| "Introduction to Data Science" |
| "The art of uncovering the insights and trends in data has been around for centuries. The ancient Egyptians applied census data to increase efficiency in tax collection and they accurately predicted the flooding of the Nile river every year. Since then, people working in data science have carved out a unique and distinct field for the work they do. This field is data science and in this course, you will meet some big data science practitioners and we will get an overview of what data science is today."
Price: 39.00 |
| "Data Science Tools" |
| "In this course, you'll learn about Data Science tools like Jupyter Notebooks, RStudio IDE, and Watson Studio. You will learn what each tool is used for, what programming languages they can execute, their features and limitations and how data scientists use these tools today. With the tools hosted in the cloud, you will be able to test each tool and follow instructions to run simple code in Python or R. To complete the course, you will create a final project with a Jupyter Notebook on IBM Watson Studio on Cloud and demonstrate your proficiency in preparing a notebook, writing Markdown, and sharing your work with your peers. This hands-on course will get you up and running with some of the latest and greatest data science tools."
Price: 39.00 |
| "The Data Science Method" |
| "Despite and influx in computing power and access to data over the last couple of decades, our ability to use data within the decision-making process is either lost or not maximized all too often. We do not have a strong grasp of the questions asked and how to apply the data correctly to resolve the issues at hand. The purpose of this course is to share the methods, models and practices that can be applied within data science, to ensure that the data used in problem-solving is relevant and properly manipulated to address business and real-world challenges. You will learn how to identify a problem, collect and analyze data, build a model, and understand the feedback after model deployment. Advancing your ability to manage, decipher and analyze new and big data is vital to working in data science. By the end of this course, you will have a better understanding of the various stages and requirements of the data science method and be able to apply it to your own work."
Price: 39.00 |
| "AI Applications with Watson" |
| "By enrolling in this course, chances are you've studied artifical intelligence, built chatbots and have perhaps even used Watson Assistant along the way. But did you know that you can turbocharge your chatbot's IQ with IBM Watson Discovery, a service designed to reveal the hidden value in your data? Discovery specializes in taking your data--structured or unstructured--and extracting from it answers and patterns. For example, if you have a large repository, the contents of which could answer customer questions, you've got the makings of a great FAQ chatbot. In this course, you'll learn how to build queries in Discovery, which allows you to surface answers and patterns from large repositories of data. You'll next learn to use Discovery to extract insights from a set of hotel reviews. Then, to make that data come to life, you'll integrate Discovery with other Watson services to create a chatbot that can tell you about the best hotels in a certain US city. By using these Watson services, you'll add more layers of analysis to help you find the best hotel. You'll build your chatbot application with the following Watson services: Assistant Discovery Tone Analyzer Personality Insights By the end of this course, you will have built a fully functioning AI-powered chatbot. Moreover, you should be able to apply the services taught here to your own data sets, enabling you to create sophisticated chatbots of your own."
Price: 99.00 |
| "Upper-Intermediate English: Globalization" |
| "This course is the third in a series of four English language MOOCs designed for students with an intermediate level of English looking to reach a higher intermediate level. The course is comprised of video lessons, reading comprehension activities, grammar explanations and exercises, listening comprehension activities and speaking practice. The course covers interesting topics such as the Edinburgh Theatre Festival, music, films and theatre, migratory movementsand indigenous cultures. This course also includes preparatory materials and recommendations to take the Cambridge University First Certificate in English Examination (FCE)."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Gestão de riscos em projetos" |
