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Healthy and Sustainable Foods (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/healthy-sustainable-foods This course focuses on healthy and sustainable foods. After reviewing the crucial role of food for both health and the environment, we first look at the carbon footprint and environmental impacts of multiple ingredients and more complex foods. We also detail a health-based approach to quantify the impact of 5000+ individual foods on health, expressed in minutes of life lost and gain per serving. We then analyze trade-offs and targeted changes that can bring substantial health and environmental b |
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Healthy and Sustainable Foods and Products (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/healthy-sustainable-foods-products Offered by University of Michigan. Assess the Global Impact of Foods and Products. This specialization provides you with the knowledge and ... |
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Hearing Loss in Children (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/hearing-loss-in-children Approximately 2 to 3 out of 1000 children in the United States are born with a significant hearing loss. Early identification and intervention of hearing loss is crucial to children’s lifelong learning outcomes. It is well documented that later identification of hearing loss can lead to significant delays in children’s speech, language, literacy, social and emotional development. This course addresses gaps currently existing in the health education curriculum for pediatric hearing loss and give |
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High Stakes Leadership: Leading in Times of Crisis (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/high-stakes-leadership This course has been designed to help leaders, like you, learn how to effectively navigate the challenges of significant organizational disruptions. As a participant in this course, you’ll discover why an understanding of various stakeholder perspectives can inform and dramatically improve a leader’s response to events that threaten an organization’s very survival. This course is also about understanding and developing individual and organizational resilience—the ability to anticipate potential |
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History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/history-of-racial-inequity-in-healthcare The first course of the Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare specialization will first situate the role of public health in healthcare, and walk through important concepts and definitions that you will see throughout the course and subsequent courses. You will walk through the social and biological perspectives on the concepts of race and racism, and unpack the history of unequal treatment in the U.S. You will learn about the health insurance system in the U.S., differential access to |
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How Science Turns Data Into Knowledge (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/how-science-turns-data-into-knowledge How Science Turns Data Into Knowledge teaches you how to evaluate scientific claims critically, address experimental limitations, and recognize the roles of trust and responsibility within research. During the course, you’ll explore the nuances of significance testing, scientific research methods, and science communication, emphasizing the importance of carefully interpreting statistical results. After learning about the scientific process, you’ll learn how science can make its way into the new |
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How to Describe Data (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/how-to-describe-data How to Describe Data examines the use of data in our everyday lives, giving you the ability to assess the usefulness and relevance of the information you encounter. In this course, learn about uncertainty’s role in measurements and how you can develop a critical eye toward evaluating statistical information in places like headlines, advertisements, and research. You’ll learn the fundamentals of discussing, evaluating, and presenting a wide range of data sets, as well as how data helps us make se |
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How to Network: Leading Yourself to Lead Others (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/how-to-network Life is a relationship business, and the world is our work. Success in today’s complex, dynamic, and unpredictable world depends on our ability to cultivate, nurture, and activate relationships. This course – designed for students, professionals, and executives – will inspire learners to build a networking mindset and harness the power of networking to solve problems, create opportunities, and live out their respective purposes and goals. A networking mindset is a strategic advantage in life an |
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Human Health Risks, Health Equity, and Environmental Justice (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/human-health-risks-health-equity-and-environmental-justice The fourth and final course of the Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health specialization will cover two topics. The first is environmental justice – that is, avoiding an inequitable distribution of environmental health threats in our population, and ensuring a healthy and safe environment and health equity for all. The second is risk assessment and management, a framework that can be utilized to assess and quantify human health risks, and to identify appropriate approaches to mitigat |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/opioid For CME Learners: View information about expected results, presenters, their disclosures, and CME credit here: https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEnduring&eventId=78167 This course will empower non-prescribing providers to directly impact the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States through increased knowledge and tools that will transform practice and policies. The course will inform you about the opioid epidemic and provide information and research about evidence-based st |
