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This Physical Education course continues our free online Phys Ed training. The course outlines the various coaching styles and techniques, influences on fitness, motivational factors, injuries, sports psychology and the role of the coach. The free online course will be of interest to physical education teachers, students studying for a qualification in health or fitness, trainers or managers in fitness, health or sports related activities, and any sports man or woman interested in coaching styles and techniques. <br />

Note: This is the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Arabic </span>Version, for English version, <a href="http://alison.com/courses/MSDL-M5">click here</a>.<br /><br />From cell phones to MP3 players to digital cameras, computers are changing our everyday lives. The fifth and last module of the free online course Microsoft Digital Literacy introduces you to new digital technologies, including digital audio, digital video, and digital photography. It explores how these and other computing technologies are creating new career opportunities and shaping the world we live in. <br />

This free online Diploma in Multimedia Development course covers the skills and techniques needed to create professional-looking videos, visual effects, motion graphics and animations. The course offers a rigorous exploration of key multimedia tools including Adobe Photoshop, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Flash, Audacity, Director MX and Adobe After Effects. <br /><br />The video-based tutorials are delivered in a non-technical and step-by-step manner by the award-winning multimedia teacher Russell Stannard. The Diploma course is ideal for those who want to gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of multimedia development tools and techniques and who want to enhance their career prospects in the process.<br />

Note: This is the <span style="font-weight: bold;">ARABIC </span>Version. For the English version, <a href="http://alison.com/courses/MSDL-FULL">click here</a>.<br /><br />The goal of Digital Literacy is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities. This course combines the 5 Microsoft modules to offer a comprehensive course on computer basic, the internet, productivity programmes and computer security. <br />

<p><strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This free online course is all about healthy living. It is intended to make you more aware of what you eat and drink. This course will show you how to exercise and create a balanced diet that can help you to stay fit and healthy. It will help you to follow a healthy lifestyle by choosing foods that are appropriate for you and this will help you to plan your exercise regime. It will also explain calories and food energy. It will make you think about the dangers of alcohol. This course will help you to understand food labels and help you put healthy eating into practice.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Note</span>: This course has been optimised for Internet Explorer, some features may not function or display correctly in other Web browsers such as Firefox. </p> <p></p>

This free online course is an introduction to the skills and techniques needed to record and publish podcasts to the Web. This course covers using Audacity to record and edit podcasts, and how to create an online account with Podomatic to publish podcasts to the Web. Russell Stannard, an award-winning lecturer from the University of Warick, describes the use of these podcasting tools in a non-technical and step-by-step manner. The course is ideal for those who've always wanted to record and publish podcasts to the Web but lack the skills or knowledge to do it.<br />

ALISON’s free online Diploma in Web Design course is ideal if you’ve always wanted to create your own website but lacked the skills or knowledge to do so. Aimed at both the novice and intermediate web-designer, this comprehensive, easy-to-understand course will enhance your understanding of web development tools and techniques.<br /><br />Topics covered include the essential tools for web page development including HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Adobe Dreamweaver. It also examines the practical steps needed to build a website such as registering a domain name and choosing a hosting account.<br /><br />On completion of the ALISON free online course, you can obtain a Diploma-level qualification to enhance your skill set, resume and career prospects.<br /> <p> </p>

ALISON's free online Diploma in Psychology is an engaging course, and is packed with features to help you understand and evaluate classic and contemporary psychology. These online psychology courses are ideal for those who want to gain comprehensive understanding of the main elements of psychology, and will be of great benefit to students in their career progression.<br /><br />Topics covered include classical conditioning, learning theory, the biological basis of behavior, visual perceptions, memory, and cognition.<br /><br />The Research Methodology section allows you to cast a critical eye on the research process, to explore the nature of psychology as an evolving science, and understand some of the ethical issues faced by psychologists.<br />

ALISON's free Diploma in Business Management and Entrepreneurship online business course gives you the opportunity to gain extensive knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices behind key business management subjects.<br /><br />Subjects include corporate management, operations management, accounting, human resources, financial accounting, and project management, as well as providing insight on key entrepreneurial skills from Bill Liao, co-founder of the social networking site XING.com.<br /><br />ALISON's business management certificate, with a focus on entrepreneurial studies, is ideal for those who want to further their knowledge and understanding of business management and entrepreneurship through an online business course, and will greatly enhance your career prospects.<br />

Blogs have become a common and widespread means of communicating on the Web. They allow individuals provide commentary or news on a particular subject, and they can also be used as more personal online diaries. This newly updated blogging course shows you how to create a blog using the popular blog publishing application WordPress. By studying this newly updated course you will be shown how to set up an account on WordPress, review the features on the WordPress dashboard, write and edit entries on your blog, add videos, images and Web links to the blog, and edit and filter pages on the blog. This free blog course is ideal for learners who want to create their own blogs online but lack the skills, knowledge, or confidence to do it.<br />

Facebook is the leading social networking Web site with over 500 million users. Chris Farrell, voted Number 1 Internet Marketer, explains in this free online course what Facebook is about, how to set up a Facebook account, how to set privacy settings, how to set up your personal profile, what the wall is, and how Facebook has become such an important component of online viral marketing. This course is ideal for those who want to use Facebook for social networking and online viral marketing but lack the skills or knowledge to do it.<br />

