Online and Remote Learning

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.

Learn to apply remote sensing (RS) data and techniques to environmental studies. In this course, you’ll discover how to acquire, enhance and analyze satellite images. You’ll work with various image analysis techniques related to environmental applications. You’ll learn how to map and monitor Earth's natural resources by measuring and interpreting images collected in different spectral zones and time periods. You’ll  analyze multispectral images using image proccessing software to learn more about diverse objects on the Earth's surface. Understand fundamental principles of electromagnetic radiation and how it’s measured. Know how different satellite and airborne RS systems work. Enhance, evaluate and correctly interpret RS data. Use image processing software to run basic operations with RS images. Apply RS observations, techniques and analysis to real-world environmental issues.

Learn to design and create techically and aesthetically sound thematic maps using GIS software. In this online course, you’ll discover how map reading and measurement, topographic maps, aerial photographs and other techniques can help you address environmental and planning issues. You’ll gain theoretical and practical experience in visual image interpretation, cartography, geographic coordinate systems and projections, and data collection and sampling for environmental management applications. You’ll emerge better equipped to integrate modern IT and geospatial technologies, and make better use of cutting-edge GIS software. Understand fundamental geospatial and cartographic concepts and map design rules. Design and create thematic maps that are easy to use. Apply GPS and mobile field acquisition techniques for environmental studies. Use the latest software packages to create interactive web maps without programming. Emerge with greater confidence in your ability to resolve real-world problems.  

If you want to use GIS modelling to resolve environmental issues, this online course is for you. You’ll get both a theoretical understanding and practical experience in GIS modelling, and how location-based information and the data management tools can enhance your environmental strategy. You’ll learn specific applications and how to combine them with analysis techniques for better spatial modelling. Lab work and exercises will leave you better equipped to deal with enterprise issues related to natural resource and engineering tasks. Know the principles and steps of spatial modelling with GIS. Apply your knowledge and skills to develop models and databases. Use the latest software and extensions to more advanced analyses, such as modelling of spatial pattern, correlation and regression, movement. Apply your models and data to resolve real-world issues. Make better, more informed decisions related to natural resource use and engineering tasks.

Ovid exerted more influence on Western literature, art and thought than any other classical author. From the Middles Ages to our own time, the gripping stories of his Metamorphoses have been the principal handbook on classical mythology consulted by poets, artists and librettists.   His Art of Love encoded the “rules” for medieval courtly and romantic love.  Join us and read a selection of Ovid’s best works.  Become fluent in the language of classical mythology that is all around us in art and decoration.  Trace the symbolic under-meanings that philosophers and theologians throughout the centuries have discovered in Ovid’s wild accounts.   Discover the violent but seductive world of the Greek gods and their myths. Read how Ovid’s narratives were interpreted by philosophers and theologians. Find out how ancient and medieval theories of love have influenced our own understanding of relationships. Learn how to “read” the iconography of the myths as represented in art.

England during the reign of Elizabeth I was the locus of one of the greatest flowerings in Western literature, philosophy, music and art. It rivalled 5th-century Greece and 15th-century Italy. We’ll read a selection from the verse and prose of Spenser, Sidney, Raleigh, Marlowe, Hooker, Bacon and others. Of course, we’ll read Shakespeare too, arguably the centre of the Western canon.   Peruse the works of England’s golden age. Interpret them in the light of the main theological and philosophical ideas of the period. Understand the ideals of English Renaissance humanism and their relevance today. Trace the development of literary genres such as drama, the pastoral and the sonnet. See how they still affect our sense of what literature is.

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.

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.