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Most people who learn a second language would like to master enough of that language to be able to engage in basic conversations when meeting people in social settings. This free online English language course will help you improve your social English language skills so that you will be able to communicate confidently with people in social settings. The course starts by showing you how to meet and greet people and how to engage in small talk. You will also learn how to make suggestions, requests, and offers, how to talk about what you do in your spare time, and give opinions on different topics. This free online English language course will give you much greater confidence when communicating with people in social settings and allow you to engage in conversations that are fun and meaningful. This course will be of great interest to all students who have completed the free online course titled 'Introduction to Conversational English' available on ALISON and who would like to further improve their English language skills.<br />
The free online course Social Media Strategy for Small Businesses introduces you to the key techniques for integrating social media platforms into your e-commerce website to drive customer awareness of your brand and increase sales.<br /><br />The course begins by describing the need for a dynamic web presence. You will learn about the different elements of a dynamic website and the different steps of research and planning for a dynamic website. You will be introduced to the different areas to consider when creating a website and learn how to identify key interactive elements that can be added to a website. <br /><br />Next you will learn about the key concepts relevant to social media and the considerations that need to be made for engaging with social media. You will learn about the different types of social media and their benefits and the different ways for preparing and sharing social media content. You will learn how to meaningfully measure social media engagement using platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, blogs, LinkedIn, YouTube and their useful features.<br /><br />The free course will be of great interest to professionals working in the areas of marketing, social media and branding. It will also be of interest to learners who would like to learn more about how effective social media can drive e-commerce.
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 course Sociology Studies - Social Inequality is the second in a series of online courses that gives the leaner an understanding of inequality in society and how many of these inequalities have come about. The course begins by using the United States as a case study where learners will explore open and closed stratification systems including caste and class systems along with the idea of an ideal system based on merit. You will then look at social stratification globally, looking first at how countries are classified and the cyclical nature of poverty and how this affects the poorest countries. Next, you will explore race, ethnicity and minorities, the prejudices and discrimination that occur and why they persist in a society. You will also learn about gender, gender identity and gender roles and why these are commonly associated with inequality due to historically strong cultural norms. Finally, you will learn about education, how prejudices often persist at an institutional level, and how this impacts on the individual throughout their life. This free course will be of great interest to anyone with an interest in areas as diverse as medicine, politics, law, urban organization, and marketing, and anybody who would like to know more about inequalities within a society.<br />
Sociology Studies - Social Institutions is the third in a series of four free online courses and this course will give you an understanding of social institutions and how they establish patterns of rule-governed behaviours. You will learn how sociology defines family, the variation in family structures and what the social impact of changing family structures is along with the challenges faced by families through divorce and abuse. Next you will look at religion from a sociological perspective and get an understanding of the different types of religion, and how religion has brought about social change. You will also study power and authority and its use in government and politics. The course describes different types of authority and the various forms of government from dictatorships and oligarchy to democracy. You will also learn what affect race, gender and class have on voter participation and electoral outcomes. The world of work and the economy are explored next with a focus on capitalism and socialism, both in theory and practice. You will also review the pros and cons globalisation in modern society. Finally, the course covers healthcare from the social construction of health and medical sociology to global health and social epidemiology. You will also explore the differences between low and high income nations. Using the United States as an example you will explore healthcare issues such as access for different socio-economic groups, mental health and disability issues and the correlation between medicalisation and stigmatisation. This free online course will be of great interest to professionals working in areas as diverse as medicine, politics, law, urban organization and marketing. It will also be of great interest to all learners who would like to know more about how cultures and societies evolve and change.<br />
In this free online course Software Testing - Black-box Strategies and White-box Testing you will learn about strategies for Black-box testing, about equivalence class testing and special value testing. You will learn about three of the strategies for combinatorial testing and also about using White-box testing and the types of errors and faults it tests for.<br /><br />The course begins by introducing you to equivalence class testing. You will learn how equivalence class testing works and how equivalence classes are created for both invalid and valid data. You will learn about special value testing and about its two types: general risk and special risk. You will also learn about boundary value testing and how it works.<br /><br />Next, you will learn about the different types of combinatorial testing, which is another black-box strategy. You will learn about decision table-based testing, and also about cause-effect graphing and how it can help you generate your decision tables. You will learn about pair-wise or all-pairs testing and how they work. Finally, you will learn about strategies used in white-box testing and about how white-box testing strategies can be broke into different types.<br /> <br />This free Alison course will be of great interest to those wishing to learn about strategies for testing software. <br /><br />Perquisites: The learner will need to have completed the previous course Introduction to Software Testing. <br />
In this free online course Software Testing - Condition Coverage and Mutation Testing Strategies you will learn about different advanced strategies for testing software. You will learn about coverage based techniques such as Multiple condition coverage (MCC), about Dataflow testing and creating control flow graphs. You will also learn about introducing faults into your program for mutation testing.<br /><br />The course begins by introducing you to coverage based testing and different types of coverage based testing. You will learn about the basic condition coverage testing to multiple condition coverage testing. You will learn about which is the strongest and weakest coverage based techniques. You will learn about the Modified condition and decision coverage testing (MC/DC testing).<br /><br />Next, you will be introduced to path testing and creating a control flow graph for your path testing. You will learn about using Dataflow testing to test your variable in a program. You will learn about introducing faults into your program for mutation testing. You will learn about how mutation testing works, its drawbacks and terminology. Finally, you will be introduced to integration testing, what it is and different approaches to integration testing.<br /><br />This course will be of great interest to any programmer who wishes to learn about advanced testing programs to test software programs they have written. <br /><br />Prerequisites: Learner will need to have completed previous two courses: ‘Introduction to Software Testing’ and ‘Software Testing – Black-Box Strategies and White-Box testing’.
In the free online course Software Testing - Testing Levels and Object-Oriented Program Testing you will be introduced to testing levels above unit testing, to system testing and its categories and types, and to testing Object-Orientated programs (OO programs) and how it differs from testing procedural programs.<br /><br />The course begins by introducing you to testing levels above unit testing, starting with integration testing. The course describes different approaches for integration testing and how they work. You will learn about system testing and what its objective is, and about the different types of system performance testing. You will also learn about performance tests, and about regression testing and when it is used.<br /><br />Next, you will be introduced to testing Object-Orientated programs. You will learn how OO programming was supposed to make testing easier, and why some testing methods for procedural programs will not work with OO programs. The course describes features of OO programming such as inheritance and polymorphism, and why you need to test your program differently using them. You will also learn about different integration testing strategies for testing your OO programs.<br /><br />This free Alison course will be of great interest to programmers who would like to learn more about testing levels, and testing strategies for object-orientated programs. <br />
<p>"Speaking and Writing English Effectively" is designed for proficient English speakers who would like to improve their speaking and writing skills. </p> <br /> <p>The course compares a variety of writing styles including imaginative writing, journalism, English in the media and textual analysis. It also offers a comprehensive guide to using language effectively and is ideal for English students as well as those who want to improve their written English for work or pleasure. </p>
This free interactive online business course covers entrepreneurship. Taking as its inspiration the book: "Stone Soup - The Secret Recipe for Making Something from Nothing", this course takes you through the 26 ingredients needed. This course not only brings you a flavour of the book, it also provides a profile of the successful entrepreneur/venture founder. <br />
This free online course is the first of our Upper-Secondary Mathematics suite of courses. It covers mathematical analysis, including univariate statistics and data, bivariate statistics, correlation, regression, residual analysis, non-linear data, and seasonal movements. This course is suitable for students of maths, especially those preparing for examinations. It is also suitable for those looking to refresh their knowledge of Mathematics. <br />
Yahoo is a very popular Web site but, with strong competition for products and services coming from others like Google and Facebook, Yahoo as an organisation faces severe challenges in being more competitive in the advertising market. In this free online course Sue Decker, the CEO of Yahoo from 2008 to 2009, discusses how the founders of Yahoo focused on the needs of its customers by developing a hierarchal database structure for faster and more efficient searches making life easier for the customer. The course also looks at how internal structuring of the sales force was implemented to improve customer service, where the gap in monetising search queries between it and Google occurred, and recent acquisition proposals. This course will be of interest to advertising, business, marketing professionals and entrepreneurs who have an interest in how an online Web company uses its customer base as a business model.<br />
