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| "Negoziazione e comunicazione efficace" |
| "Come gestire la comunicazione quando gli interessi confliggono? Come portare avanti efficacemente dei processi di negoziazione? Questo corso fornisce le basi teoriche che sottendono alla comprensione e alla messa in pratica delle principali strategie e dei più diffusi modelli di negoziazione e di gestione del conflitto. Parte delle lezioni sarà dedicata anche all’approfondimento di tematiche relative all’analisi dei comportamenti nelle interazioni interpersonali e della comunicazione efficace, conoscenze indispensabili per un’efficace strategia di negoziazione. La parte teorica sarà corredata da esercitazioni pratiche attraverso un nuovo strumento informatico, un serious game, che permetterà di simulare interazioni con personaggi virtuali all’interno di una cornice protetta. Con tale strumento potrai fare un’esperienza diretta di numerosi casi negoziali. In tal modo sarà possibile non solo apprendere concetti utili per arricchire la propria vita personale e professionale, ma anche capire meglio se stessi e comprendere come poter migliorare il proprio modo di relazionarsi con gli altri e di gestire la conflittualità. Effective negotiation and communication How can we direct communications when interests conflict? How can negotiation be taken forward? This course aims to provide the theoretical basis for understanding and implementing the main strategies and the most popular models for negotiation and conflict management. Some of the lessons will be dedicated to an in-depth analysis of behaviors in interpersonal interactions, and effective communication skills, which are essential for an effective negotiating strategy. The theory part of the course will be, for the first time in an online course, accompanied by practical exercises using a new IT tool, a serious game, which will simulate interactions with virtual characters, in a protected environment. This tool will give you direct experience of negotiation in real situations. This will make it possible to learn concepts that will enrich your personal and professional lives, and will also lead to better self-understanding, and improve the way you relate to others and manage conflict."
Price: 60.00 |
| "Microbiologia e immunologia" |
| "Il Corso Integrato di Microbiologia ed Immunologia ha il duplice scopo di illustrare da un lato i concetti base della struttura della cellula microbica con particolare attenzione agli aspetti biochimici, fisiologici e morfologici dei procarioti e di altri patogeni umani, e dall'altro lo studio della fisiopatologia derivante da infezioni dovute alla presenza di agenti patogeni con relativi indicatori fenotipici e genotipici. Attenzione particolare è rivolta al ruolo in tutte le vicende umane, e nel mantenere e favorire il benessere del nostro pianeta. Il modulo di Immunologia del Corso Integrato di Microbiologia ed Immunologia ha lo scopo di fornire allo studente i fondamenti dell'Immunologia di base e del suo ruolo nella difesa contro le infezioni. In particolare, il corso fornirà nozioni riguardanti le basi molecolari e cellulari della risposta immunitaria innata ed adattativa, presenterà i diversi meccanismi che il sistema immunitario utilizza nella risposta alle infezioni, ed infine accennerà alle principali metodiche di laboratorio basate sull'immunologia. The combined Microbiology and Immunology course has the dual aim of illustrating, on the one hand, the basic concept of microbe cell structure, especially the biochemistry, physiology and morphology of prokaryotes and other human pathogens, and, on the other, the physiopathology of infections caused by pathogens and their phenotypes and genotypes. There is a special focus on their relevance to human health and the well-being of the planet. The Immunology module of this joint course aims to provide learners with a basic understanding of the role immunology plays in combatting infection. It will explore the differences between innate and adaptive immune response at the molecular and cellular level, and the diverse mechanisms used by the immune system to fight infection. Learners will also study the main laboratory techniques used in immunology."
Price: 60.00 |
| "Laboratorio di Programmazione" |
| "Il linguaggio di programmazione è uno degli strumenti che abbiamo per interpretare e risolvere i problemi di tutti i giorni. Un linguaggio che è alla base di problemi comuni, come le previsioni del tempo o l'analisi della deformazione di una struttura di un'auto in un incidente stradale. Questo corso fornisce un’introduzione alle metodologie e agli strumenti per la risoluzione di problemi attraverso l'uso del computer. Sarai guidato nell'individuazione di metodologie di progetto, sviluppo ed analisi degli algoritmi di base per il calcolo scientifico nonché all’uso dei principali strumenti di calcolo (hardware e software), con particolare riguardo all’influenza che questi ultimi esercitano sullo sviluppo degli algoritmi stessi. Una volta completato questo corso, segui la seconda parte con Laboratorio di programmazione: strumenti e programmi Programming Lab Programming languages offera solution for interpreting and solving everyday problems. A language that underlies basic problems, like forecasting the weather, or understanding the dynamics of a car accident from the damage to the car. This course introduces students to the various methods and tools for problem-solving via computer. You will learn how to select the best methodology for your project, how to develop and analyze basic algorithms for scientific calculation, and how to use the main calculation tools (hardware e software). You will also see how these tools influence the development of algorithms."