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Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/impacts-of-the-environment-on-global-public-health Offered by University of Michigan. Learn how environmental factors affect health. Explore environmental health science (EHS) and assess the ... |
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Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/industrial-internet-of-things In this course, learners will be introduced to the concept of the Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, learn how it is applied in manufacturing, and what businesses should consider as they decide to implement this technology. Considerations include information technology infrastructure, the business value of implementing IIoT, and what needs to happen across the organization to ensure successful implementation. Learners will hear from industry experts as they share their perspectives on the |
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Inferential Statistical Analysis with Python (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/inferential-statistical-analysis-python In this course, we will explore basic principles behind using data for estimation and for assessing theories. We will analyze both categorical data and quantitative data, starting with one population techniques and expanding to handle comparisons of two populations. We will learn how to construct confidence intervals. We will also use sample data to assess whether or not a theory about the value of a parameter is consistent with the data. A major focus will be on interpreting inferential results |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/influencing-people This course will improve your ability to influence people in situations where you cannot use formal authority. You will learn about effective ways to build, develop, and sustain a power base in your organization. You will also learn influence tactics that enable you to be more persuasive and influential in working with your superiors, peers, and even subordinates. In addition, you will learn how to build and maintain high-quality relationships to further maximize your informal power and ability |
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Influir en las personas (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/influencing-people-es Este curso mejorará su capacidad para influir en las personas en situaciones en las que no puede usar autoridad formal. Aprenderá formas efectivas de construir, desarrollar y mantener una base de poder en su organización. También aprenderá tácticas de influencia que le permitirán ser más persuasivo e influyente al trabajar con sus superiores, compañeros e incluso subordinados. Además, aprenderá cómo construir y mantener relaciones de alta calidad para maximizar aún más su poder informal y su cap |
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Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/invest-tech Explore the evolution of AI investing and online wealth management. Investing and managing your wealth online has never been easier, but how does AI investing work and what are the challenges? On this course, you’ll explore how technology has changed the way we invest money. You’ll consider the evolution of AI-driven online wealth management platforms, robo-advisors, and learn how they work and why they’re successful. Moving from human-based data-driven investing strategies to neural networks |
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Inspiring and Motivating Individuals (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/motivate-people-teams In this course, you will learn how to create a shared vision for your team and effectively communicate it to your teammates. You will also learn how to set effective goals and expectations in a way that best enables your team to attain the shared vision. Finally, you will understand the most important needs and drivers of performance across cultures, and will learn to align rewards with desired behaviors so that your teammates are motivated to attain the team’s objectives. Motivation represent |
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Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/instructional-methods-education This course provides those involved in educating members of the health professions an asynchronous, interdisciplinary, and interactive way to obtain, expand, and improve their teaching skills. These skills can then be applied within their own professional context, with a variety of learners, extending across many stages. After completing this course, learners will: 1. Understand educational theory as it relates to health professions education 2. Match instructional methods with desired educatio |
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Interactivity with JavaScript (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/javascript If you want to take your website to the next level, the ability to incorporate interactivity is a must. But adding some of these types of capabilities requires a stronger programming language than HTML5 or CSS3, and JavaScript can provide just what you need. With just a basic understanding of the language, you can create a page that will react to common events such as page loads, mouse clicks & movements, and even keyboard input. This course will introduce you to the basics of the JavaScr |
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Intermediate PostgreSQL (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/intermediate-postgresql This course covers a wide range of SQL techniques, beyond basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations in PostgreSQL. You will learn the specifics of aggregation, transactions, reading and parsing CSV files and inserting data into a database. You’ll also take a look at how PostgreSQL handles and indexes text data. Specifically, students will do assignments that alter table schemas, create stored procedures, construct advanced queries, explore sorting and grouping query data, and tech |