Probability and Statistics is one of two strands introduced in the first phase of the new Project Maths Course in the Irish curriculum. This topic covers up to half of the new Paper 2 in the Leaving Certificate Paper. 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. 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. A combination of Probability and Statistics can be used to prove/disprove a given conjecture or statement (Hypothesis Testing (HL only)). 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 />
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. 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. 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. 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 />
Geometry and Trigonometry is the second of two strands introduced in the first phase of the new Project Maths Course. This topic covers up to a third of the new Paper 2 in the Leaving Certificate Paper in the Irish curriculum. Synthetic Geometry and Co-ordinate Geometry are used in real life to help us understand the dimensions and transformations of shapes and figures (lines, triangles, polygons and circles). Synthetic geometry studies shapes by means of axioms and theorems. Co-ordinate geometry studies lines and circles by reference to a fixed set of co-ordinates. Trigonometry is concerned with ‘real life’ measurements of length, angles and circular measure in both two and three dimensions. The use of trigonometry is commonly utilised in the areas of quantity surveying, building and construction, and architecture. This strand is without doubt the most applicable area of the Leaving Certificate mathematics syllabus and allows students gain experience of realistic solutions to real-world problems.<br />
Geometry and Trigonometry is the second of two strands introduced in the first phase of the new Project Maths Course. This topic covers up to a third of the new Paper 2 in the Leaving Certificate Paper in the Irish curriculum. Synthetic Geometry and Co-ordinate Geometry are used in real life to help us understand the dimensions and transformations of shapes and figures (lines, triangles, polygons and circles). Synthetic geometry studies shapes by means of axioms and theorems. Co-ordinate geometry studies lines and circles by reference to a fixed set of co-ordinates. Trigonometry is concerned with ‘real life’ measurements of length, angles and circular measure in both two and three dimensions. The use of trigonometry is commonly utilised in the areas of quantity surveying, building and construction, and architecture. This strand is without doubt the most applicable area of the Leaving Certificate mathematics syllabus and allows students gain experience of realistic solutions to real-world problems.<br />
The concepts of number and number patterns are the basic building blocks of arithmetic and algebra. Furthermore, we cannot escape the use of numbers in our everyday lives. We use clocks and watches to count through the hours and minutes of our day. We count out money to pay our bills and often take a flutter on the lottery by choosing six numbers. The application of Arithmetic and Geometric series in finance is investigated through loan repayments and investments. The use of AER (annual equivelant rate) and APR (annual percentage rate) when calculating repayments is investigated. Students are then introduced to the concept of a complex number and shown how to add, subtract, multiply and divide complex numbers. Complex numbers are used to represent the flow of current in a circuit and are also used in most areas of electronics. We use numbers to measure the perimeter and area of various shapes (triangles, rectangles, hexagons and circles) and we also use numbers to work out the volumes of solids such as cylinders, cones, spheres and hemi-spheres.<br />
The concepts of number and number patterns are the basic building blocks of arithmetic and algebra. Furthermore, we cannot escape the use of numbers in our everyday lives. We use clocks and watches to count through the hours and minutes of our day. We count out money to pay our bills and often take a flutter on the lottery by choosing six numbers.<br />The application of Arithmetic and Geometric series in finance is investigated through loan repayments and investments. The use of AER (annual equivelant rate) and APR (annual percentage rate) when calculating repayments is investigated. Students are then introduced to the concept of a complex number and shown how to add, subtract, multiply and divide complex numbers. Complex numbers are used to represent the flow of current in a circuit and are also used in most areas of electronics. We use numbers to measure the perimeter and area of various shapes (triangles, rectangles, hexagons and circles) and we also use numbers to work out the volumes of solids such as cylinders, cones, spheres and hemi-spheres.<br />
Algebra is the lifeblood and the natural language of Mathematics and provides a perfect link between number, geometry, trigonometry and functions. It would be impossible to formulate and solve real-world problems without algebraic notation. Students are first introduced to representing numbers with letters and then they are taught how to convert problems into algebraic equations which can be solved by means of well-known techniques. Students are taught how to solve simultaneous, quadratic and cubic equations and then extend their knowledge to the solution of inequalities. Searching for roots by trial and error and the use of synthetic division is also covered in this strand.<br />
Algebra is the lifeblood and the natural language of Mathematics and provides a perfect link between number, geometry, trigonometry and functions. It would be impossible to formulate and solve real-world problems without algebraic notation. Students are first introduced to representing numbers with letters and then they are taught how to convert problems into algebraic equations which can be solved by means of well-known techniques. Students are taught how to solve simultaneous, quadratic and cubic equations and then extend their knowledge to the solution of inequalities. Searching for roots by trial and error and the use of synthetic division is also covered in this strand.<br />
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