aide à comprendre et à anticiper les phénomènes qui transforment nos modes de vie contemporains. Elle pose un regard transversal sur les actions, les pratiques et les dires des personnes avec lesquelles travaillent les chercheurs. « Entrer en anthropologie », c’est accepter de changer son regard sur le monde et de se décentrer par rapport à ses habitudes. Si vous désirez comprendre un peu mieux le monde et ses changements contemporains, suivez ces chercheurs sur leur terrain et expérimentez d’autres repères culturels. Durant ces quelques heures, vous serez amenés à débattre avec des professeurs et des étudiants autour de questions sur la famille, les migrations, les mondes virtuels ou encore les mondes des invisibles. Vous apprendrez les bases de l'approche anthropologique et ce qu'elle peut vous apporter en termes de réflexion sur votre propre société, sur votre vie et votre quotidienneté. Ce cours vous donne l’opportunité de comparer vos expériences et d’échanger vos points de vue avec des personnes d’autres horizons. Les six semaines de cours aborderont une série de thématiques illustrées par des exemples concrets de modes d’existence divers et disséminés sur le globe. Des enseignants plongés au cœur des pratiques sociales et des enjeux politiques et économiques les plus variés partageront avec vous leur expérience après des années d'immersion sur les terrains de recherche qui les passionnent. Si vous êtes curieux de tout et que comprendre votre propre société mais aussi des sociétés méconnues vous intéresse, ce cours s'adresse à vous."
Price: 50.00 |
"High Conflict in Law: Personality Disorders and Disputes" |
"Have you ever been in the position where you need to manage a dispute? Have you encountered people who do not seem to behave in a rational way? How might you respond to stressful, high-conflict scenarios? Learn aboutthe relationship between personality disorders and high-conflict peoplethrough this introductory course from our world-renowned experts, Bill Eddy and Megan Hunter, co-founders of the High Conflict Institute in the U.S, along with Tania Sourdin, Head of School and Dean at Newcastle Law School in Australia In this course, we will provide you with useful knowledge to understand three personality disorders and their relationship to high-conflict behaviour. We will share our ‘hands-on’ experience based on real-life case studies, and explore effective communication strategies to help you handle high-conflict situations. This course explains the influence of some personality disorders in developing high-conflict disputes. It is aimed at anyone who may encounter high-conflict behaviours and would like to learn about conflict resolution, particularly in a business or legal setting, including: Lawyers or students studying law Business owners Managers HR professionals Administrators Health and medical practitioners."
Price: 49.00 |
"The Science of Weight Loss: Dispelling Diet Myths" |
"Whether you are trying to lose weight yourself, or are supporting others, this food and nutrition course will dispel common myths about weight loss and teach you the science behind healthy eating for a healthy weight. This course is not a diet plan – there are plenty of diet plans out there to choose from. Rather, we will take you through the science behind weight loss and arm you with the knowledge and tools to make the right decisions. Based on the latest research, you’ll learn to develop a healthy eating plan to achieve a healthy weight. You’ll also discover more about the definition of a healthy weight, the nutritional composition of foods, how to cut calories or kilojoules, proper portion sizes, and how to identify and avoid fad diets."
Price: 49.00 |
"Developing Your Educational Leadership and Management Vision" |
"What kind of leader are you? Are you equipped to transform your learning organisation into the place you know it can be? In this course, we investigate leadership styles, best practices and philosophies that challenge you to develop your leadership capacity. You will be guided in evaluating your leadership strengths and opportunities for growth, and will develop a personal leadership philosophy and vision. Strategic management theory and practice will be introduced and examined in the school context. This course is aimed at school teachers in leadership roles who are looking to advance their career as a: head teacher assistant or deputy principal principal organisational leader or in educational policy or advisory roles. This course is registered withthe New South Wales Educational Standards Authority (NESA) (Australia). Completing EDLMx1 Developing Your Educational Leadership and Management Vision will contribute 12 hoursof NESA Registered PD addressing 6.4.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Lead Teacher Accreditation in NSW."
