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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thermodynamique : fondements
Ce cours vous apportera une compréhension des concepts fondamentaux de la thermodynamique du point de vue de la physique, de la chimie et de l’ingénierie. Il est scindé un deux MOOCs. Dans la première partie, le Professeur J.-Ph. Ansermet de l’EPFL et son collaborateur le Dr. Sylvain Bréchet ont rassemblé en quatre leçons tous les principes fondamentaux de la thermodynamique. La deuxième partie du MOOC illustre l’approche thermodynamique par une série d’applications présentées par des spécialistes provenant de diverses institutions partenaires du réseau RESCIF. L’objectif du cours est la compréhension et la capacité de mise en application des concepts fondamentaux de la thermodynamique. Après la présentation du premier et deuxième principe de la thermodynamique, l’exposé abordera les questions d’irréversibilité ainsi que les potentiels thermodynamiques. Après l’établissement de ces bases conceptuelles, leurs applications à l’ingénierie tels que les transferts thermiques, la calorimétrie et les transitions de phases, seront traitées. Ensuite le point de vue de la chimie sera présenté pour aborder la conversion de l’énergie chimique en électricité. Finalement, des sujets plus avancés seront abordés, à savoir les cycles thermodynamiques, les machines thermiques, les concepts de thermodynamique adaptés au milieu continu et finalement les processus de transports. Le professeur J.-Ph. Ansermet qui est l’instigateur de ce cours s’est entouré d’experts et de spécialistes des différents domaines d’application enseignant la thermodynamique dans diverses institutions partenaires du réseau RESCIF, c’est à dire le Professeur Michael Grätzel et le docteur Sylvain Brechet de l’EPFL, les Professeurs Paul Ekam, Théophile Mband, Marthe Boyomo et André Talla de l’ENSP de Yaoundé, le professeur Miltiadis Papalexandris de UCL à Louvain, le Professeur Etienne Robert du Polytechnique de Montréal, les Professeurs Marwan Brouche et Chantal Maatouk de l’Université St-Joseph de Beyrouth.
Simplilearn
Ecommerce Listing Course
This comprehensive e-commerce Listing course will equip you with essential skills to showcase products, optimize listings, and drive online business growth. You’ll learn to select the right platforms, create engaging product content, and promote effectively to achieve measurable success. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Master e-commerce Listing Fundamentals: Understand key components, product descriptions, and optimization techniques to boost visibility and sales. - Select Suitable e-commerce Platforms: Choose platforms like Amazon, Shopify, or WooCommerce and plan logistics effectively. - Create Optimized Product Listings: Add product data, enhance visuals, and write SEO-friendly content to attract buyers. - Build Trust and Optimize Pricing: Manage buyer reviews, establish credibility, and set competitive pricing and delivery options. - Promote and Drive Engagement: Use paid ads and social media to maximize product reach and customer engagement. Perfect for aspiring online sellers and marketers looking to succeed in e-commerce and boost sales growth.
Coursera
Deploy Secure No-Code AI Apps Fast
Deploy Secure No-Code AI Apps Fast is an intermediate course designed for citizen developers, IT professionals, and AI enthusiasts who want to launch applications without writing code—but refuse to compromise on security. In the fast-paced world of no-code development, it is easy to overlook the critical steps that protect your application and your users. This course provides a clear, practical framework for deploying no-code AI solutions that are not only innovative but also robust and trustworthy. You will learn to implement a professional software development lifecycle by provisioning, configuring, and isolating staging and production environments, drawing on governance models from Microsoft Power Platform. Then, you will master the art of securing your public-facing services by correctly configuring custom domains and enforcing TLS encryption, following best practices from Azure App Service deployments. Through hands-on exercises, AI-powered coaching, and a final project, you will build a complete deployment checklist and security plan, empowering you to transition from idea to launch with both speed and confidence.
