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How to Learn Math is a class for learners of all levels of mathematics. It combines really important information on the brain and learning with new evidence on the best ways to approach and learn math effectively. Many people have had negative experiences with math, and end up disliking math or failing. This class will give learners of math the information they need to become powerful math learners, it will correct any misconceptions they have about what math is, and it will teach them about their own potential to succeed and the strategies needed to approach math effectively. If you have had past negative experiences with math this will help change your relationship to one that is positive and powerful.

The course will feature Jo and a team of undergraduates, as well as videos of math in action - in dance, juggling, snowflakes, soccer and many other applications. It is designed with a pedagogy of active engagement.The course will run from May/June to the end of December, 2014.

Course Concepts and Structure

The course will consist of six short lessons, taking approximately 20 minutes each. The lessons will combine presentations from Dr. Boaler and a team of undergraduates, interviews with members of the public, cutting edge research ideas, interesting visuals and films, and explorations of math in nature, sport and design.

Part 1: The Brain and Math Learning.

1. Knocking Down the Myths About Math.
Everyone can learn math well. There is no such thing as a math person. This session give stunning new evidence on brain growth, and consider what it means for math learners.

2. Math and Mindset
When individuals change their mindset from fixed to growth their learning potential increases drastically. In this session participants will be encouraged to develop a growth mindset for math.

3. Mistakes and Speed
Recent brain evidence shows the value of students working on challenging work and even making mistakes. But many students are afraid of mistakes and think it means they are not a math person. This session will encourage students to think positively about mistakes. It will also help debunk myths about math and speed.

Part 2: Strategies for Success.

1. Number Flexibility, Mathematical Reasoning, and Connections
In this session participants will engage in a number talk and see different solutions of number problems to understand and learn ways to act on numbers flexibility. Number sense is critical to all levels of math and lack of number sense is the reason that many students fail courses in algebra and beyond. Participants will also learn about the value of talking, reasoning, and making connections in math.

2. Number Patterns and Representations
In this session participants will see that math is a subject that is made up of connected, big ideas. They will learn about the value of sense making, intuition, and mathematical drawing. A special section on fractions will help students learn the big ideas in fractions and the value of understanding big ideas in math more generally.

3. Math in Life, Nature and Work
In this session participants will see math as something valuable, exciting, and present throughout life. They will see mathematical patterns in nature and in different sports, exploring in depth the mathematics in dance and juggling. This session will review the key ideas from the course and help participants take the important strategies and ideas they have learned into their future.

Instructors

Dr. Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University and founder of youcubed. Former roles have included being the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Sussex, England, a mathematics teacher in London comprehensive schools, and a lecturer and researcher at King's College, London. She is the editor of the Research Commentary Section of The Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (JRME), and the author of seven books including What's Math Got To Do With It? (2009) Penguin, US, and The Elephant in the Classroom (2010) Souvenir Press, UK. She is the author of the first MOOC on mathematics learning for teachers and parents, a White House presenter, and an advisor to the PISA team at the OECD.

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What you will learn

Understand that food security depends on food availability, food access, food utilization and stability

How we can produce enough food for everyone

How sustainable different food production systems are

How to assure access to sufficient, nutritious and safe food for everyone

About actors and activities to achieve food security at international, national, local, household, and individual level

Get involved: let's find a way to feed 9 billion people in 2050
What are the biggest environmental issues we face? Pollution? Climate change? True. But among these environmental topics, feeding the growing population, 9 billion in 2050, is one of the most pressing issues we have to find a solution for.

To solve this problem, we need people to gain knowledge, do research, and explore the options. You can be a piece of the puzzle, help find a solution, and start now by gaining knowledge about food production systems, food security, sustainable development in agriculture and livestock, and systems thinking.
XSeries sustainable food security
How is it possible that the world currently produces enough food for everyone, but still people suffer from hunger and nutrient deficiencies? How can we produce sufficient food in an environmentally sustainable way to feed the increased world population in the future?

This Environmental Studies XSeries, developed by Wageningen University, consists of 3 courses:
The value of systems thinking
Learn about systems thinking and its application to improve the environmental sustainability of food production systems. The main topics are:

Complexity and diversity of food production systems

Principles of system analysis

Evaluation methods for the environmental impact of food production systems

Strong and weak points of different food production systems

Crop production
Learn the basics of crop production to feed the world and preserve our planet's resources. The main topics are:

Basic concept of plant production

Issues related to global food production and consumption

Influences of water (scarcity and availability) and other measures on crop production

Processes that cause major problems for the environment

Measures to solve and prevent those problems

Food Access
Learn about the basics of food access decision-making from a multilevel perspective. The main topics are:

The basic principles of food access

Choices influencing food access

Dilemmas at household, local, national and international levels

About Wageningen University & Research
At Wageningen University and Research, we are dedicated to exploring the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. Studies and courses train (future) professionals from all over the world in sustainable food systems and help consumers make informed choices about what they eat, how it is produced and the impact of their decisions on the environment and society.
Course structures and certificates
The duration of each course (or MOOC: Massive Open Online Course) is flexible: study any time and place you want. You decide how to spend your time during a course. Gain the knowledge offered in each course free of charge through dynamic modules filled with video, syllabus, and assignments for practice and grading. Obtain your verified certificate for $ 49,- each. After successful completion of all 3 courses, you can obtain an overall certificate.
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Scroll down to find more information about each separate course and join the Wageningen University XSeries about sustainable food security.

Progress at your own speed

For the full program experience

1. WageningenX's Food Security and Sustainability XSeries

2. Sustainable Food Security: Crop Production

6-8 hours per week, for 6 weeks

Learn the basics of crop production and find out how to feed the future world population without depleting our planet's resources!

3. Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinking

8-10 hours per week, for 6 weeks

Learn how to solve the 'Rubik's cube' of systems thinking and how it's applied to improve the environmental sustainability of food production systems!

4. Sustainable Food Security: Food Access

6-8 hours per week, for 6 weeks

Learn the basics of food access decision-making. In other words, who decides what ends up on your plate. Spoiler alert: it's not just you!

5. This is a series of 3 courses that can be taken in any order.

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We all want to be happy, and there are countless ideas about what happiness is and how we can get some. But not many of those ideas are based on science. That's where this course comes in.

"The Science of Happiness" is the first MOOC to teach the ground-breaking science of positive psychology, which explores the roots of a happy and meaningful life. Students will engage with some of the most provocative and practical lessons from this science, discovering how cutting-edge research can be applied to their own lives. Created by UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, the course will zero in on a fundamental finding from positive psychology: that happiness is inextricably linked to having strong social connections and contributing to something bigger than yourself--the greater good. Students will learn about the cross-disciplinary research supporting this view, spanning the fields of psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and beyond.

What's more, "The Science of Happiness" offers students practical strategies for tapping into and nurturing their own happiness, including trying several research-backed activities that foster social and emotional well-being, and exploring how their own happiness changes along the way.

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What happiness really means and why it matters to you

How to increase your own happiness and foster happiness in others

Why social connections, kindness, and community are key to happiness

Which mental habits are most conducive to happiness and how mindfulness can help

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When asked, many people cite public speaking as one of their biggest fears. In fact, many renowned public speakers admit that they were once extremely anxious about speaking in front of groups.

