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Introduction to Blockchain Technologies (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-blockchain-technologies In this first course of the specialization, we will discuss the limitations of the Internet for business and economic activity, and explain how blockchain technology represents the way forward. After completing this course, you will be able to explain what blockchain is, how it works, and why it is revolutionary. You will learn key concepts such as mining, hashing, proof-of-work, public key cryptography, and the double-spend problem. You’ll be able to describe seven design principles for blockch |
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Teach English Now! Lesson Design and Assessment (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/lesson-design Learners will be introduced to designing lesson plans based on principles and knowledge of learning objectives, assessment plans, methods, materials, and learning activities. Learners will find and prepare appropriate teaching materials through careful analysis, adaptation and creation of professional resources. Learners will also reflect on the cohesion between lesson design and teaching philosophies. |
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An Intuitive Introduction to Probability (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introductiontoprobability This course will provide you with a basic, intuitive and practical introduction into Probability Theory. You will be able to learn how to apply Probability Theory in different scenarios and you will earn a "toolbox" of methods to deal with uncertainty in your daily life. The course is split in 5 modules. In each module you will first have an easy introduction into the topic, which will serve as a basis to further develop your knowledge about the topic and acquire the "tools" to deal with uncer |
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Photography Techniques: Light, Content, and Sharing (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/photography-techniques Welcome to Course FOUR! In Modules 1-4 you will cover the final elements of the Specialization necessary to round out this introduction to the fundamentals of Photography, and prepare you for creating your own exciting project in the Capstone! You have come a long way since the beginning of this journey from Smartphone Basics to DSLR and Beyond. Just think of all the information you have absorbed and put to use in your assignments and quizzes, and the confidence you have gained that you CAN |
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Introduction to Python Programming (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/python-programming-intro This course provides an introduction to programming and the Python language. Students are introduced to core programming concepts like data structures, conditionals, loops, variables, and functions. This course includes an overview of the various tools available for writing and running Python, and gets students coding quickly. It also provides hands-on coding exercises using commonly used data structures, writing custom functions, and reading and writing to files. This course may be more robu |
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Client Needs and Software Requirements (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/client-needs-and-software-requirements This course covers practical techniques to elicit and express software requirements from client interactions. |
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Software Architecture (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/software-architecture The way that software components — subroutines, classes, functions, etc. — are arranged, and the interactions between them, is called architecture. In this course you will study the ways these architectures are represented, both in UML and other visual tools. We will introduce the most common architectures, their qualities, and tradeoffs. We will talk about how architectures are evaluated, what makes a good architecture, and an architecture can be improved. We'll also talk about how the archit |
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Business English: Management and Leadership (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/management-leadership-english Are you a business executive or a manager who uses English in your career? Then you know that good business communication in English requires focus, vocabulary, and specific linguistic structures. In this course, you will follow along a recently promoted manager as she builds and leads her team to success. Together, you will practice the language and styles of communication needed in English for • Recruiting and training a professional team to work together with integrity and respect • Managing |
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Autodesk Certified Professional: Revit for Architectural Design Exam Prep (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/autodesk-revit-architectural-design Prove to potential employers that you’re up to the task by becoming an Autodesk Certified Professional. This online course from Autodesk prepares you by offering an overview of skills that match what is covered in the Autodesk Certified Professional: Revit for Architectural Design exam. The video lessons are structured to match the exam’s objective domains and follow the typical workflow and features of the Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software, including sections on modeling and materials, fam |
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The Technology of Music Production (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/technology-of-music-production Learn about the music production process—including recording, editing, and mixing—and the tools available to you to create contemporary music on your computer. With the recent introduction of high-quality-low-cost software and hardware, the tools of music production are now available to the masses. Albums are made in bedrooms as well as studios. On the surface this is liberating. Anyone can make an album for the low cost of a couple pieces of gear and a software package. But, if you dig deeper, |
