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Quantum Mechanics for Everyone is a four-week long MOOC that teaches the basic ideas of quantum mechanics with a method that requires no complicated math beyond taking square roots (and you can use a calculator for that). Quantum theory is taught without “dumbing down” any of the material, giving you the same version experts use in current research. We will cover the quantum mystery of the two-slit experiment and advanced topics that include how to see something without shining light on it (quantum seeing in the dark) and bunching effects of photons (Hong-Ou-Mandel effect).

To get a flavor for the course and see if it is right for you, watch "Let's get small", which shows you how poorly you were taught what an atom looks like, and "The fallacy of physics phobia." 

Please note: the four sections of this course will be released on a weekly basis from April 18, 2017 to May 9, 2017, when all the course material will be available and the course will become fully self-paced.

Everyone - non-scientists and scientists alike - has some form of expertise, but communicating across a gap in knowledge or experience is challenging. In this Teach-Out, we address this challenge by helping participants to develop core communication skills and more effectively communicate with one another.

Participants will learn why science communication is both essential and fundamentally challenging. Experts in three broad areas of public engagement with science - Policy & Advocacy, Education & Outreach, and Science in the Media - will weigh in to share their knowledge. Anyone with a STEM story to tell will have the opportunity to develop a better understanding of their audience, craft a clear message, weave a compelling story, and practice giving and receiving feedback on science communications. And all participants will be able to engage in a series of discussions addressing key issues in science communication.

Because the practice of science encourages dialogue, requires diverse perspectives, and has no political agenda, we hope this Teach-Out is a useful step in encouraging more science conversations between individuals and their local, national, and global communities.

Do we really only use 10% of our brain? How can we answer questions like this? We shouldn’t just rely on our intuition, because unfortunately that can sometimes give us the incorrect answer.

In this psychology course, learn how psychological research is conducted, how to analyze the findings and results and effectively write a research report.

An understanding of psychological research methods allows us to test questions systematically and report the findings of our research so that others can critically evaluate the validity of our conclusions.

Es imposible estudiar hoy los sistemas educativos contemporáneos sin adoptar su perspectiva supranacional. Las agendas educativas nacionales se ven influenciadas por las propuestas de los organismos internacionales (OI). Este curso ofrece una visión crítica de las acciones educativas principales OI y de cómo influyen en las reformas nacionales, para promover reflexión sobre la generación de corrientes educativas globales.

Contestaremos a las siguientes preguntas:

• ¿Qué es la Educación Supranacional? ¿Existen realmente políticas educativas supranacionales?
• La agenda educativa de la UE: ¿una formación armonizada para el nuevo ciudadano europeo?
• Las acciones educativas de la OEI: ¿cooperación o recolonización educativa?
• Las recomendaciones de la OCDE para la mejora de la educación: ¿se basan verdaderamente en evidencias?
• La UNESCO y sus estrategias educativas globales: ¿retórica o realidad?

How can you distinguish between credible information and “fake news?” Reliable information is at the heart of what makes an effective democracy, yet many people find it harder to differentiate trustworthy journalism from propaganda. Increasingly, inaccurate information is shared on social networks and amplified by a growing number of explicitly partisan news outlets. This Teach-Out will examine the processes that generate both accurate and inaccurate news stories and the factors that lead people to believe those stories. Participants will gain skills help them to distinguish fact from fiction.

Policy experts from the University of Michigan will discuss the economic, legal and public health implications of potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” While the ACA's provisions to increase insurance coverage receive the most attention in the press, this Teach-Out will also highlight the ACA's provisions regarding the transformation of healthcare delivery and funding for public health initiatives. It is intended for a general audience seeking to understand the far-reaching implications of repealing, repairing, or replacing the ACA.

In this course, you will learn about how to manage and troubleshoot a Skype for Business Server deployment.

