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To get the most out of renewable energy, it’s necessary to understand how energy is generated, stored, traded, transported, and consumed. In this course, you’ll learn all that and more. You’ll explore the political and economic frameworks that govern energy use. You’ll learn how to plan for the mass-adoption of low-carbon technologies and their attendant distribution systems. You’ll examine end uses for renewable energy and consider how they influence the volume and timing aspects of energy consumption and potential disruption.   Understand both traditional and evolving political and economic frameworks within which energy is generated, traded, transported, and consumed. Understand low/zero carbon technologies for existing and future elimination of carbon. Understand and analyse how these low/zero carbon technologies can influence the volume and timing aspects of energy consumption and disruption. Evaluate existing geographical regions’ energy consumption patterns and apply renewable energy systems that can remove carbon generation from the equation.

Renewable energy technologies are critical in our efforts to address climate change, and achieve social development goals. In this course, you’ll investigate the principal types of renewable energy – including solar, wind, tidal, and biofuels – and their place in the global market. Drawing on cases studies from a range of settings, you’ll explore historical and technological challenges, and examine their environmental impacts. You’ll emerge better able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of renewable energy technologies in different contexts, and at different scales. Describe how different renewable energy technologies produce useable energy. Understand the potential contributions of renewable energy technologies to global energy needs. Evaluate the environmental, social, and other benefits of different technologies.  Assess the barriers to use of different technologies, including technological and economic.  Compare the use of renewable energy technologies in different settings, such as the Global South and Global North, and at different scales. 

Customer Experience Management (CXM) is the leading strategy companies harness to grow their market share and transform their customers’ experiences. This course will introduce you to key customer experience (CX) concepts to help you launch a Customer Experience Management (CXM) program. Over 12 weeks, you’ll learn how to plan, design, and manage programs that support brand messaging and drive revenue growth. Through case studies and active learning, this course explores the major building blocks of a successful CXM program including: strategy, customer insights, personas, journey mapping, experience design, and organizational adoption. You’ll emerge with the skills you need to run successful CX programs, and manage interactions throughout the customer lifecycle. Outline the key components and tools of a successful Customer Experience Management (CXM) program. Describe how effective CXM aligns to the pillars of customer growth. Plan, design and manage CXM strategies to support brand messaging and drive revenue growth. Build a CXM roadmap to meet organizational goals. Describe key trends and technologies in CXM and their impact on the pillars of customer growth.

Learn how to translate Japanese into English, whether in the fields of law, commerce or literature. You will learn skills that will help you critically analyze and accurately translate complex documents, preserving the essence and integrity of the written word. This course is offered as self-study. All course materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and webinar.    Handle common translations of language structures. Avoid awkward syntax. Translate subtle and nuanced thoughts into written form. Translate complex material.

To work as a Japanese-English translator, you must be able to render complex ideas from the fields of law, commerce and literature. This online course will build your qualifications and skills. You'll learn to critically analyze and accurately translate documents, and get feedback on your written translations. All materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and webinar.  Handle common yet difficult translations. Avoid anglicisms and awkward syntax. Translate subtle and nuanced thoughts in written form. Make complex business material accessible.

This Level III online course continues to build your qualifications and skills as a Japanese-English translator. It will increase your skills in critical analysis and accurate translation of complex text. You've already learned to translate legal, commercial and literary concepts. All materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and share at least three webinars with the whole class.    Handle common yet difficult translations. Tackle common yet difficult language structures while avoiding anglicisms and awkward syntax. Translate subtle and nuanced thoughts into written form. Make complex business material accessible.

This course is for you if you've successfully completed the SCS Korean Level VIII or have the equivalent language skills. This course is designed for upper-intermediate level leaners (between B1 and B2 on the CEFR grid). This course aims to improve students’ proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing through reading short essays and articles, and watching films. Class discussions are conducted entirely in Korean. The instructor will help you build a solid foundation for further and independent study in Korean. Become proficient in speaking, writing, listening, and reading at the early advanced level. Take the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK II Intermediate) to pursue studies at a Korean university or employment in Korean companies in and outside Korea.  Compose various genres of writing such as essays, articles, advertisements, poems, and blogs.  Understand essential Korean history relevant to current Korean culture. 

Sustainable investing is experiencing rapid growth in the financial community, as is the demand for enhanced training for investment analysts, portfolio managers, and investors. In this unique micro course, you’ll explore a range of sustainable investing approaches, and discover how the ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) factors can be integrated in traditional investment analysis. You’ll develop a deeper understanding of how sustainable investing could potentially increase investment return and reduce investment risk. In addition, you’ll explore how ESG factors can be integrated into security selection and asset allocation to support the development of sustainable investment products. You’ll become better prepared to grow your investments and make a positive impact on both the environment and society. 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: Identify the investment opportunities through ESG (environmental, social, and governance) analysis. Enhance risk-adjusted returns for different ESG products and asset classes. Integrate ESG factors into the fundamental analysis of an individual investment and the strategic allocation for the overall investment portfolio. Compare and contrast different approaches to implementing ESG/sustainable investing. Apply ESG analysis to implement sustainable investing for different sectors and asset classes. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: ESG Analysis ESG Risk Management

In this micro course you will explore the history, values, principles, and philosophy of DevOps. You’ll examine how it can help the organization to deliver software more efficiently, and with greater agility and quality. Join us to learn about the kind of culture and structure you will need in organizations to make DevOps successful. You’ll also explore how to value people who make DevOps successful, and various approaches to seamlessly deliver software products. This micro course will also explore the processes and practices of continuous delivery. 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: Define DevOps and describe its benefits as compared to other approaches. Describe the DevOps lifecycle and processes. Compare and contrast models of Agile and Waterfall software delivery. Describe agile techniques (Lean, Scrum, Kanban) used in software development and when/how to apply them. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Agile methods: scrum, kanban, lean Agile planning: product planning, selection and benefits Software development Release planning Continuous improvement Cross collaboration Change management

If you understand DevOps practices and benefits, and the organizational process changes and structures required for it to be successful, this micro course is for you. You‘ll learn about DevOps architecture and the overall DevOps ecosystem. In addition, you’ll explore continuous integration and other relevant practices and tools. Career opportunities and DevOps roles in matured organizations will also be discussed. 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: Describe the DevOps ecosystem and models of architecture (monolithic vs microservices architecture). Define key concepts in DevOps including Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery. Describe and select appropriate test and Deployment strategies. Identify best practice tools and application for implementation. Explore Cloud DevOps (Azure, GCP and AWS). Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Application architecture Application infrastructure Agile Application Development Software development Software automation Automation testing & monitoring Cloud infrastructure management Team collaboration