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Natural Language Processing with Probabilistic Models (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/probabilistic-models-in-nlp In Course 2 of the Natural Language Processing Specialization, you will: a) Create a simple auto-correct algorithm using minimum edit distance and dynamic programming, b) Apply the Viterbi Algorithm for part-of-speech (POS) tagging, which is vital for computational linguistics, c) Write a better auto-complete algorithm using an N-gram language model, and d) Write your own Word2Vec model that uses a neural network to compute word embeddings using a continuous bag-of-words model. By the end of |
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Internet of Things: How did we get here? (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-history It is hard to imagine life without your Smartphone – you have come to rely on it so much – for your work; to stay in touch with family and friends; to capture and share those special moments; to find your way around in a new neighborhood. Did you ever wonder how and when all this happened? Or how and when GPS sensors came to be in your cell phone? In this course, we will explore the convergence of multiple disciplines leading to todays’ Smartphones. You will learn about the birth and evolution |
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Training and Practicing in English Public Speaking (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/enpublicspeaking Professor Zhang is Central South University’s top training coach in English speaking and interpreting contests and has engaged in teaching and research on English speaking and interpreting as well as competition training for more than ten years. This is a course which improves your comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking: you will overcome your bad listening habits and advance listening skills; you will correct your pronunciation and improve language quality |
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More Chinese for Beginners (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/more-chinese-for-beginners This is an advanced course for Chinese for beginners. Learners will expand vocabularies about personal information, daily life, food and drink, healthy, and expressions about greeting, suggestion, agreement, comparison, complaint, prohibition, experience, plan, recommendation, etc. Learners can improve their listening and speaking and know much more about Chinese social cultures. As the same as Chinese for beginners, the course doesn’t ask the learners to know Chinese characters. Recommended |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/jazz-improvisation Learn the basic concepts of improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world, including the mental, melodic, and harmonic processes that contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo. While many people are fans of jazz and understand that musicians are often “making up” the notes they are playing during a performance, most people—often including musicians, themselves, who are beginning to learn improvising—aren’t cle |
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Problem-Solving Skills for University Success (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/problem-solving-skills In this course, you will learn how to develop your Problem Solving and Creativity Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Recognise the importance and function of problem solving and creative thought within academic study and the role of critical thought in creative ideation. 2. Develop a toolkit to be able to identify real problems and goals within ill-defined problems 3. Recognize and apply analytical problem solvi |
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Incident Response and Digital Forensics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/ibm-incident-response-digital-forensics This IBM course will teach you the critical skills needed to manage and investigate cybersecurity incidents. You will learn about key topics, including incident response frameworks (NIST and SANS), digital forensics methodologies, and best practices for handling digital evidence. Through hands-on labs and projects, you’ll gain practical experience in detecting, analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats, as well as conducting forensic investigations using industry-standard tools. By the e |
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Origens da Vida no Contexto Cósmico (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/origensdavida Origens da vida no contexto cósmico é um curso desenvolvido no Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas da Universidade de São Paulo, com o objetivo de apresentar os mais recentes avanços científicos na compreensão deste intrigante assunto. É um curso com formato multidisciplinar que o levará a compreender melhor os aspectos envolvidos no surgimento de vida na Terra e no possível surgimento de vida em outros planetas. Como o curso está sendo oferecido em sessões contínuas, não |
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学会如何学习：帮助你掌握复杂学科的强大智力工具（Learning How to Learn） (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/ruhe-xuexi 本课程将介绍各领域专家所使用的学习方法，他们包括艺术家、文学家、数学家、科学家、运动员和很多其他领域专家。我们将学习如何使用两种不同的大脑模式，以及大脑如何封装（“chunks”）信息。我们还将介绍能力错觉（illusions of learning），记忆技巧，对付拖延症的方法，以及研究表明能帮助我们掌握困难科目的方法。 无论您在所学领域是专家还是菜鸟，您都可以使用这些方法，改变自己的思维模式，重塑自己的人生。如果您是所学领域的专家，通过学习大脑认知的底层知识，您可以进一步提高自己的学习能力，您将了解反直觉的考试技巧和见解，从而能够更高效地完成作业和习题。如果您在学习中遇到困难，系统有效的学习技巧将帮助您将走上正轨。无论您希望学习什么内容，这门课程都可以作为您的指南。 |
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Problem Solving, Python Programming, and Video Games (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/problem-solving-programming-video-games This course is an introduction to computer science and programming in Python. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 1. Take a new computational problem and solve it, using several problem solving techniques including abstraction and problem decomposition. 2. Follow a design creation process that includes: descriptions, test plans, and algorithms. 3. Code, test, and debug a program in Python, based on your design. Important computer science concepts such as problem |
