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English is the main language of international communication and is essential for people working in the tourism industry. This free online course introduces the key vocabulary and skills needed to speak English with tourists. This course details the English necessary for working in tourist information offices including how to provide directions, understand guidebooks and write press releases. The English needed for conducting guided tours is also defined. These sections detail how to explain a tour itinerary, how to politely book a tour for a customer and how to conduct a tour commentary in English. This free online course will be of great interest to non-English speakers who would like a career in the tourism industry, and who now wish to learn English with a focus on the travel and tourism industry.

With the rise of social media and the Internet, many people are writing more today for different mediums than ever before. We’ll present materials that cover grammatical principles, word usage, writing style, sentence and paragraph structure, and punctuation. We’ll introduce you to some marvelous resources that we have annotated for your guidance. We’ll show you video clips of interviews conducted with distinguished grammarians, challenge you with quizzes and writing activities that will give you strategies to help you to build skills that will enhance the quality of your writing, and invite you to participate in discussions and assess the work of your peers.

This free online course offers a comprehensive introduction to English literature analysis. Taking selected drama masterpieces including Macbeth and The Crucible and several poems as examples; the course introduces the learner to literature, play and theatre analysis. This course is ideal for students of English literature, and for those wishing to expand their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of this rewarding subject.

If you have completed the ALISON free online course &quot;Introduction to English Grammar - Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Listening&quot;, this new English course will help you further extend your English language vocabulary and improve your pronunciation skills. In this free online English language course, you will cover vocabulary in areas such as shopping, food, and sports, and pronunciation of the alphabet and silent letters. The course also covers the 10 most-used nouns, verbs, and expressions in English. <br /><br />ALISON's online English language course will be of great interest to all learners who already have a basic knowledge of the English language and who want to further improve their vocabulary and pronunciation skills to be able to communicate more effectively.<br />

<p>English Writing Skills is a free online language course which is designed for anyone wanting to improve their writing, or English students who wish to enhance their essay-writing abilities. </p><br /> <p>Covering a number of different styles of writing, including comedy, descriptive, spy, thriller, instructional text, opinion pieces, poetry, as well as punctuation, this course provides you with enough guidelines to express yourself creatively in a variety of writing styles. </p>

Learn how to make effective decisions about your future career and how to take control of your professional development by honing your critical thinking and employability skills. Suitable for anyone undertaking some form of study, regardless of academic discipline, interests or employment background.

What is “interprofessional collaborative practice” and why does it matter to you? The term “interprofessional collaborative practice” is prevalent in the healthcare environment today. Whether you are a nurse, pharmacist, doctor, healthcare student, or just interested in how to better care for loved ones, this experience will offer opportunities for you to develop the type of collaborative skills necessary to improve patient safety. We will also challenge you to evaluate and improve the level of collaboration in your work setting in the first ever MOOC2Degree Course. This course focuses on helping nurses and other healthcare professionals improve patient safety by developing the competencies associated with interprofessional collaborative practice. Topics to be covered include: • What is interprofessional collaborative practice? • How can interprofessional collaborative practice improve patient safety? • What competencies associated with interprofessional collaborative practice should all healthcare professionals have? • How can you develop the core competencies of interprofessional collaborative practice? • How can you create an environment for effective interprofessional collaborative practice in your work setting? RN to BSN MOOC2Degree Credit by Exam Opportunity: What makes this course truly unique is that for the first time as a MOOC2Degree participant, you could receive course credit by exam toward your RN to BSN degree at The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing. To receive credit for this MOOC course, you need to: 1. Successfully complete the MOOC2Degree course with a score of 80% or higher on all 6 self-assessments 2. Complete the online proctored exam within 7 days after the course ends with a score of 70% or higher and pay a nominal fee ($17.50-$26.50) for the online exam 3. Apply and be accepted to the UT Arlington College of Nursing for the RN to BSN Program, see the admissions criteria here. 4. After acceptance to the RN to BSN program, you will then request and be awarded credit for the MOOC2Degree course by UT Arlington College of Nursing, which requires a $25 processing fee. Complete this questionnaire to find out if you qualify to earn credit for the MOOC2Degree course. Review the terms and conditions for full details on receiving course credit for the MOOC2Degree course. Materials: All learning materials are embedded in the course or available online at no cost. The following resource will be used extensively: Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Report of an expert panel To provide multiple perspectives on interprofessional collaborative practice, your professor, Dr. Beth Mancini, has incorporated guest speakers from various healthcare roles, settings, and backgrounds.

