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Probability and Statistics is one of two strands introduced in the first phase of the new Project Maths Course. This topic covers up to half of the new Paper 2 in the Leaving Certificate Paper in the Irish curriculum.<br />Statistics are used in real life to make sense of the information around us and how it affects us. Statistics looks at the data handling cycle and analysis of the data collected. This involves posing a question, collecting data on that question, presenting that data, analysing the data (using measures of spread and centre) and interpreting the results. In answering questions, it is essential that you can contextualise and justify your findings.<br />Probability is concerned with the likelihood of an event(s) happening. The information can be used to make informed decisions. The use of probability is commonly utilised in the world of finance, insurance and sport among others. Probability can also be used to infer the fairness of an event or series of events. It can be evaluated using a diagram or a rule-based approach. <br />This Strand attempts to merge the mathematical aspects of Probability and Statistics with its real-life application. It is an interesting topic that is very accessible to all students.<br />

This free online law course presents the learner with a basic introduction to the world of legal studies. The lessons explore the definition of law and the role it plays in society, the nuanced differences between civil and criminal law and how various laws evolve over time. The course is an ideal study-aid for law students or for those who wish to acquaint themselves with the fundamentals of legal systems.

This second installment of the free legal studies course examines the court and trial system in detail and explores various civil and criminal procedures in the context of real-world case studies. This course is a useful introduction to those who wish to learn and understand the role law plays in modern society and the intricacies of the justice and court system.

Modern living has introduced many new home appliances to the average home. From electric kettles to juice mixers, our homes are now full of electrical home appliances we say we cannot do without. However, home appliances often breakdown when not cared for or serviced on a regular basis. When this happens we usually call in a professional to service the home appliance which can very often be expensive no matter how small the task at hand. This free online home appliance course discusses some of the major home appliances commonly used today and how they should be used and cared for. With step by step demonstrations on how to service and care for each of the home appliances discussed, this course will be of great interest to budding DIY enthusiasts looking to do the work themselves. This free online home appliance course will also be of interest to professional service staff wishing to refresh their knowledge of home appliance care and maintenance along with the average lay person who wishes to know more about when and how often their home appliance should be serviced.<br />

In this free online course Managing Customers Using Technology you will be introduced to customer relationship management (CRM) and how it can help your business grow. You will learn how CRM technology can let you manage customers on the go. You will also learn about nurturing your customers and the importance of replying to customer queries and requests in a reasonable time. <br /><br />The course begins by introducing you to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) fundamentals and why the customer must be at the centre of any business. You will learn about the four stages of CRM and what is involved in each of the stages. <br /><br />Next, the course teaches you about campaign management, what it is for and how it can help your business. You will learn about leveraging technology to add value to your customers' experience and how technology can enable your corporate strategy. You will learn about managing your customers’ expectations of your response time.<br /><br />This free Alison course will be of great interest to small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs looking for effective ways to manage customer relationships.<br />

This free course aims to provide healthcare line managers and department heads with an introduction to managing occupational health and safety. The full course consists of six modules and is suitable for all healthcare settings. <br /><br />This module, <b> Module 3</b> , introduces you to <b> Biological Agent Hazards in Healthcare</b> . It can be studied as a stand alone module or as part of the full course. <br /><br /> <b> Module 3</b> is split into three topics. <ul style="font-size: 0.9em;"> <li>Topic 1: Introduction to Biological Agents, </li> <li>Topic 2: Biological Agents Risk Assessment, and </li> <li>Topic 3: Implementing Control Measures. <br /><br /></li> </ul> Please note that the module is intended as an overview and may need to be supplemented by more specific training and / or specialised advice. <br />

This free course aims to provide healthcare line managers and department heads with an introduction to managing occupational health and safety. The full course consists of six modules and is suitable for all healthcare settings. <br /><br /> This module, <b>Module 4</b>, introduces you to <b>Chemical Agent Hazards in Healthcare</b>. It can be studied as a stand alone module or as part of the full course. <br /><br /> <b>Module 4</b> is split into three topics: <ul style="font-size: 0.9em;"> <li>Topic 1: Chemical Agent Hazards, </li> <li>Topic 2: Chemical Risk Assessment, and </li> <li>Topic 3: Implementing Control Measures. <br /><br /></li> </ul> Please note that the module is intended as an overview and may need to be supplemented by more specific training and / or specialised advice.<br />

This free course aims to provide healthcare line managers and department heads with an introduction to managing occupational health and safety. The full course consists of six modules and is suitable for all healthcare settings. <br /><br /> This module, Module 1, introduces you to the principle health and safety legislation in Ireland and the concept of risk assessment and management in a healthcare setting. It guides you through the steps in the risk assessment process including how to identify hazards at work, assess the risk and identify control measures. It can be studied as a stand alone module or as part of the full course. <br /><br /> <strong>Module 1 is split into three topics</strong><br /> <ul class="designed-list"> <li>Topic 1: Legislation</li> <li>Topic 2: Identifying Hazards &amp; Risk Assessment, and</li> <li>Topic 3: General Principles of Prevention.</li> </ul> <br /><br /> Please note that the module is intended as an overview and may need to be supplemented by more specific training and / or specialised advice.