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EDIVET: Do you have what it takes to be a veterinarian? (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/becoming-a-veterinarian This course is for anyone interested in learning more about Veterinary Medicine, giving a “taster” of courses covered in the first year of a veterinary degree and an idea of what it is like to study Veterinary Medicine. |
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Advanced Content and Social Tactics to Optimize SEO (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/seo-tactics Discover the content marketing and social media ecosystems and how these interconnected channels drive search results to a website. Leverage content marketing and social media as part of your SEO strategy, and how to use influence marketing to establish a website’s authority. |
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Chemicals and Health (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/chemicals-health This course covers chemicals in our environment and in our bodies and how they impact our health. It addresses policies and practices related to chemicals, particularly related to how they get into our bodies (exposures), what they do when they get there (toxicology), how we measure them (biomonitoring) and their impact on our health. Most examples are drawn from the US. |
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Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/design-strategy This course is for entrepreneurial managers who are looking for tools and techniques to introduce exciting, innovative products or services to market quickly and informed by high-quality customer insights. It is applicable to a range of organizations from small-medium sized enterprises through to corporates, and across a range of industrial segments. The problem this course helps address is the constant pressure managers face to be innovative and introduce novel products and services for their |
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Text Mining and Analytics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/text-mining This course will cover the major techniques for mining and analyzing text data to discover interesting patterns, extract useful knowledge, and support decision making, with an emphasis on statistical approaches that can be generally applied to arbitrary text data in any natural language with no or minimum human effort. Detailed analysis of text data requires understanding of natural language text, which is known to be a difficult task for computers. However, a number of statistical approaches |
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Understanding child development: from synapse to society (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/child-development In this course, we dive into the topic of child development. You will learn that child development is complex and is influenced by a surprisingly rich number of factors at many different levels of organization. You will see that development can be studied in various domains and at various levels of understanding, from different angles and disciplines. Importantly, you will come to understand that processes within and between the various domains and levels of organization continuously interact to |
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Discrete Optimization (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/discrete-optimization Tired of solving Sudokus by hand? This class teaches you how to solve complex search problems with discrete optimization concepts and algorithms, including constraint programming, local search, and mixed-integer programming. Optimization technology is ubiquitous in our society. It schedules planes and their crews, coordinates the production of steel, and organizes the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Optimization clears the day-ahead and real-time markets to deliver elect |
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Successful Career Development (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/career-advancement No matter the professional level, we can all benefit from learning how to succeed in our careers. Whether a well-seasoned professional, a management trainee, or a service level employee, this course will help you enrich your career by honing your professional behavior and networking. Through industry expert support and resources, this course is designed to prepare you for success in any chosen career. You will develop the habits and attitudes you need to perform effectively in the job market. |
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Mastering the Software Engineering Interview (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/cs-tech-interview You’ve hit a major milestone as a computer scientist and are becoming a capable programmer. You now know how to solve problems, write algorithms, and analyze solutions; and you have a wealth of tools (like data structures) at your disposal. You may now be ready for an internship or (possibly) an entry-level software engineering job. But can you land the internship/job? It depends in part on how well you can solve new technical problems and communicate during interviews. How can you get bette |
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Democracia y decisiones públicas. Introducción al análisis de políticas públicas (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/democracia ¿Qué son las políticas públicas? Son la plasmación más concreta de la política. Lo que los gobiernos hacen, y dejan de hacer, para hacer frente a los problemas colectivos. Este curso trata sobre cómo se decide qué problemas abordar y qué soluciones adoptar. Un proceso primordialmente político y social que suele escapar al análisis puramente racional. A lo largo del curso analizaremos por qué algunos problemas adquieren la categoría de problemas públicos mientras que otros no llegan a captar la |
