List of Online Courses and Certifications

Procrastination kills dreams. Unfortunately, there are too many people struggling with procrastination in their everyday lives. If you are one among them, this course Chasing Your Dream by Edx will help you walk the path of self-determination and move in the right direction. 

Besides, the Chasing Your Dream certification syllabus touches upon the academic teachings in positive psychology and motivation studied by Harvard University and Moscow State University, along with Tibet’s cultural studies, giving you the tools required to succeed in life. The curriculum imparts knowledge on vital topics such as decision-making, avoiding excuses, applying advantages, fighting the fear of mistakes, and many more.

Offered by MEPhlX National Research Nuclear University, the Chasing Your Dream online course is taught by Pavel Kochkin who has broad experience as an HR consulting coach and business advisor. The program will immensely benefit professionals who are stuck in their jobs and face roadblocks in figuring out the next step. Moreover, if candidates opt for the paid certificate, they’ll receive a verified accreditation to accelerate job prospects.

Amidst heightened cultural concerns, globalisation of education, and ongoing immigration trends, the student population has diversified. Schools are facing the increasing challenge of gaining cultural competency. This is where the University of Iceland’s Intercultural Competency in Education course can be of help. It is designed to help students and educators develop intercultural competence.

The programme focuses on broadening your understanding of different identities and cultures and promoting cultural awareness. The Intercultural Competency in Education online programme follows multiple international educators' and professionals' experiences. Also, the programme is open for all to join, thus developing a diverse teaching and learning environment.

The Intercultural Competency in Education certification training will enable you to develop practical intercultural skills. Your understanding of intercultural competence will also increase. You will have a better outlook on tackling intercultural challenges and opportunities. Moreover, you will learn about promoting social justice in education and societal cohesion while preventing conflicts. There are 2 tracks available to view, enroll, and learn the course. The free audit track option will be open to access only for a limited period of time whereas the verified track is paid and accessible for an unlimited time period.

The study of genes has become prominent over the years, thanks to the field of molecular biology and its contributions, which has shaped many aspects of medicine. The Molecular Foundations of Medicine online course will be vastly valuable for candidates who want to understand the science behind modern medicine. The programme will also equip the candidates with skills to apply the concept of molecular biology to bring innovations in the domain of medicine.

The Molecular Foundations of Medicine certification syllabus includes DNA recombination, genomics, gene expression, and molecular techniques like a polymerase chain reaction and CRISPR. The course will help candidates in bridging the gap between a press release and medical literature.

Offered by the renowned Stanford University, as part of their Stanford Online wing, the Molecular Foundations of Medicine course by Edx has an introductory study level. The training is instructed by Gilbert Chu, who is the Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Stanford. The short course is equipped with video materials and questions to help candidates learn better.

The Instructional Design with Orchestration Graphs training is an online program that is a self-paced and advanced-level course. This program enhances the methods and teaching techniques for the students. The dynamic management of the data and performance of each and every student is replaced with designed management with the help of the FROG tool. 

The students will learn about the Orchestration graphs and the procedure and techniques to run and implement using FROG. The participants are also given financial assistance and scholarships that help to pursue a certificate.

The candidates completing the Instructional Design with Orchestration Graphs certification course who maintained a passing score shall earn a certificate from the EPFL institution provided by edX which is sharable to a resume or a platform like LinkedIn. By providing the presribed fee, they get a certificate that is verified by the student’s identity and also carries the logo of the institution and is signed by the instructor of this program. Free of cost, the learners can also audit it for a limited duration. 

Teaching & learning in the diverse classroom program provides an insightful learning experience in developing an engaging learning environment. This online self-paced course is offered by edX, an online education provider with years of experience, and the course is designed by the reputed institution of Cornell University. The course will have lectures led by experienced faculty from Cornell University. 

Like most of the edX online courses, this course is also provided to all enrolled candidates with a free audit version or a paid verified version which unlocks the complete benefits provided in the course including certification, graded assessments, and unlimited access to the course content. The Teaching & learning in the Diverse Classroom certification syllabus spans five modules which comprise mainly factors and techniques that help in building classroom learning which includes inclusive course design, student-oriented pedagogy, and learning beyond differences, with support for student engagement, achievement, and belongingness. The candidates can join the course in two varied tracks; either by paying the fee or free of cost. While taking the programme free of cost, the candidates can get access only for a limited period of time. 

