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SQL Murder Mystery
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SQL Murder Mystery is a comprehensive beginner-level resource offered by Northwestern University, focused on building practical skills in programming and data structures. Whether you're a complete beginner looking to start a new career or a professional aiming to upgrade your skills, this resource provides a thorough learning experience. This is a hands-on, project-based learning platform where you learn by doing, not just watching. Instead of passive video consumption, you'll actively write code, solve problems, and build projects from the very first lesson. Research consistently shows that active practice leads to 3-5x better retention compared to passive learning. You'll make mistakes, debug issues, and develop real problem-solving skills that directly translate to workplace performance. This resource covers topics essential for success in programming and data structures, including algorithms, data structures, system design, and coding interview patterns. The curriculum is structured to build your knowledge progressively — starting with foundational concepts and advancing to real-world applications. By the end, you should be able to: Write SQL queries to retrieve, filter, and aggregate data Master JOINs, subqueries, and window functions Design normalized database schemas Optimize query performance with indexes and execution plans Duration: Estimated duration: 2 hours of content, designed to be completed in 1-1 weeks at a comfortable pace. No prior experience is required. This course starts from the absolute basics and gradually builds up complexity. A computer with internet access is all you need to get started. This resource is designed for a wide audience: Students (B.Tech, BCA, MCA, BSc) looking to complement their academic learning with practical, industry-relevant skills Fresh graduates preparing for campus placements or off-campus interviews Working professionals looking to upskill, switch domains, or advance their careers Career changers transitioning from non-tech backgrounds into programming and data structures Freelancers wanting to add new services to their portfolio Self-learners passionate about programming and data structures and wanting structured guidance Pricing: This resource is completely free with no hidden charges. Completing this resource and building related skills can prepare you for roles such as Software Development Engineer (SDE), Software Engineer, Backend Developer. Realistic salary bands in India (2025-2026), based on Naukri/AmbitionBox data: Freshers / 0-2 years: Rs 6-12 LPA Mid-level / 2-5 years: Rs 15-30 LPA Senior / 5+ years: Rs 30-60 LPA Actual offers vary heavily by city, company tier, and how strong your portfolio or interview performance is. Companies actively hiring in this space include Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Flipkart, PhonePe, Atlassian. Strong programming and DSA skills are the 1 factor in clearing technical interviews at product companies. Companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Flipkart, and PhonePe all use coding rounds as their primary hiring filter. The Indian tech interview landscape typically involves 2-3 DSA rounds, 1 system design round (for experienced roles), and 1-2 behavioral rounds. Candidates who have solved 200+ quality problems on platforms like LeetCode consistently report higher interview success rates. Northwestern University is a well-established platform trusted by millions of learners worldwide. This particular resource has been selected by our editorial team based on: Content quality — comprehensive coverage with clear explanations Practical focus — emphasis on hands-on skills over pure theory Student outcomes — positive reviews and career success stories Indian relevance — content applicable to the Indian job market and interview patterns Updated curriculum — material reflects current industry practices and tools We regularly review and update our recommendations to ensure they remain relevant and high-quality.
Social Media Marketing Specialization - Northwestern
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Social Media Marketing Specialization - Northwestern is a comprehensive beginner-level resource offered by Northwestern University, focused on building practical skills in digital marketing. Whether you're a complete beginner looking to start a new career or a professional aiming to upgrade your skills, this resource provides a thorough learning experience. This is a structured online course with a carefully designed curriculum. Each module builds on the previous one, creating a logical progression from fundamentals to advanced topics. The course typically includes video lectures, reading materials, hands-on exercises, quizzes, and sometimes peer-reviewed assignments. This structured approach ensures you don't miss any critical concepts and build a solid foundation. This resource covers topics essential for success in digital marketing, including SEO, Google Ads, social media marketing, content strategy, and analytics. The curriculum is structured to build your knowledge progressively — starting with foundational concepts and advancing to real-world applications. By the end, you should be able to: Build a content strategy across Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube Grow followers organically using algorithms and trends Run paid social campaigns Measure performance using analytics tools Duration: Estimated duration: 80 hours of content, designed to be completed in 8-16 weeks at a comfortable pace. No prior experience is required. This course starts from the absolute basics and gradually builds up complexity. A computer with internet access is all you need to get started. This resource is designed for a wide audience: Students (B.Tech, BCA, MCA, BSc) looking to complement their academic learning with practical, industry-relevant skills Fresh graduates preparing for campus placements or off-campus interviews Working professionals looking to upskill, switch domains, or advance their careers Career changers transitioning from non-tech backgrounds into digital marketing Freelancers wanting to add new services to their portfolio Self-learners passionate about digital marketing and wanting structured guidance Pricing: The course content is free to access. A verified certificate is available for a fee. Completing this resource and building related skills can prepare you for roles such as Digital Marketing Manager, SEO Specialist, Social Media Manager, Growth Marketer. Realistic salary bands in India (2025-2026), based on Naukri/AmbitionBox data: Freshers / 0-2 years: Rs 3-6 LPA Mid-level / 2-5 years: Rs 7-15 LPA Senior / 5+ years: Rs 18-35 LPA Actual offers vary heavily by city, company tier, and how strong your portfolio or interview performance is. Companies actively hiring in this space include agencies, startups, Nykaa, Boat, Mamaearth, D2C brands. India's digital advertising market is worth Rs 50,000+ crore and growing at 25%+ annually. Every business — from local restaurants to multinational corporations — needs digital marketing. This creates opportunities not just for employment but also for freelancing and entrepreneurship. Many Indian digital marketers earn Rs 50K-3L/month as freelancers serving international clients. The field is particularly accessible because you can start practicing with small budgets and see real results. Northwestern University is a well-established platform trusted by millions of learners worldwide. This particular resource has been selected by our editorial team based on: Content quality — comprehensive coverage with clear explanations Practical focus — emphasis on hands-on skills over pure theory Student outcomes — positive reviews and career success stories Indian relevance — content applicable to the Indian job market and interview patterns Updated curriculum — material reflects current industry practices and tools We regularly review and update our recommendations to ensure they remain relevant and high-quality.