Price: 60.00 |
| "La povertà nella società contemporanea" |
| "La povertà è una condizione sociale che interessa tutte le società, anche quelle industrializzate dove si fonda su confronti intertemporali tra differenti gruppi sociali. Questo corso analizza sia l'atteggiamento della società nei confronti dei poveri, e come questi hanno influenzato le politiche di contrasto alla povertà, sia i metodi di analisi di questo fenomeno. È un corso per operatori sociali e per tutti coloro che lavorano sulle tematiche della povertà. Si articola in tre parti. La prima parte ripercorre l’evoluzione storica della condizione sociale del povero. Nell’ambito della seconda parte si affronta il problema della ""misurazione"" della povertà, ossia sono presi in esame i metodi e gli strumenti di rilevazione empirica che vanno a costituire la “cassetta degli attrezzi del sociologo”. L’ultima parte, invece, si focalizza sul caso italiano. Il corso si conclude con una lezione dedicata alla rappresentazione sociale della povertà nei media. Le lezioni seguono uno sviluppo logico e temporale, ma ciascun blocco e la lezione conclusiva possono essere studiati anche separatamente. Poverty in contemporary society Poverty is a condition affecting all societies, even industrialized ones, where it is based on inter-temporal comparison between different social groups. This course analyses attitudes towards the poor, and how these attitudes influence policies to contrast poverty. It also looks at the way poverty is analyzed and measured. The course is designed for social workers or anyone working in the area of poverty. The course is structured in three blocks. The first part covers the evolution of the social conditions of the poor over time. In the second part students will look at the research methods and tools that make up the “sociologist’s toolbox”. The last part of the course focuses on the Italian context. The concluding lesson is on the way poverty is represented in the media. The lessons follow a logical and chronological order, but the different blocks, and the last lesson, can also be studied separately."
Price: 60.00 |
| "La Letteratura latina in età post-augustea" |
| "La letteratura latina dal I secolo d.c va spiegata sicuramente alla luce delle direttive letterarie precedenti ma dando anche spazio a quelle problematiche che in questa epoca vanno radicalizzandosi quali l'idea dell'identità romana, il rapporto con il diverso, il relazionarsi con popoli altri; fenomeni che divengono particolarmente significativi nel tardo antico. L'uso del passato rinforza, da sempre, le diverse identità regionali e crea un senso di appartenenza ad una comune Romanitas. Per capire come questa 'doppia' identità funzioni è necessario leggere con attenzione gli scrittori latini tardi, studiare come essi si relazionino con i grandi auctores, come l’altro, il diverso, il barbaro vengano disegnati nelle loro pagine. Evitando naturalmente anacronismi riflettendo attraverso le pagine della letteratura dell’epoca, espressione di una società multiculturale e inclusiva quale quella romana, possiamo trarre suggestioni interessanti circa i concetti di Alterità e Convivenza quali si formano nell'immaginario dell'uomo occidentale. Latin literature in the Post-Augustan period Latin literature in the I century AD needs to be explained in the light of the literary currents that preceded it. But it is also important to focus on those issues which were taking root at that time – the idea of a Roman identity, cultural diversity and relating to different peoples; phenomena that become particularly significant in late Antiquity. Reference to the past was always used to reinforce regional identity, and a sense of belonging to the Romanitas community. To understand how this “dual” identity worked, we need to study Latin writers from the late Antiquity, and see how they relate to other authors, and how they handle the descriptions of diverse peoples and barbarians in their works. Avoiding anachronisms, we will use our study of Latin literature as an expression of a multicultural and inclusive Roman society to draw interesting conclusions about the concepts of Otherness and Coexistence that are relevant to Western populations today."
Price: 60.00 |
| "La genetica tra scienza, storia e società" |
| "ll corso di Genetica presenta una descrizione storica delle scoperte chiave condotte nel secolo scorso che hanno portato ai moderni concetti di gene e di genoma, con particolare enfasi sul metodo scientifico. La parte iniziale del corso mira sia alla rilettura di conoscenze di base sia al loro consolidamento. Successivamente il corso approfondisce vari argomenti chiave quali le mappe genetiche, la regolazione genica, la mutazione, il codice genetico e l'analisi genetica dei “pedigree”. Il corso offre anche spunti di riflessioni sui rapporti tra la genetica, la società, la storia, l'economia e la politica. Sono indicati molti collegamenti ipertestuali che permettono al lettore di approfondire gli aspetti trattati e consultare articoli scientifici in originale. This Genetics course presents a historical account of the key discoveries from the last century that led to the modern concepts of gene and genome, with particular emphasis on the scientific method. The first part focuses on a revision of basic knowledge in the field and some consolidation work. The course then looks at key topics in more depth, like genetic mapping, gene regulation, mutation, genetic coding and genetic analysis of “pedigree”. The course also offers food for thought about the relation between genetics, society, history, economics and politics. There are many hyperlinks in the text which enable the learner to explore key topics in more depth and to read scientific articles in their original version."
Price: 60.00 |
| "La fisica: dall'elettromagnetismo all'ottica" |
| "Il corso esplora gli argomenti di elettromagnetismo classico e di ottica. La successione degli argomenti è quella tradizionale dell’impostazione didattica italiana e prevede: l’elettrostatica, le correnti elettriche, la magnetostatica, l’elettrodinamica, i fenomeni elettromagnetici nella materia e infine l’ottica. Il corso ha un’impostazione prevalentemente fenomenologica tenendo comunque presenti anche gli aspetti sperimentali, quelli teorici e la loro formalizzazione matematica. The course explores the main areas of classical electromagnetism and optics. The order of the various topics follows the traditional Italian syllabus: electrostatics, electric currents, magnetostatics, electrodynamics, electromagnetic phenomena in matter, and finally optics. The course takes a broadly phenomenological approach, though experimental and theoretical aspects are also introduced along with their mathematical formulation."