Good public speaking is more than a performance. It is the result of:

Critical thinking

Well-organized narrative

Reasoning

Research

Preparation

In this course, part of the Communication Skills Professional Certificate program, you will study methods that help to reduce anxiety, build confidence, and customize a process that will result in successful speaking experiences.

This course is designed to equip you with knowledge of the principles necessary for formal public speaking with an emphasis on organization, evidence, language use, strategy, delivery, ethics, and effective use of media aids.

More about this course

How to apply the basic elements of the speech communication process

Tools and methods for controlling public speaking anxiety

How to craft a clear and impactful speech

How to critique other communicators using the principles of this course

How to identify main and supporting ideas

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Meet your instructors

Keith B. Jenkins

Vice President & Associate Provost for Diversity & Inclusion

Rochester Institute of Technology

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We tend to think of art and technology as two separate, almost opposite things. But what if we showed you that the development of technology owes its debt to artists? And that art would not be what it is, without technology? "The digital age", born out of the scientific and technological revolutions of the last 500 years, exposes the artificial divergence of disciplinary categories.

It is an exciting moment in art and design history. On the one hand, technological tools change what we are capable of doing - and contemporary artists/designers indeed use those technologies with much imagination: from image processing to immersive virtual environments; from social networks to flash mobs and cyber-attacks; from fake news to surveillance systems - art had never had so many tools to play while directly interacting with us within our social realities. On the other hand, art does so while examining, distorting, criticizing and inventing new technologies as it allows us to imagine the furthest frontiers of what technology may be able to do.

This course aims to look at these inter-disciplinary cross-overs between art, design and technology while asking: how does this new technological age is changing our culture, society and life? What do these teach us about ourselves? How can we reflect through it about our pasts, presents and futures?

The course is aimed at anyone who is curious about what it means to be born and to live in "the digital age". The course combines lectures, interviews with theoreticians and artists, artwork analysis, case studies and stimulating discussions. The course also offers some practical exercises that will introduce you to basics in programming, digital image processing and 3D printing.

You would not need preliminary knowledge of art history, but such knowledge may be helpful.

This course was created and produced by Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.

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1. Provide a comprehensive review of the history and theory of art as it is seen in the digital age, informing them of the reciprocal relationship between art, design and technology

2. Engage students in active discussions and provide them tools to critically think of art and technology

3. Provide students with a set of terms and a language that will enable them to assess and analyse contemporary art and design

4. Provide students with knowledge of digital tools that are used in today's developing industry

5. Introduce students to some of the leading thinkers in the field

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Week 1: Historical & Theoretical Tangents between Art and Technology

Definitions of art and technology & how they could be the same?

Art & Technologies interlinked: from cave paintings to the modern age

Setting the fence between art and technology: a conceptual ridge

Art and technology in the Renaissance

Photography's early histories

Week 2: Art as Media as Language

Art as media: How are can be defined a communication media? Or a language?

Nelson Goodman's theory of Digital and Analogue

The Technology of Notation and Music

The History of Music Technology and its Implications in the Digital Age

Week 3: Art at the Turn of The Mechanical Age

The meaning of images post WWW2

The contemporary meaning of images in relation to technological development

Revising Walter Benjamin's and John Berger's Ways of Seeing

The work of Culture in the age of Cybernetic Systems

The evolution of the moving image

Avant Garde movements and the moving image

Old cinema and new media art: video installations and new media technologies in the gallery space.

Week 4: After Photography

Learn about the 4 industrial and technological evolutions

Agency, The emancipation of the spectator and free will in a world governed by machines

From mechanisms of chance in art to mass customisation in design

Critical encounters between art and technology: early experiments with computers

Week 5: How to think about Technology & Mid Course Assessment

Self-Assessment mid-course

6 approaches towards the critique of media and technology in the digital age

Week 6: Art and the Internet
Net.Art

Tactical Media and subversion

Google: technological and informational biases

The conundrum of privacy in the digital age: We live in Public

Strategies to cope with surveillance capitalism: how not to be seen and obfuscation

Week 7: Digital Aesthetics

The Cut & Paste aesthetics and the remix culture

Time and space in the digital age: how to re-read spatio-temporal perceptions. After Paul Virillio and Katherine Hayles

The selfie and the narcissistic and exhibtitionary complexes of social media

Week 8: Digital Futures

Truth, Fiction and Virtual Realities

The Internet of Things

Object/subject relationship in virtual realities

Performance and virtual reality

Posthumanism and the anteoposcene

The myth of immateriality

Ability, disability, super ability

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About this Course

Welcome to Modern Art & Ideas! This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. Over the next five weeks, you will look at art through a variety of themes: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Each week kicks off with a video that connects works of art from The Museum of Modern Art's collection to the theme. You will hear audio interviews with artists, designers, and curators and learn more about selected works in the additional readings and resources.

Throughout this course you will discover how artists: -- represent place and take inspiration from their environment, -- create works of art to express, explore, and question identity, -- use everyday objects to challenge assumptions about what constitutes a work of art and how it should be made, -- and respond to the social, cultural, and political issues of their time through works of art. Through the discussion forum prompts and peer review assignment, you will also have the opportunity to connect with other learners and explore how these themes resonate with your own life and experience.

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Greek, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish, Persian, Hungarian

Skills you will gain

Creativity

Art

History

Art History

Art Direction

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Greek, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish, Persian, Hungarian

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The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. Join us in exploring the art, ideas, and issues of our time through the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization or through individual courses: Modern Art & Ideas, Seeing Through Photographs, What Is Contemporary Art?, Fashion as Design, and In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting. Learn about teaching with art in our three courses designed for K-12 educators: Art & Inquiry, Art & Activity, and Art & Ideas.

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About the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization

This Specialization will introduce you to the art of our time. Through original films and audio, you will go behind the scenes to look closely at artworks and into studios to hear directly from artists, designers, curators and others. This Specialization is for anyone who would like to learn more about modern and contemporary art. No prior knowledge is required. Enroll to receive invitations to virtual events, gain exclusive access to MoMA resources, and share ideas with an international learner community.

Start with Modern Art & Ideas to learn how artists have taken inspiration from their environment and responded to social issues over the past 150 years. Next, take a deep dive into Seeing Through Photographs, exploring photography from its origins in the mid-1800s through the present. This course addresses the gap between seeing and truly understanding photographs by introducing ideas, approaches and technologies that inform their making. Explore artworks made since 1980 in What Is Contemporary Art? Ranging from 3-D-printed glass and fiber sculptures to performances in a factory, the works in this course introduce you to the diverse materials, motivations and methods of artists working today. Complete the Specialization with Fashion as Design, and investigate the choices you make about fashion in relation to expression, sustainability, labor practices, identity and more. Learn from makers working with clothing every day-and, in some cases, reinventing it for the future.

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What does it take to inspire others, promote a novel idea, or even have a difficult conversation? How can you position yourself as a leader through inclusive communication? How do you know that the message you are intending to send is what is being received? Join Catalyst experts to explore this topic and the important role communication plays in inclusive leadership.

