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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Climate change and Indigenous People and local communities
Climate change is a global phenomenon, but its impacts vary among different social groups, who perceive and adapt to climate change impacts in different ways. In this course, you will: a) understand the different debates around climate change impacts on Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC); b) familiarize yourself with different impacts of climate change on IPLC, with the IPLC understanding of climate change impacts and with their strategies to adapt to climate change; and c) learn about different strategies to incorporate Indigenous peoples and local communities in climate change research and policy. The course includes a theoretical and a methodological component, through which you will learn methodologies to conduct research on Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ perceptions of climate change impacts.
Microsoft
Preparing for DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals Exam
Microsoft certifications give you a professional advantage by providing globally recognized and industry-endorsed evidence of mastering skills in digital and cloud businesses. In this course, you will prepare to take the DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals certification exam. You will refresh your knowledge of the fundamentals of database concepts in a cloud environment, the basic skilling in cloud data services, and foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure. You will recap on non-relational data offerings, provisioning and deploying non-relational databases, and non-relational data stores with Microsoft Azure. You will test your knowledge in a series of practice exams mapped to all the main topics covered in the DP-900 exam, ensuring you’re well prepared for certification success. You will prepare to pass the certification exam by taking practice tests with similar formats and content. You will also get a more detailed overview of the Microsoft certification program and where you can go next in your career. You’ll also get tips and tricks, testing strategies, useful resources, and information on how to sign up for the DP-900 proctored exam. By the end of this course, you will be ready to sign-up for and take the DP-900 exam. This course is intended for candidates with both technical and non-technical backgrounds. Data science and software engineering experience is not required; however, some general programming knowledge or experience would be beneficial. To be successful in this course, you need to have basic computer literacy and proficiency in the English language. You should be familiar with basic computing concepts and terminology, general technology concepts, including concepts of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
University of Colorado Boulder
Storying the Self: How Stories Shape our Identities
Explore how artists have come to understand their identities over time, through creative media and scholarly discussions. You will connect with your own sources of creative inspiration, and revisit a major moment in your life that has shaped who you are and how you understand yourself, with the invitation to engage with this story through literary analysis and creative expression. Discover how these themes and theories help leaders understand their own and others’ identities across the full range of human diversity, as they show up in workplaces and relationships.
Packt
CISSP Crash Course
Updated in May 2025. This course now 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. Prepare for the CISSP certification with this in-depth crash course covering all key security domains. You'll gain expertise in security and risk management, asset security, architecture, engineering, and network security. The course also covers identity and access management, security operations, and software development security to ensure you're exam-ready. Your journey begins with foundational security concepts, governance, and risk management. You’ll then explore asset security, cryptographic solutions, security models, and facility security. The course delves into secure network design, identity management, and access controls, equipping you with essential knowledge. Next, you’ll master security assessments, testing methodologies, and operational security, including logging, monitoring, and vulnerability management. The course concludes with software development security, where you’ll learn secure coding and how to integrate security into the SDLC. Designed for IT security professionals with experience in cybersecurity concepts, risk management, and network security. Prior knowledge of security frameworks is recommended.
Google Cloud
在 Google Cloud 上创建生成式 AI 应用
生成式 AI 应用可以提供大语言模型 (LLM) 问世前几乎不可能实现的全新用户体验。作为应用开发者，您要如何利用生成式 AI 在 Google Cloud 上构建更具吸引力且功能强大的应用？ 在本课程中，您将了解生成式 AI 应用，以及如何利用提示设计和检索增强生成 (RAG) 技术，构建使用 LLM 的强大应用。您将了解可用于生产用途且适合生成式 AI 应用的架构，并构建一个基于 LLM 和 RAG 的聊天应用。
Coursera
Optimizing and Governing AI Systems
Organizations deploying AI systems face critical challenges in maintaining performance, ensuring ethical compliance, and managing enterprise risks. This course equips you with the technical and strategic skills to optimize machine learning models, implement governance frameworks, and deploy AI systems responsibly in production environments. Through hands-on projects and real-world scenarios, you will learn to monitor AI performance, evaluate model architectures, design ensemble systems, and establish governance structures that balance innovation with ethical compliance. You will work with performance data, conduct validation experiments, create enforceable AI policies, and build automated experimentation workflows. These skills prepare you for roles where AI systems must remain reliable, fair, and aligned with business goals. By the end of this course, you'll be able to make data-driven decisions about model optimization, lead cross-functional AI governance initiatives, and implement monitoring systems that maintain consistent performance while protecting your organization from AI-related risks.
Johns Hopkins University
Global Sodium Reduction Strategies
This course will help guide policy makers, advocates, and program managers as they design, plan, and implement sodium reduction interventions to protect public health. We invite you to see what interventions have been proven at scale, what shows promise, and what lessons have been learned along the way from the implementation of sodium reduction strategies all around the globe. Our emphasis is implementation in settings with resource constraints. There are nine modules in this course. The first two modules set the stage with information on the science of sodium and context for lowering intake at a population level; the next five modules describe specific interventions; and the final two modules discuss comprehensive strategies in the wider context of public health, as well as tools for monitoring and evaluating interventions. Global Sodium Reduction Strategies was created by a team at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is supported by the Resolve to Save Lives Initiative.