Content Strategy for Professionals Specialization - Northwestern
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Content Strategy for Professionals Specialization - Northwestern is a comprehensive intermediate-level resource offered by Northwestern University, focused on building practical skills in digital marketing. Whether you're a complete beginner looking to start a new career or a professional aiming to upgrade your skills, this resource provides a thorough learning experience. This is a structured online course with a carefully designed curriculum. Each module builds on the previous one, creating a logical progression from fundamentals to advanced topics. The course typically includes video lectures, reading materials, hands-on exercises, quizzes, and sometimes peer-reviewed assignments. This structured approach ensures you don't miss any critical concepts and build a solid foundation. This resource covers topics essential for success in digital marketing, including SEO, Google Ads, social media marketing, content strategy, and analytics. The curriculum is structured to build your knowledge progressively — starting with foundational concepts and advancing to real-world applications. By the end, you should be able to: Understand the core concepts and theoretical foundations Apply your knowledge through hands-on exercises and small projects Build the practical skills employers actually screen for Develop the problem-solving approach used by working professionals Duration: Estimated duration: 40 hours of content, designed to be completed in 4-8 weeks at a comfortable pace. Basic familiarity with the subject area is recommended. You should have completed a beginner-level course or have equivalent self-taught knowledge. Comfort with using a computer and basic problem-solving skills will help. This resource is designed for a wide audience: Students (B.Tech, BCA, MCA, BSc) looking to complement their academic learning with practical, industry-relevant skills Fresh graduates preparing for campus placements or off-campus interviews Working professionals looking to upskill, switch domains, or advance their careers Career changers transitioning from non-tech backgrounds into digital marketing Freelancers wanting to add new services to their portfolio Self-learners passionate about digital marketing and wanting structured guidance Pricing: The course content is free to access. A verified certificate is available for a fee. Completing this resource and building related skills can prepare you for roles such as Digital Marketing Manager, SEO Specialist, Social Media Manager, Growth Marketer. Realistic salary bands in India (2025-2026), based on Naukri/AmbitionBox data: Freshers / 0-2 years: Rs 3-6 LPA Mid-level / 2-5 years: Rs 7-15 LPA Senior / 5+ years: Rs 18-35 LPA Actual offers vary heavily by city, company tier, and how strong your portfolio or interview performance is. Companies actively hiring in this space include agencies, startups, Nykaa, Boat, Mamaearth, D2C brands. India's digital advertising market is worth Rs 50,000+ crore and growing at 25%+ annually. Every business — from local restaurants to multinational corporations — needs digital marketing. This creates opportunities not just for employment but also for freelancing and entrepreneurship. Many Indian digital marketers earn Rs 50K-3L/month as freelancers serving international clients. The field is particularly accessible because you can start practicing with small budgets and see real results. Northwestern University is a well-established platform trusted by millions of learners worldwide. This particular resource has been selected by our editorial team based on: Content quality — comprehensive coverage with clear explanations Practical focus — emphasis on hands-on skills over pure theory Student outcomes — positive reviews and career success stories Indian relevance — content applicable to the Indian job market and interview patterns Updated curriculum — material reflects current industry practices and tools We regularly review and update our recommendations to ensure they remain relevant and high-quality.
Leadership Through Design Innovation
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Today’s workplace calls for a new style of leadership to embolden and accelerate innovation. Design offers a novel way to discover market opportunities, experiment to validate concepts and mitigate risk, and deliver value to all stakeholders. This course offers hands-on experience applying human-centered design process to real-world challenges, and requires you to explore the world around you. Learn how to engage with end users, effectively frame problems, identify potential solutions, and build prototypes to test assumptions and learn what works (and doesn’t). Then dive into a range of ways large and small to bring design innovation into your organization.
현대 로봇공학, 강좌 5: 로봇 매니퓰레이션 및 차륜형 이동 로봇
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로봇이 어떻게 작동하는지 궁금하신가요? 로봇공학 커리어에 관심이 있으신가요?로봇공학의 모든 하위 분야에서 사용되는 기초적인 수학적 모델링 기법을 열심히 학습할 준비가 되셨나요? 그렇다면, ‘현대 로봇공학: 역학, 계획 및 제어(Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control)’ 전문 과정이 여러분에게 안성맞춤일 수 있습니다. 이 전문 과정은 여섯 개의 짧은 강의로 이루어져 있으며, 로봇공학 분야에서 근무하기를 진지하게 희망하거나 심화 연구를 진행하려는 학생들에게 적합합니다. 이 강좌는 단순하지 않습니다. 전문 과정의 다섯 번째 강좌, 로봇 운동 계획 및 차륜형 이동 로봇에서는 로봇공학의 심화 주제를 탐구합니다. "현대 로봇공학" 교과서의 챕터 12, 잡기 및 매니퓰레이션에서는 접촉하는 강체 간 운동학과 하중의 모델링을 다루며, 모델링을 로봇 그립 및 기타 매니퓰레이션 작업의 분석 및 계획에 적용합니다.챕터 13 차륜형 이동 로봇은 전방향 및 비홀로노믹 차륜형 이동 로봇의 모델링, 운동 계획과 피드백 제어를 다룹니다. 그리고 차륜형 이동 베이스, 그리고 로봇 암으로 구성된 모바일 매니퓰레이터의 제어로 마무리합니다. 본 강좌는 교과서 "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control"(Lynch 및 Park, Cambridge University Press 2017)에 따라 제작되었습니다. 이 책을 구매하시거나 무료 pdf 견본을 사용하실 수 있습니다.여러분이 원하는 언어(Python, Mathematica 및 MATLAB)를 선택하여 로봇공학 소프트웨어의 라이브러리를 구축하실 수 있습니다. 또한 무료 크로스 플랫폼 로봇 시뮬레이터 V-REP으로 집에서도 편하게 무료로 최첨단 로봇공학 작업을 해 보실 수 있습니다.
Sports Marketing
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Today, there is demand for people skilled in Sports Marketing. Organizations want your expertise to strength and grow customer bases and teams want to enlarge their fan base, attract new sponsors to their sport, build strong programs with existing sponsors, and run their fan conventions and other events. In addition, a wide range of companies recognize the value sports relationships have in positioning and building their brands. In this Sports Marketing MOOC, you will learn: — Ticket pricing strategies — How a crisis might happen in sport — How all types of companies are using sports to enhance and position their brands — How to promote and market a sporting event — How to develop sponsorships — How to use social media to grow your team’s follower base and promote your sporting events, conferences and conventions The Sports Marketing MOOC was created by Professor Candy Lee of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and Integrated Marketing Communications. She is joined by experts in the many specialty topics important to Sports Marketing.