Meta
HTML and CSS in depth
In this course, you’ll use software development tools like HTML to build attractive web pages that work well—and you’ll use structured semantic data to control how websites appear to the end user. You will then dive deeper into CSS by applying increasingly specific styling to various elements. You’ll learn to use Bootstrap’s grid system to create layouts and work with components and themes. Finally, you’ll explore debugging and learn how it can be utilized to banish common front-end errors. By the end of this course you will be able to: • Create a simple form with a responsive layout using HTML5 and CSS • Create a responsive layout using CSS • Create a UI using Bootstrap • Implement debugging tools This is a beginner course for learners who would like to prepare themselves for a career in front-end development. To succeed in this course, you do not need prior development experience, only basic internet navigation skills and an eagerness to get started with coding.
Digital Marketing Institute
Social Media and Digital Marketing Fundamentals
Digital Marketing Institute is the global standard in Digital Marketing Certification. Our mission is to give our students the confidence and knowledge they need to advance in their careers through this specialization. Digital and mobile technology coupled with the explosive adoption of social media globally has fundamentally disrupted consumer expectations, and how businesses must operate to support their customers. If you want to understand the forces driving and transforming businesses today and how cutting-edge digital and social strategies can help businesses thrive in a dynamic environment, this course will help you do so. You will learn the core principles and foundations of digital marketing before diving deeper into the disciplines of social media marketing and content marketing. After completing the course you will: - • Understand how digital and social media have disrupted the way businesses sell to consumers • Recognize how marketers use the customer journey model to influence purchase decisions on digital platforms using digital content and tools • Appreciate the benefits of integrating traditional and digital marketing with the advantages of inbound and outbound marketing strategies • Recognize how to use the principles of effective content marketing to create content that engages an audience This course also explains how to choose the right content for consumers – and how to ensure it gets seen by them. It outlines the different content formats available on social media and which platform best suits specific needs. This is the first course in the Digital Marketing Institute's Social Media Marketing specialization. On completion of all courses in your Specialization, you will also be awarded a Digital Marketing Institute Certified Digital Marketing Associate certification, along with three months of free Power Membership, allowing you to boost your career and unlock your next opportunity. 92% of DMI members have said their courses have had a positive impact on their careers, while 88% are now working at senior or manager level.
Coursera
Introduction to Data Visualization in Qlik Sense
Data visualization is especially important today with the increased amount and velocity of data that companies capture daily, and a system is needed to ingest and make sense of all this data for improved decision-making. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of data visualization within the context of business intelligence. It begins by covering the foundational concepts, advantages, and risks associated with data visualization We then shift our focus to the specialized tool Qlik Sense, examining its key features, competitive advantages, workflow, and terminology. Finally, the course provides hands-on experience creating simple interactive visualizations using real-life data. As a foundational course of a series of three Qlik Sense learning opportunities, "Introduction to Data Visualization" sets the foundation, introducing you to the art and science of visualizing data effectively. In "Exploration and Visualization with Qlik Sense," you'll go deeper, honing your skills in navigating and presenting data with this powerful tool. Finally, "Advanced Data Analysis and Collaboration" takes your expertise to new heights, equipping you with advanced techniques to analyze and collaborate on data-driven insights. Whether you are beginning the journey or an experienced data enthusiast, this series offers a seamless transition from fundamentals to advanced proficiency, ensuring you're well-equipped to excel in the world of data visualization. This program is designed for anyone interested in data visualization. This includes data analysts and project managers, who want to present a story or an argument through data, or individuals who want to simply take a dataset and create actionable graphs from it using Qlik Sense. Learners should ideally possess the following prerequisite skills: Basic Excel knowledge or other spreadsheet software; understanding of data statistic fundamentals such as mean, sum, etc.; and an active learning mindset.
Johns Hopkins University
Advanced Communication Strategies
This course "Advanced Communication Strategies" equips learners with advanced communication skills needed to navigate complex technical and business settings. By understanding the dynamics of both constructive and destructive conflict, students will develop strategies to resolve issues, foster innovation, and enhance team performance. Learners will also explore ethical principles and apply them to workplace communication, ensuring that messaging is both impactful and responsible. What makes this course unique is its focus on real-world applications, including negotiation techniques and the power of storytelling to communicate organizational strategy. Students will engage in interactive exercises, such as team brainstorming and conflict resolution scenarios, preparing them to lead with confidence. Upon completing the course, learners will be able to manage communication in diverse settings, drive organizational success, and enhance their leadership effectiveness.
