| "The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life" |
| "Today, finding happiness is about mindfulness and discovering your true self. You may have heard that happiness is found by looking within. Ancient Chinese philosophy challenges all of these modern assumptions. From Confucianism to Daoism, the philosophies developed over two thousand years ago are among the most powerful in human history. This course brings voices from the past into modern contexts to explore the path to a good life today. The philosophical concepts discussed provide tools to change your life and increase personal happiness by focusing on your actions, the power of ritual, and the importance of sensing the world around you. Through a series of lectures, animations, discussions, and reflection diaries, this course focuses on close readings from prominent Chinese philosophers. The course requires no prior knowledge of Chinese philosophy or history and all texts are in translation. Adapted from one of the most popular classes at Harvard, this course is now available online for the first time. Learn from award-winning professor Michael Puett and start on your path towards happiness."
Price: 98.00 |
| "U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies" |
| "Public policy puts laws into action. The executive branch directs the combined activities of the federal government to address a multitude of problems, from the environment to the economy. The policies of the United States affect social issues, economic growth, taxes, regulation, and foreign affairs. This course will take a broad view of public policy in America but will use specific examples, such as the 2008 economic downturn and climate change, to illustrate the wide-ranging effects of those policies. We’ll address the intersection of religion and politics, and how issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage have played out in the political arena. We’ll discuss fiscal, monetary, welfare and income policy—what they are, what tools they involve, and what political divisions they create. We’ll examine partisan divisions over regulatory policy, and the basis for those divisions. Finally, we’ll trace the evolution of America’s position as a trading nation by examining trade agreements like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This course will also serve as an overview of American government, concentrating on overarching tendencies such as its fragmented power structure. The importance of these tendencies will be explained by showing how thoroughly each of them affects American politics."
Price: 49.00 |
| "U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy" |
| "How do the three branches of government operate? How is power shared among Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court? What role is played by federal agencies that have no direct constitutional authority oftheir own? In this part of our series on American Government, we will examine the separation of powers among the three branches of government, and the role of voters, political parties, and the broader federal bureaucracy. We’ll explore how “the people” affect the behavior of members of Congress, what constitutes success in a president’s domestic and foreign policies, and how much power an unelected judiciary should have in a democratic system."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media" |
| "Public opinion has a powerful yet inexact influence on elected officials. Politicians risk their careers if they ignore it, yet its power is not easy to capture nor quantify. This course will look at how political parties, campaigns, social movements, special interests, and the news media all play a role in influencing public opinion. We’ll examine the attributes of public opinion, how polling attempts to measure those attributes, and how they impact the decisions of policymakers. We’ll address the unique features of the two-party system in the U.S., how those parties realign themselves in response to shifting norms, and how their candidates are vetted behind the scenes before the start of a campaign. Outside of the formal organization of party politics, groups representing various interests aim to affect a change through the political system. Special interest groups resemble political parties, but while parties try to influence elections, groups concentrate on gaining influence over policies. Meanwhile, social movements take place outside these established institutions, often in the form of protest demonstrations and rallies. All of these interests are filtered through the news media, which plays a critical role in shaping people’s images of politics. This course will help you to understand how these forces shape American politics, from “invisible primaries” to election day and beyond."