Price: 60.00 |
| "La costruzione dell'Italia" |
| "In questo corso si discuterà della storia d'Italia, una vicenda che conta centocinquant'anni. Nelle lezioni, questa vicenda verrà affrontata partendo, ogni volta, da un avvenimento concretamente o simbolicamente significativo dei diversi periodi e problemi. Nel nostro viaggio, emergerà una possibile interpretazione della storia d’Italia, non di ""come sono andate davvero le cose"". Un'interpretazione che ruota attorno a due assunti apparentemente contraddittori. Per un verso, se la si considera nel lungo periodo, l'Italia è un Paese di grandi successi. Era governata da prìncipi di periferia e regimi autoritari e nel 1861 diventa uno stato nazionale che si ispira ai modelli del liberalismo europeo. Per altro verso, quella italiana è una storia di spaccature interne, squilibri territoriali, conflitti sanguinosi, guerre civili. Basti pensare allo scontro tra fascisti e socialisti nel primo dopoguerra, alla stagione del terrorismo e perfino a quella ""guerra civile fredda"" tra berlusconiani e antiberlusconiani che ha segnato l'ultimo ventennio. Insieme cercheremo una risposta, che può risiedere nella stabilità politica e sociale del paese, risultato della lunga tradizione governativa e parlamentare del ""centrismo"", e di una sapiente governance delle periferie, soprattutto meridionali, da parte del ceto politico centrale. The making of Italy This course looks at the history of Italy, which dates back 150 years. The lessons in this course will explore the making of Italy, using a concrete or symbolically significant event for each period or problem. Our interpretation revolves around two apparently conflicting assumptions. On the one hand, if we look at Italy in the long-term, it is a very successful country. It was governed by provincial princes and authoritarian regimes until, in 1861, it became a nation state inspired by models of European liberalism. On the other hand, Italy’s history is punctuated by internal strife, geographical divides, bloody conflicts and civil wars. Good examples are the post-war conflict between fascists and socialists, the period of terrorism and the “civil cold war” between pro and anti Berlusconi factions that marked the last two decades. Together we will try to work out the answer, an answer that probably lies in political and social stability, the result of a long “Centre” government and parliament, and intelligent governance of outlying regions, especially in the South, by centrist political parties."
Price: 60.00 |
| "L'Italiano nel mondo" |
| "La diffusione dell'italiano nel mondo è veicolata da canzone, cinema, teatro, opera lirica, gastronomia, design che diffondono anche per la lingua un'immagine legata alle eccellenze italiane. Questo corso ti guiderà nella comprensione della lingua italiana, nel suo evolversi nell'uso quotidiano ed in rapporto alle diverse funzioni cui è destinata. Il fascino dell'italiano è di lunga durata, visto che nel tempo ha avuto ampia circolazione nel Mediterraneo e in Europa, grazie ai mercanti, ai banchieri, agli artisti e a letterati di primo piano (Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio). Il corso presenta quindi diversi aspetti della ""fortuna"" dell'italiano nel mondo di oggi e offre uno sguardo in prospettiva storica sulle radici dell'italiano e sulle sue vicende come lingua di comunicazione e di cultura. Attraverso esempi e riferimenti ai diversi stili della comunicazione verbale, potrai testare la tua competenza linguistica e comprendere la variazione tra lingua parlata e lingua scritta e le diverse modalità comunicative. Italian language in the world The Italian language has spread around the world thanks to songs, cinema, theatre, opera, food and design, which means that the language itself is associated with the best of Italian production. This language course helps you understand the Italian language, and the way it has evolved in everyday speech, and in its other uses and functions. The Italian language has a long and fascinating history, as it was widely used in the Mediterranean and Europe by merchants and bankers, and leading artists and writers (Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio). This course looks at diverse aspects of Italian in today’s world, and offers a historical perspective on its roots and its role as a language of communication and culture. Examples and references to diverse verbal communication styles enable you to test out your own linguistic competence and understand the differences between spoken and written language and forms of communication."
Price: 60.00 |
| "L'innovazione sociale per il patrimonio culturale" |
| "Il nostro patrimonio culturale è un bene prezioso, a volte poco valorizzato. Molti sono i luoghi che, sebbene ricchi di storia e cultura, sono stati a lungo dimenticati ma poi riscoperti e valorizzati. Questo corso mette in campo le competenze per rivalutare i siti storici ed affrontare processi di ri-funzionalizzazione del patrimonio culturale ed ambientale. L'attenzione si concentra sul fenomeno dell'innovazione sociale applicata al patrimonio culturale. Sono illustrate storie emblematiche che in questi anni si sono sviluppate nel Sud d’Italia, delineando le peculiarità di questo nuovo modello di gestione che rappresenta un'alternativa tra il modello pubblico e quello privato. Attraverso approfondimenti e studi di caso potrai verificare le competenze acquisite per riuscire ad operare al meglio nelle imprese, negli enti e nelle associazioni nelle quali può essere impiegato. Social innovation and the cultural heritage Our cultural heritage is a huge asset that is often undervalued. There are many examples of long-forgotten places, rich in history and culture, which have been rediscovered and have gained new value. This course provides learners with the skills to evaluate national cultural and environmental sites, and implement repurposing projects for their renewal. The focus is on the phenomenon of social innovation applied to our cultural heritage. Flagship projects that have developed in recent years in Southern Italy are presented, highlighting the new management model they use: an alternative to the current public or private models. Case studies and exercises will enable you to test out your newly-acquired skills, preparing you for work in the kind of company, association or organization that recruits this skills profile."
