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مهارات حل المسائل لتحقيق النجاح في الجامعة
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في هذه الدورة التدريبية، ستتعرف على كيفية تطوير مهارات حل المسائل والإبداع لديك لمساعدتك على تحقيق النجاح في دراساتك الجامعية. بعد الانتهاء من هذه الدورة التدريبية سوف يكون بإمكانك: 1. التعرف على أهمية ووظيفة حل المسائل والتفكير الإبداعي في الدراسات الأكاديمية ودور التفكير النقدي في التصور الإبداعي 2. تطوير مجموعة من الأدوات لتتمكن من تحديد المسائل والأهداف الفعلية في المسائل غير المحددة 3. التعرف على التقنيات التحليلية لحل المسائل وتطبيقها 4. التعرف على التقنيات الإبداعية لحل المسائل وتطبيقها 5. تحديد استخدام الإبداع في أنواع المسائل الأكثر شيوعًا في مجالك 6. تطبيق مهارات حل المسائل والتصور الإبداعي المستفادة على سياق الحياة الواقعية والتفكير في عمليات التعلم الشخصية
Introduction to Calculus
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The focus and themes of the Introduction to Calculus course address the most important foundations for applications of mathematics in science, engineering and commerce. The course emphasises the key ideas and historical motivation for calculus, while at the same time striking a balance between theory and application, leading to a mastery of key threshold concepts in foundational mathematics. Students taking Introduction to Calculus will: • gain familiarity with key ideas of precalculus, including the manipulation of equations and elementary functions (first two weeks), • develop fluency with the preliminary methodology of tangents and limits, and the definition of a derivative (third week), • develop and practice methods of differential calculus with applications (fourth week), • develop and practice methods of the integral calculus (fifth week).
Using clinical health data for better healthcare
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Digital health is rapidly being realised as the future of healthcare. While this is placing emphasis on the input of quality health data in digital records and systems, the delivery of safe and quality healthcare relies not only on the input of data, but also the ability to access and derive meaning from data to generate evidence, inform decision making and drive better health outcomes. This course provides insight into the use of healthcare data, including an overview of best practices and the practical realities of obtaining useful information from digital health systems via the understanding of the fundamental concepts of health data analytics. Learners will understand why data quality is essential in modern healthcare, as they are guided through various stages of the data life cycle, starting with the generation of quality health data, through to discovering patterns and extracting knowledge from health data using common methodologies and tools in the basic analysis, visualisation and communication of health data. In doing so, learners explore current healthcare delivery contexts, and future and emerging digital health data systems and applications that are rapidly becoming tomorrow’s reality. On completion of this course, you will be able to: 1. Identify digital health technologies, health data sources, and the evolving roles of health workforce in digital health environments 2. Understand key health data concepts and terminology, including the significance of data integrity and stakeholder roles in the data life cycle 3. Use health data and basic data analysis to inform and improve decision making and practice. 4. Apply effective methods of communication of health data to facilitate safe and quality care. During this course, you will interact with learning content contributed by: • Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre • Australian Digital Health Agency • eHealth NSW • Sydney Local Health District • The NSW Ministry of Health • Health Education and ...