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Internet History, Technology, and Security (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/internet-history The impact of technology and networks on our lives, culture, and society continues to increase. The very fact that you can take this course from anywhere in the world requires a technological infrastructure that was designed, engineered, and built over the past sixty years. To function in an information-centric world, we need to understand the workings of network technology. This course will open up the Internet and show you how it was created, who created it and how it works. Along the way we w |
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Intro to AR/VR/MR/XR: Technologies, Applications & Issues (Coursera) This first course in the XR for Everybody specialization creates a foundational understanding of the differences between AR, VR, MR, and XR. The course provides learners with a broad overview of the rapidly evolving XR space and the tools to characterize future XR developments and assess their potential and limitations. It establishes key concepts and dives into the XR device landscape, helping learners to differentiate current and future platforms and devices as well as critique the use of VR o |
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Introducción al HTML5 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/html-es Gracias a un número creciente de programas de software, parece que cualquiera puede hacer una página web. Pero, ¿Qué pasa si realmente quieres entender cómo se creó la página? Hay excelentes libros de texto y recursos en línea para aprender diseño web, pero la mayoría de esos recursos requieren algunos conocimientos previos. Este curso está diseñado para ayudar al principiante que quiere ganar confianza y conocimientos. Exploraremos la teoría (¿Qué sucede realmente cuando se hace clic en un enla |
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Introduction to 3D Modeling (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-3d-modeling On this four-week practical course from the University of Michigan, you’ll not only learn how to use the Rhino software to create your 3D models, but you’ll also gain basic design skills to help bring your imagination to life. This course will guide you through 3D modeling within Rhino, so you’ll cover the fundamentals of the software as well as 3D modeling in general. You’ll first look at how to navigate the user interface and the different tools that you’ll be using to create models throughout |
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Introduction to Cataract Surgery (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/cataract-surgery This comprehensive course will give you the fundamental knowledge needed to begin performing cataract surgery by phacoemulsification and extracapsular removal. Each step from preoperative evaluation to postoperative care will be covered to help prepare you for the operating room. |
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Introduction to CSS3 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introcss The web today is almost unrecognizable from the early days of white pages with lists of blue links. Now, sites are designed with complex layouts, unique fonts, and customized color schemes. This course will show you the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3). The emphasis will be on learning how to write CSS rules, how to test code, and how to establish good programming habits. When done correctly, the styling of a webpage can enhance your page. When done incorrectly the result can be wor |
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Introduction to Data Science in Python (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/python-data-analysis This course will introduce the learner to the basics of the python programming environment, including fundamental python programming techniques such as lambdas, reading and manipulating csv files, and the numpy library. The course will introduce data manipulation and cleaning techniques using the popular python pandas data science library and introduce the abstraction of the Series and DataFrame as the central data structures for data analysis, along with tutorials on how to use functions such a |
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Introduction to Healthcare Accounting (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-healthcare-accounting To remain sustainable, it's crucial for healthcare organizations to effectively manage their finances. In Introduction to Healthcare Accounting, you’ll learn how to understand and manage hospital finances. This includes the cost of patient care, major payers and reimbursements, resource efficiency, and the modernization of facilities. Hands-on course assessments will allow you to apply financial analysis to gain a deeper understanding of institutional revenues and balances, so that you can make |
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Introduction to Healthcare Management (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-healthcare-management In Introduction to Healthcare Management, you’ll learn the daily operation and management of healthcare delivery organizations and nonprofits, focusing on transformational leadership and decision-making processes. Explore the structure of healthcare organizations, the roles of clinical professionals, the importance of quality improvement, fundraising and community partnerships, effective communication strategies, and advocacy in healthcare. This course combines theoretical knowledge with practic |
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Introduction to HTML5 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/html Thanks to a growing number of software programs, it seems as if anyone can make a webpage. But what if you actually want to understand how the page was created? There are great textbooks and online resources for learning web design, but most of those resources require some background knowledge. This course is designed to help the novice who wants to gain confidence and knowledge. We will explore the theory (what actually happens when you click on a link on a webpage?), the practical (what do I |