Price: 49.00 |
| "American Government: Constitutional Foundations" |
| "“We the People” are the opening words of the U.S. Constitution, yet the original document did not give citizens much say in the election of their officials. Though some of those issues have been addressed, substantial barriers—gerrymandering, voter registration, and voter ID laws—still restrain the power of the vote. Why? How can a country, founded more than 200 years ago on the ideals of liberty, equality, and individualism, still struggle to empower all of its citizens equally? This course explores the origins of U.S. political culture, how that culture informed the Constitution, and how that framework continues to influence the country’s politics and policies. We will examine the Constitution’s provisions for limited government, the division of power between the federal and state governments, and the forces that have made federalism a source of political conflict and change. We will address how the Constitution not only established the structure of the U.S. government but guarantees personal freedoms and civil rights. These rights have been challenged and expanded in significant Supreme Court cases, which will help to illustrate how historically disadvantaged groups have struggled to realize the 14th Amendment's promise of equality."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation" |
| "Quantum computation is a remarkable subject building on the great computational discovery that computers based on quantum mechanics are exponentially powerful. This course aims to make this cutting-edge material broadly accessible to undergraduate students, including computer science majors who do not have any prior exposure to quantum mechanics. The course starts with a simple introduction to the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics using the concepts of qubits (or quantum bits) and quantum gates. This treatment emphasizes the paradoxical nature of the subject, including entanglement, non-local correlations, the no-cloning theorem and quantum teleportation. The course covers the fundamentals of quantum algorithms, including the quantum fourier transform, period finding, Shor's quantum algorithm for factoring integers, as well as the prospects for quantum algorithms for NP-complete problems. It also discusses the basic ideas behind the experimental realization of quantum computers, including the prospects for adiabatic quantum optimization and the D-Wave controversy. Before your course starts, try the new edX Demo where you can explore the fun, interactive learning environment and virtual labs. Learn more. Do I need a textbook for this class? No. Notes will be posted each week. If you wish to consult other references, a list of related textbooks and online resources will be provided. What is the estimated effort for course? About 5-12 hrs/week. Why is the work load range so wide? How long you spend on the course depends upon your background and on the depth to which you wish to understand the material. The topics in this course are quite open ended, and will be presented so you can understand them at a high level or can try to follow it at a sophisticated level with the help of the posted notes. How much does it cost to take the course? Nothing! The course is free. Will the text of the lectures be available? Yes. All of our lectures will have transcripts synced to the videos. Do I need to watch the lectures live? No. You can watch the lectures at your leisure."
Price: 49.00 |
| "IoT Networks and Protocols" |
| "The Internet of Things (IoT) is expanding at a rapid rate, and it is becoming increasingly important for professionals to understand what it is, how it works, and how to harness its power to improve your business. In this course we will focus on how the IoT works. You will learn about IoT networks and explore how ‘things’ connect to it, including whether the connection and processing is local (fog) or remote (cloud). We will explore data networks, connection types, layer models and analyze IoT protocols and standards. You’ll also learn how to evaluate different infrastructure components and network systems, and how to go about designing a basic network for your own IoT ideas."
Price: 199.00 |
| "Programación para todos (empezando con Python)" |
| "Este curso de Python tiene el objetivo de enseñar a todos lo básico de la programación de computadoras usando Python. Conocerás cómo construir un programa de una serie de instrucciones simples en Python. El curso de programación no tiene prerrequisitos y evita todo menos la matemática más simple. Cualquier persona con experiencia moderada con computadoras debe poder dominar los materiales en este MOOC. Este curso de informática cubrirá los Capítulos 1-5 del libro «Python para Todos». Una vez que un estudiante completa este curso, estará listo para tomar cursos de programación más avanzados. Este curso cubre Python 3. Los ejercicios se realizan en un navegador web para que puedas realizar todas las tareas de programación en un teléfono o computadora pública. ¡Comienza a programar en Python hoy mismo!"
Price: 49.00 |
| "Mawlana Jalal-Uddin Balkhi - Rumi: The Greatest Mystic Poet of All Time" |
| "Mawlana has written and composed most of his works in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic, and Greek, text in his verses. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language. His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world. Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States, and South Asia. According to the UNESCO.ORG The Persian-language poet and philosopher Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi-Rumi (Mevlana Celaleddin Belhī Rūmī) was born in 1207 in Balkh, now Afghanistan. He lived most of his life in Konya, in today’s Turkey, where he died in 1273. Author of the renowned Mathnawi or “Rhyming Couplets”, he is considered to be one of the greatest Sufi masters, a peer of the well-known Ibn Arabi and Shams-e Tabrizi. During his lifetime, Mawlana enjoyed especially good relations with people of diverse social, cultural and religious backgrounds. He addressed humanity as a whole: “I do not distinguish between the relative and the stranger.” Mawlana's poetry has influenced not only Persian literature, but also Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Azerbaijani, as well as the literature of some other Turkish, Iranian, and Indo-Aryan languages including Chagatai, Urdu and Pashto."
