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 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...

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 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,...

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...

Discover how to build your own citizen science project to address environmental issues and create positive change.

Where does our food come from and what impact does it have on our environment?

Explore theories about migration in greater depth and learn how migration is a constant phenomenon throughout human history.

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

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

Learn to use human skeletal analysis to read and uncover the story behind human remains, using three sites from around the world.

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

Learn how the games industry can use big data to enhance the gaming experience and increase profits.

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Reading test and learn techniques and strategies to improve your test performance.

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

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

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

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

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