Price: 60.00 |
| "Introduzione ai circuiti elettrici" |
| "Ciò che nel linguaggio comune intendiamo per circuito elettrico rappresenta, al tempo stesso, un fondamento ed un componente essenziale della tecnologia contemporanea. È facile convincersi che senza lo sviluppo delle scienze elettriche, e del modello circuitale, vivremmo in un mondo completamente diverso da quello che conosciamo. Infatti, la conversione dell’energia e la sua trasmissione, la meccanizzazione e l’automazione, le telecomunicazioni e l’informatica sono tutte fortemente dipendenti dalla capacità di analizzare, progettare e realizzare circuiti elettrici. Il corso introduce ed illustra i fondamenti della teoria dei circuiti elettrici, a partire dalla descrizione delle grandezze elettriche di riferimento e delle condizioni che permettono di definire il circuito con le sue leggi, trattando in generale l’analisi di circuiti lineari in condizioni di funzionamento stazionario, sinusoidale e dinamico. Contemporaneamente vengono approfondite le proprietà generali del modello, le principali formulazioni ad esso associate, alcune peculiari tecniche di analisi, introducendo infine gli studenti alla simulazione circuitale. What is commonly meant by the term “electric circuit” is at the same time the basis and essential component of contemporary technology. It is easy to accept that without the development of electrical science and the circuit model, the world as we know it would be totally different. Energy conversion and transmission, mechanization and automation, telecommunications and informatics are all inherently dependent on our ability to analyze, design and build electric circuits. The course introduces and illustrates the basics of electric circuit theory, starting with a definition of the relevant electric strength, and the conditions and laws that define a circuit; then in-depth analysis of linear circuits follows, in steady-state, sinusoidal and dynamic conditions. The main properties of the model are also described, discussing the major model formulations, and the most common techniques of analysis. Learners are then introduced to circuit simulation."
Price: 60.00 |
| "Imparare il latino attraverso lo studio dei papiri" |
| "Se per l’Occidente mancano testimonianze che non siano quelle indirette di trattazioni specifiche come l’Institutio oratoria di Quintiliano, l’Oriente ha restituito una serie di testimoni diretti delle forme dell’insegnamento del latino,tra I a.C. e VI d.C.: favorita fondamentalmente dall’occupazione militare e dai bisogni dell’amministrazione per tutta la prima età imperiale, nelle province eccentriche dell’Impero, la circolazione del latino venne ulteriormente incentivata da una politica che lo identificava con la lingua dell’amministrazione (e del diritto) a partire dal III secolo. Continuo, infatti, è il contatto dei latinofoni con allofoni che, spesso, si misero alla prova con l’apprendimento della lingua di Roma. L’analisi delle testimonianze dirette della circolazione della lingua e della letteratura latina nella pars Orientis dell’Impero - sostanzialmente papiri, frammenti da volumina o codices di pergamena, tavolette ed ostraka - imporrà una riflessione, da un lato, su fenomeni complessi quali quello del bilinguismo (latino-greco) e della diglossia e, dall’altro, sulle forme in cui il latino venne percepito ed insegnato come Lingua2 tra Antichità e Tarda Antichità. Although there is very little direct evidence about the way Latin was taught in the West, only indirect accounts like Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria, a series of first-hand accounts exist from the East, highlighting the way Latin was taught between I BC and VI AD. Encouraged by the military occupation and the needs of the administration during the first Imperial Age, Latin spread to outlying areas of the Empire. Latin use became even more popular from the III century AD onwards when the policy was to use Latin for all administration and legal purposes. There was continual contact between Latin speakers and speakers of other languages, and they often tried to learn the language of Rome. First-hand accounts of the spread of Latin language and literature in the Eastern Roman Empire (the so-called pars Orientis) – basically fragments of papyrus or parchment rolls and/or codices, wooden tablets and potsherds - make us reflect on complex phenomena like bilingualism (Latin-Greek) and diglossia, and about the way Latin was perceived and taught as a Second-Language (L2) between Antiquity and Late Antiquity."