영업 잠재 고객에게 다가가는 법
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Art of Sales Specialization의 두 번째 과정에서는 귀하와 귀하에게 연락하는 모든 고객을 완벽하게 분리하는 고효율 미팅을 운영하는 방법을 배우게 됩니다. 더 나은 질문을 하는 것의 중요성 및 영업 거절을 기대하고 다루는 방법에 관해 배울 것입니다. 마지막으로 강력한 이야기를 하여 성과에 대한 피드백을 주고 받는 법에 관해 배울 것입니다.
현대 로봇공학, 강좌 6: 캡스톤 프로젝트, 모바일 매니퓰레이션
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현대 로봇공학 캡스톤 프로젝트 전문 과정은 모바일 매니퓰레이션에 관한 강의입니다. 바퀴형 모바일 베이스와 로봇 팔을 동시에 제어하는 매니퓰레이션 작업을 수행합니다. 해당 프로젝트에는 전문화 과정의 여러 주제가 통합되어 있으며, 여기에는 궤적 계획, 이동형 로봇의 주행 기록 및 피드백 제어가 포함됩니다. 여러분에게 제공된 현대 로봇공학 소프트웨어 라이브러리(Python, Mathematica, MATLAB)와 이전 강의 과정 동안 작성했던 소프트웨어에서 시작하여, 모바일 매니퓰레이션 운동을 계획 및 제어할 소프트웨어를 개발하고 이를 통해 ‘픽 앤 플레이스’ 작업을 수행합니다. 여러분의 소프트웨어는 전방향 메카넘 바퀴형 모바일 베이스, 5 관절 로봇 팔, 그리퍼로 구성된 모바일 매니퓰레이터 KUKA youBot에서 테스트하게 됩니다. 모의 작업에는 최첨단 교차 플랫폼인 V-REP 로봇 시뮬레이터가 사용됩니다.
Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling
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Storytelling is an essential part of leadership. Effective leaders communicate to inspire talent to excel; to partner with investors and communities; to engage with customers and clients and to grow their impact in the world as part of a global community. Cultivating an authentic, trustworthy and compelling narrative is vital to a leader’s success. This course helps leaders find their own story through personal branding; develop storytelling success with all constituencies; initiate an effective voice for crisis; interact well through social and third party media; and communicate a vision for innovation.
현대 로봇공학, 강좌 3: 로봇 동역학
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로봇이 어떻게 작동하는지 궁금하십니까? 로봇공학 분야의 직업에 관심이 있으십니까? 로봇공학의 모든 하위 분야에서 사용되는 기초적인 수학적 모델링 기법을 배우고 싶으신가요 그렇다면, ‘현대 로봇공학: 역학, 계획 및 제어(Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control)’ 전문 과정이 여러분께 도움을 드릴 수 있습니다.본 전문 과정은 여섯 개의 짧은 강의로 이루어져 있으며, 로봇공학 분야에서 일하기를 진지하게 고민하고 있거나 심화 연구를 수행하려는 학생들에게 적합합니다.단순한 기초 모음집이 아닙니다. 전문 과정의 3번째 강좌인 로봇 동역학에서는 정동역학(로봇의 구성, 속도, 관절 힘과 토크가 주어졌을 때 가속도 계산)과 역동역학(로봇의 구성, 속도, 가속도가 주어졌을 때 필요한 관절 힘과 토크 계산)을 위한 효율적인 수치 알고리즘을 배우게 되는데, 전자는 시뮬레이션에 유용하며, 후자는 로봇 제어에 사용됩니다. 동역학 제약에 따른 로봇 궤적 계획 방법에 대해서도 알아볼 것입니다. 본 강의는 Lynch and Park의 Mechanics, Planning, and Control’(Cambridge University Press 2017) 교재를 기반으로 제작되었습니다.교재는 구매하시거나 무료 pdf 견본을 사용하실 수 있습니다.여러분이 원하는 언어(파이썬, Mathematica, 및 MATLAB)를 선택하여 로봇공학 소프트웨어의 라이브러리를 구축하실 수 있습니다. 또한 무료 크로스 플랫폼 로봇 시뮬레이터 V-REP를 사용하여 집에서도 최첨단 로봇공학 작업을 손쉽게 무료로 수행할 수 있습니다.
현대 로봇공학, 강좌 2: 로봇 기구학
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로봇이 어떻게 작동하는지 궁금하신가요? 로봇공학 커리어에 관심이 있으신가요?로봇공학의 모든 하위 분야에서 사용되는 기초적인 수학적 모델링 기법을 열심히 학습할 준비가 되셨나요? 그렇다면, ‘현대 로봇공학: 역학, 계획 및 제어(Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control)’ 전문 과정이 여러분에게 안성맞춤일 수 있습니다. 이 전문 과정은 여섯 개의 짧은 강좌로 이루어져 있으며, 로봇공학 분야에서 경력을 쌓거나 심화 학습을 희망하는 수강생에게 적합한 과정입니다.맛보기가 아닙니다. 전문 과정 강좌 2(로봇 기구학)에서는 지수곱 공식을 사용하여 정기구학 문제(관절 값으로 로봇의 ‘손’ 형상 계산)를 푸는 방법을 배울 수 있습니다. 강좌 1에서 배운 내용을 사용하면 정기구학 문제를 쉽게 풀 수 있으므로 열심히 노력한 보람을 느낄 수 있습니다. 이어서 관절 속도 및 힘/토크와 엔드 이펙터 비틀림 및 렌치의 관계를 다루는 속도 기구학 및 정역학, 역기구학(원하는 ‘손’ 형상을 구하기 위한 관절 값 계산), 그리고 폐쇄형 구조를 가진 로봇의 기구학을 배우게 됩니다. 본 강좌의 내용은 교재 ‘Modern Robotics:Mechanics, Planning, and Control’(Lynch 및 Park, Cambridge University Press 2017)에 따라 제작되었습니다. 이 책을 구매하시거나 무료 pdf 견본을 사용하실 수 있습니다.여러분이 원하는 언어(Python, Mathematica, MATLAB 중 선택)로 로봇공학 소프트웨어의 라이브러리를 구축하실 수 있습니다. 또한 무료 크로스 플랫폼 로봇 시뮬레이터 V-REP를 사용하여 집에서도 편하게 무료로 최첨단 로봇공학 작업을 수행하실 수 있습니다.
