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The Science of Stem Cells (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/stem-cells What promise do stem cells hold for the treatment of medical conditions? In this five-part online course you will explore the history and basic biology of stem cells, learn about new research techniques, and find out how stem cells could lead to cures for diseases and to individualized medicine. You will hear from Museum scientists, medical researchers at the frontiers of the field, and a panel of bioethics experts who will address the ethical implications of stem cell research and therapy. Lea |
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The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/success This engaging course is designed to help you achieve the success that you desire. Drawing on decades of scientific research, you will learn what the most successful people do differently than others, why IQ is not the most significant predictor of success (and can sometimes backfire), and why many commonly held beliefs hold people back from achieving their goals. Although this course is based on the science of success, you will learn many practical ideas that you can apply to your own life imme |
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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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The Science of Training Young Athletes (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/youth-sports Seventy percent of kids drop out of sports before their high school graduation. Only 15% leave because they feel they are not good enough. Almost 70% leave because they were not having fun, or due to problems with the coach. Injuries cause 30% to give up sports. This course is packed full of practical sports science information that provide youth coaches and parents with the practical pediatric sports science insights to successfully retain young athletes and develop their sport potential while |
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The Science of Well-Being (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being NEW TEEN VERSION AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being-for-teens In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a s |
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The Science of Well-Being for Teens (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being-for-teens A recent survey found that 37% of teens say they have poor mental health. This 6-week course aims to curb this mental health crisis by bringing together the best insights from Dr. Laurie Santos’ popular Yale course Psychology and the Good Life. In this course, you will explore what the field of psychology teaches us about how to be happier, how to feel less stressed, and how to thrive in high school and beyond. The lessons along with short weekly ‘happiness homework’ assignments will ultimately |
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The Science – and Neuroscience – of Change (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-and-neuroscience-of-change Join Kotter and take the first steps along your learning journey into the Science of Change, beginning with our understanding of human nature and our response to threats and opportunities and the limitations of traditional organizational structures. Based on 50 years of empirical research into the Science of Change and our latest insights from our firm’s consulting work, Kotter is making change leadership more accessible than ever before with four new courses introducing learners to our methodo |
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The Search for Great Ideas: Harnessing creativity to empower innovation. (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/start-your-own-business-2-ideation Where do great business ideas come from? We all have compelling business concepts that we've been thinking about for years. In this course we will explore how to use observational tools and other techniques for idea generation and we will talk about how to evaluate the good ideas from the bad. The goal is to settle on a business idea that you are not only passionate about but also has real market application. At the end of this course learners will be able to: -build a resource inventory fro |
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The Skin, Bones, and Muscles (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/skin-bones-muscles In this course on The Skin, Bones, and Muscles, you will learn about the wonderful diversity of the integumentary, skeletal, and muscular systems and the medical language that is used to describe these systems. Throughout each Lesson, the roots of terms are explained to help students understand how medical terminology works in healthcare and to increase their knowledge and understanding of the material discussed. This course will provide you with a better understanding and working knowledge of |
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The Social and Technical Context of Health Informatics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-socio-technical-health-informatics-context Improving health and healthcare institutions requires understanding of data and creation of interventions at the many levels at which health IT interact and affect the institution. These levels range from the external “world” in which the institution operates down to the specific technologies. Data scientists find that, when they aim at implementing their models in practice, it is the “socio” components that are both novel to them and mission critical to success. At the end of this course, stude |
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The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/mental-health Learn how social factors promote mental health, influence the onset and course of mental illness, and affect how mental illnesses are diagnosed and treated. This course explores how our understanding of mental health and illness has been influenced by social attitudes and social developments in North America and around the world. The course begins by situating our contemporary mental health practices in historical context, then looks at different aspects of mental health, mental illness and men |