| "É comum ver equipes de projetos tendo que investir grande parte de seu tempo para resolver problemas em vez de preveni-los. A gestão de riscos de projetos procura gerenciar antecipadamente os eventos positivos e negativos que possam afetar o projeto, a fim de aumentar sua probabilidade de êxito. O que você estará apto a fazer ao final deste curso? Identificar riscos em cenários de incerteza. Definir quem pode apoiá-lo. Entender como gerenciar riscos em situações em que os recursos são limitados. Estabelecer estratégias para responder aos riscos. Monitorar e atualizar os riscos ao longo do projeto. A quem se dirige este curso? Diretores ou supervisores de projetos. Membros de equipes de projetos. Financiadores. Funcionários públicos de entidades nacionais, subnacionais e municipais. Profissionais de diversas áreas, que contribuem para a formulação e execução de projetos. Profissionais interessados na gestão de riscos em projetos de desenvolvimento. Ao fazer este curso, você terá a oportunidade de compartilhar seu conhecimento e sua experiência com outros participantes. Além disso, terá acesso a um estudo de caso, ao qual poderá aplicar as boas práticas de gestão de riscos em um projeto e fará exercícios práticos, que o ajudarão a compreender conceitos-chave. O conteúdo apresentado no curso está baseado na metodologia de gestão de riscos do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, a qual está alinhada com o Guía de los Fundamentos para la Dirección de Proyectos, Sexta Edición, 2017, do Project Management Institute (PMI)®. O INDES, como Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.), foi aprovado pelo Project Management Institute (PMI)® para conceder 30 unidades de desenvolvimento profissional (PDUs) quando você obtiver o certificado do curso. Finalmente, a modalidade deste curso é ""self-paced (ritmo próprio)"". Isso significa que, se você optar por pagar pelo certificado verificado, terá a flexibilidade de fazer o curso por um período aproximado de três meses, de 16 de abril de 2020 a 16 de julho de 2020."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Gestão de Projetos de Desenvolvimento" |
| "Este curso sera dado em portugues Um dos desafios que os governos, as instituições públicas, os organismos não governamentais, as agências de desenvolvimento e outros atores que promovem o desenvolvimento econômico e social na América Latina e Caribe enfrentam dia a dia é como transformar propostas em realidades concretas que melhorem o bem-estar da sociedade e proporcionem resultados dentro do prazo e com os recursos disponíveis. Este curso apresenta conceitos e ferramentas que podem ser aplicados na gestão de projetos para gerar mudanças substanciais e alcançar, com recursos escassos, os objetivos propostos. Este MOOC fortalece a capacidade de gestão de projetos do governo, de organizações sem fins lucrativos e da sociedade civil para que sejam executados de modo eficaz e eficiente. O curso se baseia na metodologia PM4R (Project Management for Results) do BID e no Guia PMBOK®, do PMI, sexta edição. A PM4R (gestão de projetos para resultados) foi criada pelo Instituto Interamericano para o Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (INDES) do BID. Com o certificado deste curso, os participantes recebem 35 PDUs, já que o INDES é um Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) perante o PMI®. O tempo de dedicação estimado para aprovação no curso é de seis horas semanais, durante seis semanas. Contudo, devido à modalidade “ritmo próprio” (self-paced), você terá flexibilidade de concluir o curso em um período máximo de 7 meses, do dia 2 de abril a 18 de dezembro de 2020. A organização deste curso foi financiada pelo Fundo de Fortalecimento da Capacidade Institucional (ICSF), graças à contribuição do Governo da República Popular da China. PMBOK é uma marca registrada do Project Management Institute, Inc."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Desafios e oportunidades na economia digital" |
| "As novas tecnologias - de computadores e smartphones a Internet das Coisas (do ingles, Internet of Things, IoT), passando pelas informaçoes na nuvem e os bitcoins - passaram a dominar nosso ambiente circundante e geraram uma verdadeira quarta revoluçao industrial. Do lar ao trabalho, os cidadaos, os governos e as empresas enfrentam questoes inquietantes: Como um governo pode aproveitar os avanços tecnologicos para alcançar um melhor relacionamento com seus cidadaos? Que oportunidades essas novas tecnologias geram para as empresas? Que habilidades os cidadaos precisam ter hoje para sobreviver nesse contexto? E, talvez, a questao mais crucial: A America Latina e o Caribe estao preparados para aproveitar essa nova era digital? Se voce esta procurando responder perguntas como essas, este curso e um bom ponto de partida para voce! Com o curso ""Desafios e oportunidades na economia digital"" voce entendera quais tecnologias catalisaram a quarta revoluçao industrial e porque elas se tornaram tao proeminentes. Vamos falar sobre a importancia de aproveitar o Big Data e sua utilidade no monitoramento e avaliaçao de politicas publicas e na geraçao de valor. Quando voce tiver assimilado essa informaçao basica, passaremos a analisar brevemente o impacto da tecnologia em empresas e governos: veremos exemplos praticos reais de paises e empresas latino-americanas que conseguiram transformar esse novo contexto tecnologico a seu favor e liçoes aprendidas a serem levadas em consideraçao. O curso ira surpreende-lo com videos animados e com apresentadores e leituras; com o qual voce conseguira compreender melhor as