Price: 45.00 |
| "Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis" |
| "How healthy is the state of the economy? How can economic policy help support or restore health to the economy? These questions are at the heart of financial programming. In our FPP courses you will learn the building blocks of how to answer to these questions. Financial programming is a framework to analyze the current state of the economy, forecast where the economy is headed, and identify economic policies that can change the course of the economy. In Part 1 of the FPP sequence, presented by IMF's Institute for Capacity Development, you will learn the basic skills required to conduct financial programming. The course presents the principal features of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy (real, fiscal, external, and monetary); demonstrates how to read, interpret, and analyze the accounts for these sectors; and illustrates how these sectors are interlinked. (Part 2 of the FPP sequence will cover preparation of a baseline forecast and design of an adjustment program.) During the course, economists from the IMF will lead you through the accounts and analysis of an economy. Besides engaging with lecture videos, you will answer questions on the concepts explained, solve short numerical exercises, discuss with fellow participants economic developments in your country, and work with data for a hypothetical country. The reading material will be provided to you. Whether you are a civil servant working on economic issues for your country, a professional working with economic data, or simply interested in better understanding the developments of an economy, this course will provide hands-on training on macroeconomic analysis. We hope that you will join us in this exciting journey! Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1 is offered by the IMF with financial support from the Government of Japan."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2: Program Design" |
| "In this macroeconomics course, you will improve your skills in macroeconomic policy analysis and learn to design an economic and financial program, using real economic data. The financial programming exercise simulates what IMF (International Monetary Fund) desk economists routinely do in their country surveillance and program work. In the first part of the course (modules 1–7), you will analyze the economic outlook of a country case and then help to build a baseline scenario — namely, a set of projections for the main macroeconomic sectors (real, external, government and monetary) that reflects the analyst’s best guess of what will happen to the economy in the coming year, assuming no policy change. In the second part (modules 8–10), you will learn and discuss how macroeconomic policies can be used to address poor performance and reduce macroeconomic imbalances. We will illustrate the workings of monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policies by using a simple Keynesian model of an open economy. In the final module you will design an IMF–supported lending program scenario for our country case. Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2 is offered by the IMF with financial support from the Government of Japan."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Foundations of Central Bank Law" |
| "This IMFx course is designed to strengthen participants' understanding of the foundational legal aspects of central bank laws. The course combines conceptual introductions with practical cross-country legislative examples. The course will enhance participants’ capabilities to look critically at the central bank law of their own country and, where appropriate, formulate avenues to improve it. Presented by the IMF Legal Department’s central bank team, which provides advice to member countries on their central bank laws, the course provides a practitioner's view to central bank laws. The nine modules of the course cover the (1) legal establishment, nature, and ownership of central banks, (2) central bank mandates, (3) decision-making structures of central banks, (4) autonomy, accountability, and transparency of central banks, (5) monetary and exchange rate policy, (6) lender of last resort and other crisis management functions, (7) macroprudential oversight, (8) the banker to the state, (9) currency and payment systems. Participants explore these topics through video lectures, relevant readings, and testimonies from senior policy-makers. During the lectures, presenters will use examples from countries at different stages of economic development. Throughout the course, you will have the opportunity to engage with fellow participants from around the world, and with course staff through the discussion forum. Assessments in each course module will test your understanding of key concepts, allowing you to track the progress of your understanding. A post course test brings together the different facets of the course to give a holistic approach as to how the foundational legal aspects of a central should be shaped. This course is offered by the IMF, with financial support from the Government of Japan."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Macroeconomic Diagnostics" |
| "In this online course on Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDSx), you will learn some applied tools that will allow you to assess the economic situation in a country. These analytical tools are the ones most used by applied macroeconomists—including those at the IMF. You will learn both how to technically implement these tools and to interpret their results. The course will guide you through the different sectors of an economy. It will present tools to assess the relevant sector and its vulnerabilities. These applied tools will be simple to apply and they will bring out the critical information that an economist needs to make an assessment. Beyond the tools themselves, we’ll also be showing how to refine and interpret their output. We will be doing more than just plugging numbers into a spreadsheet formula. We will want to use the results of these tools – filtered through our judgement – to develop a narrative of a country’s economic situation. To help you make this course more hands-on, you will be examining a case study country called “Diagnostica.” We will run through a series of sector-by-sector assessments. Along the way, we will be demonstrating how to apply the diagnostic by using different country examples. Then, you will be asked to perform that same exercise and interpret it for “Diagnostica.” Finally, we’ll be integrating our sectoral assessments into a comprehensive analysis known as a ‘risk assessment matrix’ or RAM. This will give us a sense of where the major risks and weaknesses lie in Diagnostica’s macroeconomic picture. Macroeconomic Diagnostics is offered by the IMF with financial support from the Government of Japan."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Financial Market Analysis" |