Have you ever wondered why some lectures feel like an interrogation while others are lively and engaging? Why do some students never participate while some always have their hands in the air? Why does nobody (or everybody) laugh at a teacher’s jokes? If yes, then the Understanding Classroom Interaction certification course might be the right fit for you, as it answers all these fundamental questions and more.

Understanding Classroom Interaction by edX is designed for classroom teachers in all subject areas and levels. It provides many analytical techniques and tools that answer many classroom interaction questions. It also deals with the impact language has on everyday classroom talk. Each module introduces fundamental techniques and concepts pertaining to classroom discourse and its analysis.

Moreover, the Understanding Classroom Interaction certification syllabus also emphasizes promoting critical reflection and allows you to develop your unique analytical toolkit. When you’ve completed the five-week training, you will be an expert in the necessary pedagogical practicals required for effective classroom interaction. Lastly, if you wish to showcase your newly learned teaching skills, the course completion certificate will allow you to do so and get it by paying the fee. The students can also audit the programme for a limited duration for free. 

Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring certification is a 5 weeks online course. The course is prepared by the University of Groningen, and the achievement certificate is given by FutureLearn. There are early 700 students who are treated as important staff members at the University who have responsibilities like governing positions, support role functions, and teaching duties. So this course is dedicated to helping the student assistant take up the above-stated responsibilities aptly.

Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring certification syllabus includes some topics like the professional behaviour of a student assistant, design principles in higher educational institutions, properly teaching a class, monitoring it, and providing feedback to the students.

Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring training will prepare the learners to deal with challenging situations in the classroom and make them proper representatives of students. This will enable the students to make a professional contribution to the working environment of higher education organizations.

Professional Development for Early Career Teachers certification is a 100% online course that is provided on the FutureLearn platform by The University of East Anglia. The course can teach the Teachers to enrich their teaching practices, and also assist them in managing their workload.

The starting of any career can be really tedious since people are overburdened with new challenges, and responsibilities daily. The same can be when teachers start their professional career. The Professional Development for Early Career Teachers certification syllabus will support the participants in ways for the betterment of their teaching skills and also balance out their load of work so that they are able to handle the upcoming challenges smoothly.

For the Professional Development for Early Career Teachers training, the applicants out of 24 hours only give 3 hours in a week at a stretch for 5 weeks to complete going through this course. The programme just contains 5 modules which are explained through short videos and audios that make the learning experience smoother.

The Science of Learning certification is a CPD Certification Service accredited online course that has been prepared in association with 2 institutions namely National STEM Learning Centre, and FutureLearn. The course educators are extremely renowned and have full control over what and how they are teaching. With this course, candidates can improve their teaching skills by discussing the art of learning.

The Science of Learning certification syllabus combines topics like what is learning, how it works, and how one can answer questions, and ensure that the learning Science keeps the teaching, and supports the betterment of the learning students. This course will also enlighten different concepts like educational Psychology, and neuroscience so that they can be used for interpreting research.

The Science of Learning training will make the participants reflect on their own teaching practices, and how they can improve on their teaching and learning. The course is small in duration but a lot of important topics have been covered that meet all the learners’ needs.

Certified by CPD services, and developed by National STEM Learning Centre, and FutureLEarn, this expert track Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification course on teaching is a 5 weeks course. This course helps in the betterment of the outcome of learning in STEM subjects by doing effective planning.

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification syllabus is mostly guided by experts who have done assessments in learning. They can help the candidates identify their thinking capacity as a learner so that learning goals can be clarified, and teachers can mark their teaching progress, and work towards its betterment. This can be done using students’ understanding in between lessons and during those lessons.

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment training keeps its aim of developing a plan based on learners' success criteria, starting points, and also helps them build their classroom questioning capabilities so that their teaching approach is adjusted based on the response of the students. Learners can also look forward to doing medium-term planning, and open out the benefits of working with peers as the practice keeps changing.

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Supporting Active Participation in Lessons Through Pre-teaching certification is a 5 weeks short online course that is designed by Babcock Education, and FutureLearn for empowering students by reducing attainment gaps with the help of pre-teaching. In this course, candidates will develop their teaching skills so that the benefits of teaching can be explored for learners belonging to all age groups.