Price: 60.00 |
| "Il potere dei sondaggi" |
| "I sondaggi sono diventati un elemento centrale della cassetta degli attrezzi degli attori della politica e dell'informazione. Questo corso offre un viaggio all'interno del mondo dei sondaggi, nel modo in cui sono stati usati nel tempo, per riscoprire il loro valore principale di strumento della democrazia e per eliminare i rischi di un utilizzo distorto dei sondaggi. Gli insuccessi incassati negli ultimi anni dagli exit polls hanno contribuito a rilanciare il dibattito sull’attendibilità e l’utilità dello strumento sondaggistico. Il corso si propone di mettere ordine nella discussione, chiarendo, in particolare: cosa è un sondaggio e cosa non lo è; quali sono le modalità di realizzazione dei sondaggi e le problematiche ad esse connesse; quali sfide sono messe in campo dalla diffusione delle nuove tecnologie dell'informazione; in che misura i cambiamenti in atto nel quadro politico e nella composizione dell'elettorato condizionano il lavoro dell'analista dell'opinione pubblica; in che modo si può ragionare sull'uso pubblico dei sondaggi d'opinione; quali sono i rischi reali della sondocrazia e quali le potenzialità legate all'uso governativo dei sondaggi. The power of opinion polls Opinion polls play a central role in politics and information. This course explores the world of opinion polls and how they are used, to discover their value as tools for democracy and to reduce the risk of survey results being wrongly used. Failure on the part of exit polls in recent elections has contributed to renewed debate on their reliability and usefulness. This course aims to shed light on this debate, explaining, in particular: what a poll is, and what it is not how opinion polls are carried out what the related problems and issues are what are the main challenges posed by new information technologies to what extent do current changes in the political environment and in the composition of the electorate affect the work of public opinion analysts what are the main issues surrounding the use of opinion polls what are the real risks and potential benefits related to the use of opinion polls at the level of government"
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| "日式经营管理 Japanese Business Management" |
| "The Japanese economy was once described as the “rising sun,” overcoming all odds to become an economic superpower. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, many of the largest companies in the world with the highest capitalization were Japanese. Often, the key to Japan's success was attributed to its unique business model, strategies and practices. However, Japan no longer enjoys strong growth. Since the infamous “burst of the bubble”, Japanese companies have slipped from dominance and lost their competitive edge to companies in America, China and other regions. Japan's once highly acclaimed business management has been critiqued, judged, and brought into question. Japan is now in a transitional phase. Some companies are cementing their traditional business practices, others are transforming their strategies entirely, while still others are unsure how to adapt to the new times. This course is essential for anyone aiming to be a global leader. It helps them understand the basics of Japanese business, Japan's rise (including its successes and failures), and allows them to see future potential. The course takes a holistic approach. It looks not only at strategy and practices, but also at the entire management ecosystem. It explores factors ranging from socioeconomic to international interventions that helped shape Japanese corporate culture, strategy and vision. This course has been designed to give future leaders the right mindset to be a global leader. Learners study various corporate philosophies and case studies to see firsthand the benefits - and limitations - of Japanese business management. 日本的经济曾被描述为“初升的太阳”。日本克服了一切困难，成为了经济超级大国。在20世纪80年代末和90年代初，世界上许多拥有最高资本总额的大型公司都是日本的。通常而言，日本成功的关键在于其独特的商业模式、战略和实践。 然而，日本不再享有强劲增长。自臭名昭着的“泡沫破灭”以来，日本公司已经脱离了主导地位，失去了对美国、中国和其他地区公司的竞争优势。日本曾经备受推崇的企业管理受到批评、审视和质疑。 日本现在处于过渡阶段。一些公司正在巩固其传统的经营实践，一些公司正在彻底改变其战略，而另一些公司则不确定如何适应新的时代。 想要成为全球性领导者的人不可错过本课程。它将帮助您了解日式经营的基础知识以及日本的崛起（包括其成功和失败），并让您看到未来的潜力。 本课程采用全观法，不仅关注战略与实践，还关注整个管理生态系统。它探讨了从社会经济到国际干预的各种因素，这些因素促进了日本企业文化、战略和未来视野的形成。 本课程旨在为未来的领导者提供成为全球性领导者的正确思维模式。学员将学习各种企业理念和案例研究，以便直接了解日式经营管理的优势（和局限）。"
Price: 49.00 |
| "Exploring Sustainable Development" |
| "Have you ever wondered why there is such a focus on Sustainable Development in the public debate today? In this course you will be introduced to the concept of sustainable development and how it has evolved to what it currently means, a holistic ongoing process to tackle the environmental, social and economic challenges of human development. Sustainable development is more important than ever, not the least, for problem solvers aimed at creating sustainable solutions at the workplace and in society. You will learn about key concepts describing sustainable development, such as the three pillars, and different indicators for sustainable development. You will be introduced to the underlying reasons behind the environmental challenges that we face today, for instance climate change and ocean acidification. Throughout the course, different frameworks to describe sustainable development will be discussed, including normative approaches. This is the first of three courses about sustainable development for problem solvers from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology. Each of the three courses can be taken separately and provide knowledge on how to act, think and approach development in society and for the industry that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations ability to meet their needs. In the second course, Sustainable Development: Solutions and Trends we go further into solutions to combat environmental challenges such as smart urban metabolism and the sharing economy. In the third course, Enforcing Sustainable Development , we look at what influences current sustainability actions and how people can change via education, and how regulations affect more sustainable behaviours. Situated in Stockholm, Sweden, KTH drives world leading research in sustainability, and offers education for students and staff to ensure that all graduates, as well as the organisation continue to enforce sustainable development. In these courses you meet a multidisciplinary team of teachers and researchers in the forefront of finding solutions for sustainable development. This course is relevant to professionals working in industry, policymakers, or students in engineering, as well as problem solvers in society at large."