Price: 149.00 |
"Leading Transformative Change in Education" |
"Explore methods and strategies to critique and rethink organisational practices in education; develop staff and student wellbeing; and use coaching to support and lead change in your workplace. You will develop leadership capacities in flexibility and creative thinking conflict resolution personnel development, and coaching and team building You will be guided in devising a plan to positively transform your educational organisation and develop your staff. This course is aimed at school teachers in leadership roles who are looking to advance their career as a: head teacher assistant or deputy principal principal organisational leader or in educational policy or advisory roles. This course is registered withthe New South Wales Educational Standards Authority (NESA) (Australia). CompletingEDLMx3 Leading for Transformative Change in Educationwill contribute 12hours of NESA Registered PD addressing6.2.4, 6.3.4, 6.4.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Lead Teacher Accreditation in NSW."
Price: 149.00 |
"International Climate Change Law and Policy" |
"This course will equip you with the fundamentals of International Climate Change Law and Policy. You will learn to critically assess Environmental Economics theory and its application to climate change policy, including the use of market-based policy approaches such as environmental taxes and emissions trading. International Climate Change Law and Policy will discuss a range of controversial debates, reflecting the highly politicised nature of international Climate Change Law. The course is of particular interest to professionals in environmental and resources sectors, public policy, government sector, non-government sector and private sector (e.g. sustainability consulting)."
Price: 49.00 |
"Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101" |
"Whether an aspiring scientific or medical illustrator or someone who enjoys drawing nature's wonders, this first-of-its-kind MOOC course is for you. The field of Natural History Illustration is about observing and illustrating subjects from nature, science and culture, with their linkages to the environment being central. Our natural world is a fascinating place. Being able to observe and replicate it through illustration provides insights into life that can change how we think about ourselves and our surroundings. You will learn essential skills and techniques that form the base for creating accurate and stunning replications of subjects from the natural world. This art and culture course is suitable for people looking to enter the illustration discipline as a serious pursuit or just looking to explore a passion. As world-standard instructors, we will show you practical ways to develop your skills from the outset. Step by step, we will cover the fundamentals of Natural History Illustration, from the first observation of a subject in the field to the final replication in the studio. This online course will teach you enduring skills that can be used in many different ways. Join us to explore, observe and draw the natural world and become part of a scientific tradition steeped in history."
Price: 49.00 |
"Responsible Innovation: Building Tomorrow’s Responsible Firms" |
"Responsible business practices are widely recognized as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In this course we aim to extend these practices to the Research and Development (R&D) and innovation processes of companies. This is called Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). RRI enables companies to anticipate social and ethical issues and integrate them into the innovation and design processes and business strategy right from the start. This course demonstrates how RRI, as a key element of CSR, can help firms to be innovative, more profitable and at the same time have positive societal and environmental impact. In this course we analyze the relevance of RRI, including drivers and barriers, for firms of different sizes and in different sectors, and the implications for corporate governance. We show the results and lessons learned from eight pilot studies in innovative businesses across Europe working in different areas (such as nanotechnology, data and automotive) when they integrated RRI in their innovation process and business strategy. You will learn how organizations can evaluate their current position within RRI, rethink their strategies and develop a plan to embed RRI within their CSR and corporate citizenship strategic policies. We will provide you with a toolkit and explain how to make the RRI approach feasible within your own organization taking into consideration stakeholder engagement, value sensitive design, sustainability, safety as well as current international standards. After the course you will be able to design a roadmap to embed RRI in the strategic policies of companies and assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) can help you measure the success of your CSR/RRI policies. Let’s work together to create the responsibly innovative and successful enterprises of tomorrow! This MOOC is financially supported by the EU (grant agreement No 710059) and is a joint effort of TU Delft, Warwick University (UK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and Environment and the Italian Association for Industrial Research."