questoes levantadas. E, e claro, tambem vamos incorporar atividades de avaliaçao para que voce possa assimilar o que voce aprendeu O desenvolvimento deste curso faz parte do objetivo global do BID em promover e apoiar os governos da America Latina e do Caribe na definiçao e implementaçao de açoes de politicas publicas digitais voltadas para a participaçao ativa de individuos, empresas e instituiçoes no novo ecossistema economico e social. A revoluçao digital ja começou. Voce esta preparado? Seja parte desta nova era. Esperamos voce! A dedicação estimada para passar neste curso é de três a quatro horas semanais, durante seis semanas. No entanto, através da modalidade personalizada (self-paced) você terá a flexibilidade de seguir o curso por até 9 meses, de 2 de abril a 18 de dezembro de 2020. 85% dos estudantes que responderam a enquete, concordam que este curso melhorou seus conhecimentos e habilidades para o atual trabalho em que estão. 80% dos estudantes que responderam a enquete de satisfação do curso, informa que este curso serviu para que decidissem o que estudar ou pesquisar no futuro."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Лазерный термоядерный синтез" |
| "На протяжении всего развития цивилизации перед человечеством регулярно возникали энергетические проблемы, обусловленные ростом удельного энергопотребления. Качественно новый этап в развитии энергетики в XXI веке определяется наступающим истощением традиционных ископаемых топливных ресурсов. Проблемы энергообеспечения уже в среднесрочной перспективе будут приобретать все большую значимость не только в связи с ограничением топливных ресурсов, но и в силу меняющихся представлений о качестве жизни. Для устойчивого развития общества в перспективе необходимо развивать энергетику, использующую практически неограниченный ресурс, безопасную в эксплуатации и чистую в экологическом плане. Из рассматриваемых возможностей этим требованиям в значительной степени отвечает термоядерная энергетика. Аргументы в пользу управляемого термоядерного синтеза (УТС) хорошо известны: от наивысшей, среди известных человечеству, калорийности и практически неисчерпаемых запасов дейтерия в природе, до значительно меньших (более чем в 100 раз) уровней радиоактивных отходов по сравнению с энергетическими циклами на основе реакций деления актиноидов. На возможность использования реакций синтеза легких ядер для целей экологически чистой, безопасной и экономически выгодной энергетики было обращено внимание более 50 лет назад. Все изобретенные за это время устройства можно разделить на два класса: 1) системы, основанные на магнитном удержании горячей плазмы (токамаки, стеллараторы); 2) импульсные системы (системы инерциального термоядерного синтеза (ИТС)). Оба типа систем, уже, вплотную подошли к созданию экспериментальных машин с положительным выходом энергии, в которых будут проверены основные элементы будущих термоядерных реакторов. В настоящее время в инерционном термоядерном синтезе разрабатываются несколько типов драйверов: лазеры, пучки тяжелых ионов, быстрые Z-пинчи. Преимущество лазерного излучения заключается в относительной легкости его транспортировки к мишени и его фокусировки, возможности получать огромные плотности мощности, требуемые для эффективного сжатия и разогрева мишени. Основные технологические трудности создания импульсных реакторов лежат в области лазерной техники. В настоящее время, в мире постоянно расширяется фронт работ по созданию импульсных лазерных установок, при фокусировке излучения которых реализуются термодинамические состояния доступные в природе только в центрах массивных звезд. Это связано с бурным ростом технологий, обеспечивающих возможность достижения все более высоких энергетических характеристик лазерных систем. В лазерном термоядерном синтезе (ЛТС) соединились два наиболее замечательных открытия столетия - термоядерные реакции и квантовая генерация света, для того чтобы подарить человечеству практически неисчерпаемый источник энергии. Проблема управляемого термоядерного синтеза еще далека от своего решения, но во всем мире ведутся интенсивные работы и с каждым годом расстояние до цели сокращается."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Тяжелые ионы и синтез новых элементов: современные тенденции" |
| "Предметом курса является одно из новых направлений ядерной физики -- физика тяжелых ионов, занимающаяся исследованием ядерных реакций, переходом одних ядер в другие, синтезом новых ядер. Физика тяжелых ионов позволяет изучать коллективные ядерные процессы, характеризуемые предельно большими изменениями ядерной формы, сильным перераспределением энергии между различными степенями свободы систем. Дана классификация ядерных реакций с тяжелыми ионами и их анализ с точки зрения новых изотопов у границ ядерной стабильности. Рассматриваются возможности современных ускорителей для синтеза ядер с использованием ядерных реакций с тяжелыми ионами. На примерах показана связь исследований в области физики тяжелых ионов с прикладными исследованиями: ядерная медицина, радиационная физика твердого тела. Отдельный модуль курса посвящен вопросам истории образования Вселенной с точки зрения физики элементарных частиц, ядерной физики. Обсуждается проблема нуклеосинтеза и непосредственная связь ядерно-физических экспериментов, с астрофизическими явлениями."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Vacuum Systems and Technology" |
