Learn from some of the best investigative journalism instructors in the United States. This massive open course is entirely online. Anyone from anywhere in the world can take this MOOC for free. The course opens on May 12, 2014 and ends June 15, 2014. It aims to provide journalists, media practitioners...

The course is an interdisciplinary course, focused on the emerging science of complex networks and their applications. The material includes the mathematics of networks, their applications to biology, sociology, technology and other fields, and their use in the research of real complex systems in nature...

Design assessment instruments that use rubrics and surveys to measure student outcomes. Join AACTE’s free online course.

Why do children get a better start to life in some countries than in others? What can we learn from the best performing countries?

Interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary Latin America, drawing on films, literature, popular press accounts, and scholarly research. Topics include economic development, ethnic and racial identity, religion, revolution, democracy, transitional justice, and the rule of law. Examples draw on a range...

Learn about the history of social action, and how youth social action can help build character in young people.

Learn life-saving skills to treat choking, burns, wounds or cardiac arrest in children through this free online first aid course.

How can we know if the differences in wages between men and women are caused by discrimination or differences in background characteristics? In this course we look at causal effects as opposed to spurious relationships. We will discuss how they can be identified in the social sciences using quantitative...

Although attention will be devoted to the causes and long-term consequences of the Civil War, this class will focus primarily on the war years (1861-1865) with special emphasis on the military and technological aspects of the conflict. Four questions, long debated by historians, will receive close scrutiny...

How can teachers help close the gender gap? Get guidance on helping girls achieve their potential with this free online course.

Why do so many schools use letter grades? Where did they come from? What do they tell us and fail to tell us about the learners? What is the relationship between letter grades, student learning, and assessment? This six-week course will allow participants to carefully consider the history, benefits,...

Learn how to develop creative youth football players with this free online course from the University of Birmingham and the FA.

Get to grips with Assessment for Learning with one of three courses for teachers from the National STEM Learning Centre.

In this course, social, ethical and clinical issues associated with the development of new biotechnologies and their integration into clinical practice is discussed. Basic scientists, clinicians, bioethicists, and social scientists present on the following four general topics: changing political economy...

This course examines the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of digital games. Topics include the socio-technical aspects of digital gaming, embodiment and space, communities, spectatorship and performance, gender, race, sexuality, e-sports and sports games, and the politics and economics...

Learn how Global Systems Science can inform and model the impact of social, economic, political and environmental policy making.

A free online course from UCAS, to help advisers understand the wealth of UK higher education opportunities open to students.

A free online course for primary and secondary school teachers who are tackling the Computing curriculum in England.

Examine the critical role that business plays in society, and learn about the exciting new models of business that are changing the way that companies create value. This course examines the emergence of a new story about business. This new story locates business within a societal framework. Almost every...

Increase student performance and earn extra income by converting your ideas for instructional aids into reality.