Price: 50.00 |
"Sustainable Urban Freight Transport: A Global Perspective" |
"Life in the city relies on the smooth operation of urban logistics. Everything from retail to services, construction to waste collection rely on an efficient and reliable freight transport system. However, with the increasing pressures of urbanization, this has to be balanced with the environmental and social impacts caused by transport activity. This is the challenge of City Logistics, a field of study that has significant practical implications for the world and the cities we live in. It is not merely a question of what is involved, but what can be done about urban freight transport to improve it for the sake of economic efficiency, quality of life, and sustainability. From a systematic scientific foundation of the field, this course will take you on a journey to learn how city logistics is understood and practiced in cities around the world. Our instructors, members of a renowned global expert network, will teach you the basics of this highly complex social system. Using their experience in real-world projects, they will illustrate how the knowledge learnt in this course is applied across industry and the public sector. This course caters primarily to university students or professionals working in urban transport infrastructure planning or logistics management. Whether you are simply curious about the topic or you intend to develop a career in these fields, this course will give you the tools you need to understand the complexities of urban freight transport systems. The course emphasizes the theoretical foundation, the rigorous evaluation, and a multi-disciplinary approach to this complex area. Course participants will benefit from numerous case studies of best practice in selected cities around the world, in a variety of business settings. Our emphasis on the global perspective is particularly relevant, since an understanding of local culture and political climate is an important factor in the success of any city logistics intervention. The course will provide an avenue for students to learn from their peers about the challenges faced in their respective cities, and how to apply the principles learned to the challenges faced in their own cities."
Price: 50.00 |
"High Conflict in Law: An Introduction" |
"Are you familiar with ‘high-conflict’ behaviours? What are they, and how can you effectively work with high-conflict people? Learn about high-conflict behaviours through this introductory course co-developed by the world-leading experts, Bill Eddy and Megan Hunter, co-founders of the High Conflict Institute in the U.S, and Tania Sourdin, Head of School and Dean at Newcastle Law School in Australia. In this course, we will explore high-conflict behaviours and provide you with some strategies and skills for handling them in legal disputes and business settings. Guided by real-world examples, you will gain an understanding of the causes and impacts of high-conflict behaviour, and learn effective responses in high-conflict situations. The course will assist you in further developing your skills in conflict resolution and problem-solving. This course is aimed at anyone who may encounter high-conflict behaviours in a wide range of situations, particularly in a business or legal setting, including: Lawyers or students studying law Business owners Managers HR professionals Administrators Health and medical practitioners."
Price: 49.00 |
"Statistical Predictive Modelling and Applications" |
"In this course, you will learn three predictive modelling techniques - linear and logistic regression, and naive Bayes - and their applications in real-world scenarios. The first half of the course focuses on linear regression. This technique allows you to model a continuous outcome variable using both continuous and categorical predictors. This technique enables you to predict product sales based on several customer variables. In the second half of the course, you will learn about logistic regression, which is the counterpart of linear regression, when the response variable is categorical. You will also be introduced to naive Bayes; a very intuitive, probabilistic modeling technique."
Price: 300.00 |
"Diversity and Social Justice in Social Work" |
"In this social sciences course, you will develop a framework for: Engaging diversity and differences in social work practice. Advancing human rights and social and economic justice. We will explore the knowledge base that underlies skills needed to work towards justice. You will learn about types and sources of power, multiple social locations, social constructions, social processes, social identities, conflicts, and how all these interact. You will develop skills in critical contextual thinking and analyses, and in praxis, learn to use knowledge and theory to recognize and critique underlying assumptions and paradigms and inform working for change. You will learn how multiple kinds of boundaries are especially important--across groups, between organizations and system levels, and within and between people, related to intersecting social locations. You will actively explore how societal power and diversity characterize and shape the human experience, and are critical to the formation of social structures, cultural understandings, group and organizational processes, and identities. You will learn how the dimensions of diversity are understood as the intersectionality of multiple factors including: age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, political ideology, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. You will learn how current experiences of privilege and oppression are shaped by historical forces, societal structures, social constructions, groups, interpersonal processes and human understandings. This includes an understanding of the institutional, organizational, policy, and socio-cultural arrangements that contribute to privilege and oppression. Additionally, this course will explore formulations of human rights, including positive rights, and negative conditions that need to be eradicated. You will also study how social justice and injustice occur in organizations, institutions, and society, relevant theories that can inform work for justice (e.g., critical race theory, and components of many theories), and how mechanisms of oppression and privilege work (e.g., marginalization, exploitation, violence, cultural hegemony, and powerlessness). This course is part of the Social Work: Practice, Policy and Research MicroMasters Program offered by MichiganX."
