Online and Remote Learning

In today’s complex media landscape, successful organizations need people with strong storytelling skills to effectively communicate key messages, leverage the power of AI and foster brand loyalty across multiple platforms. You'll learn how to tell coherent brand narratives that translate into compelling stories across mediums like photography, video, podcasts, and social media. You'll work with like-minded colleagues to plan and produce an integrated campaign that marries strategy and creative to achieve key objectives and reach a defined target audience through the web, social, and traditional media. And, you'll learn best practices across multiple media formats, gain practical skills for using AI to aid in the storytelling ideation process and explore the role that legal and ethical issues have in digital content initiatives. Analyze the structure and elements of a multimedia campaign and brand storytelling. Develop an omni-channel strategy in response to a project brief. Create and produce a script and media presentation that meets all objectives. Better understand the legal and ethical framework in which you are working. Apply what you learn to a project related to your current employment or to a personal initiative.

You learned the basics of multimedia storytelling in our foundations course. You applied them to modern content marketing in the second course. Now learn the most advanced form of multimedia: the omni-channel campaign that integrates virtual and physical environments, multiple assets and technologies. This course will empower learners to build storytelling skills using a digital toolkit they will work with throughout the semester. We will build and refine the technical, creative, analytical and practical skills needed to create multimedia storytelling. Learners will capture different multimedia elements for weekly assignments to practice what they learn, and produce a final digital media project using new media technologies and tools. Recognize the strategic importance of modern storytelling & omni-channel marketing. Produce stories that integrate content, media, technology and space across multiple channels. Meet established standards for production quality, and ethical and legal compliance. Examine conversational interfaces, chatbots, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, advanced marketing automation technologies and other emerging technologies for effectiveness and impact. Develop a measurable plan with key performance objectives to deliver content on time and on budget. Evaluate the key characteristics, quality and effectiveness of your strategy.

Pharmacokinetics is a core competency in pharmacology and an essential component of clinical research. This course is designed to give you the fundamentals, with ample opportunity to practise your skills. It clearly explains the guiding principles of pharmacokinetics - the absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs in the body. Whether this is your first time learning pharmacokinetics, or you want to refresh your knowledge, the clarity of the lectures and the interactions with the internationally renowned U of T faculty will help you advance your skills. New employees in contract research organizations, pharmaceutical companies and consulting agencies will especially benefit. You can take this course as a stand-alone option, or as the first part of our three-part series "Pharmacology: Principles and Clinical Applications." This course is offered in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine. Gain the fundamentals of pharmacokinetics ("PK") at a comfortable pace in twenty lectures. Understand how the physiochemical structure of a compound can alter how it is absorbed, distributed and cleared by the body. Appreciate how the route of administration is designed to take into account both the drug’s physiochemical properties and the body’s physiology to ensure that therapeutic concentrations reach targeted sites of action. Understand and explain how drugs are bio-transformed and eliminated by the body, focusing on both renal and hepatic clearance. Practise your skills through sample calculations and problem sets. Apply PK knowledge to issues associated with clearance, drug metabolism and dosing. Appreciate how genetics, disease and multiple drug therapy play a role in an individual’s drug response.

With educator Alistair Macrae, examine and discuss works of art that ask important questions about how art changes us and our world. Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia 1 (1514), Johannes Vermeer’s The Art of Painting (1666), Edouard Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882) and Vincent van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters (1885): these and other masterpieces shed light on the relationship of visual art to our unconscious minds, to the good life we crave, to the archetypes through which we imagine our stories, and to the whole cultural impulse that makes us human. Understand Plato's idea of form as seen in the design of the Stonehenge. Analyze da Vinci’s St. Anne, Virgin and Child from a Freudian perspective. Explore the Jungian archetypes that inform literature, with Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott as an example. Discuss the ongoing controversy about the relationship between art and imaginative play, as revealed in Winnicott’s drawings.

