Learn about the video game design process and experiment with effective methods for balancing a game's mechanics. In this course, you'll enter the mind of a professional game designer. You'll learn how to design different types of games, understand the commonalities between them and learn what is at...

Acquire a conceptual toolkit to navigate the high waters of cyberspace as you learn about the pains and gains of the net. Tangibility is being replaced by virtuality. Social media supplants the water cooler. MOOCs challenge the classroom. This course is a colorful melange of ideas, debates, inventions...

An introduction to philosophy of mind, exploring consciousness, reality, AI, and more. The most in-depth philosophy course available online. What is the relationship between the mind and the body? Can computers think? Do we perceive reality as it is? Can there be a science of consciousness? This course...

Learn about the evolution of video games from experts at The Strong National Museum of Play, the world's largest collection of video game materials. Video games as a medium go back more than 50 years to mainframe computers. Even the central design of video games can be traced back to the first games...

Learn about the tools, processes and platforms that allow video game assets to be created and assembled into a commercial game. Modern video games are incredibly complex multimedia productions involving still and motion graphics, code, audio, interface elements, narrative elements and much more. In this...

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field today. From the Syrian refugee crisis to the West Africa Ebola outbreak, humanitarian emergencies have reached unprecedented dimensions and proportions. As need for humanitarian aid grows,...

Learn how to apply mindfulness techniques, so you can improve your communication, relationships and emotional health.

Develop the attitudes, skills and knowledge required to thrive in diverse workplaces.

Develop your understanding of the German language and consolidate your communication skills for the workplace.

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Speaking test and learn how to improve your test performance.

Explore the methods and tools qualitative researchers use to understand human behaviour and solve social problems.

Learn how to ask for directions, shop for clothes, and order food and drinks in the sixth Spanish for Beginners course.

Find out how to create your own educational apps to support learning activities in your classroom.

Are you a health professional new to social science research? Find out how you can fight antimicrobial resistance on this course.

Explore ways to make your computing lessons more inclusive for learners with special educational needs and disabilities.

Explore the role of robots and autonomous systems in the factories, homes, hospitals, schools and cars of our near future.

Explore the two inseparable aspects of fashion: commerce and culture.

Explore why people fall, discover practical methods to reduce the risk of falling, and recognise when to seek expert help.

Improve your teaching strategies and skills as a music teacher or vocal coach and learn how to inspire your music students

Feel empowered to protect your students by identifying and reporting signs of child abuse and neglect.