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Project Risk Assessment
This finance course will begin by exposing learners to the critical role risk plays in evaluating projects.
This course will involve detailed exposure to statistical modeling and data analytic...
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Stand up for Science: Practical Approaches to Discussing Science that Matters
Everyone - non-scientists and scientists alike - has some form of expertise, but communicating across a gap in knowledge or experience is challenging. In this Teach-Out, we address this challenge b...
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Principles of Designing for Humans
In this UX course, we will survey theories and findings from the social sciences (especially psychology); with special attention to how these concepts influence the way we design for human interact...
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Anatomy: Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems
In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy XSeries, you will learn how the components of the integumentary system help protect our body (epidermis, dermis, hair, nails, and glands), and how the mu...
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Introduction to Data Analytics for Managers
Through a combination of lectures, business case studies, and hands-on learning this course provides an introduction to data analytics techniques and their application in business.
The case st...
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Introduction to User Experience
This UX course provides an introduction to the fields of UX research and design. Learners will gain an understanding of what is involved in UX research, including conducting interviews, evaluating ...
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Omar Ahmed
4 years ago
I recommended for anyone Who has passion for UX to continue this course to the end
It's comprehensive course. I think you not find any cour...
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Improvement Science in Education
With roots in industry and in health care, improvement science is a disciplined approach to educational innovation that supports teachers, leaders, and researchers in collaborating to solve specifi...
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Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making
Want to learn how to think clearly about important financial decisions and improve your financial literacy? Finance for Everyone will showcase the beauty and power of finance. This introductory fin...
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Corporate Financial Policy
This finance course focuses on how a firm should raise funds to finance its projects. Learners will be exposed to a number of important theoretical frameworks to analyze how financial policies can ...
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Social Work Practice: Advocating Social Justice and Change
In this social science course, you will learn how social workers in the United States engage in creating change and supporting the resilience of individuals, families and communities in this new er...
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Mukhtar Abdi
3 years, 11 months ago
Hi I'm new student social work i would like take this course, I'm very interesting to learning social work acad5
Financial Decision Rules for Project Evaluation
In this finance course, learners will be exposed to real world decision-making rules used to prioritize projects, with several rich applications. The specific decision rules we will analyze include...
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Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making
Want to learn how to think clearly about important financial decisions and improve your financial literacy? Finance for Everyone will showcase the beauty and power of finance. This introductory fin...
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Social Work Practice in Community Organization, Management and Policy/Evaluation
In this social science course we will discuss various methods, strategies and skills within macro social work practice, used to help identify and address needs on a larger scale. You will gain know...
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Fake News, Facts, and Alternative Facts
How can you distinguish between credible information and “fake news?” Reliable information is at the heart of what makes an effective democracy, yet many people find it harder to differentiate trus...
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Democratic to Authoritarian Rule
This event is part of Michigan’s Teach-Out Series which provides just-in-time community learning opportunities for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus...
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Anatomy: Cardiovascular, Urinary, and Respiratory Systems
In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy XSeries, you will explore the interactive relationships of the cardiovascular, respiratory and urinary systems, and the roles they play in your body.
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Leading Ambitious Teaching and Learning
Want to explore ambitious teaching and how collaboration between students and teachers can lead to deeper learning and the development of 21st-century skills?
This course is developed in partn...
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Anatomy: Gastrointestinal, Reproductive and Endocrine Systems
In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy XSeries, you’ll learn about the various digestive, endocrine, and reproductive organs, their functions, and pathways of nerves and blood vessels serving ...
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Budgeting and Finance for Public Libraries
Money isn’t generally the first topic that comes to mind when thinking about libraries, however it is a critical resource that touches every aspect of the organization. Whether you are an aspiring ...
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Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, and Small Groups
This course focuses on the transactional relationships between people and their social environments.
You will learn social work practice methods to restore, maintain and promote social functio...
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UX Design: From Concept to Wireframe
Great designs don’t come out of nowhere, they are born, nurtured, and grow. In this UX course, you will explore the process of taking a basic concept, grounded in user needs, and develop it into a ...
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Introduction to Continuum Physics
If you want to learn the basic physics of solids, fluids, heat and mass transport, this is the course you have been looking for. It combines the power and beauty of mathematics with physical intuit...
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Social Work: Research
Understand social work practice through the critical examination of methods associated with decision-making, critical thinking, and ethical judgment.
The course integrates the core themes rela...
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Anatomy: Human Neuroanatomy
In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy XSeries, you will be introduced to the central and peripheral nervous systems. You will learn about basic neuroanatomy, sensory pathways, motor pathways ...
