| "Data Science: Inference and Modeling" |
| "Statistical inference and modeling are indispensable for analyzing data affected by chance, and thus essential for data scientists. In this course, you will learn these key concepts through a motivating case study on election forecasting. This course will show you how inference and modeling can be applied to develop the statistical approaches that make polls an effective tool and we'll show you how to do this using R. You will learn concepts necessary to define estimates and margins of errors and learn how you can use these to make predictions relatively well and also provide an estimate of the precision of your forecast. Once you learn this you will be able to understand two concepts that are ubiquitous in data science: confidence intervals, and p-values. Then, to understand statements about the probability of a candidate winning, you will learn about Bayesian modeling. Finally, at the end of the course, we will put it all together to recreate a simplified version of an election forecast model and apply it to the 2016 election."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Data Science: Linear Regression" |
| "Linear regression is commonly used to quantify the relationship between two or more variables. It is also used to adjust for confounding. This course, part ofourProfessional Certificate Program in Data Science, covers how to implement linear regression and adjust for confounding in practice using R. In data science applications, it is very common to be interested in the relationship between two or more variables. The motivating case study we examine in this course relates to the data-driven approach used to construct baseball teams described in Moneyball. We will try to determine which measured outcomes best predict baseball runs by using linear regression. We will also examine confounding, where extraneous variables affect the relationship between two or more other variables, leading to spurious associations. Linear regression is a powerful technique for removing confounders, but it is not a magical process. It is essential to understand when it is appropriate to use, and this course will teach you when to apply this technique."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Data Science: Probability" |
| "In this course, part of our Professional Certificate Program in Data Science,you will learn valuable concepts in probability theory. The motivation for this course is the circumstances surrounding the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Part of what caused this financial crisis was that the risk of some securities sold by financial institutions was underestimated. To begin to understand this very complicated event, we need to understand the basics of probability. We will introduce important concepts such as random variables, independence, Monte Carlo simulations, expected values, standard errors, and the Central Limit Theorem. These statistical concepts are fundamental to conducting statistical tests on data and understanding whether the data you are analyzing is likely occurring due to an experimental method or to chance. Probability theory is the mathematical foundation of statistical inference which is indispensable for analyzing data affected by chance, and thus essential for data scientists."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Data Science: Machine Learning" |
| "Perhaps the most popular data science methodologies come from machine learning. What distinguishes machine learning from other computer guided decision processes is that it builds prediction algorithms using data. Some of the most popular products that use machine learning include the handwriting readers implemented by the postal service, speech recognition, movie recommendation systems, and spam detectors. In this course,part ofourProfessional Certificate Program in Data Science, you will learn popular machine learning algorithms, principal component analysis, and regularization by building a movie recommendation system. You will learn about training data, and how to use a set of data to discover potentially predictive relationships. As you build the movie recommendation system, you will learn how to train algorithms using training data so you can predict the outcome for future datasets. You will also learn about overtraining and techniques to avoid it such as cross-validation. All of these skills are fundamental to machine learning."
Price: 49.00 |
| "What Every Provider Should Know: High Risk Chief Complaints" |
| "Managing Emergencies: What Every Doctor Must Know features high quality video lectures, online case scenarios with questions and discussion groups, and a hands-on skills workshop. A detailed syllabus with illustrations and content focusing on the most clinically relevant information is provided. Lectures and materials are all online allowing students the flexibility to proceed at their own pace and schedule. Online case-based discussions are initiated with a video presentation of an undifferentiated patient. Key decisions and studies are highlighted and student responses are posted for other course participants and faculty to review. Video discussions of the online cases with an expert clinician provide practical answers and insightful commentary."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Data Science: Visualization" |
| "As part of our Professional Certificate Program in Data Science, this course covers the basics of data visualization and exploratory data analysis. We will use three motivating examples and ggplot2, a data visualization package for the statistical programming language R. We will start with simple datasets and then graduate to case studies about world health, economics, and infectious disease trends in the United States. We'll also be looking at how mistakes, biases, systematic errors, and other unexpected problems often lead to data that should be handled with care. The fact that it can be difficult or impossible to notice a mistake within a dataset makes data visualization particularly important. The growing availability of informative datasets and software tools has led to increased reliance on data visualizations across many areas. Data visualization provides a powerful way to communicate data-driven findings, motivate analyses, and detect flaws. This course will give you the skills you need to leverage data to reveal valuable insights and advance your career."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Data Science: Wrangling" |
| "In this course, part of our Professional Certificate Program in Data Science,we cover several standard steps of the data wrangling process like importing data into R, tidying data, string processing, HTML parsing, working with dates and times, and text mining. Rarely are all these wrangling steps necessary in a single analysis, but a data scientist will likely face them all at some point. Very rarely is data easily accessible in a data science project. It's more likely for the data to be in a file, a database, or extracted from documents such as web pages, tweets, or PDFs. In these cases, the first step is to import the data into R and tidy the data, using the tidyverse package. The steps that convert data from its raw form to the tidy form is called data wrangling. This process is a critical step for any data scientist. Knowing how to wrangle and clean data will enable you to make critical insights that would otherwise be hidden."