Este curso dirigido por la Dra. Marta Ferrer le permitirá adquirir un conocimiento general de los principios de educación médica, y entender la importancia de ofrecer una enseñanza explícita en las prácticas...

¿Eres nuevo enseñando STEM en la Universidad?, ¿Quieres que tus cursos estén centrados en los estudiantes? este MOOC es para ti.

Cuenta con cuatro unidades, el primer módulo plantea los principios básicos para comprender cómo funciona el aprendizaje. Luego se hace un recorrido por los elementos clave del diseño de cursos integrado, cómo evaluar de forma eficiente y finalmente estrategias de aprendizaje activo.

A través de estudios de caso y ejercicios aplicados tendrá más herramientas para enfrentar los nuevos retos de la enseñanza STEM.

Este MOOC fue desarrollado por tres universidades a cargo del Centro para la Excelencia Docente, CEDU de la Universidad del Norte, La Oficina de Desarrollo Profesoral de la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano y el Centro de Aprendizaje, Enseñanza y Evaluación (CAE+E) de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, con la asesoría del profesor James Lang, reconocido investigador internacional en docencia universitaria gracias al apoyo de una beca Fullbright.

Para realizar este curso no necesitas tener formación pedagógica. Se trata de un curso introductorio sobre los principios básicos de diseño de cursos. Te invitamos a participar. Únete a nosotros y arriésgate a innovar.

Want to learn about the most popular framework used for Enterprise Architecture (EA) in the world from one of the top trainers?

TOGAF® is an architectural framework that uses proven development methods to help you develop an IT architecture that meets the needs of your business. The TOGAF® framework enables organizations to effectively address critical business needs by:

• Ensuring that everyone speaks the same language
• Avoiding lock-in to proprietary solutions by standardizing on open methods for Enterprise Architecture
• Saving time and money, and utilize resources more effectively
• Achieving demonstrable ROI

In this course, you will find a large body of knowledge compressed into digestible and compelling modules aimed toward practical use. The instructor, Dr. Steve Else, is among the globe’s top TOGAF® trainers, having worked with thousands of professionals to help them learn and practice EA. He is also author of the book “Organization Theory and Transformation of Large, Complex Organizations.”

Students who complete this course may apply the purchase price toward the instructor's TOGAF® certification course. Students are eligible to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Professional Development Hours (PDHs), valid toward continuing education requirements for many professional certifications.

This course is suitable for anyone interested in:

• enterprise architecture
• solutions architecture
• business
• engineering
• information and communications technology
• design thinking and innovation
• decision architecture and decision making
• business process management
• project management

Want to manage software development, but unsure where to begin? This computer science course will teach you the models, methods and practices of software development to make the process manageable and result in high-quality and efficient software products.

This course is an introduction to software lifecycle management using the approved principles and best practices developed by IT leaders and verified by large-scale systems operation. Starting with the basics of lifecycles, the course will open your mind and challenge you. You will learn how to make justified decisions on the industry-level software solutions, and instantly apply the principles and methods learned.

Taught by an instructor with over a decade of managing software development at a diverse multinational corporation, ITERA International Oil and Gas, this computer science course will equip managers with the skills they need to understand the principles and use the state-of-the-art methods and practices for lifecycle management. Additionally, learners (and managers) who require a systematic understanding of what happens inside the software development in terms of roles, activities, resources and deliverables can use this course to eliminate skill gaps.

No previous knowledge needed. Join us as you start your software engineering journey.

15.431 Entrepreneurial Finance examines the elements of entrepreneurial finance, focusing on technology-based start-up ventures and the early stages of company development. The course addresses key questions which challenge all entrepreneurs: how much money can and should be raised; when should it be raised and from whom; what is a reasonable valuation of the company; and how should funding, employment contracts and exit decisions be structured. It aims to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In addition, the course includes an in-depth analysis of the structure of the private equity industry.

This course examines and presents processes of designing and implementing land readjustment in the context of developing countries.