The Talmud: A Methodological Introduction
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The Talmud is one of the richest and most complicated works of literature the world has ever known. Since being composed around 1500 years ago it has inspired not only religious reverence but significant intellectual engagement. In this course learners will be introduced to the unique characteristics of this text and the challenges that inhere in studying it while studying a chapter of the Talmud. Students of the course can expect to develop an appreciation for how the Talmud works and why it continues to inspire religious and intellectual devotion. They will be challenged to employ critical reading skills and to analyze legal and historical concepts.
Social Marketing Capstone Project
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Your markets are on social and you need to be there. However, your social strategy needs to be based on the business metrics which define your success. This final Capstone Project in the Social Marketing Specialization will put the methodologies, tools, and insights you have learned to the test as you create a multifaceted plan to assure effective social marketing is an integral part of your business strategy. Whether your company has a sophisticated Engagement Strategy or you are a new start-up, you will learn to harness the full power of social marketing to grow provable market share and build stronger relationships with your high value markets. For success in today's digital world, you must have a plan to integrate your social and mobile marketing strategies into your business strategy. In this Capstone you will use the practical skills that you’ve mastered through the Specialization to demonstrate your ability to integrate social and mobile marketing strategies into a company’s business strategy. 2016 Capstone Schedule: 1st offering begins on February 29 (2/29/16). It will be offered again starting on May 23 (5/23/16), August 29 (8/29/16), and November 28 (11/28/16),
The Business of Social
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
In a 2014 study of CEOs and CMOs, IBM found 63% wanted social strategies which generate business metrics while only 20% of businesses worldwide actually have them. This means strategies which not only grow your company’s social footprint but link to your sales and marketing systems. With this critical linkage, your social and mobile strategies will provide you with the ability to engage consumers at a 1-to-1 level and measure your social investments in terms of costs, revenues, profits and ROI. In this fifth MOOC of the Social Marketing Specialization - "The Business of Social" - you will learn how to transform your organization's social marketing from an untracked investment to an integral part of your company’s marketing strategy. You will learn the legal considerations involved as well as proven performance metrics and management tactics for success. Additional MOOC 5 faculty include: Rich Gordon (Professor & Director of Digital Innovation, Medill, Northwestern) Tom Collinger (Executive Director Spiegel Research Center and Senior Director Distance Learning, Medill Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern) Seth Redmore (CMO, Lexalytics, Inc.) Jeff Davidoff (CMO, Donuts.Domains) Matt Krull (Business Unit Executive, IBM Security) Frank Mulhern (Associate Dean, Department Chair, and Professor, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern)
Leadership Through Marketing
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The success of every organization depends on attracting and retaining customers. Although the marketing concepts for doing so are well established, digital technology has empowered customers, while producing massive amounts of data, revolutionizing the processes through which organizations attract and retain customers. In this course, students will learn how to identify new opportunities to create value for empowered consumers, develop strategies that yield an advantage over rivals, and develop the data science skills to lead more effectively, allocate resources, and to confront this very challenging environment with confidence.
Modern Robotics, Course 6: Capstone Project, Mobile Manipulation
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
The capstone project of the Modern Robotics specialization is on mobile manipulation: simultaneously controlling the motion of a wheeled mobile base and its robot arm to achieve a manipulation task. This project integrates several topics from the specialization, including trajectory planning, odometry for mobile robots, and feedback control. Beginning from the Modern Robotics software library provided to you (written in Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB), and software you have written for previous courses, you will develop software to plan and control the motion of a mobile manipulator to perform a pick and place task. You will test your software on the KUKA youBot, a mobile manipulator consisting of an omnidirectional mecanum-wheel mobile base, a 5-joint robot arm, and a gripper. The state-of-the-art, cross-platform V-REP robot simulator will be used to simulate the task.
현대 로봇공학, 강좌 1: 로봇 동작의 기초
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
로봇이 어떻게 움직이는지 궁금하신가요? 로봇공학 커리어에 관심이 있으신가요? 로봇공학의 모든 하위 분야에서 사용되는 기초적인 수학적 모델링 기법을 열심히 학습할 준비가 되셨나요? 그렇다면, ‘현대 로봇공학: 역학, 계획 및 제어(Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control)’ 전문 과정이 여러분에게 안성맞춤일 수 있습니다. 이 전문 과정은 여섯 개의 짧은 강좌로 이루어져 있으며, 로봇공학 분야에서 경력을 쌓거나 심화 학습을 희망하는 수강생에게 적합한 과정입니다. 이 강좌는 맛보기가 아닙니다. 전문 과정의 '강좌 1, 로봇 동작의 기초'에서는 수직 다관절 로봇 메커니즘과 폐쇄형 체인 구조 로봇에 대한 로봇의 위치 및 자세, 즉 로봇 형상(Configuration)의 기본이 되는 내용을 다룹니다. 형상 공간(C-space), 자유도, 형상 공간 위상, 형상의 함축적 표현과 명시적 표현, 홀로노믹 및 비홀로노믹 제약조건도 함께 살펴봅니다. 또한 공간속도와 힘을 비틀림과 렌치로 표현하는 방법도 알아보겠습니다. 이 내용은 로봇 등 움직이는 모든 물체의 핵심을 다룹니다. 이 강좌는 ‘Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control’ 교재(Kevin M. Lynch, Frank C. Park, Cambridge University Press, 2017)를 바탕으로 제작되었습니다. 이 책을 구매하시거나 무료 pdf 견본을 사용하실 수 있습니다. 여러분이 원하는 언어(Python, Mathematica, MATLAB 중 선택)로 로봇공학 소프트웨어의 라이브러리를 구축하실 수 있습니다. 또한 무료 크로스 플랫폼 로봇 시뮬레이터 V-REP를 사용하여 집에서도 편하게 무료로 최첨단 로봇공학 작업을 수행하실 수 있습니다.