Price: 199.00 |
"Advanced Machine Learning" |
"Advanced methods of machine learning. You will learn how to analyze big amounts of data, to find regularities in your data, to cluster or classify your data. In this course you will learn specific concepts and techniques of machine learning, such as factor analysis, multiclass logistic regression, resampling and decision trees, support vector machines and reinforced machine learning. Various examples and different software applications are considered in the course. You will get not only the theoretical prerequisites, but also practical hints how to work with your data in MS Azure."
Price: 149.00 |
"Programmation et Politiques Financières, Première Partie: Analyse des Comptes Macroéconomiques" |
"Quel est l’état de santé de l’économie ? Comment la politique économique peut-elle rétablir ou contribuer à la bonne santé d’un pays ? Ces questions sont au cœur de la programmation financière. Nos cours de PPF (Programmation et politiques financières) vous permettront d’acquérir les bases nécessaires pour y répondre. La programmation financière est un cadre qui permet d’analyser l’état actuel de l’économie, de prévoir la direction qu’elle prend, et de déterminer les politiques économiques qui peuvent en changer le cours. La première partie du cours de PPF, présentée par l’Institut du FMI pour le développement des capacités, vous permettra d’acquérir les compétences de base indispensables pour mener à bien la programmation financière. Dans ce cours, vous découvrirez les principales caractéristiques des quatre grands secteurs macroéconomiques (réel, financier, extérieur et monétaire), vous apprendrez comment lire, interpréter et analyser les comptes de chacun d’eux, et vous comprendrez à quel point ils sont interdépendants. (La deuxième partie du cours de PPF portera sur la formulation de projections de base et l’élaboration d’un programme d’ajustement.) Au long de ce cours, les économistes du FMI vous guideront dans les comptes et dans l’analyse d’une économie. En outre du suivi de conférences sous forme de vidéos, vous serez appelés à répondre à des questions sur les concepts expliqués, à résoudre de brefs exercices pratiques, à réfléchir avec les autres participants sur l’évolution économique de votre pays, et à travailler sur les données d’un pays imaginaire. Les dossiers de lecture vous seront fournis. Que vous soyez un cadre de la fonction publique chargé de dossiers économiques pour votre pays ou que votre travail repose sur l’exploitation de données économiques, ou tout simplement si vous souhaitez mieux comprendre l’évolution économique d’un pays, ce cours vous apportera une formation pratique en analyse macroéconomique, et nous attendons avec intérêt votre participation à ce fascinant apprentissage! La première partie du cours de Programmation et politiques financières est proposée par le FMI avec le concours financier du gouvernement du Japon."
Price: 25.00 |
"Финансовое программирование и политика, часть 1: макроэкономические счета и анализ" |
"Насколько здоровой является экономика? Как экономическая политика может способствовать сохранению или восстановлению здоровья экономики? Эти вопросы находятся в центре финансового программирования. На наших курсах по ФПП вы изучите основные концепции, знание которых необходимо для ответа на эти вопросы. Финансовое программирование является основой анализа текущего состояния экономики, прогнозирования направления ее развития и определения мер экономической политики, которые могут изменить это направление. Первая часть курса ФПП, проводимого Институтом профессионального и организационного развития МВФ и Объединенным венским институтом, позволит вам приобрести базовые навыки финансового программирования. В рамках курса рассматриваются основные характеристики счетов четырех основных макроэкономических секторов (реального, налогово- бюджетного, внешнеэкономического и денежно-кредитного) и методы анализа и интерпретации этих счетов, а также объясняются существующие между ними взаимосвязи. За время обучения экономисты МВФ и ОВИ подробно расскажут вам о макроэкономических счетах и помогут разобраться в деталях экономического анализа. Помимо просмотра видео лекций вам будет предложено ответить на вопросы по поводу изложенных концепций, выполнить небольшие задания с использованием расчетов, обсудить с другими участниками курса экономические процессы в вашей стране, а также поработать с данными на примере условной страны. Необходимые материалы вам будут предоставлены. Неважно, являетесь ли вы сотрудником государственного учреждения, занимающимся актуальными для вашей страны экономическими вопросами, или экспертом, работающим с экономическими данными, или же просто хотите лучше понять происходящие в экономике процессы, данный курс поможет вам приобрести необходимые практические навыки макроэкономического анализа. Надеемся, что вместе с нами вы совершите это увлекательное путешествие!"