The free online Diploma in General Science course from ALISON is ideal for anyone who wants to gain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of key subjects in biology, chemistry and physics. In biology you will covers subjects such as cell theory, genetics and evolution; in chemistry you will cover subjects such as atoms, molecules and the periodic table; and in physics you will cover subjects such as magnetism, electricity and sound. This Diploma course will be of great interest to those who want to further improve their knowledge and understanding of general science, and will greatly enhance your career prospects.<br />

ALISON's free online Diploma in Outdoor and Physical Education Studies course gives you the opportunity to gain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of key topics in outdoor adventure and physical education. The course covers topics such as coaching and training, physical fitness, outdoor activities and adventure. This Diploma is ideal for anyone interested in a career in outdoor activities, adventure activities, the health and fitness industry, or physical education and training, and will greatly enhance your career prospects.<br />

This free online course shows you how to use the online mind mapping tool bubbl.us. A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions, and writing. This course is ideal for learners who want to use a mind mapping tool such as bubbl.us but lack the skills or knowledge to do so.<br />

The free online course General Duty Assistant introduces you to the role of a General Duty Assistant and what it involves. <br /><br />As a General Duty Assistant your role involves assistance to nurses and doctors delivering medical care to patients being treated in the hospital. In addition to the assistance to the doctors, you also a play a crucial role in patient care. You will be supporting the patient in the management of their day to day activities during their stay in the hospital.<br /><br />This course gives you all the information you need in order to perform effectively as a General Duty Assistant. You will be introduced to the hospital system with a focus on the structure and services that are delivered in the hospital. You will learn the necessary precautions you will need to follow while delivering patient care. <br /><br />This free online course is designed to equip you with the basic knowledge with a focus on skills to manage the patient.<br /><br />You will be introduced to the different areas of the role of the General Duty Assistant including: <br />- Transportation of the patient into the hospital and from one ward to the other as needed.<br />- Aid and support the patient in managing personal hygiene.<br />- Support the nurses while administering drugs and drawing samples.<br />- Handling and management of hospital equipment including medical and surgical equipment.<br />- Help the patient while feeding and eliminating wastes excreted.<br />- Note and report clinical observations such as body temperature, breathing rate.<br />- Ensure that patients are kept as comfortable as possible.<br /><br />This free online course will be of great interest to you if you would like to learn more about the role of the General Duty Assistant. It is also beneficial to you if you would like to learn more about how a hospital operates and serves patients.

Twitter is one of the leading social networking sites on the Web. It enables its users to send and read messages called “tweets”. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user's profile page. Users may subscribe to other users' tweets — this is known as “following” and subscribers are known as “followers”. This newly updated course is ideal for learners who want to learn how to set up a Twitter account and use the features of Twitter for social networking and micro-blogging. This free Twitter course has been updated to show you how to get up and running with Twitter, how to build up a social network and get connected with the right people, how to make lists, find out what is trending, what an advanced search is, and how to delete a tweet. You can find the answers to all these questions and more by studying this new updated course on Twitter.<br />

The Diploma in English Language and Literature gives you the opportunity to gain comprehensive knowledge and understanding of important aspects of English language and literature. It is ideal for people who have always wanted to study English language and literature in greater detail, as well as learners who are studying English as a second language.<br /><br />The English language modules cover the fundamentals of grammar, effective speaking, and writing skills.<br /><br />The English literature modules analyze literature with an emphasis on renowned authors and poets, such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Arthur Miller and William Shakespeare.<br /><br />A qualification in this free online diploma course is the ideal way of demonstrating your proficiency in the English language.<br />

The SMART Whiteboard range of hardware and software products are used worldwide to create engaging and interactive presentations in the classroom, the office and the boardroom. This free online course shows you in a step-by-step manner how to use SMART software, how to present material on a SMART Whiteboard, how to work with images, and how to record a presentation. This course is ideal for teachers, trainers, tutors or anyone who wants to learn how to use SMART Whiteboards to make their presentations more engaging and interactive. <br />

A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser. Wikis allow content to be easily created and updated. They also allow previous versions of documents to be accessible. PBWorks is a Website that allows the creation of wikis. These wikis can be used for educational purposes, for work or in community organisations. This free online course shows you how to create a wiki with PBWorks in an easy, step-by-step manner. This course is ideal for learners who want to learn how to set up a wiki and lack the skills or knowledge to do it. <br />

The free online course C# Programming - Coding with C# Classes and Methods shows you in a step-by-step manner how to use methods and classes in C# code. You will also learn about namespaces and accessibility modifiers.<br /><br />The course begins by showing you how to use classes and methods in C# programming and how to declare a new instance of a class. You will also learn how to work with classes and inheritances in the .NET Framework class library. You will learn about constructors which have the same name as the class, and usually initialize the data members of the new object. You will learn about constructor overloading, the name given to constructors with different sets of parameters. You will learn about inheritance which is the ability to create a class from another class, the &quot;parent&quot; class, extending the functionality and state of the parent in the derived or &quot;child&quot; class.<br /><br />You will learn about the FileStream class, which supports both synchronous and asynchronous read and write operations. You will learn how to code in C# using namespaces which are C# program elements designed to help you organize your programs. You will learn about the StreamReader class which implements a TextReader that reads characters from a byte stream in a particular encoding. You will also learn about scope and its use in C# programming. Finally, you will learn how to utilize the accessibility modifiers Public and Private.<br /><br />This free C# programming course will be of great interest to all learners who would like study a step-by-step introduction to coding using C# classes and methods and how to use Visual Studio Express for programming software applications.<br />