| "Vacuum technology is key to our high-tech society. It is is used for a large number of technical processes and products, including computer chips, nanostructures, microelectronic coatings and components as well as chemical and biological techniques. In this engineering course, you will get a comprehensive overview of the construction and working principles of vacuum devices and systems to help you better design materials and processes ."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Nuclear Reactor Physics Basics" |
| "This engineering course is designed to Introduce students to a range of concepts, ideas and models used in nuclear reactor physics. This course will focus on the physical theory of reactors and methods of experimental studies of the neutron field. This course course is based on the course ""Neutron transport theory"" which has been taught at the National Research Nuclear University ""MEPhI"" for the past 20 years."
Price: 49.00 |
| "From Atoms to Stars: How Physics Explains Our World" |
| "In this physics course, you will learn about the structure and function of our universe, from the micro-world of quantum fields and atoms up to the mega-world of stars and galaxies. You will learn about the objective laws governing the physical world and about methods, provided mainly by physics, which allow us to obtain such knowledge. This course is taught by the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, one of the world leaders in nuclear science and education. Our hope is that this course will help boost your curiosity and positively influence or even help to determine your future professional career. This course is for anyone is who is curious about how our world is constructed and wants to learn more about our universe and the nature surrounding us. Knowledge of physics and mathematics is NOT required. Basic school level will be quite enough."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Enterprise Software Lifecycle Management" |
| "Want to manage software development, but unsure where to begin? This computer science course will teach you the models, methods and practices of software development to make the process manageable and result in high-quality and efficient software products. This course is an introduction to software lifecycle management using the approved principles and best practices developed by IT leaders and verified by large-scale systems operation. Starting with the basics of lifecycles, the course will open your mind and challenge you. You will learn how to make justified decisions on the industry-level software solutions, and instantly apply the principles and methods learned. Taught by an instructor with over a decade of managing software development at a diverse multinational corporation, ITERA International Oil and Gas, this computer science course will equip managers with the skills they need to understand the principles and use the state-of-the-art methods and practices for lifecycle management. Additionally, learners (and managers) who require a systematic understanding of what happens inside the software development in terms of roles, activities, resources and deliverables can use this course to eliminate skill gaps. No previous knowledge needed. Join us as you start your software engineering journey."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Chasing your Dream: How to End Procrastination and Get a Job You Love" |
| "Do you love your job, do you wake up every morning all eager about it? Are you ready to do what you have chosen for the rest of your life? When you are off the chosen track, are you impatient to snap into action immediately to start working more effectively and overcome the difficulties? Is your life full of purpose, are you of any use to other people? If your answer to all the above questions is ""Yes"" then congratulations, you're doing great! However, most people share at least some level of insecurity about their work and their future. If that sounds more like you, here's a follow-up question: have you done anything to change it? Or are you planning to put up with that for the time being? This course is for those who may feel a little stuck in their careers. It draws from academic teachings in motivation and positive psychology from universities like Harvard andMoscow State University and combines those with cultural studies from Tibet. You'll learn how to resist procrastination and engage a process of self-determination. You'll find ways to contend with the ""bumps"" that prevent us from moving in the direction. This course can't promise a magic pill, butit will offer the tools for solvingkey problems thatcan hinder self-fulfillment. You willgain the basic skills of self-development, explore some well-considered hypotheses of future development, and build the toolsyou'll need to follow your passion and succeed."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Лазеры: физические основы и лазерные технологии" |