Price: 45.00 |
| "Culture and Law: The East Asian Perspective" |
| "In most Western cultures, personal identification is based on the individual, whereas in East Asia, the family registry system has been used to identify individuals. “Confucianism” is one of the common ethical values in East Asia. Confucian values place much emphasis on an individual’s moral obligation to family members. In this course, we will cover three themes. We will begin with identifying how Confucian moral and legal reasoning have evolved and the unique aspect of the role of apology in East Asia. The course also introduces the notion of Legal Orientalism and argues against the theory by presenting cases related to the advanced notion of anticipatory repudiation in China, a transfer pricing case in Japan, and Inter-Korea business law in Korea. Students and researchers interested in an introduction to East Asian societies, conflict resolution, negotiation studies, as well as contemporary legal cases in Japan, South Korea, and China are welcomed to join the course and discussions."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Robotics Foundation II - Robot Control" |
| "Robotics is commonly defined as the study of the intelligent connection between perception and action. As such, the full scope of robotics lies at the intersection of mechanics, electronics, signal processing, control engineering, computing, and mathematical modeling. Within this very broad framework, modeling and control play a basic role - not only in the traditional context of industrial robotics, but also for the advanced applications of field and service robots, which have attracted increasing interest from the research community in the last twenty years. Robotics foundations are dealt with in this two-part course. The second part covers planning and control. Suitable interpolation techniques are presented to plan trajectories in either joint or operational space. For controlling a robot in the free space, motion control strategies can be either decentralized or centralized. The former leads to independent joint control which treats nonlinear dynamic couplings as disturbance, while the latter is based on the robot dynamic model. PD control with gravity compensation and inverse dynamics control are presented. Operational space control is then introduced as a premise to controlling a robot interacting with the environment. Both indirect and direct force control schemes are developed for constrained motion control. The visual servoing approach is adopted to integrate information about the objects present in the scene into the control loop, where the resulting schemes can be of three types: position-based, image-based, or hybrid. The last part of the course is devoted to mobile robots. Kinematic models of simple vehicles are presented, along with trajectory planning methods which have to properly account for the nonholonomic constraints. The motion control problem is tackled with reference to the trajectory tracking task. Odometric localization techniques are finally presented for practical implementation of feedback control schemes."
Price: 60.00 |
| "Behavioural Economics in Action" |
| "How can we get people to save more money, eat healthy foods, engage in healthy behaviors, and make better choices in general? There has been a lot written about the fact that human beings do not process information and make decisions in an optimal fashion. This course builds on much of the fascinating work in the area of behavioral economics and allows learners to develop a hands-on approach by understanding its methods and more importantly, how it can be harnessed by suitably designing contexts to “nudge” choice. In three modules, learners will be able to a) explain and interpret the principles underlying decision-making and compare the nudging approach to other methods of behavior change, b) learn how to critique, design and interpret the results of experiments; and c) design nudges and decision-tools to help people make better decisions. Understanding experimental design and interpretation is central to your ability to use behavioral economics effectively, and will set you apart from people who merely know about the behavioral results. After the first two weeks learning the basic principles, we will devote two weeks to studying experimental design and analysis, and the final two weeks to understanding processes for designing nudges and for helping people make better decisions. You will also witness and participate in weekly topical debates on various topics like “does irrationality impact welfare?” or “what strategy is better for improving welfare – nudging or education?” Several leading scholars, policy makers, business people, authors and commentators will briefly join our debate and discussion sections. These guest lecturers include Professor Sendhil Mullainathan (University of Chicago), Professor John Lynch (University of Colorado), Rory Sutherland (Ogilvy Group), Owain Service (formerly Behavioural Insights Team, UK Cabinet Office), Shankar Vedantam (NPR Columnist and Author – The Hidden Brain), Professors Andrew Ching, Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto), Nina Mazar (BostonU), Itamar Simonson (Stanford) and many others! This course was originally developed in 2013, and the field has changed over the past 7 years. That said, a) the course provides foundational content that is still very relevant, and b) the material has been updated over the years to capture newer developments. The course will conclude with a summary of the newest developments in the field, and will provide links to resources that learners could access for continued learning. BE101x will be in self-paced format; learners are invited to work through the materials and assessments at their own convenience. The content is based on work done at the University of Toronto’s BEAR centre."
Price: 139.00 |
| "Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print" |
| "Module 1: Books, Scrolls, and Religious Devotion This unit offers special access to a unique group of books and scrolls and sacred objects once interred inside a thirteenth-century Buddhist sculpture of Prince Shotoku, now in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums. The works to be studied represent the most prevalent formats of Japanese books, but they display striking material idiosyncrasies that will help us understand how and why manuscripts were made, and how they could be personalized for individual readers, motivated, in this case, by religious devotion. Module 2: Visual and Textual Storytelling: Short-Story Scrolls Enter into the storyworlds of two lively illustrated Japanese tales, The Tale of the Rat (Nezumi sôshi) and The Chrysanthemum Spirit (Kiku no sei monogatari) in the Harvard Art Museums. Both tales are illustrated in the “small scroll” ( ko-e ) format, roughly half the size of standard scrolls, resembling medieval paperbacks, and intended for personal reading and private libraries. This unit focuses on reading experience, exploring the interrelationship between word and image, and explaining how literary and pictorial conventions work together to communicate a story. Module 3: “Multimedia” Books: The Tale of Genji Japan’s most celebrated work of fiction, The Tale of Genji , has been continuously read from the time it appeared in the eleventh-century to the present day and provides a perfect case study for exploring various book formats over the centuries in Japan. Using decorated manuscripts, richly illustrated albums, and a playful printed book of a Genji spin-off, A Fraudulent Murasaki’s Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji), this unit showcases the spectacular visual and material properties of Genji volumes that make them suggestive of “multimedia” books."