All too often, we struggle to communicate effectively-particularly with others who are different from us in some way. This course will show you how the most effective communication utilizes the inclusive leadership mindset of Empowerment, Accountability, Courage, and Humility and guide you on how to use that mindset yourself. Through research and real-world examples, you will learn strategies to enhance your communication skills and approach. Topics will include understanding dialogue processes, debunking everyday communication myths, testing assumptions, listening, expressing yourself authentically, and communicating across differences. With short quizzes, compelling case studies, and engaging videos, you will develop knowledge in each section and share your experience with other learners.

Throughout the course, you will create a plan of action to help apply the strategies learned in this course to your work and other parts of your life.

Approaches, frameworks, and tools for communicating effectively.

How inclusive leadership and effective communication are intertwined.

How to work through everyday communication roadblocks.

Strategies to create space for transparent and authentic communication, where people across differences feel safe to speak up and share ideas.

Discover your own communication strengths to build effective relationships in your professional or personal lives.

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This course is a brief introduction to the elements of music theory for those with little or no music theory experience. We will explore pitch, rhythm, meter, notation, scales, keys, key signatures, meter signatures, triads, seventh chords, and basic harmony. If you listen to music or play music by ear, and you want to know more about how music is organized and notated, this course is for you.

By the end of the course, you should know all major and minor keys, how to read and write in treble and bass clef using standard meters and rhythmic values, and how to notate and harmonize a simple melody. This course can serve as a stand-alone basic music theory course, or it can be a springboard to more advanced theory and composition courses. Your instructor is Bruce Taggart, Associate Professor of Music Theory at Michigan State University, in the College of Music, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate music theory since 1996.

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Among all objects of design, our clothes are the most universal and intimate. Like other kinds of design, fashion thrives on productive tensions between form and function, automation and craftsmanship, standardization and customization, universality and self-expression, and pragmatism and utopian vision. It exists in the service of others, and it can have profound consequences-social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental.

Fashion as Design focuses on a selection of more than 70 garments and accessories from around the world, ranging from kente cloth to jeans to 3D-printed dresses. Through these garments, we're going to look closely at what we wear, why we wear it, how it's made, and what it means. You'll hear directly from a range of designers, makers, historians, and others working with clothing every day-and, in some cases, reinventing it for the future. Studio visits, interviews, and other resources introduce the history and development of each garment and their changing uses, meanings, and impact over time. Course Learning Objectives: Develop critical tools to appreciate and contextualize fashion design-from everyday clothing to couture garments-through many different perspectives. Trace the history, development, and impact of garments over time, and explore how they may be reinvented. Investigate garments through multiple lenses including politics, identity, and economics. Understand more about the lifecycle of clothing, from its design and production to its marketing, distribution, and consumption. Better comprehend the choices you make about fashion with respect to the visual language of dress, individual and collective identities, and issues such as labor practices, sustainability, and body politics.

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Offered by The Museum of Modern Art. Among all objects of design, our clothes are the most universal and intimate. Like other kinds of design, fashion thrives on productive tensions between form and function, automation and craftsmanship, standardization and customization, universality and self-expression, and pragmatism and utopian vision.

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About this Course

Welcome to Modern Art & Ideas! This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. Over the next five weeks, you will look at art through a variety of themes: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Each week kicks off with a video that connects works of art from The Museum of Modern Art's collection to the theme. You will hear audio interviews with artists, designers, and curators and learn more about selected works in the additional readings and resources.

Throughout this course you will discover how artists: -- represent place and take inspiration from their environment, -- create works of art to express, explore, and question identity, -- use everyday objects to challenge assumptions about what constitutes a work of art and how it should be made, -- and respond to the social, cultural, and political issues of their time through works of art. Through the discussion forum prompts and peer review assignment, you will also have the opportunity to connect with other learners and explore how these themes resonate with your own life and experience.

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Greek, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish, Persian, Hungarian

Skills you will gain

Creativity

Art

History

Art History

Art Direction

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Greek, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish, Persian, Hungarian

Instructor rating

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Offered by

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. Join us in exploring the art, ideas, and issues of our time through the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization or through individual courses: Modern Art & Ideas, Seeing Through Photographs, What Is Contemporary Art?, Fashion as Design, and In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting. Learn about teaching with art in our three courses designed for K-12 educators: Art & Inquiry, Art & Activity, and Art & Ideas.

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About the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization

This Specialization will introduce you to the art of our time. Through original films and audio, you will go behind the scenes to look closely at artworks and into studios to hear directly from artists, designers, curators and others. This Specialization is for anyone who would like to learn more about modern and contemporary art. No prior knowledge is required. Enroll to receive invitations to virtual events, gain exclusive access to MoMA resources, and share ideas with an international learner community.

Start with Modern Art & Ideas to learn how artists have taken inspiration from their environment and responded to social issues over the past 150 years. Next, take a deep dive into Seeing Through Photographs, exploring photography from its origins in the mid-1800s through the present. This course addresses the gap between seeing and truly understanding photographs by introducing ideas, approaches and technologies that inform their making. Explore artworks made since 1980 in What Is Contemporary Art? Ranging from 3-D-printed glass and fiber sculptures to performances in a factory, the works in this course introduce you to the diverse materials, motivations and methods of artists working today. Complete the Specialization with Fashion as Design, and investigate the choices you make about fashion in relation to expression, sustainability, labor practices, identity and more. Learn from makers working with clothing every day-and, in some cases, reinventing it for the future.

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Based on the most popular open online course in the world, this course gives you easy access to the learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. No matter what your current skill level, using these approaches can help you master new topics, change your thinking and improve your life.

This course explains: * Why sometimes letting your mind wander is an important part of the learning process * How to avoid "rut think" in order to think outside the box * The value of metaphors in developing understanding * A simple, yet powerful, way to stop procrastinating If you're already an expert, these strategies will turbocharge your learning, including test-taking tips and insights that will help you make the best use of your time on homework and problem sets. We all have the tools to learn what might not seem to come naturally to us at first-the secret is to understand how the brain works so we can unlock its power. Filled with animations, application questions, and exercises, this course makes learning easy and fun!

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What is Learning?

In this module, we'll use metaphor and analogy to help you more easily understand key ideas about how your brain works. You will discover two modes of thinking-you can use these modes in different ways to improve your learning. We will also show you a powerful tool for tackling procrastination, give you some great memory tips, and point out why "sleeping on it" can be a good idea!

5 videos (Total 25 min) , 1 reading , 1 quiz

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Tips to Build Your Memory

In this module, we explore the brain's process for storing information in long-term memory in an easy to understand metaphor involving a school bag, a locker and an octopus. Then, we will talk about some of the best ways to access your brain's most powerful long-term memory systems, like metaphor, recall, memory palace and rhyming.

5 videos (Total 23 min) , 2 readings , 1 quiz

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Brain Links and Study Tips

In this module, we're going to talk more about important ideas and techniques that will enhance your ability to learn. You'll also discover how to avoid "information overload," and how to recognize your own strengths. Fighter pilots and surgeons use checklists to help them with their critical duties-you can use a similar checklist to help you prepare for tests. Ultimately, you will learn more about the joys of living a life filled with learning!

6 videos (Total 29 min) , 5 readings , 2 quizzes

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Offered by Arizona State University. Based on the most popular open online course in the world, this course gives you easy access to the learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines.

