Online and Remote Learning

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.

For the sages of ancient Greece and Rome, the purpose of philosophy, indeed the goal of human life, was the attainment of happiness – despite inevitable misfortune, injustice and suffering.   Join the popular instructor, Harley Price, to read a selection of the most influential essays on happiness by Plato, Cicero, Seneca, Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius and many others.  Learn how to put their conclusions to work in our own lives. Become acquainted with these seminal authors. Gain an introduction to the essential teachings of Platonic and Stoic philosophy. Learn how they thought we can overcome misfortune, hardship and injustice. Find your bliss

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.

Find out why Herodotus was known in the classical world as both the Father of History and the Father of Lies.  He sought to explain the “works and wonders” of the world through an idiosyncratic inquiry into the past: his Histories blends anecdote, folk tale, gossip and travelogue. Join popular instructor and scholar Jonathan Ullyot to learn about the Persian Wars, and appreciate why this masterpiece about the wars is still so popular. It was, for example, the intimate companion of the ‘English Patient’ in the novel and the film.   Learn about the Greco-Persian Wars  that changed the course of Western history. Explore new facets of ancient Greek culture and society. Discover why this work remains popular and entertaining. Appreciate Herodotus’s contribution to literature, history and ethnography.

This course allows for the focused study of the content of the MBCPM program using the trademarked curriculum. In the in-class version participants spend 1 day in a Silent Meditation Intensive, led by the facilitator rotating through various formal practices, followed by a debrief at end of day. In the online version, one class will be conducted in silence. The 3 modules of the course are experienced and showcased: 1) Building resilience strategies; creating a safe space; 2) Developing self-awareness and self care; 3) Exploring innate behaviours and relationships with self and others.  And exploring impact of illness and pain on core self through contemplative creativity. The connection to pain becomes evident as the course unfolds. Key topics and core concepts are explored from the perspective of a vulnerable, in-pain, and/or chronically stressed population. The language of delivery of the facilitation and enquiry is noted and practiced, with some opportunity to practice delivery of formal practices. Trauma-informed (TI) and Trauma-sensitive (TS) facilitation is emphasized Apply a foundation of practice to increase stress resilience prior to examining stressful topics Recognize how to hold the group space while examining concepts stressful to participants Identify use of appropriate languaging in motivating mindfulness and formal practice for chronic pain and chronic stress sufferers Analyze preambles and strategies in enquiry to provide trauma-informed facilitation Compare other mindfulness-based course curricula with MBCPM and know why it is customized for the chronic pain populations List the course guidelines and know why they are important to keep participants safe  

This course, which follows PTI and CTI training, includes developing concepts presented in the course in more depth. In this course you will learn: (1) practicing preambles and delivery of formal practices; (2) deeper scrutiny and discussion of trauma-informed facilitation strategies; (3) pain and neuroplasticity; (4) starting up courses; (5) administration of courses; (6) validated outcome-measuring instruments for application to a chronic pain population; (7) use of distance delivery methods; (8) immunity and pain; and (9) further opportunities to practice and deepen skills of enquiry. There will also be discussions regarding assessment criteria for class-based teaching, as well as further certification levels. Recognize overt and subtle strategies developed in the course in facilitating in a trauma-informed way. Organize strategic approaches to introducing the concepts of Neuroplasticity into pain management. Demonstrate increasing expertise in delivering formal practices Apply increasing competence in use of preambles before delivering formal practice guidance. Identify appropriate tools to evaluate outcomes in a chronic pain population Identify qualities for facilitators in embodying and role-modeling Mindfulness attitudes and practice. Recall the role of the immune system in exacerbating pain when under chronic stress. Identify strategies and challenges in enrolling and administration of the MBCPM courses.

Those who have finished the certificate or have equivalent knowledge will benefit from this opportunity to read selections from Roman authors such as Apuleius, Horace, Catullus, Ovid, Pliny, Juvenal, Petronius, Livy and Vergil.   The students will cover additional grammar and review the material covered previously.  Enjoy original Latin texts in slightly adapted and un-adapted versions. Deepen your understanding of Latin grammar in the context of original literature Fit our selections better into the context of Roman history and culture Gain a more natural sense of metre in Latin poetry  

Formally called Mindfulness and Writing for Discipline and Productivity. Time=Life. In this four-week intensive course, the topic of discipline and productivity is approached from an inside-out perspective. Discipline is a path to walk on and a muscle to exercise and strengthen. We learn not to be tossed around by our emotions and “external circumstances” over which we have little or no control.  We will draw from the tradition of mindfulness practice and the wisdom of the ancient Greeks and Romans—Pythagoras, Socrates, Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. Through the practices of mindfulness and generative writing, journaling, wisdom circles and group discussions, we see ourselves more clearly. By identifying some of the inner, outer and secret obstacles to success and wellbeing, we recognize ways in which self-sabotage can occur. Through the contemplative practices of Mindfulness, Stoicism and writing and practical strategies such as activity scheduling, habit-tracking, setting intention and daily review, we discover ways to achieve greater stability, focus and joy in our lives. Discipline is a key tool for making good use of our precious human life. Discipline=Freedom. Make good use of the sacred gift of each day and master your Time=Life. Gain a clearer sense of the work that you wish to accomplish and organize your life in alignment with your core values.   Through the practices of Mindfulness, Stoicism and Writing learn to paradoxically slow down to accomplish more. Set intentions and work with inner and outer obstacles through the contemplative practices of maithri and loving kindness and practical strategies such as activity scheduling and daily review. Achieve one-pointed attention, focus and embody the paramita of discipline.

Today organizations across all industries are looking for ways to accelerate project success. To do that quickly and effectively they are combining agile practices, which include different ways of organizing teams to build solutions fast, with the best of traditional project management. The result is an approach to projects that embraces adaptability and agility when today’s fast-moving marketplace is in constant change and the need for flexibility is high. By the end of this course you’ll know why forward thinking organizations and project professionals are using Agile practices and how to create and deliver project success in an agile environment.   Evaluate Agile approaches to project delivery and select the right one for your project Identify the responsibilities of key agile roles Create, estimate and plan Agile projects Apply typical Agile frameworks: product backlogs, burndown charts, retrospectives, daily stand ups etc. Analyze how Agile delivers projects using different frameworks