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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Aprender a ser cuidador de personas con condiciones crónicas
Este curso está diseñado para personas interesadas en desarrollar habilidades en el cuidado de los cuidadores, independientemente de si tiene o no formación en el área de la salud. A lo largo de la formación, los participantes aprenderán a abordar las realidades del rol de los cuidadores, bien sea para mejorar su bienestar, reducir la carga emocional y física que enfrentan, o por interés académico. Ante el crecimiento de condiciones crónicas y la creciente demanda de cuidados, este curso pone de relieve la importancia de apoyar a los cuidadores, quienes a menudo han sido invisibilizados y desatendidos. Los participantes podrán comprender el valor del cuidado del cuidador, su contexto y su rol, desarrollando competencias clave para enfrentar los desafíos del cuidado de personas con condiciones crónicas. A través de contenidos actualizados sobre el contexto de los cuidados y conceptos fundamentales relacionados con el bienestar de los cuidadores, se abordarán temas como la ansiedad, la depresión, la soledad y la sobrecarga que afectan a quienes asumen el rol de cuidar a un ser querido. Además, se presentarán resultados de investigaciones globales sobre el perfil y la salud de los cuidadores familiares, ofreciendo una visión panorámica y profunda sobre este tema crucial. Las evidencias y recomendaciones consolidarán una comprensión amplia de la importancia de la atención a los cuidadores en el contexto de las enfermedades crónicas, proporcionando herramientas prácticas para mejorar su calidad de vida y apoyo en su rol. Este curso es una excelente oportunidad para quienes desean adquirir un conocimiento profundo sobre el cuidado en situaciones crónicas y generar un impacto positivo en el bienestar de los cuidadores.
Dassault Systèmes
xDesign Foundations: Sketching and Extrusion
Welcome to xDesign Foundations: Sketching and Extrusion, the first course in the SOLIDWORKS xDesign for Education Specialization. In this course, you will learn how to use SOLIDWORKS xDesign to solve CAD problems. The problems involve creating a 3D object from a 2D sketch using the Extruded Boss/Base feature. You will also learn about the sketch tools & end conditions for extrude feature. Upon completion of this learning module, you will be able to: - Create sketch profiles - Extrude the sketch profiles - Create sketch fillets/chamfers - Convert & Offset Entities in a sketch - Create sketch entities using mirror command - Use start & end conditions for extrude boss This course is ideal for beginners and those new to SOLIDWORKS xDesign, particularly students, educators, and early-career professionals in engineering and design. Software Prerequisites: 3D Creator Access powerful capabilities for Engineering with SOLIDWORKS xDesign at a low price, $72 (excluding taxes), follow this link : https://go.3ds.com/CXD1
Georgia Institute of Technology
Cloud Systems Software
This course provides an introduction to programming frameworks and their implementation issues in the Cloud. It explains multiple topics, including: scalable distributed data stores, resource management (for supporting multi-tenancy and elasticity) and virtualization techniques. Optionally, the student will also be guided in the implementation of a basic version of the distributed runtime system for the Map-Reduce programming framework
Packt
Eye Tracking the User Experience: From Design to Analysis
Eye tracking plays a crucial role in understanding how users interact with digital interfaces. By analyzing eye movement patterns, this course equips learners with the skills to enhance user experience design through effective tracking methods. Eye tracking helps identify areas where users focus most, offering insights into interface usability, improving product design, and boosting user satisfaction. Throughout the course, learners will gain hands-on experience with eye trackers, understand how to integrate eye tracking with other research methods, and analyze data to optimize user interfaces. You'll also delve into key concepts such as verbal protocols, visualization techniques, and data analysis methods that will sharpen your design instincts. What sets this course apart is its practical, real-world approach. We combine theoretical foundations of eye tracking with the application of actual tracking systems to ensure learners are ready to apply their knowledge in live projects. The course includes various case studies, helping you translate data into actionable insights. Ideal for UX designers, researchers, and product developers, this course is designed for those eager to elevate user interaction analysis in their work. While no prior experience with eye tracking is necessary, a basic understanding of UX principles is beneficial. Copyright @2013 Aga Bojko. All rights reserved. Originally published by Rosenfeld Media, LLC. This course edition is published by Packt Publishing under license from Rosenfeld Media LLC. No part of this material may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise - without prior written permission from the author or the publisher.