Price: 100.00 |
| "Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract" |
| "Learn about contracts from Harvard Law Professor Charles Fried, one of the world's leading authorities on contract law. Contracts are promises that the law will enforce. But when will the law refuse to honor a promise? What happens when one party does not hold to their part of the deal? This version of the course adds new units on Interpretation, Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, and Government Regulation. We are exposed to contracts in all areas of our life -- agreeing to terms when downloading a new computer program, hiring a contractor to repair a leaking roof, and even ordering a meal at a restaurant. Knowing the principles of contracts is not just a skill needed by lawyers, it illuminates for everyone a crucial institution that we use all the time and generally take for granted. This contract law course, with new materials and updated case examples, is designed to introduce the range of issues that arise when entering and enforcing contracts. It will provide an introduction to what a contract is and also analyze the purpose and significance of contracts. Then, it will discuss the intent to create legal relations, legality and morality, and the distinction between gifts and bargains. The course also investigates common pitfalls: one-sided promises, mistake, fraud, and frustration. With the knowledge of what makes contracts and how they can go wrong, Professor Fried will discuss remedies and specific performance. Finally, Professor Fried will introduce how contracts can create rights for third parties. The course's instructor, Charles Fried, has been teaching at Harvard Law School for more than 50 years and has written extensively on contracts. Not only is Professor Fried a leading authority on contract law, but he also utilizes a story-telling approach to explaining the topic, which creates a unique and interesting class experience."
Price: 125.00 |
| "Psychology of Personal Growth" |
| "Want to learn about how you become who you are, but not sure where to kick off that journey? This is a fantastic course for you. This course covers important factors influencing your personal growth (i.e., how you grow by exposing yourself to new experiences). We discuss personality and emotion, romantic and intimate relationships, as well as the interplay between culture and these factors on your growing up. In the course, we allude to the findings pertinent to the Chinese samples."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Applying Strategic Leadership in Education" |
| "This course will explore the practices and philosophies of effective strategic leaders and guide you in applying these techniques into your own practice. We will study how school leaders work strategically to develop organisations that are driven towards a clear shared vision, with motivated staff, engaged students, and a supportive school community. You will be encouraged to study leadership in your own workplace and find out how leadership impacts on learning. You will reflect on your own leadership strengths and opportunities and develop a 21 day plan for personal leadership growth. 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). CompletingEDLMx2 Applying Strategic Leadership in Education will contribute 12 hoursof NESA Registered PD addressing6.1.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Lead Teacher Accreditation in NSW."
Price: 149.00 |
| "Global Leadership and Personal Development" |
| "You will learn current strategies for managing people in a complex, volatile global context. Starting with the basics of achieving optimal team success and the importance of managing both the tasks and processes of global leadership. You will also focus on the characteristics found among high performing teams, as well as characteristics needed for success in exceptional genius/virtuoso, virtual and multicultural teams. You will also discuss self-awareness and learn key skills to deliver self-assessments and individual feedback in next-generation learning environments. You will also examine how to shape others' behaviors in a global environment via basics of operant conditioning, the ""3 Rs"" and reward design. Additionally, the course explores the concept of culture as applied to organizational and location-based perspectives. You will examine personal experiences of workplace change, concepts and strategies for overcoming resistance and managing change. Relating in a multicultural environment, you will also explore strategies for balancing generosity and productivity, as well as how to avert, evaluate and overcome conflict among employees."
Price: 299.00 |
| "Leading Digital and Data Decision Making" |
| "In this course, you will examine implications for customer relationship management, privacy, security, and global government regulation that are shaping and are shaped by the democratization of data. This course examines big data, data analytics, business strategy using data analytics and data-based decision making. You will learn the importance of data visualization and dashboarding for decision making that transforms mere data into information and insight. You will identify how to be a more effective diagnostic leader in a data-rich world, identifying opportunities to improve business performance."
Price: 299.00 |
| "Communicating and Negotiating in a Dynamic Global World" |
| "This course uses a dynamic and engaging approach to develop the skills for effective communication in international business settings. This course will include techniques and methods for handling interpersonal encounters in multicultural environments. You will learn best practices in negotiating globally, resolving disputes, and making decisions across cultural boundaries. Working in a global, cross-cultural role requires effective communication with individuals and groups from different parts of the world. The success of a leader depends on his or her ability to work effectively with people who may understand and react to situations differently. Therefore, the ability to communicate effectively is a critical requirement to dispute resolution, decision making and working across multicultural teams. Learners will leave this course with stronger communication skills, knowledge, insights and experiences necessary to be a successful international manager."
Price: 299.00 |
| "Basic Spanish 1: Getting Started" |
| "This 7-week Spanish language course is aimed at students who would like to learn conversational Spanish starting with Spanish basics. The course introduces everyday language and includes activities to practice all four language skills: reading comprehension, writing, listening comprehension and speaking. This course will introduce you to the A1 proficiency level as described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL, Council of Europe 2001). After completing this course, you will be prepared to introduce yourself, ask basic questions, and conduct a brief conversation in Spanish. This course uses reference materials, cultural notes, grammar explanations, functions of language, etc. Students will be able to monitor their progress by taking a number of performance tests and a final achievement test."
Price: 40.00 |
| "Creación musical con Soundcool: Introducción" |
| "En este curso en línea de música aprenderás los conceptos básicos para poder usar el sistema Soundcool para educación musical y creación colaborativa mediante móviles, tablets y Kinect. Soundcool consiste en un conjunto de módulos como players, instrumentos virtuales, efectos, mezcladores, etc., interconectables entre sí que permiten reproducir y modificar sonido o imagen en tiempo real. En este curso de música nos enfocaremos en los módulos, estos se abren en el ordenador y pueden ser controlados por móviles y tablets vía wifi, mediante instrumentos MIDI o mediante los movimientos del cuerpo con el sensor Kinect. De este modo es fácil poder crear colaborativamente obras musicales, sonoras y audiovisuales en tiempo real."