The Place of Music in 21st Century Education
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What do children need from education now, and in the future? How is technology best used in teaching and learning? How can innovative approaches to education be reconciled with established, traditional ones? What does student-centred learning really mean? This five module course is not just for classroom or ensemble music educators. It’s suitable for anyone interested in creativity-infused education, in contemporary education issues, and in the integration and use of digital technology. It’s designed to challenge old paradigms, to inspire innovative and creative pedagogical philosophies, and to develop your ability to critically respond to the latest research. We’ll visit schools with vastly different approaches to learning and teaching, and meet inspiring teachers and principals. We’ll venture inside the classroom to closely observe how technology is integrated with music education – or how it’s decidedly not! We’ll talk to international leaders and experts about innovative and traditional approaches to music education, and I’ll provide insights from my own practice as well as from some of my students. I’ll be provoking you to think critically and creatively, to develop your own ideas and theories around students’ educational needs and the impact of digital technologies, now and into the future. Copy and paste this link into your browser to watch the trailer: http://tinyurl.com/music-education-21st-century
مهارات التواصل لتحقيق النجاح في الجامعة
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يهدف هذا التخصص إلى إعداد الطلاب للدراسة الجامعية في جامعة ناطقة باللغة الإنجليزية. تزودك الدورة التدريبية بالمشاركة الكاملة والانخراط في دراستك، من خلال بناء الوعي والفهم للقيم الأساسية والتوقعات للثقافة الأكاديمية، وتزودك بإستراتيجيات عملية لتطبيقها على دراساتك. ستتعلم في هذه الدورة التدريبية كيفية تطوير مهارات التواصل لمساعدتك على تحقيق النجاح في دراساتك الجامعية. بعد الانتهاء من هذه الدورة التدريبية، ستكون قادرًا على: 1. التعرف على أهمية التواصل في المجتمعات العملية في الجامعة 2. فهم سياقات التواصل في الجامعة والتوقعات المرتبطة بها 3. التواصل بوضوح من خلال مجموعة متنوعة من السياقات المختلفة مع مجموعة واسعة من الجماهير أقلمة ومواءمة أساليب التواصل بشكل مناسب 4. التوضيح والتفاوض واكتساب فهم أعمق من خلال وسائل المحادثة والكتابة والوسائل البصرية والمسموعة 5. صياغة الحُجج بشكل فعال وتوصيل نتائج البحث من خلال عملية البحث والتأليف والتحرير 6. المشاركة بثقة في حوار بناءّ ونقدي باحترام ومهنية
Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship
The University of Sydney (via Coursera)
This course is for entrepreneurial managers who are looking for tools and techniques to introduce exciting, innovative products or services to market quickly and informed by high-quality customer insights. It is applicable to a range of organizations from small-medium sized enterprises through to corporates, and across a range of industrial segments. The problem this course helps address is the constant pressure managers face to be innovative and introduce novel products and services for their customers. However, many creative ideas get ‘stuck’ in the boardroom or are subject to intra-organizational tensions or group think. This course provides methodologies to break through these challenges. We build on the widely known concept of design thinking but update it and apply it to advance business strategy and entrepreneurship. Over five weeks you will learn what ‘design strategy’ is, how it differs from traditional design thinking and business strategy, and how it can be used to improve existing products or services in your business, or introduce breakthrough ideas. We will also provide an exclusive, deep-dive into the practical application and impact of these strategies in one of Australia’s newest, most innovative financial institutions, UBank, and the global re-insurance giant, Swiss Re. Through conversations with their Senior Executive Leadership Teams, including UBank’s CEO, we will explore how they have embedded innovation through design thinking. By the end of this course, you will have a set of tools to inform product design and development for your own start-up, or to extend the product roadmap of an established organization.
Easing the burden of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
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This course is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of interested lay people, people with chronic disease, public health researchers, health clinicians, students, administrators, and researchers to reflect on the overall impact of the burden of chronic disease . It shows how all chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer) are related by a set of common causes, and that such diseases should be tackled, not individually, but as part of a complex system, with interrelated contributing factors. These factors are genetic, environmental, psychological, economic, social, developmental, and media related. The Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney is a unique interdisciplinary education and research hub which seeks solutions to chronic disease through a complex systems approach. Academics in many disciplines (in Science and Medicine, but also in Architecture, Humanities, Law etc) work in a collaborative fashion to produce novel solutions to the problems of chronic disease. All contributors and participants in this course are members of the Charles Perkins Centre and will speak from the unique interdisciplinary perspective that this Centre affords. The course will describe a complex systems approach as the most productive way to ease the burden of chronic disease. It then describes these diseases in detail, their risk factors, and the environmental and biological factors that have led to the current epidemic of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Finally, the solutions – and more importantly the process for finding solutions- is the subject of the last module. No one approach by itself can ever be the answer, and certainly not a simple diet and exercise approach. The entire course consists of 5 content modules, plus an extra module for completing assignments and discussions, and takes about 6 weeks to complete. Completion certificates are issued...
Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health
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In today’s world, mental illness and distress are common and these account for a significant burden of disability within our community. At the same time, there is a growing interest in understanding and enhancing positive mental health and wellbeing; particularly from developments in the fields of positive psychology and mental health promotion. Positive Psychiatry is a new term (Jeste et al 2016) that describes a dual approach to mental health, where we build strengths, supports and healthy lifestyles as well as treating illness and distress. In this course, we will explore different aspects of good mental health as well as provide an overview of the major kinds of mental disorders, their causes, treatments and how to seek help and support. The course will feature a large number of Australian experts in psychiatry, psychology and mental health research, and we will also hear from “lived experience experts”, people who have lived with mental illness, and share their personal stories of recovery. We take an evidence-based approach to a range of strategies that anyone can use to enhance their own mental health and that of others, from exercise and relaxation techniques through to the role of love, relationships and 'good' types of work. We cover topics from creativity and yoga through to psychiatric medications and psychotherapies.