EDUCBA
Mastering PROC SQL in SAS: Analyze, Query & Optimize Data
Learners will build, query, analyze, optimize, and maintain SAS datasets using PROC SQL. They will apply joins, construct complex queries, generate reports, automate workflows with macro variables, enforce data integrity with constraints, and troubleshoot performance issues across real-world data scenarios. This comprehensive course equips learners with the practical skills needed to work confidently with SQL inside the SAS environment. Throughout the course, learners benefit from hands-on demonstrations, clear explanations of SQL logic, and structured modules that progressively develop beginner to advanced capabilities. By the end, learners will be able to transform raw datasets into reliable, meaningful insights using professional SQL techniques. What makes this course unique is its complete coverage of PROC SQL—from foundational SELECT statements to advanced subqueries, indexing strategies, metadata manipulation, and matrix-style analytical logic rarely covered in traditional SQL training. The combination of SAS-focused best practices, real examples, and step-by-step problem-solving ensures that learners not only understand how PROC SQL works but also why certain techniques produce better accuracy, performance, and scalability.
IE Business School
Brand and Product Management
The main objective is identify the critical information needed to develop a product and brand strategy that generates both quick wins and long-term value. Along this course, you will learn brand and product strategy key concepts such as product lifecycle, product demand estimation, product and brand development and launching, product pipeline, competitors analysis, brand essence and identity, brand architecture, brand equity, brand portfolio, customer experience journey, purchase funnel, key customer touchpoints and brand engagement. By completing this course, you will be able to create an activity plan to bring your brand strategy to life - both externally toward consumers and internally toward employees. You will be able to define the right metrics for determining success when implementating your product and brand strategy, considering any adjustments that may need to make under a test-and-learn methodology. Luis Rodriguez Baptista - a professor at IE University and Marketing Consultant - will guide you through six modules that begin by explaining the challenge of managing products through their "lifecycle" and culminates with learning how to equip your employees with knowledge of how to deliver on your brand promise. The course features interviews with consumers and industry professionals, which help illustrate the importance of brand strategy. Brand and product management is a unique course that enables your understanding on the importance of brand and product management and then use brand development tools, architecture, and portfolios, to achieve success. This course is also available in Spanish. To join the fully translated Spanish version, visit this page: https://www.coursera.org/learn/gestion-marca-producto
Eindhoven University of Technology
Lightcap 2: Basics of light and its effects on humans
Light is one of our most valuable resources on this earth. It makes the world visible to us, is the major driver of the 24-hr sleep-wake cycle to which not only humans, but virtually all life on earth (fauna and flora) submits. In fact, there would be no life on earth without light. It is therefore hard to overestimate the impact light has on humans, biologically, psychologically, socially. And yet, we hardly ever think or speak about light. LIGHTCAP’s 2 “Basics of light and its effects on humans: Light, cognition, alertness, sleep” covers light as a physical phenomenon and introduces important psychological and chronobiological outcomes – how to measure them and how light acts on them. The course is one in a series of four, each with a different disciplinary basis and with complementary perspectives to the domain of light for humans. The basis of this course is a combination of physics, psychology and chronobiology. In this course you will: (1) be introduced to important concepts such as cognition, alertness and sleepiness and self-report tools to measure them (2) learn what light is. What standard light sources have been defined by the CIE and how we measure light (3) learn how light is processed in human eyes and be introduced to new measures of light since the discovery of the ipRGC (4) learn how psychophysiology responds to light and how we measure these responses (5) be introduced to EEG as a method of measuring cognition and alertness (6) see how EEG is being applied in light research and learn about basics of EEG data visualisation and interpretation (7) learn about the link between light and sleep health (8) understand in greater depth the impact of light on sleep health and learn that there may be important individual differences in non-visual light sensitivity
Packt
Building Modern Data Applications Using Databricks Lakehouse
In today’s data-driven world, building scalable and efficient data applications is crucial for staying ahead in business and technology. This course explores the power of Databricks Lakehouse, a unified platform for managing and analyzing large volumes of data, and guides you through essential skills to create modern data applications. Throughout the course, you’ll learn to work with Delta Live Tables for data transformation, management, and quality assurance. You will also dive deep into Databricks’ Unity Catalog for enhanced governance, data lineage, and location management. The hands-on experience with deploying and maintaining DLT pipelines using Terraform prepares you for real-world data infrastructure challenges. This course stands out by combining theoretical understanding with practical, real-world applications. You’ll gain a robust set of skills in data pipeline management, governance, and monitoring, preparing you for building production-level data applications with Databricks Lakehouse. Designed for professionals looking to deepen their expertise in modern data architecture, this course is suitable for data engineers, data scientists, and IT professionals who want to leverage Databricks to solve real-world data problems.