| "In this IMFx course you will learn, from hands-on demonstrations, how to price different types of bonds, how to calculate different measures of bond yields and how to compare them across different types of instruments. You will become familiar with the term structure of interest rates, a key ingredient in establishing benchmark rates used to price securities in the markets and a valuable tool for monetary policy design and diagnosis. You’ll gain an understanding of the firm fundamentals that can explain why a stock price may go up or down, or why it might be higher for one company in comparison to another, you will be able to apply these fundamentals at the economy-wide level to analyze valuations of the stock market as a whole. Finally, you will gain insight into investors’ decisions. You’ll explore the main criteria that an investor uses to determine how to construct the best possible portfolio of risky assets. You will also adopt the perspective of a policymaker interested in understanding how monetary policy affects the risk and return properties of financial investments. In short, the FMAx course is designed to provide a common language in finance, thus allowing you to interpret and analyze financial data. It will also provide you with a foundation upon which you can proceed to more advanced or policy-oriented training in areas in which macroeconomics and finance meet. Financial Market Analysis is offered by the IMF with financial support from the Government of Japan."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Python: Aprender a programar" |
| "Este curso empieza desde 0 para aprender a programar con Python, tratando los fundamentos de programación como son las variables y constantes, las condiciones, los bucles y los módulos y funciones, para acabar introduciendo el tratamiento de cadenas de texto y los ficheros. De esta forma, al acabar el curso el alumno será capaz de realizar programas útiles a la hora de procesar datos de diversas fuentes para obtener conclusiones"
Price: 49.00 |
| "Introducción al desarrollo de videojuegos con Unity" |
| "Nunca antes el mercado de los videojuegos se ha encontrado en un mejor momento. En la actualidad existen multitud de plataformas disponibles y la irrupción de los dispositivos móviles ha revolucionado el sector. La existencia de múltiples plataformas implica grandes retos para los desarrolladores en la toma de decisiones, tanto en la elección de las plataformas como en el dimensionamiento de los equipos de trabajo. Una solución a estos problemas es utilizar un motor de juegos, y sin lugar a dudas el motor más popular y usado del momento es Unity. Unity es el motor más popular por razones como sus poderosas herramientas, su capacidad de generar juegos en más de 20 plataformas distintas, su excelente curva de aprendizaje y los centenares de complementos disponibles para él desarrollados por terceros. Unidades Introducción al entorno Conceptos básicos de Unity Introducción al motor de juegos Unity y las diferentes plataformas Scripting Unity en acción"
Price: 50.00 |
| "Dispositivos Móviles para la Gestión del Territorio" |
| "Se conocerán los distintos sistemas de georreferenciación/navegación aplicados a dispositivos móviles, la estructura de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) y su aplicabilidad a la gestión del territorio y se describirán los sistemas de comunicación existentes (GPRS/UMTS, internet), con el objeto de analizar las aplicaciones a la ingeniería y la gestión del territorio que proporciona la integración de estos tres sistemas en los dispositivos móviles. Asimismo, se describirán los principales software de navegación y gestión de la información (SIG) existentes en el mercado para dispositivos móviles, incluyendo prácticas con algunos de ellos. Por último, se realizara una valoración de las distintas aplicaciones que pueden proporcionar los dispositivos móviles para la gestión del territorio, para la ingeniería, geografía, geología, ciencias medio ambientales…"
Price: 49.00 |
| "Fundamentos de Mecánica para Ingeniería" |
| "Se aborda el estudio del universo físico analizando objetos en movimiento. Se definen y analizan todas las magnitudes y leyes físicas que permiten describir geométrica y causalmente el movimiento de cuerpos representados por un punto. Trataremos: Magnitudes físicas y álgebra vectorial Fundamentos de cinemática del punto Tipos de movimiento Dinámica del punto Trabajo y potencia Energía mecánica"
Price: 49.00 |
| "Comunicación y Redacción Digital" |
| "Hoy en día, una de las mayores actividades que hacemos en Internet es escribir. Escribimos correos electrónicos, escribimos palabras para encontrar información en los buscadores, escribimos nombres de canciones, de personas o de marcas para encontrar videos sobre ellos. Escribimos en nuestras redes sociales y en las de nuestros conocidos y amigos. Escribimos para buscar imágenes. Mucho de lo que hacemos en Internet es escribir. En este curso aprenderemos a escribir correctamente para que nuestros textos tengan visibilidad en Internet. Analizaremos los conceptos de hipertextualidad, interactividad y multimedialidad y cómo aplicarlos a la redacción de textos. Exploraremos algunos términos que te ayudarán a tener un mayor posicionamiento de tus escritos, tales como palabras clave, resultados de página de búsqueda o meta-descripciones, entre otras. Finalmente, conoceremos algunas herramientas que te serán útiles para tener mayor conocimiento sobre el tema y, sobre todo, visibilidad en Internet."
