Online and Remote Learning

Learn to create more engaging user interfaces (UI) in this exciting six-week online course. You’ll discover how the best UI designs make applications, apps and websites more interactive and responsive. You’ll learn about the value and importance of establishing a shared visual design language to ensure a consistent approach across teams and products. You’ll adapt UI to platforms of all sizes, guiding users through your product’s interface in ways that keep them coming back. 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. •    Create more engaging, interactive user interfaces. •    Adapt UI to a wide range of various platforms and devices. •    Strengthen your product's brand through improved graphic identity. •    Collaborate with the front-end developers who bring your ideas to life. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Interface design   Defining a design process   Design of language system   Stakeholder communication   

Learn how to write for the booming world of content marketing! These days, most organizations are producing a steady stream of content to help promote their brand and offerings, which is why writing for these projects is such an in-demand skill. This course teaches you the insights and techniques you need to write effective website pages, blogs, social media posts, articles, videos, ebooks, white papers and more. Learn to brainstorm, outline, summarize, and edit using generative AI tools, while applying critical thinking skills to fact-check, customize, and improve the AI writing outputs. This is a hands-on course with plenty of real-world examples and assignments that reflect today's content marketing world. It's taught by an experienced expert and you'll receive practical feedback on your work. Learn the basics of content marketing Master writing that engages an online audience. Know how to write effectively for websites, blogs, social media, online articles and videos. Understand how to research and integrate SEO keywords into your web copy. Boost your ability to write clear and engaging web copy that consistently gets good results. While using AI tools (like ChatGPT, Jasper and others) in your writing, continue to develop your own unique voice.

Learn to translate French into English, a skill always in demand in the Canadian civil services, law, business, literature and media. This self-study course will help you analyze and accurately translate documents, preserving the essence and integrity of the original. All materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and webinar.  Become more proficient in translating complex material. Use precise English phrases and clear sentence structure. Avoid Gallicisms and awkward syntax. Develop subtlety and nuance in your translations.

This self-study course builds your skills in translation, always in demand in the Canadian civil services, law, business, literature and media. It's for those who have completed Translation: French to English Level I and are ready to produce more complex translations, preserving the essence and integrity of the original. All materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and webinar.  Translate more complex material. Use precise English phrases and elegant sentence structure. Avoid Gallicisms and awkward syntax. Increase the subtlety and nuance of your translations.

If you have completed Translation: French to English Level II and are already producing more nuanced and complex translations, this self-study course will build your skills in translation, always in demand in the Canadian civil services, law, business, literature and media. All materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and webinar. Handle challenging translations with confidence. Use elegant sentence structure, syntax and phrasing. Avoid Gallicisms and awkward syntax. Write subtle and nuanced translations.

Harnessing data helps any enterprise come to the right decisions and communicate them clearly. If Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance departments work best when maximizing analytics, why not Human Resources? In this HR analytics course, you’ll learn to apply analytics to identify human capital issues and develop data-driven solutions. You’ll examine how to align HR objectives with your overall business strategy, while using your new skills to develop stakeholder support, avoid fraudulent use of data, and ensure ethical guidelines are met. This course is exclusively offered during the Fall term. Identify data related to human capital problems and business objectives. Assess and maximize the value from technology, partners, and datasets to driving analytics. Ensure HR and workforce data analytics are handled with care and high ethics.  Create narratives that stakeholders clearly understand – and support. Avoid and detect false interpretations and fraud.

Explore the unique nature and continuing significance of ancient Greek theatre. With scholar and educator, Jonathan Ullyot, read Greek drama from the origins of Western tragedy in the sixth century B.C. to the later comedies. We’ll include plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander, along with Aristotle's Poetics. Discover the religious, social and political context of these plays, as well as the ethical questions they raise, even for us today. All texts will be in translation. No prior knowledge of Greek literature or drama is required. Learn about Greek mythology, the narratives that underpin so much Western art. Understand the differences between Greek tragedy, old comedy and new comedy. Explore how Greek theatre would have been performed. Appreciate the social, religious, and political context of Greek drama and its relevance for us. Discover the Greek mind’s unique understanding of the human condition.