Blockchain Scalability and its Foundations in Distributed Systems
The University of Sydney (via Coursera)
Blockchain promises to disrupt industries once it will be efficient at large scale. In this course, you will learn how to make blockchain scale. You will learn about the foundational problem of distributed computing, consensus, that is key to create blocks securely. By illustrating limitations of mainstream blockchains, this course will indicate how to improve the technology in terms of security and efficiency. In particular, this course will help you: understand security vulnerabilities of mainstream blockchains; design consensus algorithms that tolerate attacks, and; * design scalable blockchain systems.
Problem-Solving Skills for University Success
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In this course, you will learn how to develop your Problem Solving and Creativity Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Recognise the importance and function of problem solving and creative thought within academic study and the role of critical thought in creative ideation. 2. Develop a toolkit to be able to identify real problems and goals within ill-defined problems 3. Recognize and apply analytical problem solving techniques 4. Recognise and apply creative problem solving techniques 5. Identify the use of creativity within and types of problems most common to your field 6. Apply learnt problem solving and creative ideation skills to a real-life context and reflect on personal learning processes
محو الأمية المعلوماتية والرقمية لتحقيق النجاح في الجامعة
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هدف هذا التخصص إلى إعداد الطلاب للدراسة الجامعية في جامعة ناطقة باللغة الإنجليزية. تزودك الدورة التدريبية بالمشاركة الكاملة والانخراط في دراستك، من خلال بناء الوعي والفهم للقيم الأساسية وتوقعات الثقافة الأكاديمية، وتزويدك بإستراتيجيات عملية لتطبيقها على دراساتك. في هذه الدورة التدريبية، ستتعلم كيفية تطوير مهارات محو الأمية المعلوماتية والرقمية لديك، لمساعدتك في تحقيق النجاح في دراساتك الجامعية. بعد الانتهاء من هذه الدورة التدريبية، ستكون قادراً على: 1. الوصول إلى المعلومات والبحث عنها بكفاءة وفعالية باستخدام مجموعة متنوعة من الأدوات الرقمية. 2. تقييم نقدي لمصداقية المصادر لسياق أكاديمي. 3. تصفية المعلومات، وإدارتها، وتنظيمها من مجموعة متنوعة من المصادر لاستخدامها في الدراسة الأكاديمية. 4. إظهار الوعي بالقضايا الأخلاقية المتعلقة بالنزاهة الأكاديمية المحيطة بالوصول إلى المعلومات واستخدامها. 5. فهم كيفية استخدام الأدوات الرقمية للإحالة والإسناد من أجل تجنب الانتحال. 6. فهم كيفية نشر المعلومات وإيصالها بطريقة مهنية، بما فيه إدارة الهوية الرقمية، وبناء شبكات للتعلم والبحث.
مهارات التفكير النقدي لتحقيق النجاح في الجامعة
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في هذه الدورة التدريبية، سوف تتعرف على كيفية تطوير مهارات التفكير النقدي لديك لمساعدتك على تحقيق النجاح في دراستك الجامعية. بعد الانتهاء من هذه الدورة التدريبية، ستكون قادرًا على: 1. استخدام التفكير النقدي والمحاجّة في سياقات الجامعة لتحسين النتائج الأكاديمية 2. فهم أهمية التفكير النقدي في الثقافة الأكاديمية ووظيفته 3. استخدام مجموعة متنوعة من أدوات التفكير لتحسين مهارات التفكير النقدي 4. التعرّف على أنواع الحُجج، والتحيز في الحُجج، من أجل تقييم مدى قوة الحُجج بشكل أفضل 5. استخدام الأدلة لدعم الادعاءات الواردة في الحُجج 6. تطبيق التفكير النقدي والمحاجّة على مسائل ومشكلات من الحياة الواقعية
Innovation Through Design: Think, Make, Break, Repeat
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The evolution of design has seen it become a discipline no longer limited to the concerns of a singular, specific domain and develop to become a pathway for solving complex, nonlinear problems. Design is becoming a capability-enhancing skill, equipping people with the ability to deal with uncertainty, complexity and failure. In this course, we demonstrate how you can use design as a way of thinking to provide strategic and innovative advantage within your profession. Suitable for anyone who is curious about design and translating the processes and tools of design thinking into innovative opportunities, over 5 weeks we explore, apply and practice the design process: think, make, break and repeat. Through introducing theoretical concepts and examining industry case studies with leading Australian design firms, we investigate design as learning about the context (the thinking part), building prototypes as tangible representations (the making part) and testing potential solutions (the breaking part). We build on this by showing the productive value of moving through the process quickly and often (the repeating part), to improve ideas and develop new insights. Throughout the course, you will follow us through three of Australia’s most exciting design offices and learn from practicing designers and leaders in design. This insight into industry will enable you to develop a comprehensive understanding of design and the role it can and does play within the innovation landscape. You will leave this course with a set of practical tools and techniques to apply to situations within your own professional context, to translate problems into opportunities and solutions, and ultimately to innovate through design.