You will learn how to plan and deploy conferencing in Skype for Business 2015 Server. Conferencing is one of the key reasons why many organizations deploy Skype for Business. Conferencing includes Web conferencing, dial-in conferencing and planning for large conferences. Finally, you will also learn how to provide external access to your Skype for Business Server deployment for employees and users from other organizations.

This is the second in a series of three courses that will prepare you for 70-334 “Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for Business 2015” exam.

In Skype for Business: Cloud Voice Concepts and Planning you will learn about Skype for Business Online and how it can provide meeting and voice functionality.

You will learn how to plan a Cloud PBX deployment, including the integration with on-premises PSTN connections. You will also learn how to deploy PSTN conferencing, and integrate cloud identity and security with on-premises Active Directory. Finally, you will learn how to successfully plan a voice deployment.

This course is the second in a series of three online courses designed to help you prepare for taking the 70-333 “Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015” exam.

If you want to learn the basic physics of solids, fluids, heat and mass transport, this is the course you have been looking for. It combines the power and beauty of mathematics with physical intuition for a comprehensive understanding of continuum physics.

The course begins with an overview of vectors and tensors. It then proceeds through fundamental concepts of motion, balance laws, constitutive relations and thermodynamics. This introductory course addresses mainly solid and fluid mechanics, but approaches them in a unified manner. The follow-up, advanced course extends this treatment to thermomechanics, variational principles and mass transport.

Finally, a word on the treatment of the subject: it is mathematical. We know of no other way to do continuum physics. While the course is rigorous, it is neither abstract nor formal. In every segment connections are made with the physics of the subject. Simple but instructive props such as a deformable plastic bottle, water and food coloring are used throughout the course. Finally, the time-honored continuum potato has been supplanted by an icon of American life: the continuum football.

This course is part of the Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in Big Data. 

Learn what it takes to build Big Data analytics solutions.

This is the first stop in the Big Data curriculum from Microsoft. It will help you get started with the curriculum, plan your learning schedule, and connect with fellow students and teaching assistants. Along the way, you’ll get an introduction to working with data and some fundamental concepts and technologies for Big Data scenarios.

In this physics course you will learn about ultracold bosons and fermions, and you will hear from Prof. Ketterle about Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). Prof. Ketterle was among the first to achive BEC in the lab and was awarded the Nobel prize in 2001 for his work along with Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman. You will also learn about weakly interacting Bose gases, as well as superfluid to Mott insulator transition, BEC-BCS crossover, trapped ions and quantum gates with ions.

This course is a part of a series of courses to introduce concepts and current frontiers of atomic physics, and to prepare you for cutting-edge research:

• 8.422.1x: Quantum states and dynamics of photons
• 8.422.2x: Atom-photon interactions
• 8.422.3x: Optical Bloch equations and open system dynamics
• 8.422.4x: Light forces and laser cooling
• 8.422.5x: Ultracold atoms and ions for many-body physics and quantum information science

At MIT, the content of the five courses makes the second of a two-semester sequence (8.421 and 8.422) for graduate students interested in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. This sequence is required for Ph.D. students doing research in this field.

Completing the series allows you to pursue advanced study and research in cold atoms, as well as specialized topics in condensed matter physics. In these five courses you will learn about the following topics:

• quantum states and dynamics of photons
• photon-atom interactions: basics and semiclassical approximations
• open system dynamics
• optical Bloch equations
• applications and limits of the optical Bloch equations
• dressed atoms
• light force
• laser cooling
• cold atoms
• evaporative cooling
• Bose-Einstein condensation
• quantum algorithms and protocols
• ion traps and magnetic traps.

Are you an entrepreneur, or do you have a passion for building your own technology startup? This course will help and encourage you to start a successful technology-based venture.

If you always wanted to become an entrepreneur, or if you are simply interested in putting a new technology to innovative use, this course is for you.

This course helps you understand the process of entrepreneurship from a technology-oriented background.