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The Strategist's Challenge (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/strategists-challenge In this course, you will develop your ability to think strategically, analyze the competitive environment, and recommend firm positioning and value creation. We will explore the underlying theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful business strategy and provide the tools you need to understand that strategy including SWOT, Competitor, Environmental, Five Forces, and Capabilities Analyses. |
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The Strategy of Content Marketing (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/content-marketing This course is a partnership between the leading content marketing authority, Copyblogger, and UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. In this course, you will learn the core strategies content marketers use to acquire and retain customers profitably. Specifically, you will learn how to develop, organize and implement a content marketing strategy, analyze and measure the effectiveness of content marketing, write compelling copy, use a strategic framework when writing, and build your prof |
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The Structured Query Language (SQL) (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-structured-query-language-sql In this course you will learn all about the Structured Query Language ("SQL".) We will review the origins of the language and its conceptual foundations. But primarily, we will focus on learning all the standard SQL commands, their syntax, and how to use these commands to conduct analysis of the data within a relational database. Our scope includes not only the SELECT statement for retrieving data and creating analytical reports, but also includes the DDL ("Data Definition Language") and DM |
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The Sun and the Total Eclipse of August 2017 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/eclipse A total eclipse is one of the most spectacular sights you can ever see! It looks like the end of the world may be at hand. There is a black hole in the sky where the sun should be. Pink flames of solar prominences and long silver streamers of the sun's corona stretch across the sky. It gets cold, and animals do strange things. People scream and shout and cheer, and remember the experience their whole life. But total eclipses are important scientifically as well. They let us see parts of the su |
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The Sustainability Imperative (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-sustainability-imperative In this course, learners begin with a macro-level view of the current state of the world and touch upon topics such as climate change, plastic pollution, social inequity, and the economic systems that got us to where we are today. Learners investigate how such an economy cannot sustain itself and the need for a rapid transition to something different. We define sustainability, the meaning of sustainable development, and the United Nations' Sustainability Goals. Recognizing that change is impe |
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The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-sustainable-development In 2015, the UN launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by 193 member states, the goals represent an important international step in setting humanity on a trajectory towards sustainable development. Within this course, you will get a historical overview of how sustainability has been understood, as well as a thorough introduction to the SDGs – what they are, how progress can be measured, and how the SDGs are relevant for the management of the global systems supporting human |
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The Talmud: A Methodological Introduction (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-talmud The Talmud is one of the richest and most complicated works of literature the world has ever known. Since being composed around 1500 years ago it has inspired not only religious reverence but significant intellectual engagement. In this course learners will be introduced to the unique characteristics of this text and the challenges that inhere in studying it while studying a chapter of the Talmud. Students of the course can expect to develop an appreciation for how the Talmud works and why it co |
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The Teacher's Social and Emotional Learning (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/teachers-social-emotional-learning Social and emotional learning, or SEL, programs have flourished in schools during the last decade. While this growth has been impressive, inadequate attention has been paid to teachers’ social and emotional learning. In this course Dan Liston and Randy Testa introduce you to various rationales for why teacher SEL is needed as well as examine and reflect on various emotions in teaching and learning. This course is a part of the 5-course Specialization “The Teacher and Social Emotional Learning |
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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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The Total Data Quality Framework (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-total-data-quality-framework By the end of this first course in the Total Data Quality specialization, learners will be able to: 1. Identify the essential differences between designed and gathered data and summarize the key dimensions of the Total Data Quality (TDQ) Framework; 2. Define the three measurement dimensions of the Total Data Quality framework, and describe potential threats to data quality along each of these dimensions for both gathered and designed data; 3. Define the three representation dimensions of the |