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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 immediately, particularly in three main areas: * Getting better results at work (and school) * Achieving career success (however you define success) * Enjoying a meaningful, happy, and healthy life By the time you finish this course you will know more than most people know about what predicts success in life. One of the most important lessons you'll learn is that success is earned day-by-day through small wins - small, achievable actions that together can help you achieve your goals sooner and exceed even your own expectations. Therefore, you will have an opportunity to complete a detailed action plan through which you can turn what you learned into specific steps for achieving your most treasured life goals.

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The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know

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Offered by University of Michigan. 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.

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The University of Arizona is the state's land-grant university and a member of the Association of American Universities-made up of just 62 universities in the country. As one of the world's premier public research universities, the university conducts more than $625 million of research annually. Home to two allopathic medical schools in Tucson and Phoenix, the UA Tech Park, and a member of the Arizona Space Grant Consortium, the university creates an $8.3 billion economic impact for Arizona. U.S. News and World Report placed 14 University of Arizona graduate programs among the top 20 in the nation and it is one of the nation's top producers of Fulbright Scholars. With its strategic academic and business plan, "Never Settle," as its guide, the university is producing graduates who are global citizens, engaged leaders, and fulfilled individuals.

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Offered by University of Arizona. This course is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about modern astronomy. We will help you get up to date on the most recent astronomical discoveries while also providing support at an introductory level for those who have no background in science.

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A premier institution of higher education, The University of Virginia offers outstanding academics, world-class faculty, and an inspiring, supportive environment. Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University is guided by his vision of discovery, innovation, and development of the full potential of students from all walks of life. Through these courses, global learners have an opportunity to study with renowned scholars and thought leaders.

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How Things Work: An Introduction to Physics

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An introduction to physics in the context of everyday objects. started a new career after completing these courses got a tangible career benefit from this course got a pay increase or promotion Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule. Approx.

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Description

In this free, online course, Professor John Taylor will introduce the fundamental concepts of economics, the study of how people manage resources and react to scarcity.

By studying both microeconomics (the behavior of consumers and companies) and macroeconomics (large-scale economic factors, such as national production, employment, inflation and interest rates), you'll learn to think like an economist and understand how a modern market economy functions. You'll learn about the factors that determine long-run growth and short-term fluctuations, so you can better understand how economics applies to your everyday life.

What you will learn

How supply and demand influence market prices

Which driving forces cause fluctuation in the economy

How government policies play a role in inflation and unemployment

About the impacts of international trade and tariffs

No prior knowledge of economics is needed for this course.

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Notes:

There is a strongly recommended textbook, but it is not required. The textbook is Principles of Economics, Version 8.0 by John B. Taylor and Akila Weerapana. The online version can be purchased here for $44.95.

This course may not currently be available to learners in some states and territories.

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In this free, online course, Professor John Taylor will introduce the fundamental concepts of economics, the study of how people manage resources and react to scarcity. By studying both microeconomics (the behavior of consumers and companies) and macroeconomics (large-scale economic factors, such as national production, employment, inflation and interest rates), you'll learn to think like an economist and understand how a modern market economy functions.

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This course is an introduction to ecology and ecosystem dynamics using a systems thinking lens. Through a case study on Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, learners will explore how scientists study ecosystems, and investigate the complex array of factors that inform management efforts. At the end of the course, learners will be able to grapple with real-world conservation questions, such as whether an ecosystem can recover from anthropogenic disruption and what role humans can, and should, play in that recovery.

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Ecology: Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation | Coursera

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This course is an introduction to ecology and ecosystem dynamics using a systems thinking lens. Through a case study on Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, learners will explore how scientists study ecosystems, and investigate the complex array of factors that inform management efforts.

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This is an introductory course for students with limited background in chemistry; basic concepts such as atomic and molecular structure, solutions, phases of matter, and quantitative problem solving will be emphasized with the goal of preparing students for further study in chemistry.

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Introduction to Chemistry: Structures and Solutions

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Offered by Duke University. This is an introductory course for students with limited background in chemistry; basic concepts such as atomic and molecular structure, solutions, phases of matter, and quantitative problem solving will be emphasized with the goal of preparing students for further study in chemistry.

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Mindshift is designed to help boost your career and life in today's fast-paced learning environment. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence. We'll provide practical insights from science about how to learn and change effectively even in maturity, and we'll build on what you already know to take your life's learning in fantastic new directions. This course is designed to show you how to look at what you're learning, and your place in what's unfolding in the society around you, so you can be what you want to be, given the real world constraints that life puts on us all. You'll see that by using certain mental tools and insights, you can learn and do more-far more-than you might have ever dreamed!

This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or subsequent to, its companion course, Learning How to Learn. (Mindshift is more career focused, and Learning How to Learn is more learning focused.)

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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

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Offered by McMaster University. Mindshift is designed to help boost your career and life in today's fast-paced learning environment. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.

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Grasp the essentials needed to begin playing acoustic or electric guitar. You'll learn an easy approach to get you playing quickly, through a combination of exploring the instrument, performance technique, and basic music theory.

For students who have long thought about picking up the acoustic or electric guitar, this course will provide an easy-access foundation that will get you playing. When first learning guitar, it is important to have the material presented in stages, in an enjoyable way that allows you to grasp the basics of the instrument and music. The course begins simply with the parts of the guitar, the names of the strings, tuning, and technique-whether finger-style or pick. It then explores the basics of music theory with such topics as scales, triads, power chords, and fingering and shapes. At the end of this course, students will understand the structure, parts, and accessories of the instrument, in addition to an understanding of its basic maintenance. Electric guitar players will learn the operation of their instrument along with basic options for amplification, effect pedals, and sounds. Students will also learn to develop correct technique and apply theory concepts to their playing. They will have the foundational knowledge necessary to pursue most intermediate guitar courses.

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Offered by Berklee College of Music. Grasp the essentials needed to begin playing acoustic or electric guitar. You'll learn an easy approach to get you playing quickly, through a combination of exploring the instrument, performance technique, and basic music theory.

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Proven Results
According to a 2014 study conducted by independent research firm SEG Measurement, fourth grade students who used Big Universe™ over a six-month period showed greater improvement in reading skills than comparable students who did not use the platform. †

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Proven Results According to a 2014 study conducted by independent research firm SEG Measurement, fourth grade students who used Big Universe™ over a six-month period showed greater improvement in reading skills than comparable students who did not use the platform. †

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In this course, you will learn to design the computer architecture of complex modern microprocessors.

All the features of this course are available for free. It does not offer a certificate upon completion.

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Learn Computer Architecture from Princeton University. In this course, you will learn to design the computer architecture of complex modern microprocessors. All the features of this course are available for free. It does not offer a certificate ...