Learn how to approach or enhance a local-history research project in Canada, or how to support such a project. Discover how approaches to the topic have evolved, and what contemporary methods and leading-edge tools you might consider for such a project. We'll take advantage of a wide range of remarkable resources, including vital collections in Canadian libraries, archives and museums. Both beginners and seasoned researchers are welcome! Taught by expert James F.S. Thomson, offered in collaboration with U of T's Faculty of Information. Gain an appreciation of past and current approaches to local-history research. Discover exciting tools and resources which are now available. Explore case studies that show the breadth of the field and the practical application of various methodologies. Identify methods and research resources that could enhance particular projects.

Advance your career by mastering public speaking in internal and external business environments. In this course, you'll learn how to make better pitches, proposals, technical presentations and speeches. You'll become better at leading meetings, networking, relationship-building and media communications. Simulation exercises and useful templates will build your confidence and help you put your skills to work immediately. Learn how to win over your audience, position unfavourable news and handle questions from colleagues, stakeholders and the media with aplomb. Deliver persuasive presentations, speeches and sales pitches. Present technical material so it can be clearly understood. Contribute to meetings confidently and effectively. Network to achieve maximum impact. Handle questions from media and stakeholders smoothly.

Some people find nothing more terrifying than public speaking. But if you understand the dynamics of effective speaking, every presentation is an opportunity to stand out. In this online micro course, you’ll learn how to create dynamic presentations from opening to closing, without visual aids. Whether you’re speaking to large or small groups, you’ll learn how to pitch ideas that stick and field questions effectively. You’ll emerge with a toolbelt of storytelling hacks that make every presentation more confident and compelling. Within 4-6 weeks of successfully completing this course, you will receive your micro-credential indicating achievement of the outlined learning outcomes and competencies/skills. Micro-credentials are tamper proof, verifiable, blockchain-based and 100% digital. They can be shared on social media, including LinkedIn and Facebook, embedded in websites or downloaded as PDFs. By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to: Incorporate tactics to communicate confidence and charisma. Apply a strategy to create dynamic and compelling openings and closings. Use a formula to effectively answer questions. Use a toolbelt of storytelling hacks. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Speaking with Confidence Presentation Skills Answering Questions Explaining Ideas Storytelling Speech Making

Learn to deliver business presentations with impact and build your confidence in this five-week micro course, the companion to 3197A Speaking Publicly with Confidence and Clarity. You'll structure step-by-step presentations, from opening to summary, that people can follow easily. Harness images that transform mundane information into something more compelling as you learn how to pitch yourself and your ideas. Within 4-6 weeks of successfully completing this course, you will receive your micro-credential indicating achievement of the outlined learning outcomes and competencies/skills. Micro-credentials are tamper proof, verifiable, blockchain-based and 100% digital. They can be shared on social media, including LinkedIn and Facebook, embedded in websites or downloaded as PDFs. By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to: Create modern and sleek presentations and visuals. Understand how to make a unique value proposition. Apply strategies to presenting numbers impactfully and simplify complex ideas Create a step-by-step presentation structure. Understand the elements of a good pitch that compels interest and buy-in. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Presentation Design Presentation Skills Presentation Structure

Want to get ahead in business? You need to know how to persuade and negotiate. In this industry-driven course, you’ll learn how to isolate problems, find innovative solutions and build strong, well-supported arguments. You’ll learn how to persuade others in written and verbal communications and negotiate strategically to get what you want. Whether you’re an individual seeking that competitive edge or represent an organization whose employees could benefit from stronger persuasion and negotiation skills, this course is for you. Influence others in written and verbal communications. Isolate problems and desired outcomes. Envision and communicate win-win solutions. Build strong, well-supported arguments. Negotiate strategically to achieve your goals. 

Enterprises today have to protect themselves from risks related to cyber security, including hacking, malware and phishing. In this 12-week hands-on course, you’ll learn how to develop a cyber security strategy and manage it over time. You’ll learn the best practices of modern cyber security and how to integrate your strategy into business functions and life-cycle activities. You’ll explore cyber security architecture, program maintenance and the best evaluation metrics – a full range of content consistent with ISACA’s CISM body of knowledge. Design and develop an effective cyber security strategy. Communicate security standards, policies and procedures. Align cyber security to the enterprise mission and manage programs through business cycles. Establish metrics to evaluate program effectiveness. Get closer to the coveted ISACA CISM certification.