Engagement & Nurture Marketing Strategies
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
In this third course in the Social Marketing Specialization - "The Engagement & Nurture Marketing Strategies" - you will learn two of the most effective social strategies used by organizations today. You'll see real-world best practice examples and learn what metrics they use to gauge success. You will also learn the importance of infographics and the impact a well-designed landing page can have on your bottom line. All of the social skills you have learned thus far will be put into action with a multimedia filter and focus blog that you will create to demonstrate how social can enable real-time marketing results. After this MOOC, you will have developed a plan to reach your target consumer markets and know when it is best to either use or avoid specific social marketing strategies. Additional MOOC 3 faculty include: Randy Krum (Data Visualization & Infographics Designer | Consultant | Author | Speaker | President, InfoNewt) Stanford Smith (CEO, Pushing Social) Andy Crestodina (Co-Founder & Strategic Director, Orbit Media Studios) Ellen Valentine (Veteran Marketing Leader & Evangelist, Silverpop, IBM)
Introduction to Reproduction
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Do you have questions about sex hormones or menstrual cycles? This is a crash-course in human reproductive health through fact and biology-based information on a variety of topics. "Sex 101" will cover reproductive anatomy, key biological changes during puberty, sexual biology and contraceptive methods, reproductive disorders, and a special introduction to the exciting field of Oncofertility. Specific lecture titles are as follows: 1) Reproductive Anatomy & Hormones, 2) Menstrual Cycle, Oocyte Maturation, & Sperm Activation, 3) Sexual Biology, Fertilization, & Contraception, and 4) Reproductive Health & Disorders. The objective of this course is to ensure you understand reproductive health and not confuse reproduction with sex (or having sex). This course was designed with you in mind, and is aimed at providing you with quality information that is meaningful to you and that may be hard to find otherwise. Reproductive health is an area of knowledge that needs to be demystified. We have designed this course for you to examine reproduction through a biological and scientific lens addressing these issues in a comfortable and interactive format that will lead to a better understanding of holistic health, long-term.
Career 911: Your Future Job in Medicine and Healthcare
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
This course aims to help high school students, recent graduates, and those considering career transitions explore health care career options and learn strategies for entry into the health care workforce and health related fields. There are lots of amazing job opportunities in medicine and healthcare! Join us, as we share the strategies and secrets for getting those jobs. This course will introduce you to healthcare professions, help you map a path towards a health career, and impart skills relevant for any career, including: articulating your personal story, resume and cover letter writing, job search, interviewing, professional networking, and professional communications. In this course, you will hear the personal stories, experiences, and journeys of dozens of people who work in health related careers. You will also have the opportunity to connect with a supportive community of students, mentors, and health care professionals to explore your interests, find resources, and discover exciting new opportunities. The course features more than 50 different guests and lecturers, including Northwestern University faculty from Feinberg School of Medicine; the Kellogg School of Management; the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; the School of Professional Studies; Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; and the School of Communication. The course is also a resource and tool through which educators, parents, career counselors and others can support students’ career readiness and professional advancement.
High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Are leaders born or made? Learn the essential skills to develop and expand your leadership repertoire, design teams for collaboration, and craft win-win negotiation strategies. High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation focuses on leadership, teamwork, and negotiation. Students will engage in self-assessments to analyze their leadership style, develop team charters to optimize their groups, and develop a game plan for effective negotiation. Recurring course sessions repeat every 2 weeks on Monday with an enrollment period of 5 days.
Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Over the past several decades, operations strategy has played an increasingly important role in business’ success. In this course, we will equip you with concepts and tools to build operations in a way that not only supports your competitive strategy, but also allows you to create new opportunities in the market place. Scaling operations: Linking strategy and execution is a five-week course dedicated to making strategic decisions that are grounded in operational reality. Together, we will study how to build and evaluate the “operating system” of the firm to maximize value. This involves tailoring the firm’s operational competencies, assets, and processes to a specific business strategy. Each week, we’ll explore case studies, engage in discussions and examine realistic data. Thanks to our data-driven approach, you’ll be able to implement your learning directly into practice. At the end of this course, you’ll be ready to build an effective, actionable plan to scale your department or organization.
Content, Advertising & Social IMC
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Want your content to go viral? Who doesn't! It takes a thoughtful, integrated approach to make content that stands out in our increasingly oversaturated world. In this fourth course of the Social Marketing Specialization - "Content, Advertising & Social IMC" - you will learn how marketers are successfully navigating today's media landscape. You will learn why developing engaging content for your audience is an essential component in effective social marketing. A panel of experts will unlock the paid/owned/earned media riddle and replace it with an integrated who/what/where approach that utilizes platform-specific messaging to grow your market share. This course also includes an overview of the integrated marketing communications strategy for social and how it is being deployed around the globe, as well as gamification tips to keep your audiences coming back for more. In addition, you will learn the secrets to advertising on Facebook and other social sites. Additional MOOC 4 faculty include: Judy Ungar Franks (President, The Marketing Democracy, Ltd. & Lecturer, Medill Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern) Steffi Decker (Junior Partner, Chong and Koster) * Joey Strawn (Director of Integrated Marketing, Industrial Strength Marketing)
Teaching the Violin and Viola: Creating a Healthy Foundation
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Join us as we explore the fundamental principles and early stages of teaching violin and viola through a series of engaging video lectures and lesson demonstrations, including: 1) Master classes with some of the world’s top string pedagogues, 2) Individual lesson demos of teaching violin/viola set up, left and right hand technique and pieces from the early violin/viola repertoire, 3) Group lesson demos of teaching music theory, ear training and fun activities that encourage good playing habits, and 4) A “field trip” to the violin shop, where we will outfit a new beginning student with a proper instrument and bow. You’ll also engage in a series of discussions and reflections with colleagues and peers across the globe. Upon completion of this course, we hope you’ll return to your studio with confidence, a new curriculum, and a renewed approach to sharing with your students the joyful experience of making beautiful music.
Modern Robotics, Course 3: Robot Dynamics
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to invest the effort to learn fundamental mathematical modeling techniques that are used in all subfields of robotics? If so, then the "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" specialization may be for you. This specialization, consisting of six short courses, is serious preparation for serious students who hope to work in the field of robotics or to undertake advanced study. It is not a sampler. In Course 3 of the specialization, Robot Dynamics, you will learn efficient numerical algorithms for forward dynamics (calculating the robot's acceleration given its configuration, velocity, and joint forces and torques) and inverse dynamics (calculating the required joint forces and torques given the robot's configuration, velocity, and acceleration). The former is useful for simulation, and the latter is useful for robot control. You will also learn how to plan robot trajectories subject to dynamic constraints. This course follows the textbook "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" (Lynch and Park, Cambridge University Press 2017). You can purchase the book or use the free preprint pdf. You will build on a library of robotics software in the language of your choice (among Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB) and use the free cross-platform robot simulator V-REP, which allows you to work with state-of-the-art robots in the comfort of your own home and with zero financial investment.