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Financial Institutions and Markets
This finance course will expose learners to the workings of global financial markets, their key institutional features, and the theoretical underpinnings of their design. Topics will include differ...
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Evaluating Designs with Users
When designing systems that work for users, there is no substitute for watching them try to use the system to see what works and what doesn’t.
In this UX course, you will learn how to design a...
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The Future of Obamacare: Repeal, Repair, or Replace?
Policy experts from the University of Michigan will discuss the economic, legal and public health implications of potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” While the ...
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UX Research at Scale: Analytics and Online Experiments
In this UX course, learners will be introduced to techniques for gaining UX insights from large numbers of users, including web analytics, A/B testing, and remote unmoderated studies. We will discu...
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UX Design Capstone
In this UX capstone course, you’ll use the skills you’ve gained in the UX Design XSeries to conduct formative research, generate alternative design concepts, develop wireframes and a prototype, r...
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Grant Writing and Crowdfunding for Public Libraries
This course, part of the Public Library Management Professional Certificate program, explores strategies for developing effective grant proposals and for engaging the community in crowdfunding camp...
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Public Library Marketing and Public Relations
In this course, part of the Public Library Management Professional Certificate program, you’ll learn how to use attractive graphic design, public relations outreach with the media, and paid marketi...
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UX Research Capstone
In this UX research capstone course, you’ll conduct a multi-stage user experience research study on a product. You will employ interviews, inspection methods, and user testing to gain and communica...
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Social Welfare Policy and Services
Explore current social welfare issues in the context of their history and the underlying rationale and values that support different approaches. Emphasis is placed on major fields of social work se...
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Introduction to UX Research
This UX course provides an introduction to the field of UX research. Learners will gain an understanding of what is involved in UX research, including conducting interviews, evaluating systems, and...
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UX: Usability Testing
When designing systems that work for users, there is no substitute for watching them try to use the system to see what works and what doesn’t.
In this UX course, you will learn how to design a...
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UX Research Surveys
This UX course will provide an overview of survey methodology from the perspective of UX research. UX surveys typically focus on uncovering user needs, connecting needs to user characteristics, and...
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Strategic Planning for Public Libraries
In this course, part of the Public Library Management Professional Certificate program, we’ll explore the nuts and bolts of creating a strategic plan by reviewing and reflecting on the strategic pl...
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Introduction to UX Design
This UX course provides an introduction to the field of user experience (UX) design.
You will learn about the work involved in UX Design, including identifying user needs, designing and protot...
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Infrastructure Management for Public Libraries
In this course, part of the Public Library Management Professional Certificate program, we’ll explore the ongoing infrastructure support that library leaders must facilitate, including:
ma...
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Identifying Community Needs for Public Library Management
Public libraries are becoming dynamic hubs for learning, civic engagement, and community.
This course will discuss strategies for gathering statistical and descriptive data about public librar...
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Designing and Leading Learning Systems
Pursuing goals for ambitious teaching and learning requires that students, teachers, and educational leaders learn to work together in new ways. This course engages learners in exploring four leadi...
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UX Design: From Wireframe to Prototype
Building on UX Design: From Concept to Wireframe , this UX course you will show you how to take a set of wireframes and interaction architecture and embody it in an interactive prototype. Using a ...
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Leading Change: Go Beyond Gamification with Gameful Learning
“Leading Change: Go Beyond Gamification with Gameful Learning” instructs school leaders and teachers on tools and strategies to support gameful learning in schools.
Developed in partnership wi...
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Leading Educational Innovation and Improvement Capstone
This capstone course will feature knowledge, disposition, and performance assessments that examine growth along dimensions critical to the effective leadership of educational innovation and improve...
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Managing a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace for Public Libraries
Learn management skills to support workplace diversity and inclusion in a public library setting.
You will learn about theories and frameworks that explain the underlying mechanisms of the imp...
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Personnel Management for Public Libraries
This course, part of the Public Library Management Professional Certificate program, will explore skills needed for hiring and evaluating personnel to reflect your library's mission through an orga...
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Understanding User Needs
Designing effective interactive systems requires understanding the needs and capabilities of the people who will be using them. In this UX course we will focus on how to interact with users (or pot...
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Case Studies in Continuous Educational Improvement
With principles of improvement science as a foundation, new knowledge about the continuous improvement of educational innovations is rapidly emerging among communities of educational professionals ...
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Inspiring and Motivating Arts and Culture Teams
Offered by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in collaboration with National Arts Strategies , this course focuses on equipping leaders in the cultural sector with the cri...
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Practical Learning Analytics
Everyone involved in higher education has questions. Students want to know how they’re doing and which classes they should take. Faculty members want to understand their students’ backgrounds and t...
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