Price: 49.00 |
| "What Every Provider Should Know: Clinical Fundamentals" |
| "Regardless of where physicians practice they are expected to be calm, cool, and collected when confronted with undifferentiated, critically ill patients. Medical education in most countries however, focuses on approaching patients in a methodical, time intensive manner. Although this approach can be effective for certain patients and settings, it can prove disastrous during those moments when time is of the essence. The specialty of Emergency Medicine (EM) centers on rapidly sorting, assessing, and stabilizing undifferentiated patients regardless of the etiology of their condition. Designed by educational leaders in the field of EM, this course is designed to teach healthcare providers the necessary skills to recognize and manage patients with life-threatening emergencies. “What Every Provider Should Know: Clinical Fundamentals” features high quality video lectures, online case scenarios with questions, a discussion forum, and the chance to demonstrate your knowledge by testing to achieve a statement of accomplishment. A detailed syllabus is provided, which focuses on the most clinically relevant information. Lectures and materials are all online allowing students the flexibility to proceed at their own pace and schedule. Case-based discussions are initiated with a video presentation of an undifferentiated patient. Key decisions and studies are highlighted and student responses may also be posted for other course participants and faculty to review. Video discussions of the online cases with an expert clinician provide practical answers and insightful commentary. Emphasis is placed on a methodical approach to patient evaluation and the importance of time-sensitive emergency interventions. Common medical myths and pitfalls are also addressed throughout the course. This course can easily be taught to individual providers, or arranged for groups of providers or students within their hospitals, medical schools or universities. Providers working together and taking the course as a group have the advantage of institutional support, and the chance to reinforce key concepts during their clinical practice."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Circular Economy: An Introduction" |
| "Our global society is not sustainable. We all know about the challenges we’re facing: waste, climate change, resource scarcity, loss of biodiversity. At the same time, we want to sustain our economies and offer opportunities for a growing world population. This course is about providing solutions we really believe in: a Circular Economy. In this course we explore the Circular Economy: how businesses can create value by reusing and recycling products, how designers can come up with amazingly clever solutions, and how you can contribute to make the Circular Economy happen. You will learn to re-think the economic system you’re experiencing every day, and act upon it. Be a leader in this major paradigm shift! Shape a more circular future together with our global network. The course is led by TU Delft and co-created with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Interprofessional Education for 21st Century Care" |
| "This curriculum has been developed from focus groups and interviews with non-physician healthcare professionals at one academic medical center. Most focus group participants worked in inpatient acute care: as such, the curriculum is focused primarily on acute inpatient care."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Gender and Intersectionality" |
| "Understanding how gender intersects with various cultural and social concepts is not only essential to understanding gender studies as a scientific discipline, it is also an important part of moving through and experiencing the world as a human being. Understanding gender and intersectionality can help us understand ourselves and the world and culture we live in. This course offers an excellent starting point for anyone coming to gender studies for the first time, or for those already in the field who wish to brush up on the basics through a more visual experience. The course will offer different resources in the form of literature, articles, images, audio, websites, and visual texts about gender in many different contexts. Specifically using examples from popular culture, classical literature, and history, this course will teach you how to analyze religious texts and traditions, class divisions, racial inequality, sexualities, and nationalism through a gendered lens. The course is adapted from a semester length undergraduate level course taught at the University of Iceland."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Cuidado al adulto mayor: una mirada al envejecimiento" |
| "Alguna vez se ha preguntado ¿Qué ocurre cuando envejecemos? o ¿Qué cuidados debemos brindarle al adulto mayor? En este curso introductorio usted aprenderá sobre los aspectos básicos del envejecimiento, pautas de envejecimiento activo y el cuidado al adulto mayor en diferentes escenarios. Amplíe su conocimiento sobre esta temática en momentos claves de envejecimiento de la población como los que vivimos actualmente a nivel mundial. Si después de tomar este curso usted está interesado o interesada en adquirir un mayor conocimiento y realizar un posgrado lo invitamos a conocer nuestro campus y la Maestría en Cuidado de Enfermería al Adulto Mayor."