| "Лазерные технологии с момента своего открытия широко применяются в самых разных отраслях науки и техники, а также в быту. Все мы пользуемся лазерными принтерами, лазерными указками, в магазинах используются считыватели штрих-кодов на основе лазерного луча. В медицине с помощью лазеров проводятся сложнейшие операции и многое другое. Цель курса -- дать глубокое понимание физических процессов, происходящих при взаимодействии мощного лазерного излучения с веществом и рассмотреть физические проблемы этого взаимодействия. Представленный курс значительно отличается от подобных курсов, читаемых в ряде технических вузов своей направленностью на глубокое обсуждение физических процессов взаимодействия мощного лазерного излучения с веществом. Применение знаний, полученных при изучении курса, будет способствовать повышению эффективности как существующих производств, так и внедрению лазерных технологических процессов в еще не охваченные области промышленности. Курс включает два основных раздела: Физические процессы, происходящие при взаимодействии мощного лазерного излучения с металлами, полупроводниками и диэлектриками и Лазерные технологические установки и лазерные технологические процессы. В ходе курса Учащиеся будут ознакомлены не только с принципами работы различных технологических лазеров, но и с недостатками и преимуществами всех используемых активных элементов технологических лазеров, включая самые современные волоконные лазеры. В качестве примера использования лазеров в технологии будет подробно рассмотрена современная лазерная технология в области электроники и создания интегральных схем. Весьма интересным для учащихся представляется раздел лазерной химии, основанный на резонансном возбуждении атомов и молекул лазерным излучением. Здесь учащиеся получают новую информацию об уникальных возможностях лазерного излучения для разделения изотопов (включая разделение изотопов в атомной промышленности), получению особо чистых веществ и синтезу новых материалов."
Price: 49.00 |
| "SQL for Data Science" |
| "Much of the world's data lives in databases. SQL (or Structured Query Language) is a powerful programming language that is used for communicating with and extracting various data types from databases. A working knowledge of databases and SQL is necessary to advance as a data scientist or a machine learning specialist. The purpose of this course is to introduce relational database concepts and help you learn and apply foundational knowledge of the SQL language. It is also intended to get you started with performing SQL access in a data science environment. The emphasis in this course is on hands-on, practical learning. As such, you will work with real databases, real data science tools, and real-world datasets. You will create a database instance in the cloud. Through a series of hands-on labs, you will practice building and running SQL queries. You will also learn how to access databases from Jupyter notebooks using SQL and Python. No prior knowledge of databases, SQL, Python, or programming is required."
Price: 39.00 |
| "Visualizing Data with Python" |
| "About this course ""A picture is worth a thousand words."" We are all familiar with this expression. It especially applies when trying to explain the insights obtained from the analysis of increasingly large datasets. Data visualization plays an essential role in the representation of both small and large-scale data. One of the key skills of a data scientist is the ability to tell a compelling story, visualizing data and findings in an approachable and stimulating way. In this course, you will learn how to leverage a software tool to visualize data that will also enable you to extract information, better understand the data, and make more effective decisions. When you sign up for this course, you get free access to IBM Watson Studio. In Watson Studio, you’ll be able to start creating your own data science projects and collaborating with other data scientists. Start now and take advantage of everything this platform has to offer!"
Price: 39.00 |
| "Python Basics for Data Science" |
| "Kickstart your learning of Python for data science, as well as programming in general with this introduction to Python course. This beginner-friendly Python course will quickly take you from zero to programming in Python in a matter of hours and give you a taste of how to start working with data in Python. ~~~~ Upon its completion, you'll be able to write your own Python scripts and perform basic hands-on data analysis using our Jupyter-based lab environment. If you want to learn Python from scratch, this course is for you. You can start creating your own data science projects and collaborating with other data scientists using IBM Watson Studio. When you sign up, you will receive free access to Watson Studio. Start now and take advantage of this platform and learn the basics of programming, machine learning, and data visualization with this introductory course."