This free course aims to provide healthcare line managers and department heads with an introduction to managing occupational health and safety. The full course consists of six modules and is suitable for all healthcare settings. <br /><br /> This module, <b>Module 5</b>, introduces you to <b>Physical Hazards in Healthcare</b>. It can be studied as a stand alone module or as part of the full course. <br /><br /> <b>Module 5</b> is split into six topics: <ul style="font-size: 0.9em;"> <li>Topic 1: Slips, Trips And Falls, </li> <li>Topic 2: Slips, Trips and Falls Risk Assessment, </li> <li>Topic 3: Implementing Control Measures, </li> <li>Topic 4: Manual Handling and Patient Handling, </li> <li>Topic 5: Manual Handling Risk Assessment, and </li> <li>Topic 6: Manual Handling Implementing Control Measures. </li> </ul> <br /> Please note that the module is intended as an overview and may need to be supplemented by more specific training and / or specialised advice.<br />

This free course aims to provide healthcare line managers and department heads with an introduction to managing occupational health and safety. The full course consists of six modules and is suitable for all healthcare settings. <br /><br /> This module, <b>Module 6</b>, introduces you to <b>Psychosocial Hazards in Healthcare</b>. It can be studied as a stand alone module or as part of the full course. <br /><br /> <b>Module 6</b> is split into three topics: <ul style="font-size: 0.9em;"> <li>Topic 1: Violence and Aggression, </li> <li>Topic 2: Risk Assessment, and </li> <li>Topic 3: Implementing Control Measures. <br /><br /></li> </ul> Please note that the module is intended as an overview and may need to be supplemented by more specific training and / or specialised advice.<br />

This free course aims to provide healthcare line managers and department heads with an introduction to managing occupational health and safety. The full course consists of six modules and is suitable for all healthcare settings. <br /><br /> This module, <b> Module 2</b> , introduces you to <b> Safety Management in Healthcare</b> . It can be studied as a stand alone module or as part of the full course. <br /><br /> <b> Module 2</b> is split into five topics: <ul style="font-size: 0.9em;"> <li>Topic 1: Safety Statement,</li> <li>Topic 2: Safe Systems Of Work,</li> <li>Topic 3: Safety Consultation,</li> <li>Topic 4: Information, Instruction, Training And Supervision, and </li> <li>Topic 5: Investigation Of Accidents And Incidents. </li> </ul> <br /><br /> Please note that the module is intended as an overview and may need to be supplemented by more specific training and / or specialised advice.<br />

School principals, managers and teachers should know about health and safety when engaged in work or as future members of the workforce. This short course introduces the management of school safety and health. Health and safety in the workplace or school is the responsibility of everyone - managers, teachers, employees, and the students. This free online course covers, in a general way, various health and safety regulations. <br />

Planet Earth is known as the blue planet due to the large amount of water present on its surface. However, less than one percent of total water is available to humans as usable freshwater. With increasing population growth and the effects of climate change hundreds of millions of people around the world, in both developed and developing nations, are facing an uncertain future in terms of the water resources that will be available to them for use. This free online course looks at aspects of water resources and their management, and how this can affect human health. The course begins with a review of water and its various uses, and it then looks in detail at the water cycle that supplies vital freshwater for use by humans, how water is treated for human consumption and how clean freshwater is vital for human health. The course then looks at water resource and water supply management, and how pollution can cause water stress. This course will be of great interest to professionals working in health, international development or environmental organisations who want to learn more about water resources and their management or to students who would like to learn more about how managing water resources may affect their lives.

In the free online course Mapping Techniques Using Drones you will learn how drones can be used to make sophisticated maps and the technology that is used to do it. <br /><br />The course begins by describing how drones are used to create accurate maps using GPS functionality. You will learn about different types of maps that can be created using a drone and what is involved in planning out a flight for creating a map. The course describes the common aerial views used in mapping and how to achieve good image quality. <br /><br />The course then introduces the process of image overlap and how it is used to get the best results in post-processing. You will learn about the software used to process images on a computer to create maps, and how 3D models are made from hundreds of overlapping still images.<br /><br />Finally, you will learn about drone mapping in practice and how it can be used to help people. You will learn about community mapping, which encourages community members to make spatial representations of their own land. The course also describes cadastral mapping, the spatial representation of cadastre records, and how archaeologists and geologists use drone mapping as part of their studies. <br /><br />This free course will be of great interest to anyone who is interested how drones can be used to create sophisticated maps. <br />