Price: 49.00 |
| "COVID-19: Comunicarnos sin daño durante la pandemia" |
| "Es muy importante tener en cuenta que la manera en que nos comunicamos puede afectar la salud mental de las personas. La comunicación es muy importante en todo momento, pero especialmente en estos momentos de pandemia, el saber cómo comunicarnos ahora puede generar salud, malestar, trastornos o problemas. Por este motivo y conscientes de la responsabilidad social de la academia y comprometidos con las necesidades educativas del momento. Las Facultades de Medicina y Comunicación y Lenguaje de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, desarrollaron el curso virtual Comunicarnos sin daño durante la pandemia, en el cual se tratarán las generalidades sobre comunicarnos sin daño, cómo afecta la comunicación los estamentos psíquicos de la persona y cómo el comunicador puede ayudar a dar salud mental."
Price: 10.00 |
| "Diseño de sistemas de información gerencial para intranet con Microsoft Access" |
| "En el mundo moderno cualquier empresa u organización requiere ser competitiva para mantenerse activa en un mercado cambiante, la toma de decisiones oportunas es fundamental para el éxito de las empresas modernas. Uno de los aspectos que contribuye a esa competitividad es el manejo apropiado de los datos relacionados con sus procesos y la rapidez con la que pueda consultarlos, analizarlos y tomar decisiones precisas e informadas. En este curso de informática nuestro gran aliado será Microsoft Access; un programa de gestión que muchas organizaciones ni siquiera saben que lo tienen o que existe, pero es un gran aliado cuando se requiere gestionar Bases de Datos Relacionales (BDR), es decir, almacenar, consultar, relacionar y/o crear tablas relacionadas a través de códigos, de tamaño intermedio, que son incontrolables en hojas de cálculo como Excel. En este curso en línea aprenderemos a usar Microsoft Access, la cual es una herramienta muy potente y versátil para crear sistemas de información que gestionen esos datos, creando interfaces de usuario que facilitan el ingreso de datos y la visualización de información útil para el análisis y la toma de decisiones. Este sistema de gestión de bases de datos, incluido en Microsoft office, no requiere manejo de lenguaje de programación, porque está pensado para personas diferentes a ingenieros de sistemas, que requieran manejar bases de datos relativamente grandes y complejas, al igual que para personas que quieran construir sistemas de información medianamente robustos y muy potentes sistemas, manejados a través de la Intranet. En este curso de ciencias de la computación aprenderás, además, a entender el lenguaje SQL de las consultas de Access, para utilizarlo en la segunda parte del programa de certificación de “Diseño de software para la toma de decisiones organizacionales”."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Diseño de Sistemas de información gerencial para Internet con MySQL / PHP y Joomla" |
| "En el mundo moderno cualquier empresa u organización requiere ser competitiva para mantenerse activa en un mercado cambiante. Uno de los aspectos que contribuye a esa competitividad es el manejo apropiado de los datos relacionados con sus procesos y la rapidez con la que pueda consultarlos, analizarlos y tomar decisiones precisas e informadas. Los sistemas de información que funcionan para internet tienen grandes ventajas como poder manejarlos en diferentes dispositivos como computadores, celulares y tabletas. Tienen mucha mayor capacidad de almacenamiento en comparación con Microsoft Access y relativamente mayores protocolos de seguridad para proteger los datos. Otra ventaja de este tipo de software es que el cliente no requiere adquirir ningún programa especializado, lo único que requiere es que los dispositivos estén conectados a Internet para poder manejar sus sistemas de información en línea. En este curso aprenderás a diseñar el mismo sistema de información creado en el primer curso de este programa de certificación, un CRM (Customer Relationship Management), creando la base de datos relacional en MySQL, y los formularios, consultas e informes en la plataforma Joomla con PHP y MySQL."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Identifying Community Needs for Public Library Management" |
| "Public libraries are becoming dynamic hubs for learning, civic engagement, and community. This course will discuss strategies for gathering statistical and descriptive data about public library communities. Learners will identify local partners in education, social services, government agencies, and more. While conducting real-world investigations, learners will gain deeper insight into the wants and needs of community organizations. This will empower learners to make better management decisions to address those needs, even in libraries with limited budgets."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Ghost" |
