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The Medieval Book of Hours: Art and Devotion in the Later Middle Ages
Cost $90 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
In Medieval Europe the Book of Hours, so called because its core component consists of the Hours of the Virgin, became the prayer book of choice for worshippers prosperous enough to commission or purchase such a book. Although its contents were of monastic origin,...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Book Sleuthing: The Nineteenth Century
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Do you love printed paper and wonder how much longer it will survive in the age of ebooks? Are you curious about how the mass-produced modern book emerged in the first place? Come behind the scenes in Harvard’s libraries to explore the look, feel and even smell of...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Leah Price
Making and Meaning in the Medieval Manuscript
Cost $90 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
As books “go digital,” we can appreciate what is gained in terms of convenience, accessibility and interconnectedness. However, we should also consider what is lost as texts transition to a digital sphere. This module of The Book
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Prepare to Run a Code Club
Cost $44 · . Course Length: 6 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is ideal for volunteers, parents, and educators who are keen to join the Code Club network to...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Raspberry Pi Foundation | Taught by Carrie Anne Philbin, Maria Quevedo, Rik Cross and others
Scrolls in the Age of the Book
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
This course is an introduction to the making and use of scrolls in the European Middle Ages. The codex, with its portability and instant access to any place in the text, became the dominant container for writing after the 4th century BCE, but scrolls continued to...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Thomas Forrest Kelly, Timothy M. Baker
Print and Manuscript in Western Europe, Asia and the Middle East (1450-1650)
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Printing, or the capacity to reproduce text and image mechanically, has rightly been hailed as a technology with far-reaching impact. But the technology takes more than one form and originated in more than one historical context. In this module of The Book
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Ann M. Blair, Lianbin Dai, Meredith Quinn
American Capitalism: A History
. Course Length: 16 hours estimated
Perhaps no story is as essential to get right as the history of capitalism. Nearly all of our theories about promoting progress come from how we interpret the economic changes of the last 500 years. This past decade’s crises continue to remind us just how much...
Offered through edX | and created by Cornell University, CornellX | Taught by Edward E. Baptist, Louis Hyman
Monasteries, Schools, and Notaries, Part 2: Introduction to the Transitional Gothic Script
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 7 hours estimated
Thousands upon thousands of manuscripts written in Latin and other languages remain from the 12th century, when Western Europe saw an unprecedented increase in manuscript production. Of these manuscripts from the middle ages, only a small percentage have been...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Beverly Mayne Kienzle
Books in the Medieval Liturgy
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
When we think of liturgy today, we imagine short, formal, congregational events happening periodically within the confines of churches. Medieval liturgy, however, took up many hours of every day, filled the city's largest meeting halls, and even spilled onto the...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Thomas Forrest Kelly
Monasteries, Schools, and Notaries, Part 1: Reading the Late Medieval Marseille Archive
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Medieval Europe has preserved enormous quantities of books and documents—many millions of pages, in fact—written in Latin and other languages. However, only a tiny percentage of these texts have been edited and published. To gain access to the rest, you need to...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Daniel Lord Smail
Steps in Japanese for Beginners1 Part3
Steps in Japanese for BeginnersCost $109 · . Course Length: 25 hours estimated
The exchange student Andy is asked to join the university yosokoi dance club. And he decides to join. Through interaction with his yosokoi club mates and his Japanese class teacher, he describes his experiences and we learn more about Andy’s character and how he...
Offered through edX | and created by WasedaX, Waseda University | Taught by Naoko Kinoshita, Kaori Sano, Yukiyo HAMAKAWA
The History of the Book in 17th and 18th Century Europe
Cost $50 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
This module of The Book
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Robert Darnton
Data Analytics in Accounting Capstone
Accounting Data AnalyticsCost $79 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
This capstone is the last course in the Data Analytics in Accountancy Specialization. In this capstone course, you are going to take the knowledge and skills you have acquired from the previous courses and apply them to a real-world problem. You will be provided...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Taught by Linden Lu
IoT Foundations: Fundamentals
Digital Transformation for Tech LeadersCost $29 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
The Internet of Things (IoT) is more than just smart or connected devices. In this course, learn what IoT is, and how it works from a technical standpoint. Bruce Sinclair provides a broad overview of IoT, explaining each of its main components. He also goes into...
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Bruce Sinclair
Steps in Japanese for Beginners3 Part2
Steps in Japanese for Beginners 3Cost $89 · . Course Length: 25 hours estimated
The new student, Leo starts working at a café, but he immediately runs into problems. Leo joins the yosakoi dance club on Andy’s suggestion. However, he finds out that an important yosakoi dance performance is on the same day as his work at the café and has to...
Offered through edX | and created by Waseda University | Taught by Naoko Kinoshita, Kaori Sano
Create Student Books with Book Creator
Cost $9 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
By the end of this project, you will be ready to use Book Creator to make student writing come to life. With Book Creator’s tools, you can create interactive stories, digital portfolios, research journals, instruction manuals, comic adventures, and more....
Offered through Coursera | and created by Coursera Project Network | Taught by Rachel Lindsay
Introduction to Relational Database and SQL
Cost $9 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
In this guided project, you will get hands-on experience working with a relational database using MySQL Workbench from Oracle. The basic knowledge you learn will allow you to work with any other relational database. At the end of this project, you will be able to...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Rhyme, Coursera Project Network | Taught by Harrison Kong
Self Publish Your Book on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
Cost $9 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
In this 1.5-hour long project, you will be self-publishing a paperback book on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. You will be guided through the entire process of selecting a trim size, downloading a template, formatting the book according to the requirements of...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Coursera Project Network | Taught by Abhishek Jha
Chinese Culture: Tradition
Chinese Culture: Tradition, Transformation and InteractionCost $99 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
Introduction Owing to its rapid development in recent years, China has moved into the spotlight of the international arena. While understanding modern China's economy, technology and politics is important, knowing its cultural roots and evolution is no less...
Offered through edX | and created by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Taught by Lang Chen, Silvia Fok, Mark Meulenbeld and others
InDesign CC Designing a Book Cover and Spine
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
Book covers are unique designs with their own unique challenges. How do you calculate the correct thickness of the spine? What size should your book cover be for its genre? How do you set up an InDesign document to create a wrap-around cover layout that adapts to...
Offered through Pluralsight | Taught by Pariah Burke