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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn this course you will learn how to apply concepts from interaction design and human computer interaction in order to design and build an interactive, professional looking website. You will learn how to make your web page designs adapt to different screen sizes using responsive grid layouts. You will learn how to add navigation and other design elements, and you will learn how to separate data and display using JavaScript objects and templates. At the end of the course, you will be able to:1. Explain why users need to know where they are, where they can go and what is on a web page2. Create wireframe mockups of web pages 3. Identify the key functional elements of web pages4. Use Bootstrap components to realise page designs5. Use JavaScript data structures such as arrays and objects to define the data used in a web page6. Use the Handlebars template library to convert data to HTML 7. Add interactivity to templates using JavaScript event listenersIn this course, you will complete:1 website design assignment taking ~1 hour to complete1 programming assignment taking ~1 hour to complete4 quizzes, each taking ~20 minutes to completemultiple practice quizzes, each taking ~5 minutes to completeParticipation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course is for anyone who would like to apply their technical skills to creative work ranging from video games to art installations to interactive music, and also for artists who would like to use programming in their artistic practice. This course will teach you how to develop and apply programming skills to creative work. This is an important skill within the development of creative mobile applications, digital music and video games. It will teach the technical skills needed to write software that make use of images, audio and graphics, and will concentrate on the application of these skills to creative projects. Additional resources will be provided for students with no programming background. At the end of this course, you will be able to:* Write creative, audiovisual programs in the Processing environment that run on desktop and mobile * Programatically manipulate sound in creative ways * Display images and image sequences* Generate interactive, algorithmic graphics* Work with a 2D physics engine to create a basic game
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course is for teachers to learn why some children have so much difficulty with reading and writing, often called 'dyslexia', and to learn more about best practice in teaching literacy to all in light of recent scientific discoveries.Participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course is a short taster on the topic of the use of Images, Film, and their use in historical interpretation in the 20th century.It is primarily provided for those who have a general interest in history that draws on photojournalism as primary evidence, and films based on historical events.Once you have completed this course we hope you will be equipped to: Appreciate the significance of photographs as historical evidence in the twentieth century.Understand the limitations of the medium, and how we can attribute meaning to these individual records of 'one moment in time' while taking into account the circumstances in which any particular image was taken.Understand how individuals and institutions have looked to manipulate images to their own ends – through alteration and/or censorship – and what that meant to contemporary interpretation, as well as subsequent historical interpretation.Put individual images into a wider context, and in particular with reference to history written, or portrayed, beyond academia: public history. Do be aware that part of the contents of this course regard images and depiction of war.Real wars and real images.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeWe live in an uncertain and complex world, yet we continually have to make decisions in the present with uncertain future outcomes.Indeed, we should be on the look-out for "black swans" - low-probability high-impact events.To study, or not to study?To invest, or not to invest?To marry, or not to marry?While uncertainty makes decision-making difficult, it does at least make life exciting!If the entire future was known in advance, there would never be an element of surprise.Whether a good future or a bad future, it would be a known future.In this course we consider many useful tools to deal with uncertainty and help us to make informed (and hence better) decisions - essential skills for a lifetime of good decision-making.Key topics include quantifying uncertainty with probability, descriptive statistics, point and interval estimation of means and proportions, the basics of hypothesis testing, and a selection of multivariate applications of key terms and concepts seen throughout the course.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course introduces learners to applied public history: understanding and interpreting the past today, and engaging diverse communities in the practice of making and sharing histories. The course draws on project case studies, expert insights and diverse perspectives to model exciting approaches to researching and sharing the history of places and people. Learners will develop a toolkit to apply in their own practice, by participating in discussion, quizzes, creative activities and mini masterclasses.What kinds of stories can we discover through research into the history of places and people? How do we engage diverse communities with those stories today? What kinds of imaginative approaches can we use to interpret the past? And what tools and opportunities can we create to include new groups and individuals in local research initiatives? Led by the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London – the UK’s national centre for history – this course investigates these questions and helps learners develop transferable approaches to their own local history and heritage interpretation.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThrough this course you will start to critically examine your own ideas about education, teaching and learning. The critique will be developed through engagement with theories and ideas developed through educational research. You will be encouraged to use these ideas to challenge or support your own ideas about education. Each week we will focus on one key question, using video lectures, key readings and challenges to explore some commonplace notions about education. With the guidance of the course team, you will be asked to use these ideas to critically reflect on your own understandings and experience. By the end of the course, you will have developed a personal response to the main question: what is your preferred future for education?