University of Colorado Boulder
Introduction to Python Fundamentals
How many times have you decided to learn a programming language but got stuck somewhere along the way, grew frustrated, and gave up? This specialization is designed for learners who have little or no programming experience but want to use Python as a tool to play with data. The first course will introduce you to programming languages, with Python as an example. You are going to learn how to use variables and operators, as well as input/output and flow controls to build simple Python programs. The pace will be very slow, so you will feel comfortable learning Python as quickly or as slowly as you like. Are you ready? Let's go! Logo image courtesy of Mourizal Zativa. Available on Unsplash here: https://unsplash.com/photos/gNMVpAPe3PE
Packt
Full-Stack AI and Mastering AI Agents Bootcamp
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 bootcamp, you’ll learn full-stack AI development, starting with setting up Ollama and building your first AI models. Explore AI for text processing, including content generation, grammar checking, and text summarization with NLP and large language models. You’ll also build AI-powered conversational bots and assistants, and create real-world applications like web scrapers and document readers. Integrate memory, voice recognition, and web interfaces to develop complex AI agents. This course is ideal for developers and aspiring AI engineers looking to deepen their skills in AI agent development. Prerequisites include basic knowledge of Python and AI concepts. By the end, you’ll have hands-on experience creating and deploying advanced AI models and systems for real-world projects.
Coursera
Fundamentals of Customer Acquisition Management
Designed for beginners, this course bridges foundational theories with actionable strategies, enabling learners to navigate the complexities of attracting and retaining customers in today's dynamic market. Participants will explore various acquisition channels, the crucial role of branding and data, and the science behind measuring and refining acquisition efforts. Through theoretical insights and real-world case studies, this course equips learners with the skills to craft effective acquisition strategies, leverage branding for market advantage, and utilize analytics for informed decision-making across different channels. This course targets Marketing Coordinators, Brand Managers, Small Business Owners, Digital Marketers, and Start-up Founders seeking to deepen their understanding of customer acquisition strategies. These professionals, responsible for brand presence, customer engagement, and growth, will gain practical insights through real-world applications and case studies, enabling them to enhance brand loyalty and engagement immediately. Participants should have a basic understanding of marketing concepts and an eagerness to expand their knowledge of branding and digital marketing avenues. While no prior detailed knowledge of customer acquisition is necessary, an interest in exploring new strategies and tools for engaging customers is essential. The course is designed to build on foundational marketing knowledge and guide learners through more advanced techniques and practices, making it suitable for those looking to take their marketing skills to the next level. By the end of this course, participants will explore the fundamentals of customer acquisition and understand its strategic importance in building strong relationships with their audiences. They will examine key branding principles and their impact on customer engagement throughout the marketing funnel. Additionally, learners will analyze successful customer acquisition cases from various industries, gaining insights into effective strategies. The course will also equip participants with analytical tools to measure and enhance their acquisition efforts, enabling them to apply these techniques to their own marketing campaigns for improved results.
Yale University
Planetary Health for Nurses
Nurses can play a central role in mitigating and adapting to current and future health threats from climate change. This course provides nurses with tailored information about climate change related stressors and how they impact the health of populations and communities around the world. This course will also provide actionable steps, focused primarily on adaptation, that nurses can take to address and prepare for these health impacts at the individual level, the health-system level, and the community level. Within this course, climate-related health impacts will be discussed utilizing the conceptual framework of planetary health. Planetary health refers to "the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends" (Lancet). This course was co-developed by the Yale School of Nursing in collaboration with the Alliance for Nurses for Health Environments and Healthcare Without Harm. This course can be used by health professionals to earn contact hours for continuing education.
Coursera
Optimize Java Memory for ML Performance
Memory inefficiencies cause 40% of Java ML application performance problems, making optimization critical for production systems. This course equips Java developers to build memory-efficient ML systems through hands-on profiling with Java Flight Recorder and systematic optimization of collections and JVM settings. You'll diagnose bottlenecks using heap analysis, optimize pipelines by replacing inefficient structures like LinkedList with ArrayDeque, and tune garbage collectors for low-latency inference. This course eliminates memory bottlenecks, degrading ML production systems. With hands-on labs, you will simulate production scenarios, including GC pause analysis and container optimization. This course is for Java developers, ML engineers, and backend professionals looking to boost performance, reduce latency, and optimize memory in production ML systems. Learners should know Java, JVM basics, and collections, with command-line skills and familiarity with ML pipelines and build tools like Maven or Gradle. By course completion, you'll identify allocation hotspots, reduce GC overhead by 30%+, configure JVM for sub-100ms latency, and deploy optimized containerized ML services.
