Robert Holford

Personal Education Path

Semester 1 Fall 2011

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) 25 Nov 2011 - 06 Jan 2012 Completed
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The aim of this course is to introduce the principles of the Global Positioning System and to demonstrate its application to various aspects of Earth Sciences. The specific content of the course depends each year on the interests of the students in t…

Semester 2 Spring 2012

Coursera 23 Apr 2012 - 04 Jun 2012 Completed
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CS101 teaches the essential ideas of Computer Science for a zero-prior-experience audience. The course uses small coding experiments in the browser to play with the nature of computers, understanding their strengths and limitations. Sign up for the "…

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) 09 Jul 2012 - 20 Aug 2012 Completed
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This course considers the interaction between law, policy, and technology as they relate to the evolving controversies over control of the Internet. In addition, there will be an in-depth treatment of privacy and the notion of "transparency" -- regul…

Semester 3 Spring 2013

edX 18 Feb 2013 - 01 Apr 2013 Completed
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What do self-driving cars, face recognition, web search, industrial robots, missile guidance, and tumor detection have in common? They are all complex real world problems being solved with applications of intelligence (AI). This course will provide a…

edX 18 Feb 2013 - 01 Apr 2013 Completed
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8.02x (Electricity and Magnetism) presents the basic concepts of Electromagnetism, and how this touches upon a vast variety of interesting real-world topics.

Semester 4 Fall 2013

Coursera 19 Aug 2013 - 28 Oct 2013 Completed
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Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs using the Python language.

Coursera 19 Aug 2013 - 28 Oct 2013 Completed
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Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs using the Python language.

Coursera 04 Sep 2013 - 13 Nov 2013 Completed
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This course is about learning to program well: building programs that are elegant, well tested and easy to maintain. The course is designed for students with no programming experience at all. Nonetheless, former students who already knew how to prog…

Coursera 16 Sep 2013 - 11 Nov 2013 Completed

Start learning how to program video games using the C# programming language. Plenty of practice opportunities are included!

Coursera 30 Sep 2013 - 06 Jan 2014 Completed
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The course is an introduction to switched-mode power converters. It provides a basic knowledge of circuitry for the control and conversion of electrical power with high efficiency.

Coursera 28 Oct 2013 - 23 Dec 2013 Completed
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Learn about the most effective data analysis methods to solve problems and achieve insight.

Semester 5 Spring 2014

Coursera 06 Jan 2014 - 11 Mar 2014 Completed

Learn the analysis of circuits including resistors, capacitors, and inductors. This course is directed towards people who are in science or engineering fields outside of the disciplines of electrical or computer engineering.

edX 13 Jan 2014 - 25 Feb 2014 Completed

Fundamental topics in electromagnetism: electric charge, electric fields, currents, magnetic fields, and induction.

Stanford Online. OpenEdX 13 Jan 2014 - 24 Feb 2014 Completed

Discover the amazing adaptability of the human body to environmental stressors. Watch and learn as we put our bodies through extreme cold, heat, stress, age, altitude, and pressure!

Class2Go 13 Jan 2014 - 24 Feb 2014 Completed

Discover the amazing adaptability of the human body to environmental stressors. Watch and learn as we put our bodies through extreme cold, heat, stress, age, altitude, and pressure!

Coursera 20 Jan 2014 - 11 Mar 2014 Completed
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Learn about how to make mobile robots move in effective, safe, predictable, and collaborative ways using modern control theory.

Coursera 20 Jan 2014 - 15 Apr 2014 Completed
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This course probes fundamental ideas in electrical engineering, seeking to understand how electrical signals convey information, how bits can represent smooth signals like music and how modern communication systems work.

edX 22 Jan 2014 - 06 Mar 2014 Completed

Build real-world embedded solutions using a bottom-up approach from simple to complex in this hands-on, lab-based course.

Coursera 27 Jan 2014 - 22 Apr 2014 Completed

An introduction to the main themes of the American Constitutionpopular sovereignty, separation of powers, federalism, and rightsand to basic techniques of constitutional interpretation.

Coursera 27 Jan 2014 - 08 Apr 2014 Completed

This hands-on laboratory course complements Coursera's Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering. The course develops basic skills in constructing and measuring electrical circuits using modern laboratory instruments.

Coursera 03 Feb 2014 - 15 Apr 2014 Completed
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Learn how to think the way mathematicians do - a powerful cognitive process developed over thousands of years.

ALISON 02 Mar 2014 - 14 Apr 2014 Completed
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Touch typing is a skill that will serve you for a lifetime. Develop your keyboard skills and save yourself hours with this free online course from ALISON, which will improve your typing speed and accuracy.ALISON's Touch Typing Training includes typin…

Coursera 03 Mar 2014 - 13 May 2014 Completed
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Why write programs when the computer can instead learn them from data? In this class you will learn how to make this happen, from the simplest machine learning algorithms to quite sophisticated ones. Enjoy!

Coursera 17 Mar 2014 - 02 Jun 2014 Completed
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This course will discuss the major ideas used today in the implementation of programming language compilers. You will learn how a program written in a high-level language designed for humans is systematically translated into a program written in low-…

Coursera 01 Apr 2014 - 28 May 2014 Completed

Understand how basic scientific principles underpin forensic science and can contribute to solving criminal cases.

Coursera 06 Apr 2014 - 01 Jun 2014 Completed
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This introduction to engineering course will help you learn modeling and analysis techniques for electrical, mechanical, and chemical systems and discover how engineered systems that seem very different are actually very similar.