Leadership Through Social Influence
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
This course will provide learners with a systematic general framework for analyzing persuasive influence situations. Learners will be able to identify different challenges faced by persuaders and to fashion appropriate strategies for addressing those challenges. The broad goal is to provide learners with not only an extensive persuasion tool kit, but also with an understanding of how different tools are useful in different situations. Specifically, the course will address four broad topics: strategies for influencing people’s personal attitudes; strategies for affecting social factors influencing behavior; strategies for affecting people’s perceived ability to undertake the desired behavior; and strategies for inducing people to act on their existing intentions.
Fundamentals of Digital Image and Video Processing
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
In this class you will learn the basic principles and tools used to process images and videos, and how to apply them in solving practical problems of commercial and scientific interests. Digital images and videos are everywhere these days – in thousands of scientific (e.g., astronomical, bio-medical), consumer, industrial, and artistic applications. Moreover they come in a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum - from visible light and infrared to gamma rays and beyond. The ability to process image and video signals is therefore an incredibly important skill to master for engineering/science students, software developers, and practicing scientists. Digital image and video processing continues to enable the multimedia technology revolution we are experiencing today. Some important examples of image and video processing include the removal of degradations images suffer during acquisition (e.g., removing blur from a picture of a fast moving car), and the compression and transmission of images and videos (if you watch videos online, or share photos via a social media website, you use this everyday!), for economical storage and efficient transmission. This course will cover the fundamentals of image and video processing. We will provide a mathematical framework to describe and analyze images and videos as two- and three-dimensional signals in the spatial, spatio-temporal, and frequency domains. In this class not only will you learn the theory behind fundamental processing tasks including image/video enhancement, recovery, and compression - but you will also learn how to perform these key processing tasks in practice using state-of-the-art techniques and tools. We will introduce and use a wide variety of such tools – from optimization toolboxes to statistical techniques. Emphasis on the special role sparsity plays in modern image and video processing will also be given. In all cases, example images and videos pertaining to specific application domains will be u...
현대 로봇공학, 강좌 4: 로봇 동작 계획 및 제어
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
로봇이 어떻게 작동하는지 궁금하신가요? 로봇공학 커리어에 관심이 있으신가요? 로봇공학의 모든 하위 분야에서 사용되는 기초적인 수학적 모델링 기법을 열심히 학습할 준비가 되셨나요? 그렇다면, ‘현대 로봇공학: 역학, 계획 및 제어(Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control)’ 전문 과정이 여러분에게 안성맞춤일 수 있습니다. 이 전문 과정은 여섯 개의 짧은 강의로 이루어져 있으며, 로봇공학 분야에서 근무하기를 진지하게 희망하거나 심화 연구를 진행하려는 학생들에게 적합합니다. 단순한 기초 모음집이 아닙니다. 이 전문 과정의 강좌 4 ‘로봇 동작 계획 및 제어’에서는, 단순 맛보기가 아니라 로봇 운동 생성의 핵심 개념들을 배우게 될 겁니다.장애물이 있는 환경에서 로봇의 운동을 계획하고, 실시간으로 피드백을 제어하여 계획한 운동을 추적하는 것이죠. ‘현대 로봇공학’ 교과서의 챕터 10 ‘운동 계획’은 배위 공간, 그래프와 트리, 그래프 서치 등 기본적인 내용을 다룹니다. 그리고 그리드 기반의 운동 계획, 무작위 샘플링 기반 설계자, 가상 퍼텐셜 장 등 고전적 방식과 현대적 방식을 아우르는 운동 계획 기법들 역시 다룹니다. 챕터 11 ‘로봇 제어’는 운동 제어, 힘 제어, 하이브리드 운동-힘 제어를 다룹니다. 이 강좌는 교과서 ‘Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control’(Lynch 및 Park, Cambridge University Press 2017)에 따라 제작되었습니다. 이 책을 구매하시거나 무료 pdf 견본을 사용하실 수 있습니다. 여러분이 원하는 언어(Python, Mathematica, 및 MATLAB)를 선택하여 로봇공학 소프트웨어의 라이브러리를 구축하실 수 있습니다. 또한 무료 크로스 플랫폼 로봇 시뮬레이터 V-REP를 사용해서 최첨단 로봇공학 작업을 집에서도 편하게 무료로 수행하실 수 있습니다.
Modern Robotics, Course 1: Foundations of Robot Motion
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to invest the effort to learn fundamental mathematical modeling techniques that are used in all subfields of robotics? If so, then the "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" specialization may be for you. This specialization, consisting of six short courses, is serious preparation for serious students who hope to work in the field of robotics or to undertake advanced study. It is not a sampler. In Course 1 of the specialization, Foundations of Robot Motion, you will learn fundamental material regarding robot configurations, for both serial robot mechanisms and robots with closed chains. You will learn about configuration space (C-space), degrees of freedom, C-space topology, implicit and explicit representations of configurations, and holonomic and nonholonomic constraints. You will also learn how to represent spatial velocities and forces as twists and wrenches. This material is at the core of the study of anything that moves (e.g., robots). This course follows the textbook "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" (Lynch and Park, Cambridge University Press 2017). You can purchase the book or use the free preprint pdf. You will build on a library of robotics software in the language of your choice (among Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB) and use the free cross-platform robot simulator V-REP, which allows you to work with state-of-the-art robots in the comfort of your own home and with zero financial investment.
Modern Robotics, Course 5: Robot Manipulation and Wheeled Mobile Robots
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to invest the effort to learn fundamental mathematical modeling techniques that are used in all subfields of robotics? If so, then the "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" specialization may be for you. This specialization, consisting of six short courses, is serious preparation for serious students who hope to work in the field of robotics or to undertake advanced study. It is not a sampler. In Course 5 of the specialization, Robot Motion Planning and Wheeled Mobile Robots, we delve into advanced topics in robotics. Chapter 12, Grasping and Manipulation, of the "Modern Robotics" textbook covers the modeling of kinematics and forces between rigid bodies in contact, and applies the modeling to analysis and planning of robot grasping and other manipulation tasks. Chapter 13, Wheeled Mobile Robots, covers modeling, motion planning, and feedback control of omnidirectional and nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots, and concludes by addressing control of mobile manipulators consisting of a wheeled mobile base and a robot arm. This course follows the textbook "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" (Lynch and Park, Cambridge University Press 2017). You can purchase the book or use the free preprint pdf. You will build on a library of robotics software in the language of your choice (among Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB) and use the free cross-platform robot simulator V-REP, which allows you to work with state-of-the-art robots in the comfort of your own home and with zero financial investment.