Price: 39.00 |
| "Machine Learning with Python: A Practical Introduction" |
| "About this course This Machine Learning with Python course dives into the basics of machine learning using Python, an approachable and well-known programming language. You'll learn about supervised vs. unsupervised learning, look into how statistical modeling relates to machine learning, and do a comparison of each. We'll explore many popular algorithms including Classification, Regression, Clustering, and Dimensional Reduction and popular models such as Train/Test Split, Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), and Random Forests. Along the way, you’ll look at real-life examples of machine learning and see how it affects society in ways you may not have guessed! Most importantly, you will transform your theoretical knowledge into practical skill using hands-on labs. Get ready to do more learning than your machine! We'll explore many popular algorithms including Classification, Regression, Clustering, and Dimensional Reduction and popular models such asTrain/Test Split, Root Mean Squared Error and Random Forests. Mostimportantly, you will transform your theoretical knowledge into practical skill using hands-on labs. Get ready to do more learning than your machine!"
Price: 39.00 |
| "Analyzing Data with Python" |
| "LEARN TO ANALYZE DATA WITH PYTHON Learn how to analyze data using Python in this introductory course. You will go from understanding the basics of Python to exploring many different types of data through lecture, hands-on labs, and assignments. You will learn how to prepare data for analysis, perform simple statistical analyses, create meaningful data visualizations, predict future trends from data, and more!"
Price: 39.00 |
| "Data Science and Machine Learning Capstone Project" |
| "About this course Now that you've taken several courses on data science and machine learning, it’s time to put your learning to work on a data problem involving a real life scenario. Employers really care about how well you can apply your knowledge and skills to solve real world problems, and the work you do in this capstone project will make you stand out in the job market. In this capstone project, you’ll explore data sets in New York’s 311 system, which is used by New Yorkers to report complaints for the non-emergency problems they face. Upon being reported, various agencies in New York get assigned to resolve these problems. The data related to these complaints is available in the New York City Open Dataset. On investigation, one can see that in the last few years the 311 complaints coming to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in New York City have increased significantly. Your task is to find out the answers to some of the questions that would help the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in New York City effectively tackle the 311 complaints coming to them. You will need to use the techniques you learned in your previous Python, data science, and machine learning courses, including data ingestion, data exploration, data visualization, feature engineering, probabilistic modeling, model validation, and more. By the end of this course, you will have used real world data science tools to create a showcase project and demonstrate to employers that you are job ready and a worthy candidate in the field of data science."
Price: 99.00 |
| "AI Chatbots without programming" |
| "Special Offer : This course includes a great offer from IBM: One year of Watson Assistant services to power 10 chatbots at no charge. The perfect way to kickstart your chatbot building business! Chatbots are one of the most exciting and in-demand topics in tech. Businesses around the world are increasingly showing an interest in their potential for cost-saving and improving customer service availability. In this course, you'll learn how to build chatbots powered by Watson and how to approach making money by selling chatbots to clients. We'll coverways to sell chatbots to prospective clients online and offline. We'll explore how to plan and build chatbots using a visual tool provided by IBM. We'll offer methods for testing, analyzing, and improving your chatbots. And we'll teach you how to deploy your chatbots to websites via a handy WordPress plugin. Leveraging the AI power of Watson Assistant, you will be able toaccomplish all this without the need to write any code!"