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Introduction to Machine Learning in Sports Analytics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning-sports-analytics In this course students will explore supervised machine learning techniques using the python scikit learn (sklearn) toolkit and real-world athletic data to understand both machine learning algorithms and how to predict athletic outcomes. Building on the previous courses in the specialization, students will apply methods such as support vector machines (SVM), decision trees, random forest, linear and logistic regression, and ensembles of learners to examine data from professional sports leagues s |
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Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/intro-sql In this course, you'll walk through installation steps for installing a text editor, installing MAMP or XAMPP (or equivalent) and creating a MySql Database. You'll learn about single table queries and the basic syntax of the SQL language, as well as database design with multiple tables, foreign keys, and the JOIN operation. Lastly, you'll learn to model many-to-many relationships like those needed to represent users, roles, and courses. |
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Introduction to Thermodynamics: Transferring Energy from Here to There (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/thermodynamics-intro COURSE DESCRIPTION This course provides an introduction to the most powerful engineering principles you will ever learn - Thermodynamics: the science of transferring energy from one place or form to another place or form. We will introduce the tools you need to analyze energy systems from solar panels, to engines, to insulated coffee mugs. More specifically, we will cover the topics of mass and energy conservation principles; first law analysis of control mass and control volume systems; propert |
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Introduction to Time Value of Money (TVM) (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/time-value-of-money The strength of finance is that it takes a structured approach to decision making, with one key building block underlying all decisions — understanding the value of time, or the Time Value of Money (TVM). In this course, we will develop this building block using introductory, and simple, applications. We will learn about the Time Value of Money (TVM), Simple Future Value (FV) , Simple Present Value (PV) , Future Value of Annuity, Loans, compounding, and Valuing Perpetuities. We will introduce th |
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Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introtoux-principles-and-processes This UX course provides an introduction to the fields of UX research and design. Learners will gain an understanding of what is involved in UX research, including conducting interviews, evaluating systems, and analyzing systems using principles of good design. Learners will also learn about the work involved in UX Design, including the generation of promising design solutions and the creation of prototypes at multiple levels of fidelity. By interleaving successive phases of UX Research and Desig |
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JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/javascript-jquery-json In this course, we'll look at the JavaScript language, and how it supports the Object-Oriented pattern, with a focus on the unique aspect of how JavaScript approaches OO. We'll explore a brief introduction to the jQuery library, which is widely used to do in-browser manipulation of the Document Object Model (DOM) and event handling. You'll also learn more about JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), which is commonly used as a syntax to exchange data between code running on the server (i.e. in PHP) |
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JSON and Natural Language Processing in PostgreSQL (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/json-natural-language-processing-postgresql Within this course, you’ll learn about how PostgreSQL creates and uses inverted indexes for JSON and natural language content. We will use various sources of data for our databases, including access to an online API and spidering its data and storing the data in a JSON column in PostgreSQL. Students will explore how full-text inverted indexes are structured. Students will build their own inverted indexes and then make use of PostgreSQL built-in capabilities to support full-text indexes. |
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Justice and Equity in Technology Policy (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/justice-and-equity-in-technology-policy More than ever, technology is shaping, and being shaped by, public policy. This has an enormous impact, particularly for marginalized communities. The artificial intelligence and computer algorithms increasingly driving government and industry decisions—from the allocation of social services to hiring—are reflecting and reinforcing social biases towards women, people of color, and disabled people, among others. Global climate change is having a disproportionately negative impact on low- and midd |
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Leading Diverse Teams & Organizations (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/leading-diverse-teams-and-organizations In this new course, you'll gain evidence-based knowledge and practical tools to help you design and lead diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) teams and organizations. Whatever your background, and wherever in the world you may be, you’ll gain tools to accelerate your personal journey to lead diverse teams and organizations. This program is specifically designed to accommodate learners from different backgrounds (gender, race, country of origin, etc) as well as different starting knowledge poi |
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Leading for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/leading-for-equity-diversity-inclusion This course is open to professionals interested in learning more about leadership in higher education for a changing demographic or interested in developing their own leadership skills. The very idea that individuals can be taught to lead is not without its skeptics. Reasonable people, even some scholars in the field, point to the important traits, skills, and attributes that are observed in many visible leaders and contend that certain qualities necessary for effective leadership are not easily |