Luther and the West
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
In this course we will discuss the history of some ideas that have been hugely influential in the modern west and that were taken out to the rest of the world. The discussion centers on an extraordinary and historically important figure, a sixteenth century German man named Martin Luther. Luther is recognized today as the originator of many of the most significant ideas that continue to affect and shape who we as modern people are and how we see the world and ourselves for better and for worse. In the first section, we will explore why Luther thought the Bible was the most important volume for everyone to have and read. Included here will be a careful consideration of Luther's anti-Judaism, which contributed to western antisemitism and some of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century. In the second section, we will talk about the idea of freedom and how Luther's understanding of freedom in Christ affected the way modern thinkers understood what it means to be human in community. Important in this section is the consequential contradiction between freedom and slavery in western thought and their co-existence in western societies. The third section will be all about the many complicated relations between religion and politics. NOTE: Students wishing to sign up for free access to all instructional course content should click on the "Sign-In" button in the upper right hand corner. Those who wish to take the course and complete a certificate that requires payment, please click the Enroll button on the left side of this page.
ما هي وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي؟
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
"ما هي وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي؟" المساق الجماعي الإلكتروني مفتوح المصدر (Massive Open Online Course, MOOC) مُخصَّص لأصحاب الأعمال والمسؤولين التنفيذيين والمتخصصين في مجال التسويق الذين يودون بحق تحسين قدراتهم على تنمية استراتيجيتهم عبر وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي باستخدام منهجيات فعَّالة ومثبتة. فيما لن يرشدك البرنامج "التعليمي" هذا إلى طريقة تنمية شخصيتك المهنية باستخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي فحسب؛ بل سيمكنك من تطبيق ذلك بالفعل! هذه الدورة هي الأولى من ست دورات متخصصة في التسويق عبر وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي: كيف يمكنك جني الأرباح في العالم الرقمي. بينما يمكن الحصول على هذه الدورة من دون مقابل، إلا أنَّ الدارسين المسددين لتكلفتها يحصلون على محتوى إضافي يتخطى أساسيات الدورة. إذ تحتوي مجموعة أدوات MOOC 1 على فيديو خاص من الاقتصادي Alessandro Acquisti بشأن البيانات الضخمة ومجموعة من الدراسات التي أجرتها شركة IBM بشأن استراتيجيات المشاركة والتسويق عبر وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي والحد الأدنى من الأرباح. وقد صمِّمت هذه الدورة التدريبية لكي تمنحك الأدوات والرؤى والمعرفة والمهارات التي ستؤثر مباشرة على مؤسستك. فضلًا عن ذلك، سنساعدك في التواصل مع رائدي وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي. وستتمكن أنت وموظفو المؤسسة بعد استكمالك لهذه الدورة التدريبية من إقامة علاقات مع المستهلكين رفيعي القيمة بالنسبة لك والانخراط معهم وتعزيزها. إننا نعيش اليوم فيها خضم فترة من الاضطراب الهائل. إذ تغيِّر التكنولوجيات الحديثة طريقة تفاعل الأشخاص مع بعضهم البعض ومع المؤسسات محل اهتمامهم. ستبدأ معك هذه الدورة التدريبية في مسار تنمية استراتيجيتك عبر وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي باستخدام منهجيات فعَّالة ومثبتة. تتضمن هيئة التدريس الإضافية لـ MOOC 1 ما يلي: * Judy Ungar Franks (رئيس شركة The Marketing Democracy ش.ذ.م.م والمحاضر في [كلية Medill للاتصالات التسويقية المتكاملة] بجامعة Northwestern)
Power Onboarding
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Power Onboarding provides practical, easy-to-use tools to guide an individual who is transitioning to a new job. Students will prepare an actionable personal onboarding plan that will set them up for success in their new role. Research has shown that an actively followed power onboarding plan will allow an individual to reach proficiency in a new position up to 30% faster than the typical transitioning manager. In this course, students will develop their own onboarding plan, allowing them to contribute sooner and be eligible for promotion earlier. In this newly revised format, learners can complete the course in no more than 7 hours, with approximately 2 hours dedicated to creating a personalized power onboarding plan. We have a suggested 4 week schedule to help you stay on track, but we recognize that everyone has different learning styles so we've added flexibility so you can complete the entire course in one or two sittings. This course has benefited tremendously from the feedback and advice we have received since the launch in the Fall of 2014. A recent survey shows: 1) 67% of participants are very likely to recommend the course to a friend, and the remaining 33% being somewhat likely 2) 80% of participants found the workload the same or lower than what they expected. We are enthusiastic about these findings and we know that you will find this course valuable and worthwhile as well!
Modern Robotics, Course 4: Robot Motion Planning and Control
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to invest the effort to learn fundamental mathematical modeling techniques that are used in all subfields of robotics? If so, then the "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" specialization may be for you. This specialization, consisting of six short courses, is serious preparation for serious students who hope to work in the field of robotics or to undertake advanced study. It is not a sampler. In Course 4 of the specialization, Robot Motion Planning and Control, you will learn key concepts of robot motion generation: planning a motion for a robot in the presence of obstacles, and real-time feedback control to track the planned motion. Chapter 10, Motion Planning, of the "Modern Robotics" textbook covers foundational material like C-space obstacles, graphs and trees, and graph search, as well as classical and modern motion planning techniques, such as grid-based motion planning, randomized sampling-based planners, and virtual potential fields. Chapter 11, Robot Control, covers motion control, force control, and hybrid motion-force control. This course follows the textbook "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" (Lynch and Park, Cambridge University Press 2017). You can purchase the book or use the free preprint pdf. You will build on a library of robotics software in the language of your choice (among Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB) and use the free cross-platform robot simulator V-REP, which allows you to work with state-of-the-art robots in the comfort of your own home and with zero financial investment.