| "In the first act of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet , the Ghost of the dead King of Denmark appears to his son, setting off a chain of events that culminates in the play’s notoriously bloody finale. But how would this mysterious figure have been understood in Shakespeare’s time? Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt guides learners through an exploration of the Ghost’s uncanny theatrical power and the historical contexts from which the character emerged. You will be introduced to the narrative sources of Hamlet, the religious convictions that shaped how Renaissance England understood the afterlife, and how the Ghost would have thrilled and challenged its original audience. By focusing on the Ghost, you will see how the play grapples with issues like death, mourning, remembrance, and the power of theatre. Through short video lectures, readings from the play as well as later works by Coleridge and Joyce, and conversations with experts, you will develop critical tools with which to ""unlock"" the play's possible meanings. If you're reading Hamlet for the first time, this course is a great introduction. If you're reading it for the hundredth time, it is the perfect chance to revisit and refresh your ""take"" on Shakespeare's greatest tragedy."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor" |
| "In this course, we'll read William Shakespeare’s Othello and discuss the play from a variety of perspectives. The goal of the course is not to cover everything that has been written on Othello. Rather, it is to find a single point of entry to help us think about the play as a whole. Our entry point is storytelling. We'll look at the ways in which Shakespeare's characters tell stories within the play––about themselves, to themselves, and to each other. We'll consider, too, how actors, directors, composers, and other artists tell stories through Othello in performance. By focusing on storytelling, we can see how the play grapples with larger issues including power, identity, and the boundary between fact and fiction. From lectures filmed on-location in Venice and conversations with artists, academics, and librarians at Harvard, students will have unprecedented access to a range of resources for ""unlocking"" Shakespeare's classic play."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock" |
| "In the first act of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice , the Jewish moneylender Shylock proposes a “merry sport” to the merchant Antonio: he will lend Antonio the money he needs if Antonio agrees to let Shylock take a pound of his flesh should he default. Shylock calls this contract a “merry bond,” and Shakespeare’s First Folio calls the play a comedy. But what does Shylock want from the bond, and how merry does the play ultimately prove? In this course, Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt guides learners through an in-depth exploration of the character of Shylock. You'll learn about Jewish history in Europe, how early audiences might have responded to the play, and the history of the play’s production through the twenty-first century. With short video lectures, readings from the play, and explorations of adaptations, you will develop critical tools with which to unlock the play's possible meanings. If you're reading The Merchant of Venice for the first time, this course is a great introduction. If you're reading it for the hundredth time, it is the perfect chance to renew your understanding of one of Shakespeare’s most polarizing plays."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes" |
| "Have you wondered how something was manufactured? Do you want to learn what it takes to turn your design into a finished product at scale? This course introduces a wide range of manufacturing processes including machining, injection molding, casing, and 3D printing; and explains the fundamental and practical aspects of manufacturing at scale. For each process, 2.008x explains the underlying physical principles, provides several examples and demonstrations, and summarizes design for manufacturing principles. Modules are also included on cost estimation, quality and variation, and sustainability. New content added in 2020 includes multimedia examinations of product disassembly and select updated lecture videos. Together, the content will enable you to design a manufacturing process for a multi-part product, make quantitative estimates of cost and throughput, and recognize important constraints and tradeoffs in manufacturing processes and systems. The course concludes with a perspective on sustainability, digitization, and the worldwide trajectory of manufacturing."