Academic Skills for University Success: Capstone
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This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In the Capstone Project, you will apply the academic knowledge and skills you have learnt throughout courses 1-4 to research, write and present a project proposal that addresses a complex, real-world problem related to your field of interest and/or future study. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Apply a range of idea generation techniques 2. Apply research strategies to search, collect, select, process, and cite information 3. Use the research process to develop and critically analyse ideas 4. Apply critical thinking skills to evaluate and analyse ideas and evidence 5. Use problem-solving skills to identify gaps in knowledge and define issues 6. Develop creative and innovative solutions to real-world problems 7. Use appropriate academic genres for written texts and multi-media presentations 8. Use written and oral skills to communicate ideas effectively for academic contexts
Cultural Competence - Aboriginal Sydney
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This course explores some of the key themes and capabilities of cultural competence by exploring Aboriginal experiences and narratives of Sydney. Australia was ‘claimed’ for the British Crown in 1770, by Captain James Cook, but the invasion began in earnest when the First Fleet of British arrived in 1788 and established a penal colony in Sydney. As a consequence Sydney is a city rich in diverse pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary sites of significance to Aboriginal peoples. Too often though our perceptions about Aboriginal peoples consign them to an ancient past or perpetuates stereotypical imaginations that Aboriginal peoples live in remote communities (Hinkson, 2010). At the heart of this MOOC is the theme that Sovereignty was never ceded and Sydney always was and always will be Aboriginal Land. Despite this the Aboriginal presence in the city is often invisible to non-Aboriginal eyes. This course aims to bring to light marginalised narratives of Aboriginal presence in this space. To understand hidden and marginalised narratives and experiences it is necessary to develop cultural competence capabilities. Key elements of practicing cultural competence include being able to understand and interrogate context, which in the case of Sydney includes not only learning about the peoples, places and histories of Aboriginal Sydney but to also understand issues about how knowledge is created and how dominant narratives can exclude diverse knowledges and experiences. Course learning outcomes 1. Develop knowledge about cultural competence capabilities. 2. Develop a deeper and multi-layered knowledge and understanding about Aboriginal peoples, cultures and places in Sydney. 3. Develop a greater understanding of how history, cultures and places are represented, contested and interpreted and how that relates to their own context. Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge that this course was developed on the land of the Gadigal Peoples of the Eora nation. We...
Introduction to Advanced Calculus
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This course "Introduction to Advanced Calculus" is a natural sequel to the course "Introduction to Calculus", also on this platform, though students who are well-prepared, with some prior calculus experience, can jump straight in. Once again, the focus and themes of this course address important foundations for applications of mathematics in science, engineering and commerce, with now a particular focus on series representations of functions and an introduction to the theory of differential equations. The course emphasises key ideas and historical motivation for calculus, while at the same time striking a balance between theory and application, leading to a mastery of key threshold concepts in foundational mathematics. Students taking Introduction to Advanced Calculus will: • review key ideas of differential calculus, with further emphasis on pivotal underlying themes and results, such as the Mean Value Theorem and the Intermediate Value Theorem, and add further tools, such as L'Hopital's Rule, Newton's Method and hyperbolic functions (first week) • review key ideas of integral calculus, extending techniques of integration, including tricky substitutions, the method of integration by parts, including a proof that the number pi is irrational, the method of partial fractions, the disc and shell method for finding volumes of revolutions, formulae for arc length and surface area of revolution, application of Riemann sums to estimate work, and an introduction to improper integrals (second week) • introduce sequences and series, tests for convergence, and series representations of functions, including estimates of error terms using Taylor's theorem and a proof that Euler's number e is irrational (third week) • introduce the theory of differential equations, including discussions of separable equations, including the logistic equation and logistic function, equilibrium solutions, first order equations, solved using the integrating factor method, second order equations w...