The Importance of Listening
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
In this second MOOC in the Social Marketing Specialization - "The Importance of Listening" - you will go deep into the Big Data of social and gain a more complete picture of what can be learned from interactions on social sites. You will be amazed at just how much information can be extracted from a single post, picture, or video. In this MOOC, guest speakers from Social Gist, BroadReader, Lexalytics, Semantria, Radian6, and IBM's Bluemix and Social Media Analytics Tools (SMA) will join Professor Hlavac to take you through the full range of analytics tools and options available to you and how to get the most from them. The best part, most of them will be available to you through the MOOC for free! Those purchasing the MOOC will receive special tools, templates, and videos to enhance your learning experience. In completing this course you will develop a fuller understanding of the data and will be able to increase the effectiveness of your content strategy by making better decisions and spotting crises before they happen! MOOC 2 bonus content in the paid toolkit includes access to Semantria's analytics engine to extract some data on the markets you are developing and have it analyzed. As a student in this course, you are being provided the opportunity to access IBM Bluemix® platform-as-a-service trial for up to six months at no-charge with no credit card (up to a $1500 value). NOTE: By enrolling in this course, given access to IBM's Bluemix technology for one month for free as well as Lexalytics' Semantria tool. For those earning a Course Certificate, you will be given an additional five months of Bluemix and three months of Semantria at no cost with a special key code. By enrolling for a Course Certificate for this MOOC, you are acknowledging that your email will be shared with Lexalytics for the sole and express purpose of generating your individual key code. After the key code has been generated, Lexalytics will delete your email from its records. Additional ...
¿Qué son los medios sociales?
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
El curso en línea abierto y masivo (Massive Open Online Course, MOOC) “¿Qué son los medios sociales?” está destinado a empresarios, ejecutivos y profesionales del marketing que quieren mejorar considerablemente sus capacidades para potenciar su estrategia en los medios sociales con métodos efectivos y eficaces. Con este curso práctico y útil, no solo aprenderás cómo usar los medios sociales para fortalecer tu identidad profesional,sino que también llevarás a la práctica lo que aprendiste. Este es el primero de los seis cursos del programa de especialización “Marketing en los medios sociales: Cómo obtener ganancias en un mundo digital”. Si bien se puede asistir de forma gratuita, los participantes que paguen el curso recibirán más recursos además de los básicos. Para el MOOC 1, el material incluye un video especial de Alessandro Acquisti sobre macrodatos y un conjunto de estudios realizados por IBM sobre estrategias de participación y de marketing en los medios sociales con obtención de ganancias netas. Diseñamos este curso para darte las herramientas, la información, los conocimientos y las habilidades para que logres potenciar tu organización de inmediato. Además, te ayudaremos a ponerte en contacto con expertos reconocidos en los medios sociales. Después de realizar el curso, tú y los miembros de tu organización podrán posicionarse, interactuar y establecer relaciones con los consumidores de mayor valor para ustedes. Actualmente, estamos atravesando un período de muchísimas innovaciones. Las nuevas tecnologías están cambiando la forma en la que las personas se relacionan entre sí y con las organizaciones que les interesan. Este curso te mostrará el camino que debes seguir para definir tu propia estrategia de marketing en los medios sociales con métodos efectivos y eficaces. Algunos de los profesores del MOOC 1 son: * Judy Ungar Franks (presidenta de The Marketing Democracy, Ltd., y profesora de Comunicación integrada de marketing en la Escuela Medill (Medi...
Modern Robotics, Course 2: Robot Kinematics
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to invest the effort to learn fundamental mathematical modeling techniques that are used in all subfields of robotics? If so, then the "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" specialization may be for you. This specialization, consisting of six short courses, is serious preparation for serious students who hope to work in the field of robotics or to undertake advanced study. It is not a sampler. In Course 2 of the specialization, Robot Kinematics, you will learn to solve the forward kinematics (calculating the configuration of the "hand" of the robot based on the joint values) using the product-of-exponentials formula. Your efforts in Course 1 pay off handsomely, as forward kinematics is a breeze with the tools you've learned. This is followed by velocity kinematics and statics relating joint velocities and forces/torques to end-effector twists and wrenches, inverse kinematics (calculating joint values that achieve a desired "hand" configuration), and kinematics of robots with closed chains. This course follows the textbook "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" (Lynch and Park, Cambridge University Press 2017). You can purchase the book or use the free preprint pdf. You will build on a library of robotics software in the language of your choice (among Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB) and use the free cross-platform robot simulator V-REP, which allows you to work with state-of-the-art robots in the comfort of your own home and with zero financial investment.
What is Social?
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
The “What Is Social?" MOOC is for business owners, executives, and marketing professionals who want to significantly improve their abilities to grow their social strategy using effective, proven methodologies. This hands on, "how to" program won’t just tell you how to grow your professional persona using social – you will actually do it! This course is the first in the six-course specialization, Social Media Marketing: How to Profit in a Digital World. While the course can be audited for free, paid learners will receive additional content beyond the course basics. For MOOC 1, the toolkit includes a special video from Alessandro Acquisti on Big Data and a set of studies done by IBM on engagement and social marketing strategies with bottom-line profits. This course has been designed to give you the tools, insights, knowledge, and skills to immediately impact your organization. In addition, we will help you network with thought leaders in social. After completing this course, you and your organization’s staff will be able to position, engage, and grow relationships with the consumers of highest value to you. Today, we are living in a period of massive disruption. New technologies are changing the way people engage with each other and with the organizations that interest them. This course will start you on the path to growing your own social strategy using effective, proven methodologies. Additional MOOC 1 faculty include: * Judy Ungar Franks (President, The Marketing Democracy, Ltd. & Lecturer, Medill Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern)
Organizational Leadership Capstone
Northwestern University (via Coursera)
The capstone project consists of a case study that must be addressed to complete the specialization. In the case study, you will be asked to assume the role of the incoming chief executive officer of a fictitious privately held medical device company. From the company’s standpoint, its customers are the clinics that use and dispense its products, rather than the end-users of the company’s products. The company is currently facing a range of challenges, including obstacles to access for world-wide users of the company’s product, as well as internal conflict about the company’s priorities and a new disruptive technology. You will be asked to help the board address key changes in the industry, by developing a strategy to meet these challenges. Specifically, you will submit artifacts responding to a series of challenges related to the case. The artifacts will be peer-assessed on how effectively you applied concepts and skills explored throughout the specialization, assessed your own skills as a leader, evaluated the data to help you make an informed decision, developed a customer-facing design process, and communicated your strategy to relevant stakeholders.