University of Colorado Boulder
The Circular Economy
The Circular Economy is the first course in the Transformative Leadership in the Circular Economy specialization. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, applications, and measurement of the circular economy as a pathway to sustainable business practices. In this course you will explore how circular strategies differ from traditional linear models and examine real-world innovations in product design, material recovery, and closed-loop systems across industries. Through case studies, expert insights, and interactive content, the course investigates circular business models, industry-specific applications, and the economic, environmental, and social benefits of circularity. You will also engage with the challenges and barriers to implementation and evaluate key performance indicators and digital tools that support circular transitions. This course gives you the knowledge and tools to drive sustainable change and apply circular economy principles to your organization or beyond. This course was developed in collaboration with Siemens Digital Industries Software and is part of the "Design for the Circular Economy" collection. Learners who complete and pass the course can receive an industry-recognized digital badge. The “Design for the Circular Economy” microcredential and graduate certificate are developed around the educational goals of providing technical, business, and leadership knowledge and skills that inspire the transformation towards a more circular economy. This includes gaining technical knowledge to apply circular economy principles in product design, minimizing waste and maximizing impact; developing business acumen to implement innovative circular economic models that prioritize sustainability and resilience; and acquiring leadership strategies to communicate effectively and inspire change within an organization. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (ME-EM) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The ME-EM is designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical professionals move into leadership and management roles in the engineering and technical sectors. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the ME-EM is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience. Learn more about the ME-EM program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/me-engineering-management-boulder.
Universidad Austral
La Disrupción del Blockchain
Muchas personas ya conocen al bitcoin, la moneda digital que en pocos años pasó de valer unos pocos centavos a miles de dólares. Pero esto es sólo la punta del iceberg de un fenómeno mucho más grande. El blockchain, la tecnología en la que se basa el bitcoin, tiene el potencial de disrumpir los negocios, las finanzas, las leyes y hasta los gobiernos. ¿Imaginas un mundo sin bancos? ¿Sin abogados? ¿Imaginas una red social que te pagara cada vez que publiques un post? ¿Una plataforma para compartir música, donde todos los ingresos queden en manos del artista? Este es uno de los primeros programas sobre blockchain disponibles en Coursera. Es dictado por Federico Ast, profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales de la Universidad Austral, Doctor en Dirección de Empresas y emprendedor con amplia experiencia en la industria del blockchain. Es fundador de Kleros, un proyecto que utiliza el blockchain para la transformación de los sistemas legales y de justicia. Las 5 semanas del curso te ofrecerán un amplio panorama teórico y práctico del impacto del blockchain en el ámbito legal, tecnológico, económico y social. Te invitamos a una inmersión en una de las tecnologías de mayor potencial de transformación de los próximos años. ¡Bienvenido a la disrupción del blockchain!"
Simplilearn
Excel Data Analysis and DAX Essentials Course
This comprehensive Excel Data Analysis with DAX course equips you with the skills to transform raw data into actionable insights using powerful Excel functions and DAX formulas. Begin by mastering DAX fundamentals—understand how DAX works in Excel to build dynamic and interactive reports. Learn to enhance your spreadsheets by inserting checkboxes, PDFs, images, and PowerPoint content. Customize your reports with tick marks, barcodes, watermarks, and optimized cell formatting. Progress to advanced Excel features—use Flash Fill, Index Match, round-off, and statistical functions for efficient data processing. Organize and visualize data with precision using AutoSum, filters, slicers, and sorting techniques. You should have a basic understanding of Excel operations such as formulas, cell formatting, and spreadsheet navigation. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Understand DAX: Leverage DAX formulas for advanced Excel calculations - Enhance Excel: Add checkboxes and external content to enrich reports - Transform Data: Use advanced functions for accurate data processing - Visualize Clearly: Apply sorting, slicers, and formatting for better insights Ideal for analysts, marketers, and professionals looking to master data-driven decision-making with Excel.