anchor.diff:  Learn Mandarin Chinese: Capstone Project,learn-mandarin-project,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-mandarin-project,Language Learning,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,"Learn Mandarin Chinese: Capstone Project is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese in continuation of Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for Beginners. In this course, learners are required to complete a few tasks of using Chinese languages in simulated real life situations. Some guidance on taking and passing HSK (Chinese proficiency test) will also be provided. By completing this course, the learners will finish the learning of the whole series and be standing at the threshold of intermediate Chinese proficiency.",
   Tricky American English Pronunciation,tricky-american-english-pronunciation,https://coursera.org/learn/tricky-american-english-pronunciation,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","In this course, you’ll practice the sounds of American English that might sometimes be confusing. You'll practice both consonant and vowel sounds. You’ll also learn about the things that give English its special “music,” such as how to stress the right syllable in a word, how to make your voice go up and down in a natural-sounding melody, and how to naturally connect sounds and words. Learning these things will help you speak more clearly and make sure that others can understand what you're saying. This course is useful for English language learners who want to improve pronunciation of American English for better communication.",
   Chinese for HSK 3 PART II,hsk-3-part2,https://coursera.org/learn/hsk-3-part2,Language Learning,Peking University,"Chinese for HSK3 course is divided into two parts: Part I and Part II. Part I course takes 6 weeks, and you will be learning vocabularies and grammars mainly through the form of dialogues. Part II takes 4 weeks to complete, with the main focus on HSK 3 test practices and strategies. The HSK (Level 3) test is made up of listening comprehension, reading comprehension and writing sections and contains a total of 80 items.The test will last for 90 minutes in total (including 5 minutes in which the test takers fill in personal information).",
  +Spanish Vocabulary: Careers and Social Events,spanish-vocabulary-careers,https://coursera.org/learn/spanish-vocabulary-careers,Language Learning,"University of California, Davis","¡Hola! This fourth course will introduce new vocabularies in the areas of dining, fashion, professions and careers and will bring you ever closer to the 500 word threshold for beginning Spanish. The course will also introduce the subjunctive and the future tense so that you can begin to speak about future events, things they desire and pursuing professional goals. This is the final course before you will undertake a project that showcases your mastery of basic Spanish vocabulary and grammar.",
   Bioinformatic Methods I,bioinformatics-methods-1,https://coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics-methods-1,Life Sciences,University of Toronto,"Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using RNA-seq, microarrays and other technologies have created a wealth of data for biologists. However, the challenge facing scientists is analyzing and even accessing these data to extract useful information pertaining to the system being studied. This course focuses on employing existing",
   Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health,epidemiology,https://coursera.org/learn/epidemiology,Life Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"Often called “the cornerstone” of public health, epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases, health conditions, or events among populations and the application of that study to control health problems. By applying the concepts learned in this course to current public health problems and issues, students will understand the practice of epidemiology as it relates to real life and makes for a better appreciation of public health programs and policies. This course explores public health issues like cardiovascular and infectious diseases – both locally and globally – through the lens of epidemiology.",
   Introductory Human Physiology,physiology,https://coursera.org/learn/physiology,Life Sciences,Duke University,"In this course, students learn to recognize and to apply the basic concepts that govern integrated body function (as an intact organism) in the body's nine organ systems.",
  
positive.code: Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals,gcp-big-data-ml-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-big-data-ml-fundamentals,Data Science,Google Cloud,"This 1-week accelerated on-demand course introduces participants to the Big Data and Machine Learning capabilities of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It provides a quick overview of the Google Cloud Platform and a deeper dive of the data processing capabilities. At the end of this course, participants will be able to: • Identify the purpose and value of the key Big Data and Machine Learning products in the Google Cloud Platform • Use CloudSQL and Cloud Dataproc to migrate existing MySQL and Hadoop/Pig/Spark/Hive workloads to Google Cloud Platform",
  Creating Dashboards and Storytelling with Tableau,dataviz-dashboards,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz-dashboards,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","Leveraging the visualizations you created in the previous course, Visual Analytics with Tableau, you will create dashboards that help you identify the story within your data, and you will discover how to use Storypoints to create a powerful story to leave a lasting impression with your audience. You will balance the goals of your stakeholders with the needs of your end-users, and be able to structure and organize your story for maximum impact. Throughout the course you will apply more advanced functions within Tableau, such as hierarchies, actions and parameters to guide user interactions. For your final project, you will create a compelling narrative to be delivered in a meeting, as a static report, or in an interactive display online.",
  Functional Programming in Scala Capstone,scala-capstone,https://coursera.org/learn/scala-capstone,Data Science,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"In the final capstone project you will apply the skills you learned by building a large data-intensive application using real-world data. You will implement a complete application processing several gigabytes of data. This application will show interactive visualizations of the evolution of temperatures over time all over the world. The development of such an application will involve: — transforming data provided by weather stations into meaningful information like, for instance, the average temperature of each point of the globe over the last ten years ; — then, making images from this information by using spatial and linear interpolation techniques ; — finally, implementing how the user interface will react to users’ actions.",
  Chinese for Beginners,learn-chinese,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-chinese,Language Learning,Peking University,"Nowadays, there is an increasing number of people who are interested in Chinese culture and language. And it is useful to know about the language when coming to China for travel or business. This is an ABC Chinese course for beginners, including introduction of phonetics and daily expressions. After taking this class, learners can have a basic understanding of Chinese Mandarin and make basic conversations of daily living such as exchanging personal information, talking about daily arrangements and food, asking about price, introducing the city and the weather, telling your hobbies etc.",
  Grammar and Punctuation,grammar-punctuation,https://coursera.org/learn/grammar-punctuation,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","The first course in this specialization is a refresher on some tools needed for good writing. It will help prepare you for the other courses. You will need about 10 hours to complete this first course. Writing is a skill and to learn a skill well, you need to practice. In this course, you will watch short video lectures and then practice and discuss what you have learned.",
  English for Teaching Purposes,teaching-english,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-english,Language Learning,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,"Thinking about teaching your university subject in English but it’s not the Language you normally use? Then, English for teaching purposes is the course for you. A course on English and teaching methodology that aims to help university lecturers do their teaching in English, in line with university internationalisation policies.",
  
