Explore vocabulary teaching strategies and develop your ability to teach vocabulary with this course for teachers and educators.

Discover the fascinating story of author Jane Austen, from her own life in Hampshire to what she means to a global audience today.

Explore the history of the book during the early modern period and learn how the invention of printing revolutionized our world.

Learn how to 'make' your own poetry by exploring different poetic techniques and styles.

This online course explores the key concepts and fundamental principles involved in the process of screenwriting.

Uncover the literary history of Penshurst Place, the 16th-century home of the Sidney family of writers and poets.

Design for Hackers is a book that teaches the principles of good visual design to programmers, developers, and makers of any kind. It debuted at #18 on all of Amazon. Each email from our 12-week course is based upon a chapter of Design for Hackers. Buy Design for Hackers to learn along with the course...

Get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters, with this hands-on course.

Go back in time to learn about the dramatic rule of the Tudor monarchs and religious change of the sixteenth century reformation.

Learn and explore key scientific principles, technologies, and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments while reducing energy use and associated climate change effects. Meeting growing global energy demand, while mitigating climate change and environmental impacts, requires a...

Explore English dictionaries, from how they are compiled, the different types, to the latest lexicographic research.

Dig deeper into the life and works of Robert Burns, with this free University of Glasgow course.

Discover how spatial design professionals make a difference in society Are you interested in studying architecture or urban planning? This course will help you understand what spatial design professionals really do, so you can decide if this is the right profession for you. First, we&rsquo...

Want to discover the smartest ways to mix social media, content marketing, and SEO for lead generation and converting those leads to customers and clients? This 10-installment email course and newsletter delivers the techniques and strategies you need to know when marketing art online. Here’s what...

This course explores the creation (and creativity) of the modern scientific and cultural world through study of western Europe in the 17th century, the age of Descartes and Newton, Shakespeare, Rembrandt and Molière. The class compares period thinking to present-day debates about the scientific...

Learn how theatre and globalization have affected each other over the past century, and how to conduct your own research on global theatre histories. In this course we will discuss how theatre, a European cultural practice, spread rapidly around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The...

This course examines civic media in comparative, transnational and historical perspectives through the use of various theoretical tools, research approaches, and project design methods.

This course is an introduction to Islam from the perspective of media and sound studies, intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. From the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam in its various manifestations has had a complex relationship with media. While much contemporary writing focuses...

This course explores contemporary American theatrical expression as it may be organized around issues of gender and cultural identity. This exploration will include the analysis of performances, scripts, and video documentation, as well as the invention of original documents of theatrical expression...

An 11-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of analytical theory pertaining to video game media. Topics covered: play and game, emergence versus progression, game mechanics, story, interpretive theory, the culture of games, violence, sex and race in games, and finally, serious games. Estimated...