Price: 99.00 |
| "Data Science Ethics" |
| "As patients, we care about the privacy of our medical record; but as patients, we also wish to benefit from the analysis of data in medical records. As citizens, we want a fair trial before being punished for a crime; but as citizens, we want to stop terrorists before they attack us. As decision-makers, we value the advice we get from data-driven algorithms; but as decision-makers, we also worry about unintended bias. Many data scientists learn the tools of the trade and get down to work right away, without appreciating the possible consequences of their work. This course focused on ethics specifically related to data science will provide you with the framework to analyze these concerns. This framework is based on ethics, which are shared values that help differentiate right from wrong. Ethics are not law, but they are usually the basis for laws. Everyone, including data scientists, will benefit from this course. No previous knowledge is needed."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Molecular Biology - Part 2: Transcription and Transposition" |
| "In Part 2 of this Molecular Biology course, you’ll explore transcription of DNA to RNA, a key part of the central dogma of biology and the first step of gene expression. Did you know that transposable elements, the genetic information that can move from location to location, make up roughly 50 % of the human genome? Did you know that scientists have linked their movement into specific genes to the causes of certain diseases? You’ll also learn how these “jumping genes” work and how scientists study them in Molecular Biology: Transcription and Transposition. Are you ready to go beyond the “what"" of scientific information presented in textbooks and explore how scientists deduce the details of these molecular models? Take a behind-the-scenes look at modern molecular genetics, from the classic experimental events that identified the proteins and elements involved in transcription and transposition to cutting-edge assays that apply the power of genome sequencing. We've designed the problems in this course to build your experimental design and data analysis skills. Let’s explore the limits of our current knowledge about the transcription machinery and mechanisms of transposition. If you are up for the challenge, join us in 7.28.2x Molecular Biology: Transcription and Transposition."
Price: 99.00 |
| "Molecular Biology – Part 3: RNA Processing and Translation" |
| "In Part 3 of 7.28x, you’ll explore translation of mRNA to protein, a key part of the central dogma of biology. Do you know how RNA turnover or RNA splicing affects the outcome of translation? Although not official steps in the central dogma, the mechanisms of RNA processing strongly influence gene expression. Are you ready to go beyond the “what"" of scientific information presented in textbooks and explore how scientists deduce the details of these molecular models? Take a behind-the-scenes look at modern molecular biology, from the classic experimental events that identified the proteins and elements involved in translation and RNA splicing to cutting-edge assays that apply the power of genome sequencing. Do you feel confident in your ability to design molecular biology experiments and interpret data from them? We've designed the assessments in this course to build your experimental design and data analysis skills. Let’s explore the limits of our current knowledge about the translation machinery and mechanisms of RNA turnover and splicing. If you are up for the challenge, join us in 7.28.3x Molecular Biology: RNA Processing and Translation."
Price: 99.00 |
| "Evolutionary Medicine: Microbes, Medicine, and Humanity's Quest for Survival" |
| "Have you ever wondered why we often develop a fever when we get sick? Or a cough? Why do we get cancer? Or the flu? Or allergies? Why do our bodies succumb to disease at all? In this class, we’ll answer these questions by taking a step back in time to consider how our evolutionary past has shaped our health in the present. Evolutionary medicine integrates an evolutionary biology and anthropology lens with current medical knowledge to enhance our understanding of human health. This class uses topics such as development and aging, human migration, mortality, diseases (infectious, metabolic, and autoimmune), and physiological and behavioral mechanisms of immunity to explore the broad arena of human health within a deep time and global context. Using this perspective, we will investigate how human populations have co-evolved with microbes for millennia, how our changing environments intersect with our genes to shape phenotypes, how culture and other social factors may influence disease risk, and how to address current emerging health challenges across the globe. Skills-based course answers : Taught by faculty in the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine, this course will prepare students to use evolutionary medicine as a foundation for approaching problems within professional arenas such as medicine, public health, and global health policymaking. Additionally, students can use this course as a skill bridge to other classes related to the applied health sciences."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Ingeniería de aeropuertos: diseño del lado aire según OACI (ICAO)" |
| "En los aeropuertos tienen lugar las fases mas criticas del transporte aereo desde el punto de vista de la seguridad operacional, el paso del contacto con la tierra al vuelo del avion y del vuelo al contacto con la tierra. Ademas, en ellos se concentran los aviones que en el resto de las fases de vuelo se mueven dispersos por el espacio aereo. Por ello es crucial que sean seguros y eficientes y por ello casi todo lo que tiene que ver con la parte aeronautica de un aeropuerto esta regulado minuciosamente. En este curso online se tratan las especificaciones de diseño de la parte aeronautica de los aeropuertos (conocida como lado aire) segun el Anexo 14 de la OACI, vigente en la mayor parte del mundo (menos en los Estados Unidos de America que tienen sus propias normas, que son muy parecidas, pero no iguales). Veremos que caracteristicas de los aviones condicionan el diseño de un aeropuerto, como dimensionar y orientar la pista, las caracteristicas fisicas de los componentes del lado aire (pista de aterrizaje, calles de rodaje y plataforma), las luces y señales a instalar para ayudar a los pilotos a operar, las superficies y servidumbres vigentes en los alrededores del aeropuerto para hacer su operacion mas segura y como diseñar el firme de las pistas para soportar un trafico determinado."
