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Harvard University

Data Science: Building Machine Learning Models

4.4133 ratings

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.

  • edX
  • 8 weeks, 2 - 3 hours per week
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

Harvard University

Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking

4.6552 ratings

Gain critical communication skills in writing and public speaking with this introduction to American political rhetoric.

  • edX
  • 8 weeks, 2 - 3 hours per week
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

MIT OpenCourseWare

Computer Games and Simulations for Education and Exploration

This course immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. We explore the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer–based (deskto…

  • MIT
  • Self-paced
  • Free course
  • Advanced

MIT OpenCourseWare

Game Design

An historical examination and analysis of the evolution and development of games and game mechanics. Topics include a large breadth of genres and types of games, including sports, game shows, games of chance, schoolyard games, board games, roleplaying games, and digital games. Students submit essay…

  • MIT
  • Self-paced
  • Free course
  • Advanced

Harvard University

Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature

4.846 ratings

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

Harvard University

Data Science: Productivity Tools

4.345 ratings

Keep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.

  • edX
  • 8 weeks, 2 - 3 hours per week
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

MIT OpenCourseWare

Game Design

This course is built around practical instruction in the design and analysis of non-­digital games. It provides students the texts, tools, references, and historical context to analyze and compare game designs across a variety of genres. In teams, students design, develop, and thoroughly test their…

  • MIT
  • Self-paced
  • Free course
  • Advanced

Johns Hopkins University

The Unix Workbench

4.71,369 ratings

Unix forms a foundation that is often very helpful for accomplishing other goals you might have for you and your computer, whether that goal is running a business, writing a book, curing disease, or creating the next great app. The means to these goals are sometimes carried out by writing software.…

  • Coursera
  • 4 weeks, 4 hours per week
  • Self-paced
  • Paid certificate

Harvard University

CS50's Introduction to Programming with R

An introduction to programming using a language called R, a popular language for statistical computing and graphics in data science and other domains.

  • edX
  • 7 weeks, 6 - 16 hours per week
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

MIT OpenCourseWare

Introduction to Game Design Methods

This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of the process of designing games and playful experiences. Students are familiarized with methods, concepts, techniques, and literature used in the design of games. The strategy is process-oriented, focusing on aspects such as: Rapid prototy…

  • MIT
  • Self-paced
  • Free course
  • Advanced

Harvard University

Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor

5.017 ratings

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare's Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello's story in new forms and contexts today.

  • edX
  • 4 weeks, 5 - 7 hours per week
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

MIT OpenCourseWare

Media Literacy in the Age of Deepfakes

Media Literacy in the Age of Deepfakes aims to equip students with the critical skills to better understand the past and contemporary threat of misinformation. Students will learn about different ways to analyze emerging forms of misinformation such as “deepfake” videos as well as how new technolog…

  • MIT
  • Self-paced
  • Free course

The University of Queensland

IELTS Academic Test Preparation

4.879 ratings

Prepare for the IELTS Academic tests in this comprehensive, self-paced course covering listening, speaking, reading and writing.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

Google

Start Writing Prompts like a Pro

4.84,414 ratings

Need a dependable formula for writing prompts? We’ll share a 5-step prompting framework that you can use across tools and models. And if your prompt doesn’t produce what you need on the first try, don't worry – that's part of the process! You’ll learn how to evaluate and iterate until you get the r…

  • Coursera
  • 2 hours
  • Self-paced
  • Paid certificate

Microsoft

Contribute to Microsoft Learn documentation in your browser

Become a contributor to Microsoft Learn documentation by making edits with a web editor in GitHub. Make your changes, then create, validate, and submit pull requests to get your changes published.

  • Microsoft Learn
  • 35 minutes
  • Self-paced
  • Free course
  • Free badge
  • Beginner

Google

AI for Writing and Communicating

4.8648 ratings

Spending too much time writing, editing and refining your communications? In this course, you’ll learn how to use AI as your writing partner to turn rough notes into polished messages that achieve greater clarity and influence at work. You'll start by using Gemini in Google Meet to transform raw tr…

  • Coursera
  • 1 hour
  • Self-paced
  • Paid certificate

Stanford Online

Writing in the Sciences

4.99,854 ratings

This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, grant writing, ethical issues in scientific publi…

  • Coursera
  • 8 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week
  • Self-paced
  • Paid certificate

University of California, Berkeley

How to Write an Essay

5.06 ratings

An introduction to academic writing for English Language Learners, focusing on essay development, grammatical correctness, and self-editing.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

IBM

Visualizing Data with R

4.6124 ratings

Learn about the ggplot2 data visualization package for R, creating map plots with geolocation data using Leaflet, and interactive dashboards to display your work on the web using the R Shiny package!

  • edX
  • 4 weeks, 2 - 3 hours per week
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner