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How Learning Happens | Teaching & Education | Online Courses
$800
How Learning Happens
Course Description: This course explores and analyzes how the brain, as a social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late life. It helps teachers make connections to neurobiological principles, with the goal of creating classrooms that nurture healthy attachment patterns and resilient psyches.
Learning Objectives:
Analyze how secure attachment and supportive relationships are critical for healthy psychological development and the building of social brain networks
Analyze the brain as a social organ of adaptation critical to cognitive development
Identify techniques to succeed with difficult or “unteachable” students
Analyze teaching from the perspectives of social neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology
Create classrooms that nurture healthy attachment patterns and resilient psyches
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Educational Psychology | Teaching & Education | Online Courses
$800
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the application of psychology to the problems of education in a variety of educational settings. It examines the theoretical and applied aspects of learning, motivation, human development, personality, and measurement and evaluation
Learning Objectives:
Define learning and discuss the major categories of variables associated with learning
Compare and contrast the factors that cognitive, behavioral, and humanistic theorists believe influence the learning process
Identify the major components and techniques of classroom planning, management, and instruction
Identify how these general techniques can be modified to address individual differences
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Introduction to Teaching | Teaching & Education | Online Courses
$800
Introduction to Teaching
Course Description: This course will provide future teachers with a deeper understanding of and better preparation for the teaching profession by weaving in three themes central to teaching today—professionalism, diversity, and reform. Two central questions frame the text: “Do I want to be a teacher?” and “What kind of teacher do I want to become?”. Classroom-based cases and interactive features will help you reflect on your responses to topics such as the implications of increasingly diverse classrooms, and the assessment and standards-driven educational climate.
Learning Objectives:
Identify and understand differences and commonalities within diverse cultures
Develop an overview of school systems at the early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school levels n different cultures
Strengthen decision-making skills within a context of complex situations where there may not be a match between theory and practice
Enhance professional performance by critically examining values, beliefs, and strategies that facilitate the learning of all students
Examine personal motivation for choosing education as a major
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Principles of Educational Administration | Project Management | Online Courses
$95
Principles of Educational Administration Course Description: This online course provides an overview of the key principles of educational administration. It covers the fundamentals of successful leadership and management, including how to facilitate communication, execute problem-solving decisions, manage finances, and promote collaboration. You will learn about staff & volunteer management systems, facility & technology upgrades, budgeting processes, and organizational structures. You will also gain an understanding of how to implement successful strategies in a school or district setting. Through interactive lectures, readings, discussions, videos, and assignments you will develop your knowledge of educational administration while learning how to lead initiatives that have a positive impact on student success. This course is ideal for individuals who are interested in developing their skills as an administrator or supervisor in the field of education. Course Objectives:
Understand principles associated with successful educational administration
Facilitate communication between stakeholders
Execute responsible decision-making
Manage financial resources
Evaluate staffing needs & solutions
Find appropriate solutions for daily problems
Identify potential facility & technology upgrades
Create budgets that meet goals
Promote collaboration among staff members
Develop effective organizational structures
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Managerial Decision Behavior | Project Management | Online Courses
$95
Course Description:
This course takes a systematic approach to improve your decision-making skills. Managerial and Organizational Behavior helps you lead by providing you with the technical and functional skills needed to navigate the challenges presented by a complex organization. Students will focus on learning how people use information and make decisions and how they develop and use human capital to make things happen. Course Objectives:
The distinction in decision-making between descriptive, normative, and prescriptive aspects
The distinction between intuitive and systematic decision-making
The objective of this course is to help you become a better decision maker
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Introduction to Global Compensation and Benefits | Project Management | Online Courses
$95
Course Description:
This course illustrates the critical issues in developing effective benefits and compensation policies for individuals working globally under local terms and conditions, the course addresses such topics as pay practices, short- and long-term incentive plans, health care, and retirement benefits. Course Objectives:
Explore issues related to general compensation and benefit programs
Understand how to bring financial rigor to crucial "people" decisions associated with compensation and benefits program development
Assess the full financial impact of executive compensation programs and employee benefit plans
Examine the unique issues associated with international HR systems and programs
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Competitive Strategy | Project Management | Online Courses
$95
Course Description:
This course is designed to help students develop the skills for formulating strategies. It provides an understanding of:
A firm's operative environment and how to sustain competitive advantage
How to generate superior value for customers by designing the optimum configuration of the product mix and functional activities
How to balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic and uncertain changes in industry attractiveness and competitive position
Particular attention is paid to competitive positioning; understanding comparative costs; and addressing issues such as cannibalization, network externalities, and globalization. Course Objectives:
Develop a mastery of a body of analytical tools and the ability to take an integrative point of view
Use these tools to perform in-depth analyses of industries and competitors, predict competitive behavior, and analyze how firms develop and sustain competitive advantage over time
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Project Management | Project Management | Online Courses
$95
Course Description:
This course develops a foundation of concepts and solutions that supports the planning, scheduling, controlling, resource allocation, and performance measurement activities required for successful completion of a project. Course Objectives:
Understand role of project management and the Project Cycle
The importance to project management of the project appraisal, planning and
Determine the feasibility of the project prior to implementation
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Project Management | Basic Workplace Competencies | Online Courses
$95
Course Description:
This course develops a foundation of concepts and solutions that supports the planning, scheduling, controlling, resource allocation, and performance measurement activities required for successful completion of a project. Course Objectives:
Understand role of project management and the Project Cycle
The importance to project management of the project appraisal, planning and
Determine the feasibility of the project prior to implementation
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Data Entry | Basic Workplace Competencies | Online Courses
$95
Data Entry
Course Description: This course provides an overview of data entry. Students will learn about techniques for entering data accurately and efficiently, strategies for verifying information is correct before submission and other topics related to using a database in a productive manner. At the end of this course, students will be able to create plans for increasing accuracy, develop innovative systems for keeping track of information, and implement strategies that allow them to streamline their workflow when dealing with multiple sources of data. Course Objectives:
Understand the basics of data entry
Explore principles of organizational techniques
Analyze methods for validating input
Utilize strategies for maintaining accuracy
Comprehend different techniques for locating data
Evaluate approaches to understanding database structure
Create custom plans based on program needs
Develop strategies for recognizing risk
Design custom solutions based on context
Implement techniques for successful outcomes
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