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Determine key considerations for preparing and developing an online course or program, from technology selection to change management. Successful online education requires substantial groundwork before instructors can get started on course design and delivery. Designed for educators, administrators and educational leaders required to make decisions about digital learning technologies [...]

Learn how to communicate effectively in a business setting: understand diverse audiences and build sound arguments. This course will sharpen your writing, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills to help you succeed in the business world. You will learn a range of successful practices and guidelines that have been derived [...]

This is business in a nutshell; learn key concepts and frameworks that underpin business. Do you speak “business"? You will. This course is designed to give you the terminology, concepts and frameworks necessary to understand businesses, to unpack their constituent parts, and to build your own tool-kit for strategy [...]

What does COVID-19 teach us about ourselves, and about the societies we live in? How can we take care of one another and the planet during this unknown pandemic time? In this innovative and timely course, learn how coronavirus impacted social inequalities, and what we can do about it.

Draw from human-centered design tools learned in Human-Centered Design for Work at a Distance: Toolbox Essentials to identify and solve real-world case studies for individuals reinventing their work at a distance. This course builds on the teachings in Human-Centered Design for Work at a Distance: Toolbox Essentials. It must [...]

Improve and reinvent working at a distance during COVID-19 and beyond! Learn from strategic design experts, and build your at-home toolkit by applying human-centered design techniques. As a result of COVID-19, millions of us are adapting to working from home, may have lost our jobs, or are looking for [...]

Learn and apply human-centered design tools to transform your work with others at a distance. In this course, you will gain a foundational understanding of human-centered design tools, and apply lessons learned to improve your work with others at a distance. Learn how HCD principles can be applied to [...]

What is religion? Are we wired to believe? Does science have the answers? Join us on a journey to the origins of religion and spirituality. Drawing on new scientific advances, this religion course examines foundational questions about the nature of religious belief and practice.

An introduction to early Chinese thought, exploring connections with Western philosophy, spirituality, mindfulness, modern science and everyday life. This course is designed to give students a thorough introduction to early (pre-221 BCE) Chinese thought, its contemporary implications, and the role of religion in human well-being. Important themes to be [...]

An introduction to early Chinese thought, exploring connections among Chinese thought and Western philosophy, modern science and everyday life. This course is designed to give students a thorough introduction to early (pre-221 BCE) Chinese thought, its contemporary implications, and the role of religion in human well-being. Important themes to [...]