The course is made up of modules that are presented by experts in the field of entrepreneurship and technology. Modules include:

• Team Building
• Opportunity Recognition
• Financing
• Customer Acquisition

You will work on your idea in a team environment and examples of founders and start-ups will be used during the course to initiate insightful discussions. The course closes with the creation of a two-page business plan and a video pitch. Selected students will be eligible to participate in a Masterclass at one of the participating universities:

• TU Delft
• TU Eindhoven
• University of Twente
• Wageningen University & Research

Welcome to The Quantum World!

This course is an introduction to quantum chemistry: the application of quantum theory to atoms, molecules, and materials. You’ll learn about wavefunctions, probability, special notations, and approximations that make quantum mechanics easier to apply. You’ll also learn how to use Python to program quantum-mechanical models of atoms and molecules.

HarvardX has partnered with DataCamp to create assignments in Python that allow students to program directly in a browser-based interface. You will not need to download any special software, but an up-to-date browser is recommended.

This course has serious prerequisites. You will need to be comfortable with college-level chemistry and calculus. Some prior programming experience is also encouraged.

The Quantum World is ideal for:

• Chemistry majors who want extra material alongside an on-campus course
• Chemistry majors at an institution that does not offer quantum chemistry
• Physics or CompSci majors who want to branch out to chemistry
• Graduate students refreshing on quantum mechanics before their qualifying exams
• Professional chemists who want to brush up on their skills

Alguna vez se ha preguntado ¿Qué ocurre cuando envejecemos? o ¿Qué cuidados debemos brindarle al adulto mayor?

En este curso introductorio usted aprenderá sobre los aspectos básicos del envejecimiento, pautas de envejecimiento activo y el cuidado al adulto mayor en diferentes escenarios. Amplíe su conocimiento sobre esta temática en momentos claves de envejecimiento de la población como los que vivimos actualmente a nivel mundial.

Si después de tomar este curso usted está interesado o interesada en adquirir un mayor conocimiento y realizar un posgrado lo invitamos a conocer nuestro campus y la Maestría en Cuidado de Enfermería al Adulto Mayor. 

Se satisfará la curiosidad del alumno sobre la estructura molecular de sustancias, tanto naturales como otras creadas por el Químico Orgánico. Percibirá su importancia sobre la preservación de la vida, el control de enfermedades y la producción eficiente de alimentos, así como las limitaciones que tenemos en la producción de energía y nuestra incidencia sobre el medio ambiente. Se introducirá en el apasionante arte de la separación, purificación y determinación de estructuras.

Afortunadamente, cada vez hay más personas sensibles a las especiales privaciones y sufrimientos que afectan a los menores de edad. La explotación sexual de las niñas, la utilización de los niños como soldados, el trabajo infantil, el tráfico internacional de menores… y todo esto sin contar con el hambre, la guerra y las epidemias. Tras dos tímidos precedentes, la comunidad internacional se hizo eco de estas exigencias en la Convención Internacional de Derechos del Niño de 1989 y en la Convención de las Naciones Unidas con mayor número de ratificaciones, aunque con muy limitada eficacia en la realidad.

Nuestro propósito es acercar a todos los profesionales que tratan con la infancia, a los familiares, o a cualquiera que tenga interés y sensibilidad a la respuesta que el Ordenamiento Jurídico puede prestar a esas exigencias específicas. Tomaremos como eje común, sobre el que se articulan los distintos temas, la Convención Internacional de los Derechos del Niño de 1989.

Los cuatro ámbitos sobre los que trabajaremos serán:

• La sustracción internacional de menores.
• Menores en desamparo y tutela administrativa.
• La protección sociolaboral.
• Situaciones de separación de los progenitores.

¿Cómo abordar los diferentes problemas específicos de la infancia? ¿Qué respuestas puede ofrecer el sistema jurídico? En este curso nos proponemos una aproximación crítica a la realidad y a la regulación jurídica española, europea e internacional de la protección del menor.