In the free online course Marketing Management - Capturing Marketing Insights learn about how an organization can gain important information that is helpful for making marketing decisions. It’s essential for an organization to gather, sort, analyse, evaluate and distribute information accurately in order to be best informed on how to approach their marketing endeavours.<br /><br />The course begins by introducing you to the marketing information system and its importance for the marketing decision makers of a company. You will learn about the essential components that make up a marketing information system.<br /><br />Next, you will learn about different aspects of the marketing research process, marketing decision and marketing research problems and how they fit into the whole process of marketing research. You will also learn about various different types of marketing research, including exploratory research methods and techniques that can be used by an organization in order to gain deeper understanding of issues.<br /><br />This free course will be of great interest to business professionals, marketers and those who want to learn how an organization can capture marketing insights.

In the free online course Marketing Management - The Marketing Research Process, you will learn about different ways marketing research can be approached by an organization in order to gain valuable information to help in making marketing decisions.<br /><br />The course begins by introducing you to causal research and its different features. It describes about different forms of experimental and statistical design that can be used in research. You will learn about the importance of measurement and how it is used in marketing research. You will also learn how scaling works and be introduced to different types of scaling.<br /><br />Following that, this course will introduce you to the use of questionnaires in marketing research for obtaining information from respondents. You will be introduced to the sampling process and different sampling techniques with their features.<br /><br />In the end, you will learn about the data collection process, preparation and analysis for marketing research. You will get to know how data is collected and prepared in the marketing research process. This courses also teaches you about hypothesis testing is used in marketing research and different methods of data analysis that can be used in marketing research.<br /><br />This free course will be of great interest to business professionals, marketers and those who want to learn about the marketing research process. <br />

In the free online course Marketing Management – Analyzing Competitors and Customers, you will learn about the role of competitive analysis in marketing, and the importance of analyzing and comparing your company with its competitors for a successful business.<br /><br />The course begins by introducing you to the important features of competitor analysis by teaching about the different goals of marketing and how they fit into a company’s overall objectives. You will also study about the business strategy behind marketing, core business processes and core competencies.<br /><br />Next, you will be introduced to the PESTEL framework - how the different PESTEL factors can affect the way a company does business. You will also learn to conduct SWOT analysis and how it helps your business analyze itself with its competitors. You will also be introduced to additional methods that is used to analyze competitors and customers.<br /><br />This free course will be of great interest to business professionals, marketers and those who want to learn about how marketing can be approached in the wider business environment. <br />

The free online course Marketing Strategies for Service Management introduces a variety of marketing strategies that help position a business service in the marketplace and give it a competitive advantage by implementing an effective pricing strategy. The course begins by introducing the principles of positioning a business service and how positioning strategies can be used to correctly position a service in the marketplace. You will learn how to develop an effective positioning strategy for a business service and how to use positioning maps to analyze competitive strategy. You will then learn about branding and what is meant by a 'brand'. You will learn about the key features of a successful brand and how they can be applied to a business service. You will examine the various components of strategic thinking and how to develop and implement a strategic plan. You will learn about strategies that help grow a service business and help the business to respond to changes in the industry and market conditions, and how to best capitalize on new opportunities. You will also be introduced to five different competitive strategies and learn how these can be used in a service business to generate a competitive advantage that will enhance customers' delight and create customer advocacy for the service. Finally, you will learn about strategies for setting the price of business services. You will be introduced to the Three C's model for price setting and market-penetration pricing. You will learn about price-adjustment strategies and how to respond to competitors' price changes. This course will be of great interest to all professionals working in the area of business services and service management and who would like to learn more about marketing strategies that help position and price a business service. <br />

Jeffrey Housenbold is president and CEO of Shutterfly which provides a full range of products and services that enable consumers to manage their digital photos. Housenbold has a successful track record of building online consumer franchises by combining commerce and community. In this free online course he discusses how entrepreneurial thinking can lead to the success of a business. You will examine how he has made Shutterfly into a market leader and you will also learn when not to listen to market research. He gives important tips on being successful in any business and how you should keep innovating to stay ahead. This course will appeal to business professionals who would like to gain from the insights and ideas of a leading entrepreneur, and to students and anyone with an interest in how to make a business successful.<br />

For learners who have studied our first two French courses, this third course will further increase your understanding of the French language. You will build on your existing knowledge of French vocabulary and master important areas of grammar that will greatly improve your comprehension of the French language and your ability to communicate effectively with native French speakers. In this free online French language course you will be taken step by step through grammar topics such as using adverbs and prepositions, using relative and demonstrative pronouns and understanding the differences between 'depuis', 'pendant', 'pour' and 'il y a'. You will also cover a wide range of new topics and learn vocabulary related to jobs, professions, religion, law and order, driving and music to name just a few. This course will be of great interest to all learners of the French language who would like to take their knowledge and understanding to a new level and further deepen their comprehension of this language.<br />