Price: 149.00 |
| "Leadership focused on Human Flourishing" |
| "It describes the elements of the Leadership model oriented towards human flourishing, in order to develop leaders who achieve better results. We are facing a world leadership crisis, due to (among other factors) the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous context we are living in. The world needs self-aware leaders who are also aware of their environment, immersed in a permanent learning process, who are committed, resilient, with a positive vision of the present and the future, who find meaning in their life mission, and who flourish by contributing to the flourishing of others. This course will bring the necessary tools to develop a human-flourishing-oriented-leadership."
Price: 149.00 |
| "Effective Communication for Today's Leader" |
| "Interpersonal communication is one of the most important management skills: everyday we relate with our bosses, collaborators, customers and colleagues. Being a good communicator is synonym to being a good leader. Interpersonal and group communication helps us to create better business environments, and therefore, to have better results."
Price: 149.00 |
| "Leadership and organizational behavior" |
| "Leadership is everywhere. It is involved in nearly every social action, in some form. Many people who have the potential to be leaders do not realize it. Many who become leaders do not know how to manage those responsibilities. Great leaders can inspire change; bad leaders can cripple their followers with stress and frustration. What differentiates these two is a clear vision, an effective plan, and knowledge of how people work. In this class, you will learn the foundations of psychology at work, so that you can better understand others and guide them to shared goals. Along the way, you will answer these questions: Why do you want to be a leader? What kind of leader can you be? How can you persuade and influence people? How can you motivate and inspire people? Whether you are a formal or informal leader."
Price: 149.00 |
| "Negotiation Skills and Effective Communication" |
| "We start making negotiations as soon as our day begins, through all our interactions, either work, social, or family-related. But have you ever wondered how efficiently you negotiate, and whether you could be better at it? This is a straightforward opportunity to put into practice all the knowledge you have acquired, and to confirm that the negotiation process is dynamic and can always be improved. The course integrates the most recent advances in the development of negotiation skills, based on modern life complexities, in a simple and direct way. We start out with the structure of effective communication in a negotiation, with the intention of identifying our opportunity areas, and improving them through active learning mechanisms. And what can we say about the role emotions play in a negotiation process? It is necessary to acknowledge , manage, and take advantage of them by using emotional intelligence mechanisms. Negotiation, by definition, implies the relationship between two or more parties who eventually express opposing interests and demand skills for problem-solving. In this course you will learn to identify and manage its irreversible consequences in advance."
Price: 149.00 |
| "Negotiation Strategies and Styles" |
| "The dilemma of the negotiator is a phenomenon that is derived from the tension that arises when, in the light of a specific situation, the optimum negotiation strategy must be discerned. The term was made popular by Professors David Lax and James Sebenius, of the Harvard Business School, to exemplify the dilemma between cooperating and competing in a negotiation. In this course, we first analyze the structure of the Dual Matrix that brings forth the five negotiation strategies, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each, and the situations in which they work out best. We study the behaviours that lead to each strategy in order to reflect about our negotiation profile, which has historically driven us to use a preferential strategy, but which is not necessarily yielding the results expected. The participant will develop competences for strategic decision making, which will enable him to achieve the greatest benefit from a negotiation, in terms of creation of value and satisfaction between the parties involved."