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Write A Feature Length Screenplay For Film Or Television (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/write-a-feature-length-screenplay-for-film-or-television Write a Full Length Feature Film Script In this course, you will write a complete, feature-length screenplay for film or television, be it a serious drama or romantic comedy or anything in between. You’ll learn to break down the creative process into components, and you’ll discover a structured process that allows you to produce a polished and pitch-ready script by the end of the course. Completing this project will increase your confidence in your ideas and abilities, and you’ll feel prepared |
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Introduction to Scrum Master Training (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-certified-scrum-master This course is designed to help Scrum beginners learn the foundational knowledge to become proficient with Agile Scrum. Throughout the course, learners will explore Agile methodologies and benefits of building incrementally. They will also learn about the roles within Scrum teams, events that happen during a Sprint, Agile artifacts, and the Definition of Done for a Sprint. |
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Introduction to Economic Theories (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/intro-economic-theories Wondering why economists have not predicted serious financial crises? Shocked by economic assumptions of human behavior as self-centered and focusing only on what can be measured? Asking yourself if there are no sensible economic alternatives to free markets? Then you are at the right place to learn economics! This is the first online course that teaches economics from a pluralist perspective. Economic pluralism means that a plurality of theoretical and methodological viewpoints is regarded as |
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Gestión de organizaciones efectivas (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/gestion-organizaciones-efectivas Los factores que determinan el éxito de una organización cambian en el tiempo. Para muchas organizaciones estos cambios significan una oportunidad y para otras significan su fin por no poder adaptarse. En los primeros tres módulos de este curso, ustedes aprenderán a identificar las principales amenazas del entorno organizacional. En particular, como cambios tecnológicos, económicos, sociales y políticos afectan el entorno de los negocios. En función de estos cambios, ustedes serán capaces de a |
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Python Project: pillow, tesseract, and opencv (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/python-project This course will walk you through a hands-on project suitable for a portfolio. You will be introduced to third-party APIs and will be shown how to manipulate images using the Python imaging library (pillow), how to apply optical character recognition to images to recognize text (tesseract and py-tesseract), and how to identify faces in images using the popular opencv library. By the end of the course you will have worked with three different libraries available for Python 3 to create a real-worl |
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Exploring and Preparing your Data with BigQuery (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/gcp-exploring-preparing-data-bigquery In this course, we see what the common challenges faced by data analysts are and how to solve them with the big data tools on Google Cloud. You’ll pick up some SQL along the way and become very familiar with using BigQuery and Dataprep to analyze and transform your datasets. This is the first course of the From Data to Insights with Google Cloud series. After completing this course, enroll in the Creating New BigQuery Datasets and Visualizing Insights course. |
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Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/neuroscience-neuroimaging Neuroimaging methods are used with increasing frequency in clinical practice and basic research. Designed for students and professionals, this course will introduce the basic principles of neuroimaging methods as applied to human subjects research and introduce the neuroscience concepts and terminology necessary for a basic understanding of neuroimaging applications. Topics include the history of neuroimaging, an introduction to neuroimaging physics and image formation, as well as an overview of |
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Microeconomics: The Power of Markets (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/microeconomics-part1 We make economics decisions every day: what to buy, whether to work or play, what to study. We respond to markets all the time: prices influence our decisions, markets signal where to put effort, they direct firms to produce certain goods over others. Economics is all around us. This course is an introduction to the microeconomic theory of markets: why we have them, how they work, what they accomplish. We will start with the concept of scarcity and how specialization according to comparative a |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/advanced-react Learn how to use more advanced React concepts and features, become proficient in JSX, and confidently test your applications. You’ll examine different types of React components and learn various characteristics and when to use them. You’ll dig into more advanced hooks and create your own. You’ll look into building forms with React. You’ll explore component composition and new patterns, such as Higher Order Components and Render Props. You’ll create a web application that consumes API data and g |
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Understanding Financial Statements: Company Position (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/financial-statements This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the balance sheet. However, to understand accounting driven financial statements, it is important to recognize that accounting is less about counting and more about measuring. “What is it that is being measured?” Well, as the course unfolds, you will learn about the three measurement questions and how the balance sheet helps to answer the first two of these questions. By touring a real company an |
