Usable Security

Usable Security Institution: University of Maryland, College Park (Coursera) Date: Sep 15, 2014 - Oct 25, 2014 Bio: "Usable Security" is part of a four course Specialization Certificate in Cybersecurity. The course is about the designing and evaluating of usability for secure systems, with a user focused perspective. The main takeaway being, System security should[...]

Emerging Trends & Technologies in the Virtual K-12 Classroom

Emerging Trends & Technologies in the Virtual K-12 Classroom Institution: UCIrvine (Coursera) Date: Aug 18, 2014 - Sep 22, 2014 Bio: "Emerging Trends & Technologies" is part of a four course Specialization Certificate for Virtual Teaching on Coursera. The technology trends they cover focus on supporting 3rd party resources that can increase class engagement; rather[...]

Leaders of Learning

Leaders of Learning Institution: HarvardX (edX) Date: July 08, 2014 - Aug 12, 2014 Bio: This course can best be likened to a high school career assessment test that focuses specifically on the education field. Leaders of Learning acknowledges that between historical experience and new advancements, there are multiple environments in which learning can take[...]

Foundations of Virtual Instruction

Foundations of Virtual Instruction Institution: UCIrvine (Coursera) Date: June 30, 2014 - Aug 04, 2014 Bio: "Foundations of Virtual Instruction" is part of a four course Specialization Certificate for Virtual Teaching on Coursera. This course is intended to introduce the concept of virtual learning used in K-12 to teachers who have never heard of it[...]

Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom

Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom Institution: UCIrvine (Coursera) Date: April 14, 2014 - May 16, 2014 Bio: "Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom" is part of a four course Specialization Certificate for Virtual Teaching on Coursera. The course covers general use and administration of learning management systems, with a specific focus on grading and[...]

Discrete Optimization

Discrete Optimization Institution: University of Melbourne (Coursera) Date: March 4, 2014 - May 6, 2014 Bio: This course takes a unique approach in that it makes all of the course content available upfront. Students are given a set of assignments including the Knapsack problem, Graph Coloring, Traveling Salesman, Facility Location, and Vehicle Routing; each of[...]

Introduction to Public Speaking

Introduction to Public Speaking Institution: UWashingtonX (edX) Date: January 7, 2014 - March 18, 2014 Bio: Introduction to public speaking is a unique course teaching the performance techniques and basics of formal public speaking. It focuses on impromptu speeches, informative speeches, and persuasive speeches performance as well as the ability to critique and analysis speeches.[...]

Computing for Data Analysis

Computing for Data Analysis Institution: Johns Hopkins University (Coursera) Date: January 6, 2014 - February 2, 2014 Bio: Computing for Data Analysis is primarily a four week cram courser in R programming; and is now also part of a specialization curriculum for Data Science. It quickly breezes over standard programming syntax and focuses most of[...]