Introduction to Linear Algebra
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Linear algebra and calculus are the two most important foundational pillars on which modern mathematics is built. They are studied by almost all mathematics students at university, though typically labelled as different subjects and taught in parallel. Over time, students discover that linear algebra and calculus are inseparable (but not identical) twins that interlock to form the backbone of almost all applications of mathematics to physical and biological sciences, engineering and computer science. It is recommended that participants in the MOOC Introduction to Linear Algebra have already taken, or take in parallel, the MOOC Introduction to Calculus. All of our modern technical and electronic systems, such as the internet and search engines, on which we rely and tend to take for granted in our daily lives, work because of methods and techniques adapted from classical linear algebra. The key ideas involve vector and matrix arithmetic as well as clever methods for working around or overcoming difficulties, a form of obstacle avoidance, articulated in this course as the Conjugation Principle. This course emphasises geometric intuition, gradually introducing abstraction and algebraic and symbolic manipulation, while at the same time striking a balance between theory and application, leading to a mastery of key threshold concepts in foundational mathematics. Students taking Introduction to Linear Algebra will: • gain familiarity with the arithmetic of geometric vectors, which may be thought of as directed line segments that can move about freely in space, and can be combined in different ways, using vector addition, scalar multiplication and two types of multiplication, the dot and cross product, related to projections and orthogonality (first week), • develop fluency with lines and planes in space, represented by vector and Cartesian equations, and learn how to solve systems of equations, using the method of Gaussian elimination and introduction of parameters, ...
eHealth: More than just an electronic record
The University of Sydney (via Coursera)
The MOOC, "eHealth: More than just an electronic record!", is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of health clinicians, students, managers, administrators, and researchers to reflect on the overall impact of eHealth on the integration of care. It explores the breadth of technology application, current and emerging trends, and showcases both local and international eHealth practice and research. The entire eHealth Course consists of 5 modules and takes about 5 weeks to complete. Completion certificates are issued on the basis of participation in all 5 modules. Completing the health practice assignment in Module 5 entitles you to advanced standing in some of the eHealth courses run by the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney. What you'll learn The fundamentals of eHealth and where it is heading What kind of health data we are currently collecting and how it will transform healthcare in the future How new technologies are helping health consumers participate in their own healthcare How eHealth can improve the coordination and efficiency of healthcare and what the barriers might be Length: Self-paced 5 week course Study time commitment: 3 hours per week Assessable components: Assignment 1 in Module 2 (40%) and Assignment 2 in Module 5 (60%). Guest presenters (listed in alphabetical order): Jordan Andersen | The University of Sydney Dr Teresa Andersen | Sydney Local Health District Dr Robert Birnbaum | Harvard Medical School / Partners Healthcare Melissa Brunner | The University of Newcastle & The University of Sydney Professor Jane Burns | Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre & The University of Sydney Professor Rafael A. Calvo | The University of Sydney Dr Andrew Campbell | The University of Sydney Dr Jelle Demeestere | John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle NSW Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte | The University of Sydney Karen Finnin | Physios Online Professor Afaf Girgis | UNSW Medicine Anna Ja...
Information & Digital Literacy for University Success
The University of Sydney (via Coursera)
This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In this course, you will learn how to develop your Information & Digital Literacy Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Access and search for information efficiently and effectively using a variety of digital tools. 2. Critically evaluate the reliability of sources for an academic context. 3. Filter, manage and organize information from a wide variety of sources for use in academic study. 4. Demonstrate awareness of ethical issues related to academic integrity surrounding the access and use of information. 5. Understand how to use digital tools for referencing and attribution in order to avoid plagiarism. 6. Understand how to disseminate and communicate information in a professional way, including managing digital identity and building networks for learning and research.