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeLearn to analyze big data using Apache Spark's distributed computing framework. In a series of focused, practical tasks, you will start by launching a spark cluster on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing platform. As you progress to working with real data, you will gain exposure to a variety of useful tools, including RDFlib and SPARQL. The practical tasks on this course make use of the Gutenberg Project data - the world's largest open collection of ebooks. This offers no end of opportunity for highly engaging and novel analyses.As the taught material and example code is given in Python, it is strongly recommended that all students have previous Python programming experience. Furthermore, launching and interacting with a cluster on EC2 requires basic knowledge of Unix command line, and some experience with a command-line editor such as vim or nano would also be advantageous.With these minimal prerequisites, this course is designed to get you up and running in Spark as quickly and painlessly as possible, so that by the end, you will be comfortable and competent enough to start engineering your own big data solutions.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course provides insight into the phenomenon of internal displacement, a major humanitarian and development challenge in today’s world. Taking a global perspective, you will learn about who internally displaced persons (IDPs) are and where they come from, as well as delving into the fundamentals of the global protection response for IDPs and potential ‘solutions’ for those who have been internally displaced. The course places you at the centre of the learning experience through engagement with a range of robust and challenging activities, materials and online peer engagement.This course has been developed by a specialised consortium of research networks and institutions working on IDP protection and research: •Global Engagement Network on Internal Displacement in Africa•Latin American Network on Internal Displacement•Middle East Network for Research on Internal Displacement•Internal Displacement Research Programme and Birkbeck at the University of London.Learners who have completed this course may seek to continue studying on our online Master’s programme in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. In 2019, this MA was awarded the prestigious Roger Mills Prize for its innovative approach to online learning. That programme builds upon the MOOC experience, delivering a fully accredited Master’s degree in an online learning environment.The development of this course was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), on behalf of the UKRI Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) as part of the funded project “Interdisciplinary Network on Internal Displacement, Conflict and Protection” (AH/T005351/1), working in collaboration with network leaders Dr Beatriz Sanchez Mojica, Dr Hana Asfour and Dr Romola Adeola.Key learning objectives:•Explain the main trends in internal displacement, and why IDPs merit special assistance•Assess ‘protection’ and ‘solutions’ for IDPs, including the links to development•Evaluate the experience of internal displacement, drawing on research and creative sources
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThe common law of England and Wales is one of the major global legal traditions.This MOOC will give you an introduction to this influential legal system including its history, constitutional background, sources and institutions. You’ll learn about the different ways in which laws are made and interpreted, the English court system and the increasing importance of European Union and human rights law. Now is an especially exciting time to be learning about English common law, given the potential changes that lie ahead in today’s political, economic and social environment – all these pose challenges to and opportunities for the law.Each week we’ll focus on one aspect of English common law, using video lectures, readings, discussion questions and activities to enable you to learn about and evaluate key issues. Whether undertaken as a standalone course, or as preparation for the University of London’s world-class LLB degree, you will find this course interesting and stimulating.Please note that participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course examines the roles that Magna Carta has played historically as well as the importance of Magna Carta today. It aims to equip students with a critical understanding of Magna Carta and its significance around the globe. Students will find out what Magna Carta is, how it came about, and why many believe that it remains one of the most significant documents in history. We will investigate why Magna Carta was perceived as 'radical' in its day, why it continues to be the source of numerous debates, and why its anniversaries are celebrated widely up until the present day. Magna Carta's most recent anniversary took place in 2015, when the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta's sealing on the meadows of Runnymede in Surrey was celebrated.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely Free종종 인공지능 또는 AI라고도 불리는 머신 러닝은 현재 가장 흥미로운 기술 분야 중 하나입니다. 얼굴 인식 기술, 자율 주행 자동차 또는 실제 사람처럼 대화할 수 있는 컴퓨터의 새로운 돌파구를 예고하는 뉴스 기사를 매일 접하고 있습니다. 머신 러닝 기술은 인간의 삶과 작업의 거의 모든 영역에 혁명을 일으키고 우리의 모든 삶에 영향을 미칩니다. 따라서 이 기술에 대해 더 많은 것을 알고 싶을 것입니다. 머신 러닝은 컴퓨터 과학에서 가장 복잡한 영역 중 하나로 알려져 있으며 이를 이해하려면 고급 수학 및 엔지니어링 기술이 필요합니다. 머신 러닝 엔지니어로 일하는 데 많은 수학과 프로그래밍이 필요한 것은 사실이지만 누구나 머신 러닝의 기본 개념을 이해할 수 있으며 이 기술의 중요성을 생각해 보면 누구나 이 기술을 이해해야 할 것입니다. AI의 획기적인 발전은 공상과학 소설 같기도 하지만 결국 데이터를 사용하여 통계 알고리즘을 훈련하는 간단한 아이디어로 귀결됩니다. 이 과정에서는 수학이나 프로그래밍에 대한 배경 지식이 없더라도 머신 러닝의 기본 개념을 이해하는 방법을 배웁니다. 뿐만 아니라, 실제로 머신 러닝 프로젝트를 수행하기 위해 런던 대학 골드스미스에서 개발한 사용자 친화적인 도구를 직접 사용하고 사용할 수 있습니다. 이 도구는 컴퓨터에서 이미지를 인식하도록 훈련시킵니다. 이 과정은 다양한 사람들을 대상으로 합니다. 머신 러닝의 기술 경력을 개발하기에 적합한 첫 번째 단계가 될 수 있습니다. 기술 세부 사항 이전에 높은 수준의 개념부터 시작하는 것이 더 좋기는 하지만 기술을 사용하지 않는 직종인 경우에도 좋습니다. 귀하는 머신 러닝 사용을 고려 중인 회사의 관리자나 기술과 무관한 역할일 수 있습니다. 귀하는 이 기술을 올바르게 이해해야 하며, 이 과정은 그러한 이해를 얻을 수 있는 좋은 기회입니다. 또는 AI에 대한 뉴스 보고서를 읽고 현재 가장 인기 있는 신기술에 대해 더 알아보고 싶을 수도 있습니다. 이제 첫 번째 머신 러닝 프로젝트를 안내해 드리겠습니다.NB 이 과정은 프로그래밍 없이 머신 러닝을 소개하도록 설계되었습니다. 따라서 Python 및 TensorFlow와 같은 프로그래밍 기반 머신 러닝 도구는 다루지 않습니다.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course introduces core areas of statistics that will be useful in business and for several MBA modules. It covers a variety of ways to present data, probability, and statistical estimation. You can test your understanding as you progress, while more advanced content is available if you want to push yourself.This course forms part of a specialisation from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study. If completed successfully, your certificate from this specialisation can also be used as part of the application process for the University of London Global MBA programme, particularly for early career applicants. If you would like more information about the Global MBA, please visit https://mba.london.ac.uk/.This course is endorsed by CMI
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn 1215, King John sealed MagnaCarta by the Thames at Runnymede in Surrey, a charter between the monarch and hisBarons placing limits on his power over freeborn men in the kingdom. Magna Cartaenshrined the principle that all people should be bound by the rule of law,including the monarch, and that the processes of justice must be applied toall. Many political thinkers have celebrated Magna Carta as the first exampleof a bill of rights, an ancient constitution. This introductory course, based on a new level 5course Commemorating the Past thatwill be offered for the first time in 2015-16, examines the historical rolesthat Magna Carta has played, and the importance of Magna Carta today. Membersof the History Department at Royal Holloway, a college of the University ofLondon, will deliver the course. In addition to the lectures with an explicithistorical focus, the lectures in week fours and five will explore the continuinginternational significance of Magna Carta, and of Runnymede, through video segments produced by lecturers in the Geography Department and the Politics and InternationalRelations Department.
Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreePLEASE NOTE: due to an unforeseen delay in the launch of the University of London International Programmes' undergraduate Psychology programme, on which our Why We Need Psychology Coursera MOOC is based, we will not be able to launch this MOOC as planned in 2013. We will announce a confirmed launch date as soon as we can: if you are already registered for this course, you will be notified once a new date has been announced; if you have yet to register, feel free to click the ‘add to watchlist’ button above this message to receive a notification.This course will introduce students to the discipline of psychology: in particular to the main schools of thought employed to explain human behaviour and to the potential applications of psychology in practice.