Price: 30.00 |
| "Tourism and Climate Change" |
| "Due to recent developments, we had to postpone production of this course. However we do plan to offer this course at some point. The start date of 1 January, is just a fictive start date and we are working on finding a new start date. Please enroll in this course if you’d like to receive an email when we have more information. You can always switch sessions or un-enroll if needed. Climate change, global warming, extreme weather, a rising sea level; we all hear and see the results of climate change in the daily news. But that’s not all, it’s becoming visible in our own environment and day to day life. Climate change is a growing challenge for the survival of life and mankind on earth. Tourism – in all its forms - is contributing substantially to global warming and climate- and ecosystem changes. Given the fact that international tourism is growing exponentially, there are serious concerns about its contributions to global climate change. We know that this growth will lead to short- and long-term effects for life on earth. For instance, numerous island destinations are becoming flooded. At the same time, we can see how other places are gradually turning into deserts. And if tourism will grow as it does today, we expect it to be solely responsible for an increase of 1,5-2 percent on planet earth by 2070. It is likely that something must change, or that we have to rethink the very ways in which people experience travel in the future. In this online course we address the key challenges that tourism is facing in context of drastic climate change-, mitigation and adaptation challenges. By joining this MOOC you will also gain insights about your personal position and attitude towards - what we frame as - a climate change emergency. You can enrol in a free audit track or upgrade to a verified certificate. If you upgrade to a verified certificate you will get an additional opportunity to position yourself in relation to diverse debates concerning climate change and (calculate) your own travel footprint. You will also engage with fellow learners in (re-)modelling various adaptation and mitigation challenges. These exercises will help you to get a better understanding and reflection of what is at stake and how we may further engage with future tourism issues. The MOOC ends with a range of potential future scenarios of tourism in context of climate change but will also invite you to vote how this course can further develop in the coming years. On basis of this joint decision making, the teaching staff will further equip the content of this course to best address emergent challenges and need for further action. Join and support the successful tourism team at Wageningen University & Research by enrolling in this MOOC and in taking up this climate change challenge towards a more sustainable tourism of tomorrow! Professional Certificate in Sustainable Tourism If you find this MOOC interesting we recommend you to also take a look at our Professional Certificate Programme Sustainable Tourism. A fully dedicated programme about sustainability in the tourism industry. The programme consists of two MOOCs Sustainable Tourism: Rethinking the Future and Sustainable Tourism: Society and Environmental Aspects. This last MOOC is among the 10 best MOOCs in the world and was nominated for the annual edX award in 2019."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Sustainable Development: Solutions and Trends" |
| "We have all heard about climate change and other urgent sustainability challenges, but what can we do about it? In this course, you become familiar with some of the major environmental challenges we face today. You will learn about different sustainability solutions, and be introduced to various examples of how multidisciplinary research, including studies in engineering, contributes to the transition towards sustainability. You also become aware of how sustainability drives technical and societal development further. We take a closer look at the use of natural resources and the importance of well working ecosystems. To better understand how the use of resources can be made sustainable, key concepts such as the planetary boundaries and material flow analysis are discussed. You will also be introduced to different ways of sustainable resource management, such as smart urban metabolism, urban agriculture, the sharing economy, sustainable transport, renewable energy, aquaculture, green chemistry and ecodesign. This is the second of three courses about sustainable development for problem solvers from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology. Each of the three courses can be taken separately and provide knowledge on how to act, think and approach development in society and for the industry that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations ability to meet their own needs. In the first course Exploring Sustainable Development the concept and history of sustainable development is discussed from a holistic perspective. In the third course, Enforcing Sustainable Development, we look at what influences current sustainability actions and how people can change via education, and how regulations affect more sustainable behaviours. Situated in Stockholm, Sweden, KTH drives world leading research in sustainability, and offers education for students and staff to ensure that all graduates, as well as the organisation continue to enforce sustainable development. In these courses you meet a multidisciplinary team of teachers and researchers in the forefront of finding solutions for sustainable development. This course is relevant to professionals working in industry, policymakers, or students in engineering."
Price: 45.00 |
| "Enforcing Sustainable Development" |
| "What can we do to address the sustainability challenges we face? In this course, you will gain insight into how individuals, organisations and societies approach sustainability challenges in different ways. In various parts of the world different challenges are prioritized and thereby, various approaches and solutions are needed. You will learn about the considerations needed to make decisions of how to prioritize sustainable development. You will also be introduced to different strategies for changing values, attitudes and behaviours. The course introduces enforcements that are applied to influence individuals within companies and in the society at large, including different incentives and instruments to ensure more sustainable behaviours. This is the third of three courses about sustainable development from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Each of the three courses can be taken separately and provides knowledge on how to act, think and approach development in society and for the industry that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their needs. In the first course “Exploring Sustainable Development” the concept and history of sustainable development is discussed from a holistic perspective. In the second course “Sustainable Development: Solutions and Trends” we delve further into the current state of the earth and present some solutions, such as Aquaculture, Smart Urban Metabolism and the Sharing Economy, to meet sustainability challenges. This course is relevant to professionals working in industry, policymakers, or students in engineering."
Price: 45.00 |