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flick a light switch and the power comes on.

have you ever asked your kids the question about where that comes from, where power comes from and how it gets to where we are. what makes that power, what does it take to make that power, how much it costs, why we cannot see it.

data, is very similar to power. it's the process of the up and down of everything we do in the digital world. just reading this text took a process of me uploading this text via my keyboard and clicking on save draft to move my text up into the internet, the data stream allowed that to happen. i was moving invisible to our eye information into the cloud.

we need an open conversation about data and our kids.

they need to have an idea, a rough outline, a barometer of how things 'work' in the digital sphere. i believe their futures depend on it, we have to be brand advocates to our children when it comes to teaching them about information and data, how it works, where it comes from, how it's made and ultimately how to cross reference that information.

in this course then. . .

do you kids know where electricity and electric comes from? data?

starting conversation with the light switch - the things we cannot see.

understanding how to talk about fibre cabling and routing of data

data can be manipulated, how we can learn to cross reference information

the future of you in advertising, metrics, analytics and work

i'm going to building a much bigger course next year, breaking down this conversation into a better, well formed course about steps we can take to educate as we go, so they can take part and share in dialog about this brave new, on demand and live streaming world. . .

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Teaching Kids about Data | Philip 'dm' Campbell | Skillshare

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flick a light switch and the power comes on. have you ever asked your kids the question about where that comes from, where power comes from and how it gets to where we are. what makes that power, what does it take to make that power, how much it costs, why we cannot see it.

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We currently face unprecedented challenges on a global scale. These problems do not neatly fall into disciplines. They are complicated, complex, and connected. Join us on this epic journey of 13.8 billion years starting at the Big Bang and travelling through time all the way to the future. Discover the connections in our world, the power of collective learning, how our universe and our world has evolved from incredible simplicity to ever-increasing complexity. Experience our modern scientific origin story through Big History and discover the important links between past, current, and future events. You will find two different types of lectures. 'Zooming In' lectures from multiple specialists enable you to understand key concepts through the lens of different disciplines, whilst David Christian's 'Big History Framework' lectures provide the connective overview for a journey through eight thresholds of Big History.

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Offered by Macquarie University. We currently face unprecedented challenges on a global scale. These problems do not neatly fall into disciplines. They are complicated, complex, and connected. Join us on this epic journey of 13.8 billion years starting at the Big Bang and travelling through time all the way to the future.

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During each module of this course, chefs reveal the secrets behind some of their most famous culinary creations - often right in their own restaurants. Inspired by such cooking mastery, the Harvard team will then explain the science behind the recipe.

Topics will include:

How molecules influence flavor

The role of heat in cooking

Diffusion, revealed by the phenomenon of spherification, the culinary technique pioneered by Ferran Adrià.

You will also have the opportunity to become an experimental scientist in your very own laboratory - your kitchen. By following along with the engaging recipe of the week, taking precise measurements, and making skillful observations, you will learn to think like both a cook and a scientist. The lab is certainly one of the most unique components of this course - after all, in what other science course can you eat your experiments?

More about this course

The scientific concepts that underlie everyday cooking and haute cuisine techniques;

How to apply principles of physics, engineering, and chemistry to cooking;

How to become an experimental scientist in your own kitchen;

How to think like a chef AND a scientist.

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Module 1: Molecules, moles, flavor, and pH
Includes a discussion by Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park in NYC on flavor, pH, and the secret to his famous duck sauce, and scientific discussions on the major molecules of food, flavor, moles, and pH.
Module 2: Energy, temperature, and heat
Includes a welcome drink by Dave Arnold of Booker and Dax in NYC to toast the course, and a scientific discussion of how to cook a perfect egg. This module will focus on one of the most commons ways to cook - adding energy in the form of heat to increase the temperature of a food and thus change its internal structure.
Module 3: Phase transitions
Joan and Jordi Roca of El Celler de Can Roca, recently voted the best restaurant in the world, will explain how they manipulate phase transitions when cooking through techniques like sous vide and rotovapping. The scientific discussion will focus on what causes phase transitions in foods from a macroscopic and microscopic perspective.
Module 4: Diffusion and Spherification
José Andrés, chef and owner of minibar, Jaleo, and The Bazaar, will introduce us to the remarkable dishes he creates with gelling agents. Dominique Crenn of Atelier Crenn in San Fransisco will make carrot jerky, and America's Test Kitchen will show us their secret to making excellent scrambled eggs and coleslaw. Scientific discussions in this module will include gelation, modernist thickeners, and diffusion, which make some remarkable dishes possible.
Module 5: Heat Transfer
Carme Ruscalleda, chef and owner of restaurant Sant Pau, will cook steak and other culinary specialties that illustrate the special attention chefs pay to heat diffusion when cooking food. Nathan Myhrvold will share his method for cooking the perfect burger, and America's Test Kitchen will show us their secret to cooking perfect French fries. The scientific discussion in this module is about heat transfer, and explaining why it is so hard to cook a perfect steak from both a microscopic and macroscopic perspective. We will also explore heat-dependent chemical reactions, and how they impact food taste and texture.
Module 6: Candy
In the final module we will discuss solubility and the science of candy and chocolate. Joanne Chang, from Flour bakery, will talk about the stages of sugar, and Enric Rovira from Xocolaters de Barcelona in Spain will show us some marvelous chocolate creations and we will discuss the underlying science of chocolate tempering and the different phases of chocolate.

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Meet your instructors

Pia Sörensen

Senior Preceptor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Materials, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Pursue a Verified Certificate to highlight the knowledge and skills you gain

Learner testimonials

"I really enjoyed the course and have a new appreciation for food and cooking. I now make better scrambled eggs and French fries, a great molten chocolate cake and flan, and I love my new way of preparing salmon, using the Maillard reaction!"

"Thank you to the course staff and the chefs who contributed! It was a great experience to delve back into science and math, and a lot of fun to combine it with cooking. I very much enjoyed the content, and the exercise that my brain got in the homework!"

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to know physics and chemistry in order to take this course?
Not at all - while some familiarity with these subjects could be helpful, we start each module thinking about how we experience food, then use that to explore the science behind it. The scientific principles are discussed in the videos, and practice problems give you an opportunity to apply them. If you have a desire to understand how physics and chemistry affect food and a willingness to think, you'll learn all the physics and chemistry that you need in the course.
What background knowledge is assumed?
We provide review materials that discuss some fundamental principles in math and science, and familiarity with arithmetic and high-school algebra is assumed.

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Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science (chemistry)

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During each module of this course, chefs reveal the secrets behind some of their most famous culinary creations - often right in their own restaurants. Inspired by such cooking mastery, the Harvard team will then explain the science behind the recipe.

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About this Course

Learn how to communicate more effectively at work and achieve your goals. Taught by award-winning Wharton professor and best-selling author Maurice Schweitzer, Improving Communications Skills is an essential course designed to give you both the tools you need to improve your communication skills, and the most successful strategies for using them to your advantage. You'll learn how to discover if someone is lying (and how to react if they are), how to develop trust, the best method of communication for negotiation, and how to apologize. You'll also learn when to cooperate and when to compete, how to create persuasive messages, ask thoughtful questions, engage in active listening, and choose the right medium (face-to-face conversation, video conference, phone call, or email) for your messages. By the end of the course, you'll be able to understand what others want, respond strategically to their wants and needs, craft convincing and clear messages, and develop the critical communication skills you need to get ahead in business and in life.

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Approx. 10 hours to complete

Subtitles: English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)

Skills you will gain

goal setting Communication Negotiation Deception

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got a pay increase or promotion

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Approx. 10 hours to complete

Subtitles: English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)

Instructor rating 4.76/5 (110 Ratings)

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn) is a private university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.