Fundação Instituto de Administração
As Competências do Líder Exponencial
Nossas boas-vindas ao Curso O Líder na Era do Digital e da Complexidade. Neste curso, você aprenderá que indivíduos e organizações não podem se dar ao luxo de demorar ou perder o tempo de dar respostas e se adaptarem as demandas e pressões do ambiente em que atuam. Para isso, possuir a capacidade de identificar oportunidades de negócios e responder de modo ágil são características essenciais do líder. Ao final deste curso, você será capaz de identificar oportunidades para novos negócios na era digital e as práticas que permitem ao líder comandar equipes que sejam ágeis na resposta às demandas e com capacidade de resolver problemas complexos. Este curso é composto por quatro módulos, disponibilizados em semanas de aprendizagem. Cada módulo é composto por vídeos, leituras e testes de verificação de aprendizagem. Ao final de cada módulo, temos uma avaliação de verificação dos conhecimentos. Estamos muito felizes com sua presença neste curso e esperamos que você tire o máximo de proveito dos conceitos aqui apresentados. Bons estudos!
Northeastern University
Machine Learning for Healthcare Professionals
Examines data mining perspectives and methods in a healthcare context. Introduces the theoretical foundations for major data mining methods and studies how to select and use the appropriate data mining method and the major advantages for each. Students are exposed to contemporary data mining software applications and basic programming skills. Focuses on solving real-world problems, which require data cleaning, data transformation, and data modeling.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Manejo de Crisis Epilépticas y Promoción de la Inclusión Social
La epilepsia es una enfermedad crónica, y que en términos clínicos ha sido muy estudiada, sin embargo, las mayores complicaciones que enfrentan las personas que la presentan están fuertemente vinculadas a la percepción del entorno, a mitos y creencias que dificultan sus oportunidades de participación. El propósito de este MOOC es generar un espacio de diálogo a través del abordaje de temáticas claves para comprender y desmitificar la epilepsia con tal de ampliar la mirada y generar espacios de inclusión social. El enfoque que presentamos es interdisciplinario permitiendo un abordaje que precisa su alcance; definiéndola y proponiendo una participación activa sobre, por ejemplo, como enfrentar una crisis y cuál es la manera correcta de ayudar y cuál es el importante papel que juegan el autocuidado y automanejo con tal de advertir aquellos factores de riesgo que pueden precipitar una crisis y aquellos que actúan como factores protectores. La intención centrales es poder aprender, aconsejar y dar el apoyo necesario a las familias, entendiéndolas como actores relevantes en este proceso.
Skillshare
Overwhelmed to Organized: Design Daily Structures in Notion
By the end of this course, you will be able to design a simple, sustainable daily structure that reduces overwhelm, supports your creativity, and actually works in real life. Led by creative educator and Art Instructor Sarah Edwards, helps you move from constant catch-up to confident clarity using mindset shifts, practical frameworks, and a beginner-friendly Notion system. This course is designed for creatives, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate humans who feel buried by ideas, stuck in procrastination, or exhausted by rigid productivity advice that never quite fits. Through short, focused lessons and a ready-to-use Notion template, you’ll learn how to prioritize what matters, work within your limitations, release timeline pressure, and build daily structure without sacrificing creativity. By the end of this course, you will be able to organize tasks and ideas in Notion, set identity-based outcomes, structure your day around high-impact priorities, and practice functional perfectionism that values progress over burnout. To be successful in this course, no prior experience with Notion or productivity systems is required—just a willingness to simplify, reflect, and try a new way forward. This isn’t about doing more. It’s about finally doing what matters.