negative.code: Speaking to inform:  Discussing complex ideas with clear explanations and dynamic slides,inform-speech,https://coursera.org/learn/inform-speech,Personal Development,University of Washington,"In the professional realm, most speeches and presentations we give are informative in scope. A scientist needs to explain her recent research findings. A financial officer needs to report on quarterly earnings to his company’s board. A technology professional needs to educate a consumer about a new product. Any time you need to convey ideas or demonstrate a process, you’re dealing with informative speaking. Informative speaking is a fun puzzle. You need to think from the perspective of your audience to identify what they need to hear in order to understand the key ideas. How much does the audience already know? What are the most important elements to convey?",
  Improving Communication Skills,wharton-communication-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-communication-skills,Personal Development,University of Pennsylvania,"Learn how to communicate more effectively at work and achieve your goals. Taught by award-winning Wharton professor and best-selling author Maurice Schweitzer, Improving Communications Skills is an essential course designed to give you both the tools you need to improve your communication skills, and the most successful strategies for using them to your advantage. You'll learn how to discover if someone is lying (and how to react if they are), how to develop trust, the best method of communication for negotiation, and how to apologize. You'll also learn when to cooperate and when to compete, how to create persuasive messages, ask thoughtful questions, engage in active listening, and choose the right medium (face-to-face conversation, video conference, phone call, or email) for your messages. By",
  The Arts and Science of Relationships: Understanding Human Needs,human-needs,https://coursera.org/learn/human-needs,Personal Development,University of Toronto,"This course provides an introduction to: 1. Basic concepts of The Strategies and Skills Learning and Development System (SSLD), their relevance for every day relationships and provide advanced concepts for participants who work in fields of social work and health care . 2. Basic practice principles and methods of SSLD, illustrated by relationship management case studies. 3. The SSLD framework for relationship management assessment; N3C (needs, circumstances, characteristics, capacity) and problem translation. 4. Core competencies in the relationship management application of the SSLD system: Observation learning, simulation, real life implementation, review and monitoring.",
  Digital Footprint,digital-footprint,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-footprint,Personal Development,The University of Edinburgh,"If I Googled you, what would I find?
  
  As we move around the online world we leave tracks and traces of our activity all the time: social media accounts, tagged images, professional presences, scraps of text, but also many artefacts we don't always realise we are leaving behind, or that others leave about us.  
  
  In this course you will hear from a range of experts and you will have an opportunity to explore and reflect on your own online tracks and traces, to understand why your digital footprint is important. We will introduce you to some of the tools and approaches to effectively manage your online presence (or digital footprint).  
  
  The course will focus on the different dimensions of a digital footprint, including developing an effective online presence, managing your privacy, creating opportunities for networking, balancing and managing professional and personal presences (eprofessionalism). By the end of this course (MOOC) you should be equipped to ensure that your digital footprint works for you, whether you want to be more private online, or are looking to create a more effective and impactful presence.  
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  Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential,mindshift,https://coursera.org/learn/mindshift,Personal Development,McMaster University,"Mindshift is designed to help boost your career and life in today’s fast-paced learning environment. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.  We’ll provide practical insights from science about how to learn and change effectively even in maturity, and we’ll build on what you already know to take your life’s learning in fantastic new directions.  This course is designed to show you how to look at what you’re learning, and your place in what’s unfolding in the society around you, so you can be what you want to be, given the real world constraints that life puts on us all. You’ll see that by using certain mental tools and insights, you can learn and do more—far more—than you might have ever dreamed!
  
  This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or subsequent to, its companion course, Learning How to Learn.  (Mindshift is more career focused, and Learning How to Learn is more learning focused.)",
  The Evolving Universe,evolvinguniverse,https://coursera.org/learn/evolvinguniverse,Physical Science and Engineering,Caltech,"This is an introductory astronomy survey class that covers our understanding of the physical universe and its major constituents, including planetary systems, stars, galaxies, black holes, quasars, larger structures, and the universe as a whole.",
  Our Energy Future,future-of-energy,https://coursera.org/learn/future-of-energy,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, San Diego","This course is designed to introduce students to the issues of energy in the 21st century – including food and fuels – which are inseparably linked – and will discuss energy production and utilization from the biology, engineering, economics, climate science, and social science perspectives.",
  Applications in Engineering Mechanics,engineering-mechanics-statics-2,https://coursera.org/learn/engineering-mechanics-statics-2,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,This course applies principles learned in my course “Introduction to Engineering Mechanics” to analyze real world engineering structures. You will need to have mastered the engineering fundamentals from that class in order to be successful in this course offering. This course addresses the modeling and analysis of static equilibrium problems with an emphasis on real world engineering systems and problem solving.,
  