Supporting Active Participation in Lessons Through Pre-teaching certification syllabus will enable the candidates to learn from the stories of both teaching peers, and other teaching researchers so that key strategies can be identified to make the whole class understand the sessions.

Supporting Active Participation in Lessons Through Pre-teaching Training will help the Teachers identify which children are lagging behind and who all need deeper and active participation to be influential in the class during lessons. The teachers pursuing the course can review and reflect the use of pre-teaching concepts and assigning competence among the learners.

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The Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future certification is an online programme that revolves around the concepts of collaborative gaming techniques. The course helps the students develop skills related to strategic planning, gaming, future forecasting, creativity, etc. The online programme imparts information regarding different methods that lead the student to understand the diversity of the future. 

The Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future certification syllabus of the programme can be completed within 14 hours. However, the modules of the online course are divided into five weeks and they can be pursued on a weekly basis too. The programme does not demand any specific work experience or educational eligibility to get enrolled into it since it is a beginners' level programme. Participants can choose to participate either in the audit mode or in the subscription model. The video sessions of the Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future online course are interactive through the means of assignments, practice exercises, and quizzes. Students who have a language barrier can access the course through available subtitles. At the end of the course, students also get to achieve a verified certification of the programme that can help the participants gain professional heights.

The Doing more with Google Sheets programme is an online course offered through the platform Coursera. The programme is designed for beginner level students. The major focus of the course is to deliver information regarding google sheets, their features, and other characteristics related to the subject matter. Participants can enrol on the course for free without making any payment.

The course material need not be purchased and video sessions can be accessed at absolutely no cost along with all the modules. The study material of the Doing more with Google Sheets certification includes teachings using different methods such as discussion platforms, notes, video sessions, etc. and experts ensure that the sessions are interactive so that students can understand the topics properly. 

The Doing more with Google Sheets online course is available in the self-paced mode and students are expected to set the study schedules according to their comfort. The ideal time fixed by the provider of the course for the completion of the training is five weeks. Every topic can be covered in one hour and the whole syllabus only needs five hours to get completed. Students do not have to learn according to any deadlines in the programme. Candidates may be able to obtain the certification for the Getting Started with Google Sheets certification course at the end of the course if they follow the guidelines. 

The Boltzmann Law course, spread across five weeks, offers students a unique perspective by culminating in three diverse fields. This is accomplished by utilizing various unifying concepts of the state-space featuring 2^N dimensions (N binary digits define them). The program is excellent for physics enthusiasts who enjoy the nuances of the world of physics and combine it with computing to achieve better results. 

The Boltzmann Law certification syllabus takes students through statistical mechanics' seminal concepts. The training gives them a chance to explore the fundamentals of entropy, free energy, and the law of equilibrium. Furthermore, students can apply their learnings to enhance their understanding of interacting systems present in nature. 

Indiana’s Purdue University, also known for delivering sophisticated courses with simplicity, offers this Boltzmann law training. The advanced program in engineering requires five to six hours of weekly study. The course provides students with greater precision with conceptual explanations and broadens their comprehension of the concepts. There are two modes for the candidates to pursue the course; paid and free. The paid mode will provide the learners with unlimited access and a certificate and the free mode will give a limited duration of access to the programme. 

The online session on Managing Behaviour for Learning by FutureLearn has been designed purposefully by the industry professionals to allow the teachers to learn and explore the various facades to students’ behavior and the ways and techniques of handling them in classrooms. The course will be helping the professionals strengthen their management skills. The Managing Behaviour for Learning certification syllabus is a five weeks online course that makes provisions for the enrolled candidates to recognize positive behavior and use that in further establishing trust and a comprehensive learning environment in the classroom.

The University of Michigan and edX education platform is offering this course on Anatomy Gastrointestinal, Reproductive and Endocrine Systems for students in learning about various systems in the human body from the anatomy point of view. This anatomy course is a part of anatomy X-series where the students will learn about the endocrine, digestive and reproductive organs along with their functions. 

The students will be taking a lot of the clinical correlations and vignettes that are used to understand the importance of the anatomic structures and their relations for student enlightenment. Anatomy Gastrointestinal, Reproductive and Endocrine Systems course is served as an amateur level programme which spans for a duration of 5 weeks it requires a minimal student a part of 2 to 3 hours a week and will be provided in the English language. The students will need to know basic biology knowledge and will be able to complete the course at their own pace of learning.