University of Michigan
Python Debugging: A Systematic Approach
In “Python Debugging: A Systematic Approach,” you will develop essential coding skills for data science, focusing on writing, testing, and debugging code. You will learn foundational Python concepts, such as looping, control structures, variables, and basic debugging techniques. You will also learn how a structured debugging procedure can help you debug more effectively and efficiently. Throughout the course, you’ll practice essential programming concepts such as map, filter, and list comprehension. You’ll learn how to take a systematic approach to debugging with the OILER framework – Orient, Investigate, Locate, Experiment, and Reflect – allowing you to spot errors more easily and adjust your code. In addition to frameworks to help you improve your code, you’ll explore how documentation, internet resources, and even large language models (LLMs) can help you identify and fix errors. By the end of this course, you should feel confident in your abilities to write clean, efficient, and reusable code. This is the first course in the four-course series, “Data-Oriented Python Programming and Debugging,” where you’ll work to strengthen your programming capabilities and enhance your problem-solving skills.
Packt
Node.js for Beginners
This course introduces Node.js, one of the most popular tools for building efficient web applications. By exploring server-side JavaScript, asynchronous programming, and RESTful APIs, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of modern web development. The course is designed to help you build scalable, full-featured applications using Node.js. You will be guided through practical lessons that cover deployment strategies, best practices, and how to effectively manage applications in production environments. What sets this course apart is its hands-on approach, blending theoretical concepts with practical applications. You'll not only learn the theory behind Node.js but also work on real-world projects to reinforce your skills. Ideal for developers looking to transition into back-end or full-stack development, the course is suitable for learners with a basic understanding of JavaScript, Git, and front-end technologies.
Pearson
CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor: Unit 4
This course is designed to equip you with the essential skills to safeguard your organization's mission-critical operations. You will learn how to anticipate and mitigate system failures, build robust redundancy into your networks, and align IT solutions with business goals. This course offers a unique perspective, focusing on auditing from a strategic standpoint to ensure continuous business operations. Whether you're an aspiring auditor or a seasoned professional, this course will enhance your ability to maintain business continuity and support organizational success.
Starweaver
Business Writing & Technical Writing Immersion
Let’s face it—writing well in business isn’t just a nice-to-have skill anymore. It’s a necessity. Effective business writing has the power to transform careers, influence decisions, and build relationships. This course gives you with the tools to master impactful communication in the workplace. You’ll explore proven techniques to craft concise messages that connect with diverse readers. From perfecting sentence structures and grammar to understanding audience needs and integrating AI tools, this course is designed to make your writing clear, compelling, and professional. It’s a practical guide that cuts through the fluff and focuses on what works in real-world business scenarios. This course is designed for professionals who want to elevate their business writing and stand out in a competitive environment. Whether you're a team lead managing communication, a student preparing for the workplace, or a freelancer engaging with clients, you'll develop practical skills to write with clarity, purpose, and influence. The course tackles common challenges in business communication—such as simplifying complex ideas, engaging diverse audiences, and using technology like AI to enhance writing efficiency. This course is for absolutely anyone who writes at work. Whether you’re a business professional, a student preparing for your career, or someone looking to sharpen their communication skills, this course offers practical tools for writing clearly and effectively. It's especially valuable for those who write in English for professional purposes and want to improve their impact. No prior experience is required to take this course. It’s designed to be accessible to all learners, regardless of their background or current writing ability. Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to refine existing skills, you'll find valuable strategies and techniques throughout the course. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to compose clear and impactful content tailored to various business settings. You'll learn to evaluate audience needs, craft persuasive messages, and communicate with structure, authority, and style. You’ll also gain experience using AI tools to boost productivity and bring innovation to your writing process.
University of Maryland, College Park
Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs
For aspiring and active entrepreneurs, this course focuses on the opportunities and challenges of intellectual property. Intellectual property is a commonly discussed, often misunderstand, element of entrepreneurship and law. Knowing how to create and manage patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets is a valuable skill for entrepreneurs and business leaders. Regardless of size and industry, a business’s intellectual property is often more valuable than its physical assets. Companies invest tremendous resources in developing innovative new products and services. Intellectual property law discourages competitors from immediately profiting from another’s invention, and provides incentives for continued innovation. "Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs" is one of three courses in the "Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship Specialization" by Coursera and the University of Maryland. This specialization explores the critical legal and business issues entrepreneurs face as they build and launch a new venture. Learners examine real-world scenarios and address legal and business issues from ideation to all of the important junctures along the path to success. Significant attention is placed on new venture formation, intellectual property management, and contracts and financing arrangements.