Price: 29.00 |
| "On-Ramp to AP® French Language and Culture" |
| "Students who enroll in the French Language and Culture AP® class must be ready to engage right from the beginning of the year in oral and written communication. The basis of the French grammar must be solid and the idea behind this course is to solidify these basis to allow student to enter the class with a strong foundation that will allow them to start communicating from the beginning of the school year, keeping the grammar to a minimal amount of review during the course of the school year. The online class will cover: Review of basic conjugations, irregular presents, Passé composé / imparfait, Future simple, conditional present and past Infinitif Subjunctive present and past, its use Relative pronouns Complement pronouns Demonstrative pronouns Possessive pronouns Comparisons Indirect discourse Writing an essay 101 Learn more about our High School and AP® Exam Preparation Courses Advanced Placement_® and AP ®_ are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, these offerings."
Price: 25.00 |
| "Autonomous Mobile Robots" |
| "Robots are rapidly evolving from factory workhorses, which are physically bound to their work-cells, to increasingly complex machines capable of performing challenging tasks in our daily environment. The objective of this course is to provide the basic concepts and algorithms required to develop mobile robots that act autonomously in complex environments. The main emphasis is put on mobile robot locomotion and kinematics, environment perception, probabilistic map based localization and mapping, and motion planning. The lectures and exercises of this course introduce several types of robots such as wheeled robots, legged robots and drones. This lecture closely follows the textbook Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots by Roland Siegwart, Illah Nourbakhsh, Davide Scaramuzza, The MIT Press, second edition 2011."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Inteligencia Artificial para todos: Domina las bases" |
| "En este curso, aprenderás qué es la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) y comprenderás sus aplicaciones y casos de uso y cómo está transformando nuestras vidas. Este curso en línea explorará conceptos básicos de inteligencia artificial que incluyen aprendizaje automático, aprendizaje profundo y redes neuronales, así como casos de uso y aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial. Estarás expuesto a temas relacionados con la IA, incluida la ética, el sesgo, el empleo y los impactos en la sociedad. Echarás un vistazo al futuro con IA, recibirás consejos para comenzar una carrera relacionada con la IA y concluirás el curso implementando la IA en acción con un mini proyecto. Este curso de IA para todos no requiere ninguna experiencia en programación o ciencias de la computación y está diseñado para presentar los conceptos básicos de IA a cualquier persona, ya sea que tenga conocimientos técnicos o no."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Introducción a la Inteligencia Artificial de Watson" |
| "En este curso, aprenderás cómo comenzar rápida y fácilmente con la Inteligencia Artificial utilizando IBM Watson. Comprenderás cómo funciona Watson, te familiarizarás con sus casos de uso y ejemplos de clientes de la vida real, se presentarán varios servicios de inteligencia artificial de Watson de IBM que permiten a cualquiera aplicar fácilmente la Inteligencia Artificial y crear aplicaciones inteligentes. También trabajarás con varios servicios de Watson, incluido el Watson Studio, el Watson Assistant (asistente de Watson) y el Watson Discovery (Descubrimiento con Watson) para demostrar la inteligencia artificial en acción. Este curso en línea no requiere ninguna experiencia en programación o ciencias de la computación y está diseñado para cualquier persona, ya sea que tenga una formación técnica o no."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Inteligencia artificial: Chatbots sin programación" |
| "Oferta especial: este curso incluye una gran oferta de IBM: un año de servicios de Watson Assistant para potencializar 10 chatbots sin cargo. ¡La manera perfecta de iniciar tu negocio de construcción de chatbots! Los chatbots son uno de los temas más interesantes y demandados en tecnología. Las empresas de todo el mundo muestran cada vez más interés en su potencial para ahorrar costos y mejorar la disponibilidad del servicio al cliente. En este curso en línea, aprenderás cómo construir chatbots con tecnología de Watson y cómo enfocarse en ganar dinero vendiendo chatbots a los clientes. Cubriremos las puertas para vender chatbots a posibles clientes en línea y fuera de línea. Exploraremos cómo planificar y construir chatbots utilizando una herramienta visual proporcionada por IBM. Ofreceremos métodos para probar, analizar y mejorar tus chatbots. Y le enseñaremos cómo implementar sus chatbots en sitios web a través de un plug-in para WordPress. ¡Aprovechando el poder de inteligencia artificial de Watson Assistant, podrás lograr todo esto sin la necesidad de escribir ningún código!"