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Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-economic-networks Learn how to model social and economic networks and their impact on human behavior. How do networks form, why do they exhibit certain patterns, and how does their structure impact diffusion, learning, and other behaviors? We will bring together models and techniques from economics, sociology, math, physics, statistics and computer science to answer these questions. The course begins with some empirical background on social and economic networks, and an overview of concepts used to describe a |
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Communication Skills for University Success (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/communication-skills This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In this course, you will learn how to develop your Communication Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing |
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Fundamentals of Immunology: Innate Immunity and B-Cell Function (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/immunologyfundamentalsimmunitybcells Course 1 of a three course specialization called Fundamentals of Immunology. Each course in the specialization presents material that builds on the previous course's material. This is the first leg of a three-part journey through the defenses your body uses to keep you healthy. In this part we hope to give you the vocabulary and concepts you need to interact with the medical community and to provide them in a context that makes them memorable. Fundamentals of Immunology introduces students to |
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Foundations of Business Intelligence (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/foundations-of-business-intelligence This is the first of three courses in the Google Business Intelligence Certificate, which will help develop the skills needed to apply for entry-level roles as a business intelligence (BI) professional. People who work in BI help organizations access the right data, use data to help businesses grow and improve, and put insights into action. In this course, you’ll discover the role of BI professionals within an organization and explore BI tools you can use on the job. Google employees who curre |
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Presentations: Speaking so that People Listen (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/presentations-speaking-so-that-people-listen Do you have to give presentations in school or at your work? Is it nerve-racking? Then you've come to the right place. Everyone gets a little nervous when they think about having to stand in front of other people and speak intelligently. This course will give you helpful tips for making effective speeches and delivering them well in typical American settings. You'll learn how to organize a presentation, how to make it memorable, and how to communicate clearly. In the course, you'll have several |
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The Science of the Solar System (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/solar-system Learn about the science behind the current exploration of the solar system in this free class. Use principles from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology to understand the latest from Mars, comprehend the outer solar system, ponder planets outside our solar system, and search for habitability in our neighborhood and beyond. This course is generally taught at an advanced level assuming a prior knowledge of undergraduate math and physics, but the majority of the concepts and lectures can be unde |
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Introduction to GIS Mapping (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-gis-mapping Get started learning about the fascinating and useful world of geographic information systems (GIS)! In this first course of the specialization GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis, you'll learn about what a GIS is, how to get started with the software yourself, how things we find in the real world can be represented on a map, how we record locations using coordinates, and how we can make a two-dimensional map from a three-dimensional Earth. In the course project, you will create your own GIS data |
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Orientação a Objetos com Java (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/orientacao-a-objetos-com-java Neste curso, assumimos que você já sabe desenvolver programas pequenos em Java, mas você talvez não se sinta ainda confortável em projetar programas mais complexos com método e organização. O objetivo deste curso é fazer você compreender os princípios de orientação a objetos por meio da linguagem Java e saber como eficientemente aplicar esses princípios na prática quando projetando e desenvolvendo software de maneira ágil. Os conceitos discutidos e experimentados por você neste curso serão a b |
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Portfolio and Risk Management (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/portfolio-risk-management In this course, you will gain an understanding of the theory underlying optimal portfolio construction, the different ways portfolios are actually built in practice and how to measure and manage the risk of such portfolios. You will start by studying how imperfect correlation between assets leads to diversified and optimal portfolios as well as the consequences in terms of asset pricing. Then, you will learn how to shape an investor's profile and build an adequate portfolio by combining strateg |
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AI for Medical Diagnosis (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-medical-diagnosis AI is transforming the practice of medicine. It’s helping doctors diagnose patients more accurately, make predictions about patients’ future health, and recommend better treatments. As an AI practitioner, you have the opportunity to join in this transformation of modern medicine. If you're already familiar with some of the math and coding behind AI algorithms, and are eager to develop your skills further to tackle challenges in the healthcare industry, then this specialization is for you. No pri |