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The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/cats-and-dogs What is your cat revealing to you when she purrs? What is your dog expressing when he yawns or wags his tail? Understanding your cat and dog’s behaviour and the way they communicate with you, will enable you to better understand their needs and strengthen your relationship with them. This MOOC is divided into five topics, the appliance of science; behaviour and body language, senses and perception; challenges for the human-animal relationship, including pet problem behaviour; and how to improve |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/unix Unix forms a foundation that is often very helpful for accomplishing other goals you might have for you and your computer, whether that goal is running a business, writing a book, curing disease, or creating the next great app. The means to these goals are sometimes carried out by writing software. Software can’t be mined out of the ground, nor can software seeds be planted in spring to harvest by autumn. Software isn’t produced in factories on an assembly line. Software is a hand-made, often be |
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The Worldview of Thomas Berry: The Flourishing of the Earth Community (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/thomas-berry Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was a historian of world religions and an early voice awakening moral sensibilities to the environmental crisis. He is known for articulating a “new story” of the universe that explores the implications of the evolutionary sciences and cultural traditions for creating a flourishing future. This course investigates Berry’s life and thought in relation to the Journey of the Universe project. It draws on his books, articles, and recorded lectures to examine such ideas |
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Theatre and Globalization (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-theatre Learn how theatre and globalization have affected each other over the past century, and how to conduct your own research on global theatre histories. |
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Theory of Angular Momentum (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/theory-of-angular-momentum This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5611, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. This course introduces the quantum mechanical concept of angular momentum operator and its relationship with rotation operator. It then presents the angular momentum operators, their eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. Finally, it covers the theory of angular momentum addition. At the end of this course learners will be able to: 1. describe and analyze angular m |
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Thermodynamique : applications (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/thermo-apps Ce cours complète le MOOC « Thermodynamique : fondements » qui vous permettra de mettre en application les concepts fondamentaux de la thermodynamique. Pour atteindre cet objectif, le Professeur J.-Ph. Ansermet de l’Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne s’est entouré d’experts et de spécialistes des différents domaines d’application provenant de diverses institutions partenaires du réseau RESCIF. Vous pourrez ainsi voir l’usage de la thermodynamique en chimie, en ingénierie et en physique. |
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Thermodynamique : fondements (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/thermo-base Ce cours vous apportera une compréhension des concepts fondamentaux de la thermodynamique du point de vue de la physique, de la chimie et de l’ingénierie. Il est scindé un deux MOOCs. Dans la première partie, le Professeur J.-Ph. Ansermet de l’EPFL et son collaborateur le Dr. Sylvain Bréchet ont rassemblé en quatre leçons tous les principes fondamentaux de la thermodynamique. La deuxième partie du MOOC illustre l’approche thermodynamique par une série d’applications présentées par des spécialis |
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Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-arguments In this course, you will learn what an argument is. The definition of argument will enable you to identify when speakers are giving arguments and when they are not. Next, you will learn how to break an argument into its essential parts, how to put them in order to reveal their connections, and how to fill in gaps in an argument by adding suppressed premises. By the end of this course, you will be better able to understand and appreciate arguments that you and other people present. Suggested Re |
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Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/deductive-reasoning Deductive arguments are supposed to be valid in the sense that the premises guarantee that the conclusion is true. In this course, you will learn how to use truth-tables and Venn diagrams to represent the information contained in the premises and conclusion of an argument so that you can determine whether or not the argument is deductively valid. Suggested Readings: Students who want more detailed explanations or additional exercises or who want to explore these topics in more depth should c |
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Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/inductive-reasoning Want to solve a murder mystery? What caused your computer to fail? Who can you trust in your everyday life? In this course, you will learn how to analyze and assess five common forms of inductive arguments: generalizations from samples, applications of generalizations, inference to the best explanation, arguments from analogy, and causal reasoning. The course closes by showing how you can use probability to help make decisions of all sorts. Suggested Readings Students who want more detailed ex |