Price: 49.00 |
| "Spiritualités et interculturalité en contexte de soins" |
| "La littérature médicale et soignante met de plus en plus en lumière l’importance de la spiritualité dans le processus de restauration de la santé, et ce pour le meilleur (l’intérêt pour et par le patient) et pour le pire (une instrumentalisation du spirituel et/ou du religieux). Dans une société sécularisée et pluriculturelle, comment appréhender ce recours au spirituel ? L’importance de cette convocation invite les professionnel.les à prendre au sérieux les besoins spirituels du patient de manière ajustée, en portant attention à ce que le malade souhaite vraiment. Et pour cela, à développer des compétences en « spiritual care », inscrites dans une compréhension des cultures et des manières de vivre la maladie en contexte de soins, et dans l’accompagnement ajusté des personnes souffrantes. La portée de ce cours est généraliste : s’il veut ouvrir à la question de l’interculturalité, il cherche tout autant à ouvrir la question de la spiritualité – et des spiritualités – au cœur des pratiques soignantes interdisciplinaires. Vous avez un intérêt pour la réalité de l’interculturalité en contexte de soins ? Ce cours rencontrera vos questionnements, que vous soyez : Étudiant.es en sciences humaines et/ou en santé, Professionnel.les de la santé, Accompagnant.es spirituel.les et équipes d’aumônerie. Ce cours ne vise pas principalement à développer une compétence clinique en termes de savoir-être du professionnel. Soucieux d’une dimension pratique, il vise plutôt l’éveil à l’importance de la dimension spirituelle qui se joue dans la relation de soins, au cœur des institutions de soins contemporaines et à ses spécificités en situation d’interculturalité. Pour y parvenir, il vous apportera des outils que vous pourrez vous approprier en fonction de votre propre intérêt et de votre questionnement."
Price: 50.00 |
| "Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation" |
| "How much would you like your smart home to know about you? Has your data been harvested and used for political advertising on social media? Would you be happy to be profiled by a predictive policing AI? As we create more data-driven technologies, those issues become increasingly urgent. We must begin to ask not only ‘what can we do?’, but also ‘what should we do?’ How should we design new technologies to make sure they are used for good, not bad purposes? The ‘good’, the ‘bad’, and the ‘should’ are a domain of ethics, and a basis for other important concepts such as justice, fairness, rights, respect. They further inform the law and what is legal. Finally, they are at the roots of an extremely important currency in the modern economy: trust. This story-driven course is taught by the leading experts in data science, AI, information law, science and technology studies, and responsible research and innovation, and informed by case studies supplied by the digital business frontrunners and tech companies. We will look at real-world controversies and ethical challenges to introduce and critically discuss the social, political, legal and ethical issues surrounding data-driven innovation, including those posed by big data, AI systems, and machine learning systems. We will drill down into case studies, structured around core concerns being raised by society, governments and industry, such as bias, fairness, rights, data re-use, data protection and data privacy, discrimination, transparency and accountability. Throughout the course, we will emphasise the importance of being mindful of the realities and complexities of making ethical decisions in a landscape of competing interests. We will engage with data-based contexts such as facial recognition, predictive policing, medical screening, smart homes and cities, banking, and AI, to explore their social implications and the tools required to minimise harm, promote fairness, and safeguard and increase human autonomy and well-being. We address cutting edge issues being grappled with by practitioners and new approaches emerging in industry and offer the opportunity for participants to develop and feedback solutions. Completing this course will help you understand the challenges we are facing, and inspire you to design, criticise, and develop better intelligent systems to shape our future."