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About the Achieving Personal and Professional Success Specialization

Based on four of the most popular courses taught at the Wharton School, Achieving Personal and Professional Success is designed to introduce the tools and techniques for defining and achieving success at home and at work. You'll learn how to find your passion and core values, how to apply these values to your own life, how to work well with others, how to communicate effectively, how to set goals, how to use influence to achieve these goals, and even how to say you are sorry. Through exercises, self-diagnostic surveys, quizzes, and many case studies, you'll discover how to define not only what you want, but also the best way to get it. While many business courses cover topics related to successful organizational practices, these courses provide key insights into successful personal practices, whether you are in the office or in your home. We all bring ourselves to work every day, and these courses will help you be your best self wherever you are. ... More

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Offered by University of Pennsylvania. Learn how to communicate more effectively at work and achieve your goals. Taught by award-winning Wharton professor and best-selling author Maurice Schweitzer, Improving Communications Skills is an essential course designed to give you both the tools you need to improve your communication skills, and the most successful strategies for using them to your advantage.

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My class was taught by Dr. Eric Lander. If you don't know who that is, look him up on Wikipedia and be prepared to be impressed. It's the equivalent of taking beginning guitar lessons from Eddie Van Halen. As a teacher, Dr. Lander has the gift of making the complicated and technical seem simple and...

by is taking this course right now, spending Heavenly 5 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

When I first took the course in 2016, I was excited. It was my first MOOC and was easy enough for someone who didn't have a background in biology to begin. Lander explains everything clearly, adds in a few jokes as well, and has lecture notes in case you missed anything. You can take this class despite having no idea what biology is and leave with a great idea. I dropped the class due to time but have restarted it and love it just as much. There's resources for a lot of the topics and makes you want to learn more. If you take proper notes, you can easily get all of the work correct. I'm currently on week 1 and have no problems with the course! Take this course and you will not regret it!

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Biology - The Secret of Life from edX | Class Central

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How do we read Shakespeare? Do his plays belong to the past, or the present? To a famed dramatic genius or to readers and audiences around the globe? What do his plays really mean?

Moving between the world in which Shakespeare lived and the present day, this course will introduce different kinds of literary analysis that you can use when reading Shakespeare. With short videos filmed on location in England and readings covering topics like Shakespeare's contemporaries and the politics of modern performance, you will learn a range of critical tool that you can use to unlock the meaning and relevance of Shakespeare's plays.

Join us as we visit Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born in 1564; London, the lively city where he began as an actor; and the Globe Theater, where his first plays were performed. This journey through Shakespeare's life will transport you to another era and will give you a new perspective on his timeless work.

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Free Online Course: Shakespeare's Life and Work from edX | Class Central

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How do we read Shakespeare? Do his plays belong to the past, or the present? To a famed dramatic genius or to readers and audiences around the globe? What do his plays really mean? Moving between the world in which Shakespeare lived and the present day, this course will introduce different kinds of literary analysis that you can use when reading Shakespeare.

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Free Online Course: Feeding the World from Coursera | Class Central

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This course will explore the concepts driving current food production science (population growth, urbanization, emerging affluence, resource constraints, and underlying biological limits) with the main focus on livestock production. Each of the major food animal species (dairy, swine, beef, and poultry) will be covered in terms of their universal life cycles, constraints to production and emerging societal issues.

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What does it mean to truly change something? How does one persuade others to change? How do we reduce roadblocks to change? In this course, you'll learn about the barriers to change and how to become more effective in inspiring change within others and your organization. Professor Jonah Berger of the Wharton School has designed this course to help you understand the REDUCE framework, and shows you how to develop your skills of persuasion and influence. By the end of this course, you'll know both the strengths and weaknesses of certain strategies for removing barriers in change, plus you'll learn how to leverage those strategies to achieve change in both business and in life.

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Free Online Course: Removing Barriers to Change from Coursera | Class Central

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What does it mean to truly change something? How does one persuade others to change? How do we reduce roadblocks to change? In this course, you'll learn about the barriers to change and how to become more effective in inspiring change within others and your organization.

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We think of Robotics as the science of building devices that physically interact with their environment. The most useful robots do it precisely, powerfully, repeatedly, tirelessly, fast, or some combinations of these. The most interesting robots maybe even do it intelligently. This course will cover the fundamentals of robotics, focusing on both the mind and the body.

We will learn about two core robot classes: kinematic chains (robot arms) and mobile bases. For both robot types, we will introduce methods to reason about 3-dimensional space and relationships between coordinate frames. For robot arms, we will use these to model the task of delivering a payload to a specified location. For mobile robots, we will introduce concepts for autonomous navigation in the presence of obstacles.

Class projects will make use of ROS - the open-source Robot Operating System (www.ros.org) widely used in both research and industry. Computer requirements for working on the projects will include a computer set up with Ubuntu Linux and high bandwidth internet access for downloading and installing ROS packages.

Week 1

Introduction to Robotics

Homogenous coordinates and transform representations

Week 2

Kinematic chains

Forward kinematics

Week 3

Inverse kinematics: analytical methods

Week 4

Differential kinematics: Jacobian computation, singular configurations

Week 5

Configuration space operation

Week 6

Mobile robots

Differential drive kinematics

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Motion planning in robotics

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We think of Robotics as the science of building devices that physically interact with their environment. The most useful robots do it precisely, powerfully, repeatedly, tirelessly, fast, or some combinations of these. The most interesting robots maybe even do it intelligently. This course will cover the fundamentals of robotics, focusing on both the mind and the body.

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This course is about learning human anatomy. Since we are each confined to a human body of our own, this course couldn't be more widespread in it's appeal. Understanding human anatomy is essential if one is to understand how the body works and is foundational to countless professions.

Many students in tertiary education find anatomy difficult because of the need to learn a very large number of new words and terms while simultaneously understanding their meaning. This course will help spread the load for students wishing to learn anatomy at an early tertiary level.
This course is part of our Study with Australia collection, with free upgrades and digital certificates supported by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission until 31st July 2020. Explore more courses from leading Australian education providers.
This course is for anyone wishing to learn the fundamentals of human anatomy and would be especially useful if you are considering further study in the health sciences.

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Anatomy: Learning the Anatomical Alphabet from FutureLearn | Class Central

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Investigate leaders and leadership to improve your effectiveness as a leader.

In this course, we look to answer the question: 'What is leadership?' In the first week we explore two fundamental perspectives on leadership: leader as a person and leadership as a practice. In the second week we examine the difference between leadership and management so you can determine whether you are a leader in a management role, a leader without a management role, or a manager who needs to become a leader.

By exploring sources of power and influence, and how perception shapes behaviour, you will be able to address important issues more effectively.

This thought-provoking course will help you discover more about yourself and others.
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While it's hard to beat the experience of seeing a seminal piece of fine art or important historical artifact with your own two eyes, you could easily spend a lifetime traveling the world in search of all of them. Fortunately, the digital age has made it possible-easy, even-to visit some of the world's most famous museums from the comfort of your own home. Here are a dozen of them.

The Louvre is not only one of the world's largest art museums, but it's also one of Paris's most iconic historic monuments. The museum offers free online tours of some of its most important and popular exhibits, such as its Egyptian Antiquities and works from Michelangelo. You can take a 360-degree look at the museum, and click around the rare artifacts to get additional information on their histories.

