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Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Perspectivas en Transformación Digital: Inclusión Financiera
¿Te interesa aprender cómo la transformación digital está impulsando al sector financiero en América Latina y el Caribe? Este curso te ayudará a identificar desafíos y oportunidades que la digitalización puede ofrecer en la industria. Junto a especialistas de BID Invest y del sector privado. conocerás de primera mano las herramientas y buenas prácticas que ilustran las potencialidades de las soluciones digitales para lograr la inclusión financiera en la región. Al finalizar el curso, comprenderás el potencial de la digitalización para las entidades financieras en América Latina y el Caribe, y cómo esta transformación puede apoyar la inclusión financiera.
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Effective Engagement of Civil Society in Development
Civil society organizations (CSOs) are key actors in development that have valuable contributions to make. They play a multitude of roles - including in relation to humanitarian assistance, service-delivery, research and policy development, and pursuing accountability from governments and other stakeholders – all of which can significantly contribute to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). CSOs are expected to play a critical role in implementing the SDGs and in monitoring their progress. It is therefore urgent that CSOs meaningfully and effectively engage in development processes. But what is needed for CSOs to be able to do so? This Online Interactive Guidance offers some answers to that question. It takes participants through a history of the international commitments that call for this multi-stakeholder collaboration; what this means in practice for different development actors; and the benefits that can ensue through means of good practice examples from countries across the globe. Learning objectives Following the completion of the 5 modules of the Online Interactive Guidance, participants will be able to: • Describe the rationale behind the need to engage civil society in development processes; • Define the CSO enabling environment and CSO development effectiveness as key components to ensuring effective engagement of CSOs in development; • Recall the international commitments on the CSO enabling environment and CSO development effectiveness; • Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of different development actors in ensuring effective engagement of CSOs in development; • Identify practical ways in which governments, donors and civil society can engage to create a CSO enabling environment and ensure CSO development effectiveness; • Identify good practices for a CSO enabling environment and development effectiveness; • Indicate the benefits that can ensue from implementing good practices; • Translate the international commitments and apply these to their own context. Methodology This Online Interactive Guidance consists of five modules developed around the overall learning objectives. Each module starts with an animated video introducing the topic and is followed by good practice examples; insights from the field in the form of video interviews; in-depth readings; and an online activity. Set-up The Online Guidance will lead participants through the modules that each play a part in creating an environment in which CSOs can meaningfully and effectively contribute to implementation and monitoring of international development processes. > Module 1 will examine the CSO-related commitments that the international community has subscribed to and will provide an introduction to the four ways in which these can be realized. > Module 2 will explore the means towards creating effective multi-stakeholder dialogue, which is key to creating a CSO enabling environment. > Module 3 will examine CSOs’ own responsibility in ensuring their effectiveness, accountability and transparency in their day-to-day operations. > Module 4 will delve into how providers of official development cooperation can effectively work with and for CSOs. > Module 5 is the concluding module and will examine how a country’s rules and regulations can determine an enabling environment for CSOs to operate in. Completion Participants who have completed the 5 modules can request a certificate extended by the Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness & Enabling Environment.
Johns Hopkins University
Clinical Trials Analysis, Monitoring, and Presentation
In this course, you’ll learn more advanced operational skills that you and your team need to run a successful clinical trial. You’ll learn about the computation of sample size and how to develop a sample size calculation that’s suitable for your trial design and outcome measures. You’ll also learn to use statistical methods to monitor your trial for safety, integrity, and efficacy. Next, you’ll learn how to report the results from your clinical trials through both journal articles and data monitoring reports. Finally, we’ll discuss the role of the analyst throughout the trial process, plus a few additional topics such as simulations and adaptive designs.