Price: 149.00 |
| "Future Trends of Fashion and Textiles 時尚之未来趨勢(趋势)" |
| "[中文介紹在英文介紹之後; 中文介绍在英文介绍之后] Everyone wishes to know the future! Although we do not have the magic crystal ball to show us the future, we have interviewed more than forty (40+) international industrialists, academics, and business leaders. They are experts in their area and the drivers behind the industry. Our guests will share their views of the future and potential of the fashion industry with you. During the interviews, we focused on the following questions: What are the current challenges? What are the new main directions in the coming five to ten (5 – 10) years? What kind of new technologies will become popular? Will there be any new business models (new ways of doing business)? What role can a government play? Will there be any ideology that may bring a big impact? We fully understand that learners may face the obstacle of terminology and background. We will introduce the background of the fashion supply chain first. Then, we take the learners to attend the interviews week by week, sector by sector. Most importantly, the course content is bilingual in Chinese and English. Learners will enjoy our learning supports. Suitable for students, consumers, anyone who is interested or working in the fashion business. -- 正體中文 -- 每個人都希望知道未來！ 儘管我們沒有魔術水晶球之類的工具來向我們展示未來，但我們採訪了四十多（40+）名國際工業家，學者和商業領袖。他們是各自領域的專家，也是時尚行業的推動者。我們的嘉賓將與您分享他們對時尚產業的未來和潛力的看法。 在採訪中，我們重點關注以下幾個問題： 當前的挑戰是什麼？ 未來五到十年（5 – 10）年中新的主要方向是什麼？ 什麼樣的新技術將在不久的將來流行？ 會不會有新的商業模式（新的經營方式）出現？ 政府可以扮演什麼角色？ 會不會有可能帶來巨大影響的新意識形態？ 我們完全理解同學們可能面對術語和背景的障礙。我們將首先介紹時尚供應鏈。然後，我們與同學們每週參加採訪。最重要的是，課程內容是中英文雙語。同學們將享受我們的學習支援。 適合學生、消費者、對時尚業感興趣和時尚產業在職人仕。 -- 简体中文 -- 每个人都希望知道未来！ 儘管我们没有魔术水晶球之类的工具来向我们展示未来，但我们採访了四十多（40+）名国际工业家，学者和商业领袖。他们是各自领域的专家，也是时尚行业的推动者。我们的嘉宾将与您分享他们对时尚产业的未来和潜力的看法。 在採访中，我们重点关注以下几个问题： 当前的挑战是什麼？ 未来五到十年（5 – 10）年中新的主要方向是什麼？ 什麼样的新技术将在不久的将来流行？ 会不会有新的经营方式出现？ 政府可以扮演什麼角色？ 会不会有可能带来巨大影响的新意识形态？ 我们完全理解同学们可能面对术语和背景的障碍。我们将首先介绍时尚供应链。然后，我们与同学们每週参加採访。最重要的是，课程内容是中英文双语。同学们将享受我们的学习支援。 适合学生、消费者、对时尚业感兴趣和时尚产业在职人仕。"
Price: 50.00 |
| "Defining the String Quartet II: Beethoven" |
| "Taught by music historian and Stanford Professor Stephen Hinton in collaboration with the university's ensemble-in-residence, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, you’ll be given a critical overview of Beethoven’s quartets and their reception history. Using a mix of lectures, discussions and copious demonstrations, Professor Hinton will focus in detail on three complete quartets: one early, one middle, and one late. As a special course feature, you’ll view live performances by the SLSQ recorded in Stanford's Bing Concert Hall."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Rethink the City: New Approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges" |
| "Learn about today's urban challenges focusing on developing countries, referred to as the Global South. We will debate the benefits associated with three different themes, going beyond traditional urban strategies and policies: 1. Spatial justice Having fair, inclusive and healthy urban contexts is one of the greatest challenges of cities in emerging economies. 2. Housing Provision and Management Increasing demand in the Global South calls for alternative approaches in housing provision and management. 