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Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/logical-fallacies We encounter fallacies almost everywhere we look. Politicians, salespeople, and children commonly use fallacies in order to get you to think whatever they want you to think. It’s important to learn to recognize fallacies so that you can avoid being fooled by them. It’s also important to learn about fallacies so that you avoid making fallacious arguments yourself. This course will show you how to identify and avoid many of the fallacies that lead people astray. In this course, you will learn abo |
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Think Critically: Deductive Reasoning and Mental Models (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/critical-thinking-deductive Enhance your analytical skills with "Think Critically: Deductive Reasoning and Mental Models." This innovative course brings together Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski, the team behind the wildly popular "Learning How to Learn," along with Adam Trybus, Professor of Logic at the Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Explore the foundations of logic and reasoning, from Aristotelian principles to modern deductive approaches. You'll learn how to construct and evaluate argumen |
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THINK GLOBAL: TEACHERS TRAINING COURSE (IDP-ICE) (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/thinkglobal-idp-ub A group of seven European partners from Catalonia, Belgium, and Wales worked together on the Erasmus+ funded ‘Think Global’ project on global competence. The project seeks to address the following research question through development and piloting of practical classroom activities: What is global competence, and how can it be learned effectively? The Think Global project explores, through international collaboration, how global competence is defined, taught, learned, and measured in the classr |
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Think Outside the Inbox: Email Marketing (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/think-outside-the-inbox Think Outside the Inbox: Email Marketing is the fourth of seven courses in the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate. This course will explore how to execute a successful email marketing campaign. Email marketing is one of the oldest and most proven digital marketing channels, and it is an essential component of an overall digital marketing strategy. Email is a primary channel for many businesses in reaching existing customers, encouraging interaction with the business, driving purch |
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Thought Experiments: An introduction to philosophy (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/thought-experiments Doing philosophy is like seeing a movie and wondering what will happen next, or what you would do in the same situation, or what’s real and what’s merely make-believe. You’re probably not aware of it, but since you already know how to see movies and use your imagination, you’re well on your way to becoming a good philosopher. The only thing you still need and want to develop though, is the ability to use your imagination in the philosophical way, and that’s exactly what you’ll learn in this MOO |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/threat-analysis If you are an associate-level cybersecurity analyst who is working in security operation centers, this course will help you understand Incident Analysis in a Threat-Centric SOC. By the end of the course, you will be able to: •Use the classic kill chain model to perform network security incident analysis • Describe the reconnaissance phase of the classic kill chain model • Describe the weaponization phase of the classic kill chain model • Describe the delivery phase of the classic kill chain |
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Threat Investigation (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/threat If you are an associate-level cybersecurity analyst who is working in security operation centers, this course will help you understand how threat-centric SOC must prepare for analyzing new and emerging threats by implementing robust security investigation procedures • By the end of the course, you will be able to: • Understand cyber-threat hunting concepts • Describe the five hunting maturity levels (HM0–HM4) • Describe the hunting cycle four-stage loop• Describe the use of the Common Vulnerabil |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/threat-response If you are an associate-level cybersecurity analyst who is working in security operation centers, this course will help you understand threat response. By the end of the course, you will be able to: • Explain the purpose of incident response planning • Describe the typical incident response life cycle • Describe the typical elements within an incident response policy • Describe how incidents can be classified. • Describe the different US-CERT incident categories (CAT 0 to CAT 6) • Descr |
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Time Series Mastery: Forecasting with ETS, ARIMA, Python (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/time-series-mastery-forecasting-with-ets-arima-python In today's data-driven world, the ability to accurately forecast and predict future trends is crucial for businesses to stay ahead of the competition. Time series analysis is a powerful tool that allows organizations to unravel patterns and make informed decisions. This course, Time Series Mastery: Unravelling Patterns with ETS, ARIMA, and Advanced Forecasting Techniques, provides a comprehensive introduction to time series analysis and forecasting. You will learn about the most widely used tech |
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Time to Reorganize! Understand Organizations, Act, and Build a Meaningful World. (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/orgology We are in constant relationship with many organizations. Our world is submitted to regular changes as organizations evolve, come and go. Understanding your memberships and attachments to organizations will help you act on your world. You'll learn how to evaluate the influence of organizations around you and how to transform your relationships to reach a stronger coherence. Do you feel sometime that the world around you is disorganized? Can you make sense of all the information at your reach and |
