Online and Remote Learning

Understanding the human-centered design process is critical to succeeding as a UX Designer. Using this methodology will help you cultivate deeper empathy for the people you’re designing for; generate great ideas for new features, products, or services; validate those ideas to help ensure success at launch; and ultimately, design a great user experience. In this six-week online course, you’ll learn more deeply about each phase of the user-centered UX Design Process. You’ll apply best practices to develop key UX design skills, including articulating user needs, ideating, and prototyping. At each step, you’ll also learn how to advocate for the importance of each design phase to key stakeholders. 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 course, you'll be able to:  Understand the role and benefits of each phase of the UX design process. Start building key UX Design skills, including needfinding, ideation, and prototyping. Learn the most common tools and deliverables that UX designers use in their work. Practice some of the most common methods or activities for each phase of the design process. Apply best practices for proposing a human-centered UX Design Process for solving a design problem. Advocate for the value of each phase of the UX Design Process to stakeholders. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: User-Centered Design Stakeholder Communication  Design Process Planning User Needs Ideation  Prototyping  

Wield the power of Information Architecture to create a stronger user experience. In this six-week online course, you’ll define the relationship between content and its on-screen interface. You’ll create and arrange more meaningful content and improve navigability to meet users’ needs and expectations. You’ll translate business goals and UX research findings into more effective maps and workflows. You’ll apply tested principles and best practices to improve content creation, distribution, management, validation, prioritization, organization, space allocation, taxonomy and terminology. 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: Develop User Experience design through content creation and information management  Align IA with business goals and user needs Understand information gathering and structuring data Develop content structures and information taxonomy Gather and apply insights towards better content creation and information management Understand the application of content and IA into product development processes and business processes Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: User Experience Design Thinking Strategically  Information Planning & Analysis  Problem Solving  Insights Management & Analysis  Organizational Awareness

If you want hands-on experience in digital mapping and basic spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this online course is for you. You’ll start with foundation concepts such as digital data, scale and map projections, then learn to input and store data, create maps and analyze geographic problems. Blending theory and practical skills development, you’ll explore a real case study that applies high-resolution aerial photography and the latest GIS techniques to determine whether brownlands in Toronto are suitable for reclamation and residential development. Acquire and input data from a range of sources. Create and edit data using different file formats. Store spatial data in geodatabse and run queries from tabular or spatial data. Perform basic types of vector spatial analysis such as map overlay. Design a quantitative map to communicate analysis results. Approach a GIS-related problem with confidence, knowledge and skill.  

Build on your knowledge of GIS-based spatial analysis and data modelling for environmental management in this advanced course. You’ll delve into techniques and functions that yield better analysis of spatial data. You’ll learn patterns and processes that underpin features in spatial databases. You’ll analyze indicators of environmental risk, create and analyze three-dimensional surfaces, visualize geospatial data clearly, and understand point patterns and spatial autocorrelation. You’ll emerge better prepared to implement GIS-based analysis and modelling, and manage projects that use them. Make informed decisions about solving any GIS-related problem Use the right geoprocessing tools for each situation, in the right order. Visualize surfaces using 3D terrain analysis, and explore relationships between land cover, elevation, slope and aspect. Understand advanced GIS concepts and theory, such as spatial autocorrelation. Apply spatial-analysis and data-modelling skills to environmental management.

Broaden your knowledge of Remote Sensing (RS) concepts and environmental applications in this advanced course. You’ll process and analyze remote sensing images and learn advanced techniques now used in environmental research and applications. You’ll use hyperspectral, LiDAR and RADAR datasets to study land, ocean and atmospheric processes. You’ll get more hands-on experience processing digital images and applying various image analysis packages. You’ll learn how RS sensors detect, extract and evaluate quantitative information about different objects on earth, and how to use this information to map environmental changes.

International business transactions are complex and require a fundamental understanding of public and private international trade law. Through this course you’ll gain the foundational knowledge you need to understand international trade organizations (WTO) and agreements (NAFTA, EU and Regional), Canadian trade regulations pertaining to importing and exporting goods and service,; and the negotiation of international contracts for the sale of goods. You’ll also learn about intellectual property, market strategies, and international business dispute resolution. 1. Develop awareness of the importance of international law for international business 2. Explain the role and importance of international trade organizations and agreements 3. Describe Canadian regulations for importing and exporting of goods 4. Identify basic principles of contract negotiations 5. Gain a basic understanding of intellectual property law and resolving international business conflicts

Earn your coveted Privacy Management Certificate with this final 10-week course. You’ll apply your knowledge of privacy laws throughout the information lifecycle. You’ll work with personal information ethically, complying with external regulations and internal governance requirements. You’ll understand the new technologies that can protect or expose information. You’ll learn to collaborate with IT and information security to align your privacy program and risk-management framework. You’ll emerge with the skill, insight and confidence to govern and manage privacy in any setting. Know the differences and similarities between existing codes of privacy. Become an internal ambassador and educator in privacy management. Integrate privacy management into your risk-management framework. Generate value and build public trust through the ethical processing of personal information. Set up and run a privacy program that meets external and internal governance requirements.

This course is for you If you've successfully completed the SCS Korean Level IV or have the equivalent language skills, this course will help make your speech more precise and complex. This course is designed for early-intermediate level learners (between A2 and B1 on the CEFR grid). You'll be able to discuss everyday life issues with greater confidence and express your point of view. You'll improve the precision of your speech, learn how to make subtle statements, and gain confidence discussing and analyzing issues.   Reinforce overall proficiency in everyday language. Increase your knowledge of Korean language etiquette. Gain a more thorough command of grammar, syntax and vocabulary.

Successful organizations must care for their assets efficiently and effectively. To do that, they need physical asset managers who make sound and timely decisions. This five-day program has been designed to help managers care for company assets and achieve maintenance excellence. You'll learn how to reduce maintenance and repair costs as well as company liability, and extend the economic life of capital equipment, systems and components. You'll do more than maximize the useful life of assets - you'll have a significant impact on your organization's bottom line. Understand the full scope of the tasks involved in efficient physical asset management. Help your organization reduce costs and increase profits. Discover and apply the best maintenance routines. Get the tools you need to help your organization manage its physical assets. Learn how to increase profits by reducing repair and maintenance costs  

This is the third step in the Certificate in Creative Writing poetry stream. Weekly workshops and a focus on craft, technique, and poetic forms will be explored. Grow your portfolio of polished work and gain a deeper understanding of poetic process as you develop and strengthen your writing practice. Further develop your poetic voice and style. Express and demonstrate your artistic interests as you expand your poetry repertoire. Get constructive instructor and peer feedback on your work. Expand and strengthen your portfolio of poems.