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Leading People and Teams (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/leading-teams Offered by University of Michigan. Leading Effectively. Learn proven management techniques in just four courses. |
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Leading People and Teams Capstone (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/leading-teams-project Interviews in organizations constitute a cornerstone of talent selection and promotion practices. One of the key goals of the interview process is to understand how you would approach a variety of leadership challenges at work, given your knowledge, expertise, and prior work experience. Within the context of this interview, your primary objective for the capstone assignment is to use content from the specialization to demonstrate your knowledge of key leadership skills. The benefits of incorpor |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/leading-teams In this course, you will learn how to build your team, improve teamwork and collaboration, and sustain team performance through continuous learning and improvement. Specifically, you will learn best practices for composing a team and aligning individual and team goals. You will also learn how to establish roles, build structures, and manage decision making so that your team excels. This course will also help you manage critical team processes such as conflict resolution and building trust that h |
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Learning Experience Design: Development and Evaluation (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-experience-design-development-and-evaluation Development and Evaluation allows you to build on your knowledge of how people learn and use your understanding of learning design frameworks to bring your own learning designs to life! As you conceptualize assessment as a communication tool, you’ll consider the role of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments. Look at different assessment formats and how learners can use them to show what they know. Using ideas from cognitive science and multimedia theories, explore how to create engagi |
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Learning Experience Design: Orientation to the Profession (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-experience-design-orientation-to-the-profession In Orientation to the Profession, you’ll be introduced to the “big ideas” of LXD. Begin with the essential aspects of the design process, from ideation to evaluation. During this section, you’ll also take a brief look at learning theories and design frameworks that help LXDs move from an initial concept to a completed course. Examine the instructional triangle to identify productive interactions in support of learning, and understand how technology can be used throughout the design process and b |
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Learning Experience Design: Theories and Frameworks (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-experience-design-theories-and-frameworks In Theories and Frameworks, you’ll take a close look at learners and learning contexts. As you define your target audience, you’ll learn how to use learner personas as a communication tool with stakeholders and how these can be used to influence learning goals, assessments, and activities. Explore theories of learning and motivation that inform design. You’ll be introduced to learning taxonomies for defining learning outcomes, such as Bloom’s taxonomy and Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learnin |
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Liderazgo de equipos (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/leading-teams-es En este curso, aprenderá cómo construir su equipo, mejorar el trabajo en equipo y la colaboración, y mantener el desempeño del equipo a través del aprendizaje y la mejora continuos. Específicamente, aprenderá las mejores prácticas para componer un equipo y alinear los objetivos individuales y del equipo. También aprenderá a establecer roles, construir estructuras y administrar la toma de decisiones para que su equipo sobresalga. Este curso también lo ayudará a administrar los procesos críticos d |
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Life Cycle Assessment (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/life-cycle-assessment This course will introduce you to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA ) methodology, a tool to assess the environmental impact of products and systems over the whole product life cycle, from cradle to grave. After a discussion of the potentials and limitations of quantitative LCA compared to other assessment tools, we will detail and practice each of the LCA phases. 1) The goals and system definition phase defines the goal and scope of the study, including the product function, functional unit, and the |
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Llama for Python Programmers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/llama-for-python-programmers Llama for Python Programmers is designed for programmers who want to leverage the Llama 2 large language model (LLM) and take advantage of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. In this course, you’ll learn how open-source LLMs can run on self-hosted hardware, made possible through techniques such as quantization by using the llama.cpp package. You’ll explore how Meta’s Llama 2 fits into the larger AI ecosystem, and how you can use it to develop Python-based LLM applications. Ge |
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Making Successful Decisions through the Strategy, Law & Ethics Model (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/strategy-law-ethics Successful decision making is based on three key pillars: strategy, law and ethics. After taking this course you will be able to use a practical framework based on these three elements to make successful business, personal and leadership decisions. This course opens with an example of a leadership decision: President Barack Obama’s strategic decision to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. The course then shows how the three elements can be used to prevent a tragedy when making a personal dec |