Price: 75.00 |
| "Leveraging Urban Mobility Disruptions to Create Better Cities" |
| "Over the next 8 sessions we will explore a wide variety of topics that relate to recently emerged new mobility systems and learn how new mobility can be leveraged to increase equity, health, and improve accessibility. The course material is designed to have a global impact by taking advantage of an established network of academic partners, each bringing relevant expertise and representing distinct empirical settings. The international nature of this course will allow you to gain multiple social perspectives and familiarity with transportation challenges and solutions from different parts of the world. Specifically, we bring together professors who teach transportation in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the USA. Our team, lead by professors Chris Zegras (MIT), Jinhua Zhao (MIT) and Carlos Pardo (NUMO), includes one of the world’s preeminent mobility social entrepreneurs (Robin Chase), as well as interviews with entrepreneurs and city planners from across the globe. Brought together, this course provides insight to understand the urban mobility challenges and opportunities from all angles. The course team partnered with the non-governmental global transportation alliance (NUMO) dedicated to understanding how the emerging “new mobility” paradigm can be effectively leveraged to create better and more equitable cities. Among other topics, we will discuss land use and urban form, new mobility and start-up business models, pricing, policy, technology, and data. And, through the exploration of behavioral economics - you will gain knowledge about how human psychology can be used to change travel behavior. Ten Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities will serve as a roadmap in exploration and mitigation of challenges that many cities are currently facing. This course is recommended to anyone who is currently in the field of transportation or urban planning (professionals and government officials) or wants to learn more as well as for students who are interested in this topic. The course team includes: Chris Zegras, Ph.D., MIT Robin Chase, M.S. (MIT), NUMO/Zipcar co-founder and former CEO Natalia Barbour, Ph.D., MIT Jinhua Zhao, Ph.D., MIT Carlos Pardo, M.A.,(LSE), NUMO Francisco Pereira, Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark Carlos Azevedo, Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark Lynette Cheah, Ph.D., Singapore University of Technology and Design Christo Venter, Ph.D., University of Pretoria (South Africa) Ricardo Giesen, Ph.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Andrew Salzberg, MUP (Harvard), LOEB Fellow at Harvard University, Former Head of Transportation Policy at Uber Guest interviews: Yolisa Mashilwane (Uber, South Africa), Ben Plowden (Transport for London), Onesimo Flores (Jetty co-founder), Oscar Diaz (former mayor's advisor - Bogota), Angie Palacios (Development Bank of Latin America), Marina Moscoso (Despacio), Andrei Greenawalt (Via), Evan Gastman (Uber), Assaf Biderman (Superpedestrian), Harriet Tregoning (NUMO)"
Price: 99.00 |
| "Computing in Python I: Fundamentals and Procedural Programming" |
| "This course starts from the beginning, covering the basics of how a computer interprets lines of code; how to write programs, evaluate their output, and revise the code itself; how to work with variables and their changing values; and how to use mathematical, boolean, and relational operators. By the end of this course, you'll be able to write small programs in Python that use variables, mathematical operators, and logical operators. For example, you could write programs that carry out complex mathematical operations, like calculating the interest rate necessary to reach a savings goal, recommending apparel options based on weather patterns, or calculating a grade based on multiple percentages. Structurally, the course is comprised of several parts. Instruction is delivered via a series of short (2-3 minute) videos. In between those videos, you'll complete both multiple choice questions and coding problems to demonstrate your knowledge of the material that was just covered."
Price: 99.00 |