While the architecture of the Guggenheim's building itself, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is quite impressive, you don't have to visit the Big Apple to get an up-close view of some of the priceless pieces of artwork inside. The museum makes some of its collections and exhibits available online for people who want to get a taste of what the museum has to offer, including works from Franz Marc, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, and Jeff Koons.

Founded in 1937, the National Gallery of Art is free and open to the general public. For those who aren't in Washington, D.C., it also provides virtual tours of its gallery and exhibits. You can view its current exhibitions and listen to audio and video recordings of past lectures online.
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With a collection that totals more than 8 million objects, London's British Museum makes some of its pieces viewable online. The museum also teamed up with the Google Cultural Institute to offer virtual tours using Google Street View technology.

Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of Natural History, one of the most-visited museums in the world, offers a peek at its wonderful treasures with an online virtual tour of the entire grounds. Viewers are welcomed into its rotunda and are greeted with a comprehensive room-by-room, 360-degree walking tour of all its exceptional exhibits, including the Hall of Mammals, Insect Zoo, and Dinosaurs and Hall of Paleobiology.

The Met is home to over 2 million works of fine art, but you don't have to be in New York City to enjoy them. The institution's website features an online collection and virtual tours of some of its most impressive pieces, including works from Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, and Giotto di Bondone. In addition, The Met also works with the Google Cultural Institute to make even more artwork (that's not featured in its own online collection) available for view.

Located in the town of Figueres in Catalonia, Spain, the Dalí Theatre-Museum is completely dedicated to the artwork of Salvador Dalí. It features many rooms and exhibits surrounding every era of Dalí's life and career, and the artist himself is buried here. The museum offers virtual tours of the grounds and a few exhibits.

NASA offers free virtual tours of the Langley Research Center in Virginia, as well as of Ohio's Glenn Research Center. The Space Center Houston also has an app that provides virtual tours, augmented reality experiences, and videos and audio stories about space exploration.

The Vatican Museums feature an extensive collection of important art and classical sculptures curated by the Popes over many centuries. You can take a virtual tour of the museum grounds and iconic exhibits, including Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.

The mission statement of the National Women's History Museum in Alexandria, Virginia, is to educate, inspire, empower, and shape the future "by integrating women's distinctive history and culture in the United States." Part of that mission is delivered through well-curated online exhibits and oral histories.

As its name suggests, the National Museum of the United States Air Force is the official museum of the United States Air Force. Centered on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, it houses a wide array of military weapons and aircraft, including the presidential airplanes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. The museum also offers free virtual tours of its entire grounds, letting you glimpse objects like decommissioned aircraft from World War II, Vietnam, and the Korean War.

To help its users discover and view important artworks online in high resolution and detail, Google partnered with more than 1200 cultural institutions from around the world to archive and document priceless pieces of art and to provide virtual tours of museums using Google Street View technology. The Google Art Project features fine art from the White House, the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar, and even São Paulo street art from Brazil. Here's a complete list of museums you can visit virtually.

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Through its network, Mattecentrum orchestrates complimentary math labs throughout Sweden, conducted within schools, libraries, and various other venues spread across 24 different cities. Each month, over 3500 students nationwide receive personalized educational support courtesy of the contributions from Mattecentrum's dedicated group of 450 active volunteers.

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Throughout 2022, math lab activities were carried out in 24 locations. Conventions were organized on eight occasions. Mattecentrum's member organizations collectively provided 35,696 hours of homework assistance within physical math labs.

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In Mattecentrum's digital math labs, also known as Live Help, students can engage with the organization's volunteers through video meetings to receive personalized assistance with their math queries. Live Help offers both drop-in sessions and scheduled meetings.

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Matteboken is Mattecentrum's digital knowledge site, offering math exercises, theory, and video lessons spanning from preschool to the highest level of high school. The site also includes puzzles, quizzes for college entrance exams, and a collection of old national exams. Matteboken is freely accessible and is also available in an Arabic language version.

Mattecentrum measures the usage of Matteboken in homework help sessions (HS), where a session lasting at least 3 minutes is counted as a digital homework assistance occasion. In 2022, Matteboken.se had a total of 599,874 HS globally, with 561,794 being national. The Arabic version of Matteboken.se had a total of 32,537 HS globally, with 5,745 being national.

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Formelsamlingen.se is Mattecentrum's digital compendium of formulas in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Mattecentrum measures the usage of Formelsamlingen in homework help sessions (HS), where a session lasting at least 1 minute is counted as a digital homework assistance occasion. In 2022, the site had a total of 21,159 HS globally, with 19,532 being national.

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Mathplanet is Mattecentrum's English-language digital math book, featuring exercises, theory, and video lessons covering high school mathematics. Mattecentrum measures the usage of Mathplanet in homework help sessions (HS), where a session lasting at least 3 minutes is counted as a digital homework assistance occasion. Mathplanet.com had a total of 130,252 HS globally, with 902 being national.

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Learning to read with phonics? Click the '+' for advice.

Learning to read with phonics

If you live in England, your child will learn to read using phonics. Their school is very likely to use either the Letters and Sounds phonics framework or the Read Write Inc. programme. Check with your school if you're not sure which one they use.

Using Letters and Sounds?

If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. Bear in mind the following:

If you don't know your child's Phase, you can check with your school. As a guide, most Reception children will be on Phases 1-4 and most Year 1 children will be on Phases 4-5. Beyond Phase 5, your child will be able to decode most books.

In Letters and Sounds, there are 'sets' within the Phases - so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase.

Some series contain occasional 'tricky words' that your child can't decode using phonics. Use the inside front cover notes to teach your child these words before they start the book.

Find out more about Letters and Sounds >

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This complete beginner guide on how to paint stones shares everything you need to get started including the right art materials, painting tips, design ideas, and step-by-step tutorials.
Keep them as treasures or join in one of the sharing groups popping up around the world.

For more ideas also see 12 Stepping Stone and Garden Path Ideas.

How to Paint Stones

This craft is suitable for both kids and adults.

The secret to keeping it fun is this:

Start big!

Creating art on stones and rocks is not much different than painting paper, canvas, or walls. The supplies are the same-just the surface is different-but that's what can be challenging.

Small stones and uneven surfaces are not the easiest to paint, especially if you want fine details.

If you're new to this, start with a good size rock or a nice, flat stone. Pick a simple design and get a feel for how the paints and markers work. Then move on to smaller stones if you like.

If you'll be keeping your painted stones outdoors, they will need a protective coat. There's more on this in the supplies section.

If you're looking for some fun ideas, there are groups popping up around the world where people hide painted stones for others to find. It's the same idea as Book Crossing, but for art.

Others like to exchange painted stones like charms or friendship tokens. You'll find more in the sharing section.

Contents

1 Art Supplies & Materials

If you want clear, bold colors, you should prime your stones first.

I use the same primer (white) made for wall painting. Outdoor primer is best, because it's tougher, but just use what you have.

Primer makes the paint really stick and you won't need as many layers of paint to achieve nice strong colors.

But, if you like more muted colors or the look of natural stone, don't prime, just leave it as is. Your art, your way.

SHOPPING TIP: You can save on art supplies by deciding your design/color palette first so you just get what you need.