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Tinkering Fundamentals: Circuits (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/tinkering-circuits The Tinkering Fundamentals course will offer educators and enthusiasts an opportunity to develop a practice of tinkering and making. We see tinkering as a serious endeavor—one that is generalizable across content and especially good at interweaving disciplines in a way that leads to complex projects and individualized learning opportunities. Tinkering has recently been introduced into the educational field as a potential driver of creativity, excitement, and innovation in science learning. It i |
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Tinkering Fundamentals: Motion and Mechanisms (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/tinkering-motion-mechanisms The Tinkering Fundamentals course will offer educators and enthusiasts an opportunity to develop a practice of tinkering and making. We see tinkering as a serious endeavor—one that is generalizable across content and especially good at interweaving disciplines in a way that leads to complex projects and individualized learning opportunities. Tinkering has recently been introduced into the educational field as a potential driver of creativity, excitement, and innovation in science learning. It i |
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Today’s Music Industry (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/music-industry This course provides an engaging and methodical insight into the past and present cultural and commercial music industry developments, directions, and trends. It will equip the students with the knowledge and skills necessary to appreciate, understand and more productively participate in today’s music industry field. |
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TOEFL Reading and Listening Sections Skills Mastery (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/toefl-reading-listening-sections-skills-mastery This course prepares non-native speakers of English to take the reading and listening sections of the TOEFL iBT exam. This course takes a close look at every type of listening and reading question that you may encounter on the test and provides effective strategies for tackling each type. Expanding your vocabulary, a critical part of improving your overall skills in English, is another focal point of this course. This course also teaches how to best practice and prepare for test day as well a |
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TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections Skills Mastery (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/toefl-speaking-writing-sections-skills-mastery This course prepares non-native speakers of English to take the speaking and writing sections of the TOEFL iBT exam. This course explains the difference between the integrated tasks and independent tasks in the speaking and writing sections of the iBT and provides effective strategies for tackling each task. For each type of prompt, you will learn how to best plan your responses, which is a key step to providing well-formed and organized answers. This course also teaches how to best practice a |
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TOEFL Test-Taking Strategies (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/toefl-test-taking-strategies This course prepares non-native speakers of English to take the TOEFL iBT exam by providing helpful tips and proven techniques for successfully completing the reading, listening, speaking, and writing sections of the iBT. In this course, you will learn a variety of strategies such as note-taking, using templates, and analyzing speech patterns, and you will review many sample questions and responses. This course also teaches how to best practice and prepare for test day as well as how to manage |
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TOGAF 10 Foundation (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/togaf-10-foundation The "TOGAF 10 Foundation" course offers a comprehensive journey through key modules in enterprise architecture. Participants will explore foundational concepts and methodologies essential for successful enterprise architecture practices. The course covers distinctions between TOGAF 9.2 and TOGAF 10, core concepts defining enterprise architecture, and the intricacies of the Architecture Development Method (ADM). Participants will gain proficiency in essential aspects such as architecture governan |
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Toledo: Deciphering Secrets of Medieval Spain (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/toledo-deciphering-secrets-medieval-spain This course evaluates the medieval history of Toledo from the era of the Visigoth Kingdom (6th-8th centuries) through its Islamic period (8th to 11th centuries) and into its reintegration into Christian Spain (after 1085 c.e.) In particular, we take note of the cultural and religious transformations that characterized the city with a special effort to understand how many peoples and religions came to settle and live amongst one another. We will virtually-tour the Islamic and Christian structures |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/toma-de-decisiones La toma de decisiones es una actividad cotidiana para los seres humanos en todos los ámbitos en los que se desempeña. En el ámbito organizacional, es común escuchar que existen severas falencias en este aspecto: decisiones que se toman fuera de tiempo, decisiones que directamente no se toman y decisiones que son tomadas por personas que carecen de las competencias necesarias. Hay una diferencia básica entre la visión de la realidad idealizada, absolutamente racional y sin problemas, y la realid |