Price: 49.00 |
| "Data Science for Construction, Architecture and Engineering" |
| "The building industry is exploding with data sources that impact the energy performance of the built environment and health and well-being of occupants. Spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore as the sole analytics tool for professionals in this field. Participating in mainstream data science courses might provide skills such as programming and statistics, however the applied context to buildings is missing, which is the most important part for beginners. This course focuses on the development of data science skills for professionals specifically in the built environment sector. It targets architects, engineers, construction and facilities managers with little or no previous programming experience. An introduction to data science skills is given in the context of the building life cycle phases. Participants will use large, open data sets from the design, construction, and operations of buildings to learn and practice data science techniques. Essentially this course is designed to add new tools and skills to supplement spreadsheets. Major technical topics include data loading, processing, visualization, and basic machine learning using the Python programming language, the Pandas data analytics and sci-kit learn machine learning libraries, and the web-based Colaboratory environment. In addition, the course will provide numerous learning paths for various built environment-related tasks to facilitate further growth."
Price: 199.00 |
| "Intercultural Communication at Work – Land the job and do it well" |
| "In a market with rising diversity and uncertainty, employers are not only seeking candidates with intelligence and emotional abilities, but also looking for individuals who are culturally sensitive and resilient. Intelligence quotient, emotional quotient, cultural quotient and adversity quotient are, therefore, among the fundamentals of effective professional communication in a culturally diverse workplace. Against this backdrop, this course aims to guide job applicants from landing a choice position to performing professionally at work. Topics 1 and 2 facilitate the acquisition of professional communication skills associated with personal branding, CV writing, LinkedIn profile management, and interview skills. Topics 3, 4 and 5 look into relationship building, teamwork, conflict management, negotiation and presentation which are crucial to building and sustaining professional credibility."
Price: 59.00 |
| "English for Doing Business in Asia – Speaking" |
| "The use of English for doing business in multinational settings is a fact of life for many business people. As Asian economies expand and become more involved in the global economy, a lingua franca – a language used to communicate among groups of people who do not share a mother tongue – is needed to exchange information. This course has two goals. The first is to introduce non-native speakers of English to methods for developing spoken English language and communication skills for doing business in Asia. The second is to examine the impact of interculturality and globalization on English communications. By exploring and participating in a business simulation set in Asia, you will develop the principal skills for effective communication in English when conducting business in China and other Asian countries. This course is part of a series developed by the same instructors. Enroll in EBA102x English for Doing Business in Asia – Writing to continue developing your English language and written communication skills. Learn about business writing format, audience, culture, purpose, grammar, style and more."
Price: 60.00 |
| "English for Doing Business in Asia – Writing" |
| "The use of English for doing business in multinational settings is a fact of life for many business people. And, as Asian economies expand and become more involved in the global economy, having the ability to write clear and concise English is important when exchanging information. This course has two goals. The first is to introduce non-native speakers of English to methods for developing written English language and communication skills for doing business in Asia. The second is to examine the impact of cross-cultural interactions and globalization on English communications. By exploring and participating in a business simulation set in Asia, you will develop the principal skills for effective communication in English when conducting business in China and other Asian countries. This course is part of a series developed by the same instructors. Enroll in EBA101x English for Doing Business in Asia – Speaking to continue developing your English language communication skills. Learn about business presentations, audience, format, pronunciation, rhythm and more."
Price: 60.00 |