Google Cloud
Elastic Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation - 繁體中文
這堂隨選密集課程會向參加人員說明 Google Cloud 提供的全方位彈性基礎架構和平台服務。這堂課結合了視訊講座、示範和實作研究室，可讓參加人員探索及部署解決方案元素，包括安全地建立互連網路、負載平衡、自動調度資源、基礎架構自動化，以及代管服務。
University of Michigan
How to Describe Data
How to Describe Data examines the use of data in our everyday lives, giving you the ability to assess the usefulness and relevance of the information you encounter. In this course, learn about uncertainty’s role in measurements and how you can develop a critical eye toward evaluating statistical information in places like headlines, advertisements, and research. You’ll learn the fundamentals of discussing, evaluating, and presenting a wide range of data sets, as well as how data helps us make sense of the world. This is a broad overview of statistics and is designed for those with no previous experience in data analysis. With this course, you’ll be able to spot potentially misleading statistics and better interpret claims about data you encounter in the world. Course assessments focus on your understanding of concepts rather than solving math problems. This is the first course in Understanding Data: Navigating Statistics, Science, and AI Specialization, where you’ll gain a core foundation for statistical and data literacy and gain an understanding of the data we encounter in our everyday lives.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Strategic Innovation: Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations
Innovation strategy is about creating unique value for consumers by delivering a great product that satisfies their needs. This course introduces the fundamental strategy concepts and tools that enable firms to manage technological innovations for competitive advantage. It does so by first considering the sources of technological change and how to leverage technologies to create firm value. It then examines the various mechanisms for extracting value from technologies, both legal (e.g., patents, trade secrecy, etc.) and strategic (e.g., lead time, complementary assets, etc.). We will explore the fundamentals of technology strategy through readings and case studies in both established and entrepreneurial firms across a range of technology-based industries. You will be able to: - Learn fundamental strategy concepts and frameworks for technology-based firms - Apply theories and frameworks toward the analysis and formulation of strategies for creating and capturing value through technological innovations - Develop an ability to think strategically and make decisions under uncertainty and risk - Develop skills in performing analytic research and preparing professional reports - Develop skills in managing diverse teams and working under time and resource constraints This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/.
Google Cloud
Orchestrating the Cloud with Kubernetes
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab you will learn how to provision a complete Kubernetes cluster using Google Container Engine; deploy and manage Docker containers using kubectl; and break an application into microservices using Kubernetes’ Deployments and Services.
Coursera
Create a Simple Project Timeline in Microsoft Excel
By the end of this project, you will create a free account on Microsoft 365, get access to Microsoft Excel, define a project, understand what elements need to be identified and documented before creating a project timeline, and also understand the importance of a project time. Your new skills will help you track your project timeline both for personal and professional purposes.
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Supply Chain Analytics Essentials
Welcome to Supply Chain Analytics - an exciting area that is in high demand! In this introductory course to Supply Chain Analytics, I will take you on a journey to this fascinating area that applies data analytics to define and solve problems in supply chain management. You will learn analytical skills through real-life examples to quantify the financial impact of supply chains and measure their efficiency. You will see how data analytics can be applied to various domains of a supply chain to relieve their pain points. You will learn the opportunities, salary and latest requirement of the supply chain job market. Upon completing this course, you will 1. Understand the supply chain challenges and why data analytics is critical in handling them. 2. Be able to quantify the financial impact of supply chains. 3. Know how to measure the overall supply chain efficiency by the cash conversion cycle. 4. Understand the pain points of various supply chain domains (source, make, move and sell) and how analytics may relieve them. 5. Learn supply chain job opportunities, salary statistics and the latest requirements. This course is for you, if, 1. You are exploring a career in Data Analytics and Supply Chain Management. 2. You work in supply chains or operations and hope to upskill your data analytics capabilities. 3. You want to apply data analytics skills to supply chain operations to make a practical impact. I hope you enjoy the course!
University of California, Davis
Basic English Skills: Health & Wellness
This is primarily aimed at anyone who has attempted learning English and want a second chance at it, and/or additional practice. This course will focus on the theme of travel to develop and build basic English skills and may already be at A1/A2 level. At the end of this course, you will be able to recognize and accurately use an expanded range of everyday vocabulary in context, construct grammatically correct sentences and short paragraphs using fundamental grammar rules, understand and articulate simple ideas effectively, and demonstrate increased confidence in listening to and speaking in English through practical, everyday interactions.
Amazon Web Services
Managing AWS IoT Devices: Fleet Indexing
In this course, you learn about the AWS IoT Device Management fleet indexing feature. You learn how to configure fleet indexing and how to perform search and aggregation queries.
Radio y Televisión Española
Posicionamiento en redes: estrategias de contenido.
Este curso está dirigido no solo a los profesionales de los medios de comunicación sino también a cualquier personal interesada en conocer las redes sociales, diferenciarlas, utilizar herramientas para generar contenido para las redes sociales y evitar errores en su generación, sin importar la edad o el nivel de instrucción.