Coursera 10 Apr 2014 - 20 Jun 2014 Completed
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This course aims to teach everyone to learn the basics of programming computers using Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the material…

edX 06 May 2014 - 18 Jun 2014 Completed

In recent years, flying robots such as miniature helicopters or quadrotors have received a large gain in popularity. Potential applications range from aerial filming over remote visual inspection of industrial sites to automatic 3D reconstruction of…

Coursera 19 May 2014 - 15 Jul 2014 Completed

Understand how basic scientific principles underpin forensic science and can contribute to solving criminal cases.

Coursera 02 Jun 2014 - 01 Jul 2014 Completed

Get an overview of the data, questions, and tools that data analysts and data scientists work with. This is the first course in the Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization.

Coursera 25 Jun 2014 - 14 Aug 2014 Completed

The United States criminal justice system is typically an accurate and efficient systemalthough, as a human creation, it is not perfect. This course will employ a social scientific perspective to understand why innocent people are sometimes convicted…

Semester 6 Fall 2014

Coursera Started: for 6 weeks In progress

This course introduces concepts, algorithms, programming, theory and design of spatial computing technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS), Google Maps, location-based services and geographic information systems. Learn how to collect, ana…

edX 01 Aug 2014 - 13 Sep 2014 Completed

Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line, covering the major Linux distribution families. Linux powers 94% of the world’s supercomputers, most of the servers powering the Internet, the majority o…

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) 04 Aug 2014 - 15 Sep 2014 Completed
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This course introduces students to both passive and active electronic components (op-amps, 555 timers, TTL digital circuits). Basic analog and digital circuits and theory of operation are covered. The labs allow the students to master the use of elec…

Coursera 10 Aug 2014 - 07 Dec 2014 Completed
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The course surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of various human species in the Stone Age up to the political and technological revolutions of the twenty-first century.

Coursera 11 Aug 2014 - 06 Oct 2014 Completed

Understand how basic scientific principles underpin forensic science and can contribute to solving criminal cases.

edX 01 Sep 2014 - 14 Oct 2014 Completed
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In the third edition of Solar Energy, you will learn to design a complete photovoltaic system. This course introduces the technology that converts solar energy into electricity, heat and solar fuels with a main focus on electricity generation. Photov…

Coursera 01 Sep 2014 - 04 Nov 2014 Completed
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The course is an introduction to switched-mode power converters. It provides a basic knowledge of circuitry for the control and conversion of electrical power with high efficiency.

Coursera 01 Sep 2014 - 03 Nov 2014 Completed
38 0 0

The course is an introduction to switched-mode power converters. It provides a basic knowledge of circuitry for the control and conversion of electrical power with high efficiency.

Coursera 15 Sep 2014 - 20 Oct 2014 Completed

This two-part course is designed to be a fun introduction to the basics of programming in Python. Our main focus will be on building simple interactive games such as Pong, Blackjack and Asteroids.

Coursera 15 Sep 2014 - 13 Oct 2014 Completed

This two-part course is designed to be a fun introduction to the basics of programming in Python. Our main focus will be on building simple interactive games such as Pong, Blackjack and Asteroids.

Coursera 23 Sep 2014 - 18 Nov 2014 Completed

This course introduces concepts, algorithms, programming, theory and design of spatial computing technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS), Google Maps, location-based services and geographic information systems. Learn how to collect, ana…

Class2Go 01 Oct 2014 - 12 Nov 2014 Completed

Learn how to design, build, and program haptic devices that engage users through their sense of touch. This is a self-paced course.

Class2Go 13 Oct 2014 - 24 Nov 2014 Completed

Examine the financial concepts that inform the value of stocks and bonds and how to make smart decisions as an investor.

Coursera 13 Oct 2014 - 24 Nov 2014 Completed

Explore the fundamentals of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and how it works by conducting "backyard" laboratory experiments on your own mobile device. Learn the basics of satellite navigation and witness the power of a network with planet-wide c…

Semester 7 Spring 2015

Coursera 02 Jan 2015 - 31 Jan 2015 Completed

Whether you are an outstanding or a struggling student, "Learning How to Learn" will give you powerful mental tools that will help you learn more effectively in tough-to-master subjects. You will discover practical, immediately useful insights that w…

Coursera 20 Jan 2015 - 03 Mar 2015 Completed

Learn how police and intelligence agencies can access your data, and how the law (might) protect you! Hackers, attorneys, and concerned citizens are all welcome.

Coursera 26 Jan 2015 - 07 Apr 2015 Completed

Chronic pain is at epidemic levels and has become the highest-cost condition in health care. This course uses evidence-based science with creative and experiential learning to better understand chronic pain conditions and how they can be prevented th…

Coursera 09 Feb 2015 - 09 Mar 2015 Completed

Learn the basic concepts of data mining and dive deep into pattern discovery methods and their applications.

Coursera 09 Feb 2015 - 23 Mar 2015 Completed
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Animal welfare has been described as a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue which includes important scientific, ethical, and other dimensions. Improving our understanding of animal welfare, involves the fascinating study of animal behavior as…

Coursera 15 Feb 2015 - 30 Mar 2015 Completed

This course will give you a glimpse into six different areas of American law: Tort Law, Contract Law, Property, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Civil Procedure. You will gain insight into the complexities and dilemmas that arise from the applic…

Coursera 23 Feb 2015 - 19 May 2015 Completed

Start learning how to program video games using the C# programming language. Plenty of practice opportunities are included!

Saylor.org 30 Apr 2015 - 12 Jun 2015 Completed
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In this course, you will learn fundamental principles of international law and examine the historical development of these laws. The nature of international law differs in many respects from local, state, and federal law. International laws are forme…