Price: 25.00 |
"Defining the String Quartet: Haydn" |
"Thanks to Joseph Haydn, the acknowledged father of the string quartet, the medium evolved into a genre. It is Haydn’s compositions for the medium above all — he composed 68 of them — that established the formal conventions and aesthetic values that secured the string quartet a special status and significance in Western musical culture. As developed by Haydn, the quartet became the preferred vehicle through which composers ever since, from Mozart to John Adams, have honed and displayed their compositional craft. Technique and expression go hand in hand. The German poet Goethe described the quartet in terms of a musical conversation. For the audience, Goethe wrote, a quartet performance is like “listening to four rational people conversing among themselves.” Reflecting aesthetic sensibilities commonly associated with the genre in the Enlightenment age of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, the conversation metaphor nicely captures two defining features of the genre: its intimate, personal nature as well as its capacity to convey profound musical thought through the essential ingredients of four-part harmony and counterpoint. And, as Haydn’s compositions amply demonstrate, the medium of the string quartet can also lend itself to the expression of wit and humor."
Price: 50.00 |
"Automata Theory" |
"We begin with a study of finite automata and the languages they can define (the so-called ""regular languages."" Topics include deterministic and nondeterministic automata, regular expressions, and the equivalence of these language-defining mechanisms. We also look at closure properties of the regular languages, e.g., the fact that the union of two regular languages is also a regular language. We consider decision properties of regular languages, e.g., the fact that there is an algorithm to tell whether or not the language defined by two finite automata are the same language. Finally, we see the pumping lemma for regular languages -- a way of proving that certain languages are not regular languages. Our second topic is context-free grammars and their languages. We learn about parse trees and follow a pattern similar to that for finite automata: closure properties, decision properties, and a pumping lemma for context-free languages. We also introduce the pushdown automaton, whose nondeterministic version is equivalent in language-defining power to context-free grammars. Next, we introduce the Turing machine, a kind of automaton that can define all the languages that can reasonably be said to be definable by any sort of computing device (the so-called ""recursively enumerable languages""). We shall learn how ""problems"" (mathematical questions) can be expressed as languages. That lets us define problems to be ""decidable"" if their language can be defined by a Turing machine and ""undecidable"" if not. We shall see some basic undecidable problems, for example, it is undecidable whether the intersection of two context-free languages is empty. Last, we look at the theory of intractable problems. These are problems that, while they are decidable, have almost certainly no algorithm that runs in time less than some exponential function of the size of their input. We meet the NP-complete problems, a large class of intractable problems. This class includes many of the hard combinatorial problems that have been assumed for decades or even centuries to require exponential time, and we learn that either none or all of these problems have polynomial-time algorithms. A common example of an NP-complete problem is SAT, the question of whether a Boolean expression has a truth-assignment to its variables that makes the expression itself true."
Price: 129.00 |
"International Women's Health and Human Rights" |
"We focus on critical issues, namely those that may mean life or death to a woman, depending on whether she can exercise her human rights. These critical issues include: being born female and discrimination; poverty; unequal access to education, food, paid work and health care; and various forms of violence. Topics discussed include son preference, education, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, violence in the home and in war and refugee circumstances, women's work, sex trafficking, and aging."
Price: 50.00 |
"Fundamentos de Oscilaciones y Ondas para Ingeniería" |
"En este curso online se estudian la gran variedad de fenómenos ondulatorios que se observan en la naturaleza. Se van a definir y analizar las magnitudes físicas que permiten caracterizar los diferentes tipos de ondas que existen, resaltando la importancia de la naturaleza del medio físico donde se esté propagando la onda. Así mismo se va a prestar atención los fenómenos que pueden experimentar las ondas cuando se propagan en el espacio analizando: el principio de Huygens, fenómenos de reflexión, refracción, difracción, superposición y polarización de las ondas y el efecto Doppler."
Price: 49.00 |
"Academic Writing Made Easy" |
"This MOOC takes you through the basics of academic writing step by step. From structuring and organising an academic text to avoiding common pitfalls that can negatively affect your credibility, this 6-week course offers a guide for those who want to improve their writing. It looks at various components that will make your academic writing stand out for all the right reasons, including paragraphing, style, tone, paraphrasing and punctuation. Using samples of student writing it also gives you tips on what to avoid and explains why. Each week is comprised of video lessons, followed by exercises and peer-review tasks, taking you through various aspects of academic writing. The course requires upper-intermediate (B2) to advanced English (C1)."