Basic Supply List

These are the art supplies I use for stone painting.
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Is acrylic paint waterproof?

It is water-resistant, meaning it can get rained on without damage, but do not submerge it in water. Left to soak, the paint will gradually loosen and come off.

TIP: If it's important that your painted stones are long-lasting and the colors do not run, do a test first. Some brands of paints and markers may bleed or run when they come in contact with other art materials or the varnish.

One key to creating really sweet painted stones is to let the shape of the stone to dictate what the design will be. When I saw the stone pictured above, it was very clearly (to me) a sleeping woman.

If you're new to hand-painting art or painting with kids, choose larger stones/rocks for your first project.

Keep in mind that it is illegal in some areas to remove anything from the landscape including stones.

1 Wash and dry stones.

2 Sand surface if needed/desired with sandpaper.

3 Prime surface if needed/desired. Allow to dry thoroughly (see product label).

4 Sketch/plan design on paper first, planning your paint steps.

Generally, backgrounds are done first, and layers of paint are added one at a time, allowing paint to dry thoroughly between layers.
Finer work comes last: fine-tipped markers and paint pens are usually best for this.

5 Pencil your design onto stone.

TIP: Use a rolled-up towel to support your drawing/painting hand.

6 Start painting. Fill in large areas of color first and allow everything to dry thoroughly before adding additional layers.

TIP: Use a hairdryer to speed up paint drying.

7 If you goof up, let it dry, then prime over it and start again.

8 When your design is done, protect your stone with an acrylic varnish that includes UV protection to prevent the colors from fading, or a product like polyurethane.

Another option is clear nail polish, although it will wear off faster than the other products when exposed to the elements and is not cost-effective for anything larger than a pebble.

4 Watch Hand-Painting TV

I included a variety of videos in this playlist showing a range of design possibilities.

I included a variety of videos in this playlist showing a range of design possibilities.You will see kid's creations, mandalas, and other creations.

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5 Tutorials & Design Ideas

The Art of Stone Painting by F. Sehnaz Bac is a good resource guide and the creations are beautiful. It includes step-by-step tutorials for creating several of the designs shown on the cover.

Stone Painting for Kids has more playful designs.
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If you want to paint animals, houses, flowers, and more, the older books by Lin Wellford are very helpful and your local library may have copies.

7 Sharing Painted Stones

There are many of these painted pebble/stone/rock sharing groups around the world. Try googling for your area to find a local one, or start your own.

The idea is that you create a painted stone you wish to 'release into the world'. A tracking url (web address) is added to the back. You leave it in a public place like a park bench. When someone finds it, they can visit the url and share their treasure. And perhaps pass it along the same way.

It is never, however, recommended to leave painted stones in any nature areas, which would be the same as leaving any other human-made items (not good).

8 Frequently Asked Questions

1 How do you prepare rocks for painting?

The first step is to wash the rocks in soapy water and allow them to dry thoroughly. The art materials will not adhere properly if the rocks are even slightly damp.

Next, if you want a smoother surface, you can use sandpaper to smooth the rock.

Then, primer can be added-the same primer used for preparing walls for painting. Starting with a white base coat of primer will enhance your paint colors, but it is optional.

A coat of acrylic paint can also provide a good starting surface.

2 What kind of paint do you use on rocks?

Any acrylic paint will work. My top pick is patio paints for crafting due to their tough finish. You can see other recommended products here.

Finer details are created with markers and paint pens.

Acrylic wall paints also work and are much less expensive for covering larger areas.

3 What do you use to seal painted rocks?

4 What is the best glue to attach stone to stone?

I always use GE II Silicone Sealant as an outdoor glue for things like this. Depending on how you are joining the stones, you may need to rig up supports to hold the stones in place until the bond is formed. Don't expect it to suspend heavy rocks, but it definitely works for attaching one stone to another.

Now go paint some stones!

~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛

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Healthy homemade fruit popsicles made with five ingredients or less! Four delicious recipes to choose from, strawberry, watermelon, lemon, and coconut. An easy and refreshing treat to help you cool down from the heat.

There's nothing like enjoying homemade fruit popsicles on a hot day. The problem with the store-bought kind is that they typically contain high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors. Not these! All my popsicle recipes are 100 calories or less and made with only natural sweeteners!

Warm weather means beautiful ripe fruit starts to appear at the local market. With so many choices, I decided to make four recipe variations. I hope you have as much fun creating these frozen treats as I did. Almost anything can be frozen, so grab your favorite ingredients and let's play around!

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Popsicle-making technology has impressively advanced since I was a kid. Companies like Zoku have come up with smart gadgets. Consumers have also gotten impressively creative with shapes, characters, and even light-sabers! I decided to ditch my old-school plastic contraption for a slightly updated Norpro Ice Pop Maker that I found on Amazon.

Fruit

I like to puree naturally sweetened fruit with lemon or lime for some acidity to reduce the overly icy texture. Fruit juice such as orange, lemon, guava, grape, or apple makes the most reliable pops that tend to melt slower. A combination of puree and juice mixed also works to infuse different flavors. To add texture and visual appeal, chop small or thinly sliced pieces of fruit like watermelon, strawberry, mango, pineapple, or kiwi.

Creamy Popsicles

Adding yogurt for protein and probiotics for digestive health creates a natural creaminess that adds a smooth texture. Pureed bananas with juice can also create a soft bite. Unsweetened coconut milk adds a creamy popsicle texture with a subtle sweet flavor. Mixing or blending juice, whole fruit, and something creamy also make for a consistently creamy popsicle.

Freeze Time

Depending on the ingredients, at least 4 to 6 hours are needed to turn the parts from liquid to solid. Overnight freezing is the safest bet and something to look forward to the next day!

Four different flavors

Peach Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles

Minty Watermelon Popsicles

Blackberry Lemon Popsicles

Orange Mango Coconut Popsicles

Each popsicle has a distinct flavor and texture. In fact, James told me, "mommy, these are yummy! I love popsicles." That's a Mom win! I love that I can make something my family can enjoy that is healthy, and they wouldn't even know it. My son enjoys making new flavors with me, so it's a great way to bond and teach kids about eating more fruit daily.

With a bit of creativity, you can take wholesome fruit, juice, yogurt, and milk and turn them into delicious homemade frozen popsicles. Since my popsicle mold has ten spots, I like to add different flavor combinations by adjusting the recipe size so we have variety whenever cravings hit.

We've come a long way from Otter Pops, and I always feel good about offering one of these healthy popsicles to my family. To prevent the inevitable melted popsicle drip from making a total mess, I cut a small slit in the bottom of a cupcake liner and placed the popsicle stick through the bottom to catch the juice. It's saved us a few times from some unwanted messes!

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How do popsicles freeze?

A fundamental property of liquid solutions is that increasing their concentrations of dissolved solids will lower their freezing points. That means that adding ingredients like sugar, salt, minerals, fruit, and proteins in a solution increases the time required to freeze the product and the need for lower temperatures to freeze thoroughly. When freezing a juice popsicle, the water will freeze first at 0°C. However, the fruit juice will never freeze completely, and it will remain icy and slushy unless the temperature is well below 0°C. This is desirable for popsicles so that they melt quicker in the mouth and are not as difficult to bite!

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Polyunsaturated Fat 0.03g

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