3. Urban Resilience Understanding resilience not as a mere struggle for survival, but as an opportunity to build better urban environments. In the course, we will address questions such as: Is the 'just city' framework applicable to cities with extreme socio-economic inequality? Can community-led housing initiatives provide effective solutions for households in need? How can resilience support development instead of perpetuating a disadvantaged condition? In this architecture and urban planning course, academic urban planning expertise from TU Delft is used to formulate possible answers to these questions, and is applied in a range of challenging case studies from Ghana, Brazil, Malaysia, Chile, Ethiopia, and China, among others. This course offers you a new perspective to understand and analyse the urban challenges of the Global South. Through a combination of short theoretical lessons, presentation of case studies, testimonies from practitioners and practical assignments you will also learn how to develop a critical perspective about your own urban environment and how to translate this knowledge into analytical tools and innovative urban solutions. Urban challenges in the MENA region and African countries In addition, the course offers you two modules focused on the specific urban challenges of the MENA region and African countries. We will apply the three themes to different cases in these regions and explore these with academics and professionals working on the ground. AESOP Excellence in Teaching Award At the annual conference of AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) the Architecture MOOC ""Rethink the City: New approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges"" received the Excellence in Teaching Award 2017."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens | 全球化下的香港电影" |
| "Hong Kong Cinema has a global reach. Let’s explore how it reached you… Perhaps you know the films of martial arts icons Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan or the heroic bloodshed films of John Woo. Perhaps you are a fan of stars such as Maggie Cheung or Chow Yun Fat. Maybe you admire works by directors such as Wong Kar Wai. Whatever you know and wherever you are we invite you to join us on a journey to consider how the local and the global intersect to make Hong Kong cinema an integral part of popular culture around the world as well as a leading force in the development of world cinematic art. In this course you’ll learn how flows of capital, people, technologies, ideas and creativity circulate and shape the cultural industry of filmmaking, resulting in transnational co-productions and cross-cultural co-operations. You’ll see how these dynamic processes are inflected in characterization, plot development, and space-time configurations on Hong Kong screens. Our location in the cultural crossroads of Hong Kong allows us to introduce you to film professionals such as director Mabel Cheung and Andrew Lau, producer John Sham, film festival director Roger Garcia, and other guests, talking candidly about the industry. During your weeks with us you’ll see demonstrations of martial arts choreography, participate in close analysis of film techniques, investigate Hong Kong global stardom, uncover the reasons for the worldwide appeal of genres such as the kung fu film, and nurture a comparative and critical understanding of issues of gender, race, migration. Best of all you’ll partner with leading researchers in the field to appreciate Hong Kong’s contribution to world cinema. Please watch these films so that you can get the most out of the course content. Please note that you will need to acquire and watch the films on your own. We advise you see the films before each week’s material. Here is the list of films for each week. Week 1 – any Jackie Chan film (optional) Week 2 – any Bruce Lee film (optional), but we suggest Fist of Fury / The Chinese Connection (dir. Lo Wei, 1972), or Enter the Dragon , (dir. Robert Clouse, 1973) Week 3 – An Autumn’s Tale (dir. Mabel Cheung, 1987) Week 4 – The Killer (dir. John Woo, 1989) Week 5 – Infernal Affairs (dir. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, 2002) Week 6 – In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar Wai, 2000) 香港電影享譽全球。您與它的初次接觸，是透過功夫巨星李小龍或成龍的作品，還是吳宇森式的英雄喋血電影？您最欣賞的香港電影人是張曼玉、周潤發等影星，還是王家衛等導演？ 無論您身在何處，對香港電影了解多少，我們都誠意邀請您加入這個探索之旅，思考港式生活和全球文化交織而成的香港電影如何成為國際流行文化和世界電影藝術發展的主導力量。 在本課程中，我們將探討資本流動、人力、科技、 創意等元素如何在電影製作文化產業的形成過程中相得益彰，並促成跨國製作和跨文化營運。與此同時，我們亦會探索這些互動在香港電影中的人物塑造、情節發展和時空構造上所帶來的曲折變化。 香港大學是香港的文化交滙點，我們邀請了電影界專業人士，如導演張婉婷和劉偉強、製片人岑建勳、電影節總監高思雅等專家，分享電影業的內幕故事。 在數週的課程裡，您將會目睹功夫電影的動作編排， 電影技術的周密分析，研究香港演員晉身為國際巨星的過程，探索功夫電影令全球著迷的原因，及加深對性別、種族與移民等問題上比較性和批判性的思考方式。更重要的是，您將與各路專家一起認識香港對世界電影業所作出的貢獻。 每週的電影清單： 第 1 周 – 成龍的任何電影（可選） 第 2 周 – 李小龍的任何電影（可選）——建議影片 1.《精武門》(導演 羅維，1972年); 2.《猛龍過江》(導演 羅伯特* 克洛斯，1973 年) 第 3 周 – 《秋天的童話》 (導演 張婉婷，1987年) 第 4 周 – 《喋血雙雄》 (導演 吳宇森，1989年) 第 5 周 – 《無間道》 (導演 麥兆輝與劉偉強，2002年) 第 6 周 – 《花樣年華》 (導演 王家衛，2000年) 課程目標 • 通過分析香港電影業的本地市場與國際舞臺之間的關係，培養您的批判和歷史思維能力； • 在香港電影中不同的場景中尋找熟識的細節，從而拓展您對身份問題的了解； • 通過分析香港電影業，讓您更了解全球化對社會的影響。 香港电影享誉全球。您与它的初次接触，是透过功夫巨星李小龙或成龙的作品，还是吴宇森式的英雄喋血电影？您最欣赏的香港电影人是张曼玉、周润发等影星，还是王家卫等导演？ 无论您身在何处，对香港电影了解多少，我们都诚意邀请您加入这个探索之旅，思考港式生活和全球文化交织而成的香港电影如何成为国际流行文化和世界电影艺术发展的主导力量。 在本课程中，我们将探讨资本流动、人力、科技、 创意等元素如何在电影制作文化产业的形成过程中相得益彰，并促成跨国制作和跨文化营运。与此同时，我们亦会探索这些互动在香港电影中的人物塑造、情节发展和时空构造上所带来的曲折变化。 香港大学是香港的文化交滙点，我们邀请了电影界专业人士，如导演张婉婷和刘伟强、制片人岑建勋、电影节总监高思雅等专家，分享电影业的内幕故事。 在数周的课程里，您将会目睹功夫电影的动作编排， 电影技术的周密分析，研究香港演员晋身为国际巨星的过程，探索功夫电影令全球着迷的原因，及加深对性别、种族与移民等问题上比较性和批判性的思考方式。更重要的是，您将与各路专家一起认识香港对世界电影业所作出的贡献。 每周的电影清单： 第 1 周 – 成龙的任何电影（可选） 第 2 周 – 李小龙的任何电影（可选）——建议影片 1.《精武门》(导演 罗维，1972年); 2.《猛龙过江》(导演 罗伯特• 克洛斯，1973 年) 第 3 周 – 《秋天的童话》 (导演 张婉婷，1987年) 第 4 周 – 《喋血双雄》 (导演 吴宇森，1989年) 第 5 周 – 《无间道》 (导演 麦兆辉与刘伟强，2002年) 第 6 周 – 《花样年华》 (导演 王家卫，2000年) 课程目标 通过分析香港电影业的本地市场与国际舞台之间的关系，培养您的批判和历史思维能力； • 在香港电影中不同的场景中寻找熟识的细节，从而拓展您对身份问题的了解； • 通过分析香港电影业，让您更了解全球化对社会的影响。"
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| "Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data" |
| "The world is full of uncertainty: accidents, storms, unruly financial markets, noisy communications. The world is also full of data. Probabilistic modeling and the related field of statistical inference are the keys to analyzing data and making scientifically sound predictions. Probabilistic models use the language of mathematics. But instead of relying on the traditional ""theorem-proof"" format, we develop the material in an intuitive -- but still rigorous and mathematically-precise -- manner. Furthermore, while the applications are multiple and evident, we emphasize the basic concepts and methodologies that are universally applicable. The course covers all of the basic probability concepts, including: multiple discrete or continuous random variables, expectations, and conditional distributions laws of large numbers the main tools of Bayesian inference methods an introduction to random processes (Poisson processes and Markov chains) The contents of this courseare heavily based upon the corresponding MIT class -- Introduction to Probability -- a course that has been offered and continuously refined over more than 50 years. It is a challenging class but will enable you to apply the tools of probability theory to real-world applications or to your research. This course is part of theMITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science. Master the skills needed to be an informed and effective practitioner of data science. You will complete this course and three others from MITx, at a similar pace and level of rigor as an on-campus course at MIT, and then take a virtually-proctored exam to earn your MicroMasters, an academic credential that will demonstrate your proficiency in data science or accelerate your path towards an MIT PhD or a Master's at other universities. To learn more about this program, please visit https://micromasters.mit.edu/ds/."
Price: 300.00 |