The label “post-impressionist” identifies groups of artists who rejected the landscapes and urban themes of Impressionism as well as the Impressionist desire to capture light effects.  Using bold colours and simplified forms, they strove to create more personal, emotional art.  Join art historian, Angela Glover, in examining artists from Van Gogh to Matisse. Discover the personalities and partnerships among these artists that shaped their new approaches to painting.   Inspired by modern science, French literature and Japanese prints, they went beyond recording what they saw to creating new ways of presenting the world.   Discover the range of Post-Impressionist art works and where to see them.  Recognize the major Post-Impressionist artists and groups. Understand how science, literature and non-Western art influenced the painting of the different Post-Impressionist groups. 

This introductory 12 weeks course provides the skills you need to begin front-end development in today’s ever changing IT landscape. React and JSX are now considered one of the most popular JavaScript framework for front-end development. Skills in React and Restful Web Services are regarded essential for full-stack developer in today’s competitive IT world. Learn the fundamental concepts of front-end web development using HTML, CSS, JSX and React. The course covers basic concepts in the React framework such as Communicating with Props, Class-Based Components, State in React Components, Lifecycle Methods, Handling User Input with Forms and Events, Making API Requests with React, and Single Page Application Development. In addition, you will learn how to create Restful Web Services using the SpringBoot (Spring framework) and calling Restful web services through React client.  Design and produce a simple web application using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React. Learn fundamental React concepts such as Communicating with Props, Class-Based Components, State in React Components and Lifecycle Methods Handle User Input with Forms and Events, Making API Requests with React, and Single Page Application Development. Code and debug React using Microsoft Visual Code and Google Chrome

This course explores the issues and responsibilities that need to be addressed during the construction phase of a building project. Construction Contract Administration (CCA) is crucial to getting a project built. In this module, participants learn about the key parties in a construction project and their related responsibilities. You will become familiar with construction contracts and the rules of the game, including methods of project delivery and agreements between various parties. Also covered are the recommended practices and procedures for administering the construction contract from project inception, through the construction phase and finally, post-construction. This is an online, self-directed course, and you can work through the modules at your own pace. You can expect to complete the course in a month, but have up to two months to complete it. Quizzes In the course you will be asked to complete a Confidence Quiz, which contain a set of 20 multiple choice questions. This quiz functions differently than traditional quizzing, as they allow you to retake any question you are unsure about the answer and/or select an incorrect answer, and you may retake them as much as you'd like to. Successful course completion involves receiving a score of 100% on the quiz which is based solely on core module content.  Notes: The OAA Self-Study Series for Architects comprises training modules drawn from the mandatory OAA Admission Course each intern architect must complete as part of the licensing process. This material, while not new to those have completed the Admission Course, is valuable to practising architects and related audiences. OAA members can select the modules in which they’re interested, cover the material at their own pace (over a three-month period) and successfully complete a quiz to complete the course. Grade Report documentation is usually available 4 - 6 weeks after you have successfully completed the course. Once your grade is available, you will be informed by email, and given instructions on how to access your grade. Please use this documentation to claim Continuing Education hours with OAA. Whether you are an architect or architectural technologist wanting to review some foundational material, someone from outside of the province planning to work in Ontario for the first time, or an architectural practice staff member, participants benefit from the essential material covered in these à la carte courses. The self-study modules and correlating OAA continuing education hours are: Professional Responsibility, Ethics, and Membership in a Self-Regulating Profession (CE Credit Hours = 3.0); The Construction Act (CE Credit Hours = 3.0); Legal Aspects: Professional Liability and Architects’ Contracts (CE Credit Hours = 3); Planning and Development Approvals (CE Credit Hours = 3); Ontario Building Code Act and Building Permit Application Process (CE Credit Hours = 3); Ontario Building Code Compliance Data: Concepts and Code Analysis (CE Credit Hours = 6); Bid Theory and Bid Practice (CE Credit Hours = 3); and Construction Contract Administration and General Review (CE Credit Hours = 3). For intern architects, please note that taking the Self-Study Series for Architects does not count toward completion of the Admission Course. For more information on the Admission Course, click here. Describe the general process of construction contract administration; Identify key participants in cca and their roles; Determine the methods of project delivery; Establish the different meetings and deliverables in contract administration; Categorize paperwork and procedures required to administer the construction contract; Describe the different types of reviews; and Apply closing procedures.