Price: 49.00 |
"Enseñanza temprana de matemáticas y ciencias" |
"¿Sabes que en el mundo actual, debido a la creciente presencia de alta tecnología en nuestras vidas, la demanda de trabajadores alfabetizados en matemáticas y ciencias es más alta que nunca y no ha dado ninguna señal de que disminuirá en el futuro? Mientras tanto, nuestro mundo está cambiando rápidamente y afronta muchos desafíos. Los complejos problemas en la economía, el ambiente, la agricultura y la salud a los que hoy enfrentamos exigen de las nuevas generaciones habilidades de pensamiento crítico y creativo sin precedentes. ¿Cómo podemos preparamos a los niños y niñas para que puedan desarrollar las habilidades de matemáticas y ciencias que les permitirán tener éxito en la escuela y en el mercado laboral? Una de las piezas de ese rompe cabezas es mover de la practica tradicional de enseñanza de matemáticas y ciencias, enfocada en el uso de repetición, memorización y pregunta-respuesta, a la enseñanza temprana centrada en el estudiante. El curso Enseñanza Temprana de Matemáticas y Ciencias se basa en el trabajo de renombrados investigadores y practicantes de la educación en matemáticas y ciencias con amplias experiencias en escuelas y salones de clase, dentro y fuera de la América Latina y el Caribe. A lo largo del curso introduciremos temas esenciales de la enseñanza centrada en el estudiante. Aprenderás: La importancia de trabajar las matemáticas y ciencias desde la edad temprana. Como desempeñan actualmente en matemáticas y ciencias los estudiantes de primaria en América Latina y el Caribe Como las prácticas de enseñanza centrada en el estudiante apoyan el desarrollo del raciocinio matemático-científico y el pensamiento crítico Como incorporar la enseñanza basada en la investigación y en la solución de problemas en el salón de clase Los elementos esenciales de las prácticas centradas en el estudiante para promover mejores aprendizajes. A través de lecturas, videos, actividades prácticas, y ejemplos de salones de clase en América Latina el curso apoyará a docentes y administradores a cambiar las prácticas de enseñanza temprana en los salones de clase de matemáticas y ciencias. La evidencia es clara: todos pueden aprender matemáticas y ciencias. ¡En este curso aprenderás cómo hacer estas materias más motivantes y significativas a todos los estudiantes!"
Price: 25.00 |
"Marketing Management" |
"Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, puts it bluntly: “No sales. No company.” Every organization needs effective marketing to match its products, services and experiences to customers, and maintain and grow its revenue. In this course you will learn the keys to successful marketing, from using traditional and digital media channels to build brand awareness, to using consumer and behavioral research in order to better match your product to your customers’ wants and needs. In this course, you'll learn to: Identify target customers and analyze and understand their needs and desires. Define your offering's value proposition and positioning. Identify the right target customer segment, and create a go-to-market strategy and integrated marketing campaign Define key performance indicators and analyze the results. By the end of this class, you will understand how to assess the competitive playing field, understand your competitor’s brand position, and map your own organization’s position, strengths, and weaknesses, to create or capture competitive advantages."
Price: 214.00 |
"Programmeren voor leerkrachten met Scratch" |
"Programmeren wordt steeds belangrijker voor de nieuwe generaties. Er is veel online materiaal beschikbaar om jouw leerlingen (en jezelf!) te leren programmeren. Deze cursus helpt jou als leerkracht om dit in een didactische vorm te gieten. Deze cursus bevat filmpjes en opdrachten waarmee jij de basisbegrippen van programmeren onder de knie kunt krijgen. En je leert natuurlijk hoe je leerlingen, zowel in het basis onderwijs als in het voortgezet onderwijs, kunt leren programmeren. De principes van Scratch zie je in veel talen voor kinderen terug, dus we laten je ook andere programmeertalen zien zoals Snap! (meer voor de middelbare school) en de micro:bit. Wanneer je voor het ‘ID-verified track’ kiest, behaal je een certificaat waarmee je je nieuwe vaardigheden kunt aantonen en delen met anderen."
Price: 50.00 |