Creative Thinking and Innovation
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Creative thinking is one of the most important skills in future work environments. Whether you are working in a large organisation, creating your own startup, or looking for new opportunities in your life, in this course you will learn how to practice creative thinking to come up with innovative ideas. Everyone has the capacity to be creative. You don’t have to be in the “creative” sector to use creativity in your work and life. The course provides you with simple tips and techniques to nurture and practice your creative thinking skills. You will hear how the success of Pixar and Nobel Prizes winners is linked to creative thinking and innovation, and how industry experts from Google and IBM use these skills in their work. This course is delivered with the assistance of the team at INCUBATE - The University of Sydney’s Flagship Startup Program. If you’re part of The University of Sydney community, check out their range of free startup courses and programs here: https://incubate.org.au/
Ethical Social Media
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Social media connects us across space and time, allowing us to find like-minded communities and participate creatively in public life as never before. We may often use social media without thinking much about the possible consequences. But there is a shadow side associated with social media use, which takes the form of hate speech, increased surveillance, lack of anonymity and questionable use of our data. What do we need to know to use social media spaces effectively, in a way that is safe and productive for all? This course will guide you into a deeper exploration of online identity, social media communities and their users. You will examine the ways that social media is being used by public institutions such as government to build participation and conversation with audiences. You will encounter the most common ethical debates in social media. You will also have the opportunity to build your practical skills by developing your professional social media profile, defining your audience, building your social media influence and understanding how to interpret data analytics to "listen" and communicate well.
Confident Conversations About Race and Racism
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Racism remains one of the greatest scourges on society, here in Australia and globally. Yet, many of us are not confident in our abilities to recognise, understand, and take appropriate action against racism. This course will guide us to a better understanding of these complex issues and importantly provide a way to navigate through to take an anti-racist stance. With expert contributions from a range of people with diverse lived experiences and theoretical understandings, the course will equip people to gain greater insight into how race and racism are constructed and how they are experienced in different contexts. The course will also provide guidance on what it means to be anti-racist and what that looks like in action. Importantly, the MOOC has been designed to recognise and value diverse cultural, historical, and contemporary experiences of race and racism. It will guide people through the crucial work of critical self-reflection to understand how each of us are racialized; and how our own cultures, identities, histories, and assumptions inform and impact the ability to engage in productive conversations about race and racism.
Critical Thinking Skills for University Success
The University of Sydney (via Coursera)
In this course, you will learn how to develop your Critical Thinking Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Use critical thinking and argumentation in university contexts to improve academic results 2. Understand the importance and function of critical thinking in academic culture 3. Use a variety of thinking tools to improve critical thinking 4. Identify types of argument, and bias within arguments, in order to better evaluate the strength of arguments 5. Use evidence to support claims in arguments 6. Apply critical thinking and argumentation to real world problems and issues
Life, Health and Radiation
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Radiation is all around us - without it we wouldn’t exist. Yet the word has become synonymous with danger, death and disaster. This MOOC will allow the world to see radiation in a new light, to expose its benefits as well as its risks. X-ray radiation, for example, is a scientific and medical discovery that has improved or prolonged billions of lives. Most of us have had an X-ray at some point in our life, at the Dentist, in a hospital or clinic. Yet few people really understand what X-rays are or where they come from. In this course, we will travel along the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation from unimaginably long to infinitesimally small wavelengths. At each significant point along the way we will stop and consider: What is the wavelength and frequency of this radiation? Is it ionising or not? Who discovered it and how? What are the uses of this radiation and What are the risks associated with it? Through this we hope to clarify a topic that is often confusing and concerning for many.
Understanding the Australian economy: An introduction to macroeconomic and financial policies
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This four-week, four-module course explores selective aspects of the Australian economy, with emphasis on macroeconomic and financial policies. The course introduces participants to several key attributes of the Australian economy and discusses how they are influenced by both domestic and international forces. We will examine some of the key issues and dilemmas facing the Australian economy and how policymakers can deal with them using monetary and fiscal policies. There will also be a discussion on the still-fresh 2007-2010s global financial crisis, the lessons learned, and how policymakers deal with the aftermath. Discussions will be centered around sound economic theories and reasoning, and utilize actual data whenever applicable. Applications of the economic reasoning and theories to current, real-world issues pertaining to the Australian economy will also be provided. In addition to conventional lectures, the course also contains several interviews with relevant experts and practitioners. No prior knowledge or training in economics is required.
Communication Skills for University Success
The University of Sydney (via Coursera)
This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In this course, you will learn how to develop your Communication Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Recognise the importance of communication in communities of practice at university 2. Understand contexts of communication at university and associated expectations 3. Communicate clearly across a variety of different contexts and to a wide range of audiences by adapting communicative styles appropriately 4. Demonstrate, negotiate, and further understanding through spoken, written, visual, and conversational modes 5. Effectively formulate arguments and communicate research findings through the process of researching, composing, and editing 6. Confidently engage in constructive and critical dialogue with respect and professionalism