Universidad Austral
Conceptos base para el estudio del medio ambiente
La progresiva toma de conciencia sobre la interrelación entre los procesos de desarrollo y la sostenibilidad del medioambiente en Latinoamérica, hacen necesarios incursionar en los conocimientos de disciplinas básicas ambientales como: Biología, Química, Física y Estadísticas. Los objetivos de la introducción a la Biología tienen como fines entre otros: 1. Conocer la constitución de la materia viva; 2. Estudiar la organización de los distintos seres vivos; 3. Estudiar las funciones que éstos realizan. También se incursiona en los fundamentos de Física y Química, ambas desde hace tiempo muy relacionadas entre sí, mencionando como ejemplo que, en 1827, el francés Fourier observó en particular el dióxido de carbono, retenía el calor atmosférico. Más tarde en 1903 el físico sueco Arrhenius, construyó la teoría general del efecto invernadero del calentamiento planetario. Esto nos muestra que Física, Química y Medio Ambiente mantienen una fructífera colaboración, que dura hasta nuestros días. Finalmente cabe destacar que fue necesario también incorporar la más nueva; las Estadísticas Ambientales, incorporada en nuestra región después de la “Convención Sobre Acceso a la Información, Participación del Público en la Toma de Decisiones y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales” o conocida también como Convención de Aarhus (1999). Esta disciplina, fundamentalmente, ha contribuido a sistemas nacionales de información ambiental, indicadores ambientales y de sostenibilidad.
Packt
Learn Azure Serverless Functions in a Weekend
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this course, you'll dive deep into serverless computing and how to work with Azure Functions. By the end, you will be able to build, deploy, and manage serverless applications with Azure Functions. The course will also guide you through integrating various Azure services, allowing you to streamline and automate processes efficiently. You'll start by understanding the fundamentals of serverless computing and event-driven architecture. Then, you'll move on to hands-on tutorials on creating Azure Functions using both the Azure Portal and Visual Studio Code. You'll also configure local development environments to enable efficient application development and testing. The second half of the course focuses on real-world applications, where you will create Azure Functions integrated with Azure SQL Database, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Storage solutions. You’ll also learn how to develop APIs and set up event-driven processes, ensuring you can design scalable systems. Lastly, you will build a transaction processing system using Azure Functions to manage and monitor payments. This course is perfect for developers and IT professionals who want to get hands-on experience with Azure Serverless Functions. Familiarity with cloud computing basics and programming knowledge in languages like C# or Python will be beneficial but not mandatory.
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
The Basics of Trauma Surgery
This course imparts a wide range of basic knowledge and skills in the field of trauma surgical and orthopedic treatment of patients. To facilitate this, the course employs a new concept of information transfer. We follow a scientific approach and a sophisticated combination of modern teaching methods to vividly impart the taught contents. This included case-based learning, comprehensive factual knowledge, and consecutive quizzes, which help to better memorize the learned contents and later employ them in everyday situations in the field of trauma surgery. The course participants are introduced to the multi-faceted field of the treatment of trauma patients. Different trauma mechanism and their sequelae are elucidated, as well as the respective gold standard of medical treatment of these injuries by means of modern trauma surgery. All episodes – of which each one is dedicated to a distinct pathology – follow the same approach: • Introduction and/or repetition of the anatomic principles • Prelude of the topic by means of a film • Classification of the treated wound, e.g. according to AO • Summary of relevant and current therapeutic options • Each episode is interspersed with short quizzes to immediately recapitulate the learned contents and which will help solving the exam quizzes The course was compiled by an interdisciplinary team of internationally renowned experts from the special field of orthopedic surgery from Germany. Depending on the respective consultant’s specialization, suitable case scenarios from our clinic are presented. Dieser Kurs ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar. Für die ursprüngliche, deutsche Version des Kurses besuchen Sie bitte https://www.coursera.org/learn/unfallchirurgie.
Lund University
Urban Climate Governance: Towards 1.5° Celsius Alignment
Welcome to this course where you will explore how cities can and are addressing the climate crisis. In this course we will explore the science behind the 1.5°C goal, as well as useful local governance and technical tools to help cities align to it. This course will highlight the importance of renewable energy together with energy efficiency considerations. We will also look at the importance of cities’ physical layout and its relationship to energy systems, in particular, the role of integrated urban planning and transport planning to support more sustainable energy solutions. Throughout this course, learners will be introduced to city climate solutions, matched by successful city case studies. This course is primarily aimed at undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners in the public and private domains.
Scrimba
Learn Express.js
Learn Express.js is an engaging and beginner-friendly course designed to give you a solid foundation in building web servers using Node.js and the Express framework. You'll start by setting up a basic server, understanding the request/response cycle, and sending responses. As you progress, you'll dive deeper into serving data, using query parameters, and adding path parameters to routes. The course also teaches modularizing code using express.Router(), handling "Route Not Found" errors, and configuring CORS to manage cross-origin requests. Practical examples and clear explanations help ensure you can build organized, maintainable backend applications. By the end, you’ll be ready to build your own Express.js projects confidently and efficiently, equipped with best practices and real-world knowledge. This course is project-based, so you’ll learn by building two exciting apps: 1. Startup Planet: A REST API packed with detailed information about startups from around the world. You'll learn how to: - Create routes to serve different types of data - Handle HTTP requests and responses - Serve and filter data using Express 2. Spiral Sounds: An indie rock vinyl store where users can browse, order, and get real-time updates. You'll build features including: - User authentication and protected routes - Inventory management and order processing - Task queues for simulating logistics - Real-time notifications using Server-Sent Events
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Las estaciones del año y el clima
¿Sabes por qué hay animales que migran cada año? ¿Cómo saben los campesinos cuándo sembrar y cuándo cosechar? ¿Sabes qué gobierna el ciclo anual de frío y calor y de lluvias y secas? Las estaciones del año son el fenómeno climático más perceptible por el ser humano y se manifiestan de diferente forma en distintas regiones; por ejemplo cuando es invierno en la mitad del mundo, es verano en la otra mitad. Entender el mecanismo de las estaciones es el primer paso para entender el clima, que afecta a casi todas las actividades humanas. En este curso estudiaremos los procesos que provocan las estaciones del año, las repercusiones que tienen éstas para las actividades humanas y su relación con los fundamentos del sistema climático terrestre. A través de simulaciones visuales haremos comprensibles conceptos y procesos físicos y te propondremos experimentos. Si estas considerando estudiar ciencias de la Tierra o si quieres comprender mejor cómo funciona el clima, este curso es para ti. ¡Acompáñanos! Y conoce más sobre nuestro hogar el planeta Tierra.
Google
Perencanaan Proyek: Menyatukan Semuanya
Ini adalah materi kedua dalam program Sertifikat Manajemen Proyek Google. Materi ini akan mengeksplorasi cara memetakan proyek di fase kedua siklus hidup proyek: fase perencanaan proyek. Anda akan memeriksa komponen penting rencana proyek, bagaimana membuat perkiraan waktu yang akurat, dan bagaimana mengatur milestone. Selanjutnya, Anda akan belajar bagaimana membangun dan mengelola anggaran serta bagaimana proses pengadaan berjalan. Kemudian, Anda akan menemukan alat yang dapat membantu Anda mengidentifikasi dan mengelola berbagai jenis risiko serta cara menggunakan rencana manajemen risiko untuk berkomunikasi dan menyelesaikan risiko. Terakhir, Anda akan mengeksplorasi cara menyusun dan mengelola rencana komunikasi serta cara mengorganisir dokumentasi proyek. Para manajer proyek Google yang ada saat ini akan terus mengajarkan dan memberi Anda pendekatan langsung untuk menyelesaikan tugas-tugas ini sambil menunjukkan kepada Anda alat bantu dan referensi manajemen proyek terbaik untuk pekerjaan yang ada. Pembelajar yang menyelesaikan materi ini seharusnya telah mendapatkan bekal untuk melamar pekerjaan tingkat pemula sebagai manajer proyek. Tidak dibutuhkan pengalaman apa pun. Pada akhir materi ini, Anda akan mampu: - Menerangkan komponen fase perencanaan proyek dan nilai pentingnya. - Menjelaskan mengapa milestone adalah hal penting dan bagaimana cara mengaturnya. - Mempelajari cara membuat perkiraan waktu yang akurat dan menjelaskan teknik untuk mendapatkannya dari anggota tim. - Mengidentifikasi alat dan praktik terbaik untuk membuat rencana proyek serta rencana manajemen risiko. - Menjelaskan cara memperkirakan, melacak, dan mengelola anggaran. - Menjelaskan proses pengadaan dan mengidentifikasi dokumentasi pengadaan yang penting. - Membuat draf rencana komunikasi dan menjelaskan cara mengelolanya. - Menjelaskan mengapa milestone adalah hal penting dan bagaimana cara mengaturnya. - Menjelaskan mengapa rencana proyek diperlukan dan komponen apa yang ada di dalamnya. - Mempelajari cara membuat perkiraan waktu yang akurat dan menjelaskan teknik untuk mendapatkannya dari anggota tim.
Yonsei University
Intro to International Marketing
About this Course This course brings together two key subjects, International Marketing and Cross Industry Innovation. It will provide the basic foundations of international marketing and then explain how companies can grow by going abroad or sourcing ideas/expanding into other countries or industries. This is summarized as CCCI: Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Innovation, a term and analytical platform used throughout not only this course but others in the specialization. As an introductory course, we keep the concepts short and simple in order to ease learners into the wonderful world of international marketing. More specific operational aspects such as managing the product, price, place and promotion as well as targeting and positioning will be provided in the second course of the specialization. After you successfully complete this course learners will obtain the following outcomes: (1) an understanding of the core meaning of marketing and international marketing. (2) learn that international marketing is about striking the right balance between maximizing the similarities across cultures (Etic approach) and customizing marketing (Emic approach) to important local differences. (3) learn about how to source or expand into other industries at home or abroad via cross industry innovation. (4) obtain a solid foundation for subsequent courses such as course 2 (International Marketing Entry and Execution) and the industry-specific courses in the specialization.
Packt
Master Agile Estimation – Scrum & Kanban Techniques
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Master Agile estimation techniques with a hands-on approach, focusing on Scrum and Kanban. From the basics of story points and velocity to advanced methods like planning poker and T-shirt sizing, this course covers estimation skills for Agile project planning. You’ll explore estimation best practices, learn to calculate team velocity, and understand how to improve your estimation process through real-world exercises. As you progress, you’ll experiment with different techniques, such as relative estimation, reference stories, and the three-point method, and discover when to re-estimate. Troubleshoot common issues like multi-tasking and team instability to improve accuracy. Perfect for Agile practitioners, Scrum Masters, and product owners, this course will help you refine your estimation skills and apply the most effective techniques for your team’s needs. By the end, you'll be able to estimate accurately and troubleshoot estimation challenges with confidence.
Google Cloud
Validate Data in Google Sheets
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. Ensure that your data is valid and prepared for analysis using Google Sheets features and functions to organize, standardize, and clean data.
Coursera
Introducción a Azure Data Factory para Big Data
Este proyecto es un curso práctico y efectivo para aprender a utilizar la herramienta de Azure Data Factory desde cero. Aprenderás, de manera practica y efectiva a generar pipelines en Data Factory y a utilizar los recursos necesarios de Azure.
University of California, Santa Cruz
GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business
The GetVirtual (GV) online training series teaches future entrepreneurs how to launch their first online business by providing step-by-step guidance for launching a website, building a logo and understanding the basics of online social media marketing. Course participants will gain access to GV's project management templates designed to support basic business transactions from initial client intake to invoicing. Through a sequence of activities, videos and readings, GetVirtual lessons build business IQ as well as the entrepreneurial and leadership mindsets essential to small business owners. Learners will leave the course with a customer ready website, logo and a treasure trove of customizable business templates designed to forge a successful, professional relationship with new customers.
Coursera
Facebook Analytics: Optimize Performance
Unlock the power of data to elevate your Facebook strategy. In this course, you'll learn how to navigate Facebook Insights and Meta Business Suite analytics to identify what content performs best, when to post, and how to tailor your strategy for maximum reach and engagement. You'll practice interpreting real metrics, spot performance trends, and develop an actionable optimization plan—key skills for social media managers, digital marketers, and content creators aiming to make informed, results-driven decisions.