10 MOOCS you can’t miss in September
You know that they are somewhere, but where? You know that they start, but when? You know that there are lots of them, but which one to pick? Here’s answer to your questions. List of top 10 MOOCs that start in September.
1. Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence
Dates: Sep. 8 – Dec.8
Est. Workload: 3-4 hours/week
Emotional intelligence, hope, mindfulness, and compassion help a person reverse the damage of chronic stress and build great leadership relationships. The Positive and Negative Emotional Attractors inspire sustained, desired change and learning at many levels.
2. Understanding Video Games
Dates: Sep. 1 – Jan.11
Est. Workload: 3-5 hours/week
An 11-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of analytical theory pertaining to video game media. Topics covered: play and game, emergence versus progression, game mechanics, story, interpretive theory, the culture of games, violence, sex and race in games, and finally, serious games. Estimated workload: 3-5 hrs/wk for non-credit; 7-10 hrs/wk for credit.
3. Sustainability and Business Innovation
Dates: Sep. 9 – Oct.08
Est. Workload: N/A
Conducting business in more sustainable ways becomes increasingly relevant today and a “must-have” in the future. The sustainability megatrend is driven by a growing population, accelerating urbanization, resource intensity, government regulation, climate change, and – most importantly – by the fact that consumers are increasingly demanding healthy, affordable, as well as socially and environmentally responsible products. Organizations react by implementing more sustainable practices to grow their business, to attract the best talent and to remain relevant to their investors.
4. Introduction to Psychology
Dates: Sep. 12 – self-paced
Est. Workload: 5 hours/week
This course will cover a wide range of topics from the field of psychology to provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject. Course lessons will focus on consciousness, sensation, perception, learning, memory, thinking, emotion, evolution, motivation, personality, social psychology, and happiness. In every lesson, we use empirical studies of psychology and classical theoretical perspectives as examples, concluding the course with the relatively new perspective of positive psychology. In this course, you will gain an understanding of psychological modes of thought and master the basic methods of psychological research, while freeing yourself of psychological misconceptions and misunderstandings.
5. Becoming a Dynamic Educator
Dates: Sep. 14 – Nov. 8
Est. Workload: 3-4 hours/week
We live in a digitally connected world. The way information is generated, shared, processed and distributed is significantly impacting how we learn. If you have a passion for teaching and learning, and want to be an awesome educator now and in the coming decades, this course is for you! We will begin the journey of becoming a dynamic educator for the digital age.
6. Idea Generation Methods
Dates: Sep. 21 – Nov. 13
Est. Workload: 2-4 hours/week
Participants will be able to understand and apply certain methods of idea generation on any self chosen topic. For example, they will understand and apply methods such as Mindmapping & Clustering, 6-3-5, World Cafe & DeBono Hats, Concept Mapping, Scenario Techniques ( e.g. STEEP), Roadmapping and many more – always in a structured process.
7. Driving Business Results with Big Data
Dates: Self-paced
Est. Workload: 2-4 hours/week
In this course, you’ll learn from real life use cases what it takes to extract that value from Big Data, and which solutions are available to acquire, store, analyze, and act on Big Data. We will also introduce SAP Rapid Deployment solutions, which help businesses adopt Big Data solutions and related technology. We will demonstrate how all this is done in a live system and provide course participants with access to the system to perform the steps themselves.
8. Innovation for Entrepreneurs: From Idea to Marketplace
Dates: Sep.14 – Oct.18
Est. Workload: 3-5 hours/week
We establish a framework for examining the innovation process, and quickly transition into exploring how to successfully bring innovations to market. Key questions answered within the course include:
- What are the key indicators of innovation opportunities?
- What steps are critical for entrepreneurs to bring innovations to the marketplace?
- What innovation strategies are valuable for new ventures to establish and maintain a competitive advantage?
9. Text Mining and Analytics
Dates: Sep.2 – Oct.10
Est. Workload: 4-6 hours/week
The knowledge base of the world is rapidly expanding, and much of this information is being put online as textual data. Understanding how to parse and analyze this growing amount of data is essential for any organization that would like to extract valuable insights and gain competitive advantage. This course will demonstrate how text mining can answer business related
10. Product Design: The Delft Design Approach
Dates: Sep.23 – Oct.31
Est. Workload: 6-8 hours/week
This course is an introduction to the Delft Design Approach offering a set of signature methods from Delft to teach you how to get from understanding the user in context to defining a meaningful design challenge and – in the end – deliver a great design! The course challenges you to experience the design process yourself and reflect on your work with the help of students from Delft, excellent teaching staff and industrial experts.
Urodziłem się w małym mieście na Podkarpaciu, tam po raz pierwszy zmuszono mnie tego, żeby zdobyć formalne wykształcenie, chociaż wolałem social learning, zbieranie puszek po napojach i przesiadywanie godzinami przed komputerem w poszukiwaniu szybszej metody na wczytanie gry z kasety do swojego Commodore 64.