Land readjustment is an alternative land-assembly approach to government compulsory purchase (often referred to as eminent domain) and voluntary market transaction. In the land readjustment process, a public or private agency invites property owners to become stakeholders in a redevelopment project and to contribute their lands to the project as investment capital. In return, each property owner receives a land site of at least equal value in the vicinity of the original site upon project completion. After all properties in the district are assembled, the combined land sites are subdivided to make space for wider roads and other local infrastructure.

The conventional approaches to land assembly are often conflict-ridden. Through this course, practitioners can add another viable option to their toolbox by learning about land readjustment as an alternative approach to urbanization in developing countries.

Land readjustment has been shown to reduce the initial capital requirement for land assembly, discourage holdouts, and minimize massive relocation of existing residents. When applying land readjustment at the right time and in the right place, this approach could mediate a major hindrance of land redevelopment in countries that are facing rapid urbanization.      

This course clarifies key marketing concepts, methods, and strategic issues relevant for start-up and early-stage entrepreneurs. At this course, there are two major questions:

1. Marketing Question: What and how am I selling to whom?
2. New Venture Question: How do I best leverage my limited marketing recourses?

Specifically, this course is designed to give students a broad and deep understanding of such topics as:

1. What are major strategic constraints and issues confronted by entrepreneurs today?
2. How can one identify and evaluate marketing opportunities?
3. How do entrepreneurs achieve competitive advantages given limited marketing resources?
4. What major marketing/sales tools are most useful in an entrepreneurial setting?

Because there is no universal marketing solution applicable to all entrepreneurial ventures, this course is designed to help students develop a flexible way of thinking about marketing problems in general.

Negotiations in the entrepreneurial world are unique and complex. From economic uncertainty to the need to protect intellectual property and dealing with investors, entrepreneurs and small business owners must master negotiation skills in order to succeed. This online course will guide you through the negotiation techniques behind the MIT entrepreneurial community’s success, which generates over $2 trillion in annual revenues.

At the end of the program you will be able to:

• Protect and increase the value of your ideas
• Deal with ego and the need to build trust in relationships
• Navigate the bargaining process when economic uncertainty and technical sophistication are at stake
• Master the MIT way of winning at entrepreneurial negotiations

This course brings the "hands-on" approach to learning that makes MIT unique. You’ll take part in interactive activities including practicing negotiation skills online via simulations in MIT’s unhangout platform, role-plays, case studies, and peer-provided feedback. You will also hear from entrepreneurs on their failure stories, and how they negotiated their way to success.

This course is led by MIT renowned negotiation expert, Professor Lawrence Susskind and developed by the inter-university Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Participants will emerge with a toolkit of negotiation techniques that will prepare them to join the MIT entrepreneurial success.

Do you have a business idea, but you’re not sure if it’s going to fly? Or maybe you know you want to be an entrepreneur, but you’re not sure where to start? This business course is for anyone aspiring to be an entrepreneur – regardless of the industry or type of venture you might have in mind.

This course offers an overview of the guiding principles that underpin the entrepreneurial process, providing you with practical tips and grounded theory to evaluate your entrepreneurial opportunity, team and resources. You’ll explore some of the myths and key facts about entrepreneurship, and find out what it takes to be an entrepreneur, so that you can conduct your own self-assessment and identify priorities for your own growth as an entrepreneur. You’ll learn how to unlock your creativity and innovation to help you generate more and better entrepreneurial ideas. And you’ll bring it all together in a capstone activity designed to help you evaluate the entrepreneurial opportunity you have identified.

In this course, you will work with the expert team at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre at the University of Adelaide. They have experience as entrepreneurs and investors and have facilitated the establishment of many successful businesses.

Join us and make your business ideas fly.

This course outlines the practical and tactical ins and outs of how to sell technical products to a sophisticated marketplace. How to build and manage a sales force; building compensation systems for a sales force, assigning territories, resolving disputes, and dealing with channel conflicts. Focus on selling to customers, whether through a direct salesforce, a channel salesforce, or building an OEM relationship.

Este curso presenta a los estudiantes una comprensión fundamental del desarrollo de una ventaja competitiva sustentable en un negocio existente o nuevo. This course introduces students to a fundamental understanding of development of a sustainable competitive advantage in a new or existing business.

The DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Program is a weekly lecture series where entrepreneurial leaders share their les