Should we clone humans? What should we think of the coming genetic revolution? How much control should we have over how and when we die? When does medical treatment turn into medical enhancement — and should we care? Is rationing health care good, bad, necessary — or all of the above?

This course will explore fundamental moral issues that arise in medicine, health, and biotechnology. Some are as old as life itself: the vulnerability of illness, the fact of death. Some are new, brought on by a dizzying pace of technology that can unsettle our core ideas about human nature and our place in the world. And nearly all intersect with issues of racial and gender equality, as well as policies affecting the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Designed to introduce students to the range of issues that define bioethics, together with core concepts and skills, this course should be of interest to undergraduates, health care professionals, policy makers, and anyone interested in philosophy or ethics.

Before your course starts, try the new edX Demo where you can explore the fun, interactive learning environment and virtual labs. Learn more.

Want to teach your students how to tackle difficult community problems using creative and novel solutions?

This education and teacher training course has been developed to train teachers to use design thinking in the classroom to find creative and innovative solutions to everyday community problems. It is based on Cooper Hewitt’s innovative classroom activity called Design in the Classroom as well as on our national workshop series, Smithsonian Design Institute.

In this pilot version of the course, you will define design and learn how it can be many things to many people. You will also learn the stages of the design process and work through each stage to create a design solution to a real-life community problem. Finally, you will take design into your own classroom by discussing how design thinking can be used to address required curriculum, evaluating existing design-based lesson plans, and creating a design-based lesson plan for your students.

In this course, you will learn how to design and configure the core components of an on-premises Enterprise Voice deployment, implement enhanced calling features, and manage IP Phones. You will also learn how to implement emergency dialing and optimize your network for Enterprise Voice. Finally, you will learn how to monitor and maintain voice quality.

This course is the third in a series of three courses designed to help you prepare for the 70-333 “Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015” exam.

Savez-vous que les machines les plus puissantes au monde sont massivement parallèles ? Saviez-vous que les objets les plus courants de notre vie quotidienne, comme les voitures ou les smartphones, sont de véritables ordinateurs parallèles ?

En effet, les voitures les plus simples embarquent une trentaine de capteurs et processeurs sur lesquels s'exécutent différents programmes qui coopèrent. Les véhicules les plus sophistiqués dépassent d'ailleurs la centaine de capteurs et processeurs... et ne parlons pas des véhicules autonomes qui se profilent dans un avenir proche. D'ailleurs, vous savez tous qu'internet peut également être vu comme un système massivement parallèle ?

Bref, les systèmes parallèles ont déjà envahi notre vie quotidienne et sont présents dans tous les secteurs. La principale conséquence est que l'informaticien d'aujourd'hui se doit de maîtriser ce type de programmation, qui est loin d'être trivial. En effet, tôt ou tard, il ne pourra qu'être confronté à ce type de problèmes.

L'objectif du MOOC « Programmation Concurrente » est de vous donner un aperçu de ce domaine. Nous y présenterons les problèmes posés par la concurrence, les solutions algorithmiques proposés (moniteurs, sémaphores, etc.) et illustrerons nos propos à l'aide du langage Java, qui, dans sa version 8 (en fait depuis la version 7), intègre de nombreux mécanismes permettant au programmeur désireux de comprendre la programmation concurrence, de s'y focaliser sans avoir à manipuler des mécanismes de bas niveau, comme ceux que l'on trouve dans de nombreux langages (par exemple, C avec les bibliothèques Posix).

Ce cours est principalement destiné à des personnes maîtrisant déjà au moins un langage de programmation, objet si possible. Il est dérivé d'une unité d'enseignement de troisième année dispensée à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, le premier établissement universitaire à avoir proposé en France, en 1967, un diplôme d'informatique.

Afin que vous puissiez mieux suivre ce MOOC, il est nécessaire de connaître le langage Java. À ce titre, des ressources de préparation sont à votre disposition via le lien suivant : http://lip6.fr/Fabrice.Kordon/moocprc2017.php