Why We Post: the Anthropology of Social Media certification is a 5 weeks online course that is free, and has been developed by FutureLearn in partnership with UCL (University College London). This certification course is dependent on the work done by 9 Anthropologists who had spent 15 months in the different field sites of Chile, Brazil, England, India, Trinidad, Turkey, and more.

With the Why We Post: the Anthropology of Social Media certification syllabus, candidates can discover a new meaning of Social Media Marketing which is not based on how capable the platform is but is focused on the posted content. This will help the participants why memes, photos, and selfies are important for communication.

Why We Post: the Anthropology of Social Media training for 3 hours every week will explain what impact social media has on education, Political Science, gender equality, privacy, Commerce, etc. Also, social media has different roles to play while in different regions, and participants will be able to know that by using an anthropological and comparative approach.

During the medieval era, witchcraft had several dimensions, and witches were individuals who practiced witchcraft, casting magic spells and summoning spirits for assistance or change. The University of Barcelona created the Magic in the Middle Ages online certification, which is taught by a team of experts including Godefroid de Callata - University of Louvain - Professor, Dr. Pau Castell Granados - Research & Teaching Scholar at the University of Barcelona, and Blanca Villuendas - Ph.D. & Instructor which is offered by Coursera.

Magic in the Middle Ages online course consists of 9 hours of video-based lectures that aim to introduce applicants to the middle ages through a broad understanding of magic and provide an understanding of medieval society, concepts, and activities from the perspectives of history and history of science. By the end of the Magic in the Middle Ages online lessons, applicants will be able to analyze documentary evidence from the medieval era and recognize the most characteristic legal records concerning witchcraft, as well as differentiate between popular magic and sophisticated people's witchcraft.

Life is a fascinating phenomenon in itself. Life in the Universe: Syntheses for Life online course is designed to help you explore various chemical principles that play a significant role in synthetic processes. These processes include ammonia synthesis, photosynthesis, and protein synthesis, which are essential for life. The course delivers a synopsis of several ground-breaking scientific discoveries.

You will learn about many concepts of Chemistry, including Niels Bohr's model of a hydrogen atom, chemical bonding, chemical evolution, Haber’s ammonia synthesis, and production of amino acids. With the learnings of edX’s Life in the Universe: Syntheses for Life digital course, you will be acquainted with topics like reduction and oxidation related to photosynthesis.

The edX Life in the Universe online course utilizes pivotal scientific papers and Nobel lectures to teach you some of the subject matter. You will also learn key chemical principles such as the primary structure of insulin, X-ray crystallography, mass spectrometry, and electrophoresis. Many more concepts will be used throughout the course duration.

Genome plays a major role in people, families and all mankind. The ‘Why Biology matters: the genome and you’ certification course aims to provide the foundation for a thorough biological understanding of human beings, for answering questions that can be countered by biology. It primarily focuses on increasing your knowledge of the genome, and about genetic inheritance. This course also gives an overview of the transmission of traits from one generation to the next.

By exploring genomes, it will be possible to learn the type of information the genome provides. It will also give an insight into the social and philosophical implications of genomes on human affairs, in the future. We are, after all, rooted in our biology, our DNA.

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, one of the best universities in Europe has developed this course. UPF is an international, public research-intensive university. 

The programme of Proteins: Biology’s Workforce created by the platform of EdX with Rice University provides great learning freedom to all the candidates who are interested in the field of biology. This course will help the students to understand the basics and advance knowledge related to the protein functions and effects related to it on the human body. The students who will take this course curriculum should spend at least 5 weeks completing the programme. 

Each week every candidate who is participating in this programme should spend 4-6 hours per week. Participants have to access the contents of this course curriculum in digital learning mode only. This curriculum offered by Rice University is a self-paced learning programme which gives great learning flexibility to all learners. Candidates who are interested in highlighting the skills and techniques learned here on their CVs, resumes and academic records can also gain verified certification for this programme after paying the fees to the authorities. All the learners who are interested in learning from this course can avail of this course free of cost but have to pay fees for the certification. This programme can be pursued in two modes, paid and free. In the free mode, the leaners will be provided access only for a limited duration.