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MOOC

Life and Death: Mysteries and Meanings

Unravel the mysteries and meanings of life and death by exploring the journey from birth through ageing and illnesses to death.

Subjects:: Philosophy
Keywords:: Philosophy Death Life
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

English at Work in Asia: Job Applications

Learn how to be successful in your job search by creating a compelling CV / résumé and cover letter.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Applications for positions Résumés (Employment)
Resource Type:: MOOC

Courseware

Advanced Communication for Leaders

This course introduces interactive oral and interpersonal communication skills critical to leaders, including strategies for presenting to a hostile audience, running effective and productive meetings, active listening, and contributing to group decision-making. There are team-run classes on chosen communication topics, and an individual analysis of leadership qualities and characteristics. Students deliver an oral presentation and an executive summary, both aimed at a business audience.

Subjects:: Communication
Keywords:: Interpersonal communication Business communication
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Communication for Managers

In this course, students develop and polish communication strategies and methods through discussion, examples, and practice with an emphasizes on writing and speaking skills necessary for effective leaders. The course includes several oral and written assignments which are integrated with other subjects, and with career development activities, when possible.

Subjects:: Management and Communication
Keywords:: Business presentations Leadership Business communication
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations

We will explore images that pertain to the emergence of Japan as a modern state. We will focus on images that depict Japan as it comes into contact with the rest of the world after its long and deep isolation during the feudal period. We will also cover city planning of Tokyo that took place after WWII, and such topics as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. A unique feature of this offering is that we will run it concurrently with the edX MOOC and two University of Tokyo MOOCs, Visualizing Postwar Tokyo and Four Faces of Contemporary Japanese Architecture, for much of the remainder of the class.

Subjects:: Area Studies, Visual Arts, and Building and Real Estate
Keywords:: Arts Japan
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)

This course offers analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal articles, in addition to strategies for conveying technical information to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Comparable to 21W.780 Communicating in Technical Organizations, but methods in this course are designed to deal with special problems of advanced ELS or bilingual students. The goal of the workshop is to develop effective writing skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics and assignments vary from term to term.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Technical writing
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction: Great Books on the Page and on the Screen

This subject serves as a broad introduction to the field of European and Latin American fiction. It is designed to help students acquire a general understanding of major fictional modes. We will pay attention not only to the literary movements these works represent, but also to the subtle interplay of history, geography, language and cultural norms that gave rise to specific literary forms. The books we read in this course are compelling, and film versions of five of the works we read give variety to the course and time to think about the interplay of film and print.

Subjects:: English Language and English Literature
Keywords:: Latin American fiction European fiction
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Science Writing in Contemporary Society

This class addresses the craft of writing about science in and for contemporary society, both its pleasures and its challenges. We will read essays, reportage, op-eds, and web-based articles on a variety of topics concerning science, technology, medicine and nature. Readings by contemporary writers such as Elizabeth Kolbert, Atul Gawande, and Michael Pollan will serve as examples of the craft and sources of ideas for our own writing.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Technical writing
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Science Writing and New Media: Perspectives on Medicine and Public Health

Like other scientists, medical researchers and clinicians must be capable of presenting their work to an audience of professional peers. Unlike many scientists, however, physicians must routinely translate their sophisticated knowledge into lay terms for their own patients and for the education of the public at large. A surprising number of physicians write for less utilitarian reasons as well, choosing the narrative essay as a means of exploring the non-technical issues that emerge in their clinical practice. Over the course of the semester, we will explore the full range of writings by physicians and other health practitioners.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Medical writing
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Science Writing and New Media: Communicating Science to the Public

This course provides an introduction to writing about science (including medicine, technology, and engineering) for general readers. With a strong emphasis in background research, this course will help students build a foundation for strong science writing. Students will read works by accomplished science writers. Each assignment will focus on a different popular form, such as news articles, interviews, essays, and short features.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Communication in science Communication of technical information Technical writing
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Science Writing and New Media: Explorations in Communicating about Science & Technology

Proficiency in communicating about science and technology comes from both knowledge and practice, and this course emphasizes both. Through a variety of reading and writing assignments, we will examine general principles of good writing, as well as principles associated specifically with scientific and technical writing. We will also explore the effects of new media as avenues for communicating about science.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Communication in science Communication of technical information Technical writing
Resource Type:: Courseware

e-book

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (Arts and Architecture)

DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.

Keywords:: Arts Architecture Music Performing arts
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Taiwan eBook (Arts)

Contains freely accessible academic books in Chinese in the area of humanities, social sciences, philosophy, medicine, economy & finance.

Subjects:: Performing Arts
Keywords:: Arts Music
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (Languages and Literatures)

DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.

Subjects:: Language and Languages
Keywords:: Literature Language languages
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (Philosophy and Religion)

DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.

Keywords:: Religions Philosophy
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Taiwan eBook (Generalities)

Contains freely accessible academic books in Chinese in the area of general works.

Keywords:: Linguistics Literature Education
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Taiwan eBook (History and Geography)

Contains freely accessible academic books in Chinese in the area of humanities, social sciences, philosophy, medicine, economy & finance.

Keywords:: Geography History
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Taiwan eBook (Linguistics and Literature)

Contains freely accessible academic books in Chinese in the area of humanities, social sciences, philosophy, medicine, economy & finance.

Subjects:: English Language, Language and Languages, English Literature, Chinese Literature, and Chinese Language
Keywords:: Linguistics English language Chinese language
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Taiwan eBook (Philosophy and Religion)

Contains freely accessible academic books in Chinese in the area of humanities, social sciences, philosophy, medicine, economy & finance.

Subjects:: Religions and Philosophy
Keywords:: Religions Philosophy
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

OAPEN Library (Humanities)

The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.

Keywords:: Religions Philosophy Humanities History Archaeology
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

OAPEN Library (Language)

The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.

Subjects:: English Language and Language and Languages
Keywords:: Linguistics Language languages
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

OAPEN Library (Literature & Literary Studies)

The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.

Subjects:: Language and Languages and English Literature
Keywords:: Literature
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (Social Sciences)

DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.

Keywords:: Education Anthropology Psychology Library science Social sciences Sociology
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

InTechOpen (Social Sciences and Humanities)

Open access books in science, technology and medicine.

Keywords:: Business Humanities Social sciences
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

National Academies Press (Education)

Covers over 5,000 reports published by the National Academies Press for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council in the US.

Keywords:: Education Secondary Higher education Early childhood education Educational technology Education
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

LibreTexts (Humanities)

A multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop the next generation of open-access textbooks.

Keywords:: English literature Logic Humanities Music History English language -- Composition exercises
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Open Textbook Library (Education)

Open Textbook Library provides free, peer-reviewed and openly-licensed textbooks.

Keywords:: Education Teaching Educational psychology Research
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Open Textbook Library (Journalism, Media Studies & Communications)

Open Textbook Library provides free, peer-reviewed and openly-licensed textbooks.

Subjects:: Communication
Keywords:: Interpersonal communication English language -- Business English Communication Public speaking
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Open Textbook Library (Student Success)

Open Textbook Library provides free, peer-reviewed and openly-licensed textbooks.

Keywords:: Research -- Methodology Writing Research Job hunting
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Openstax CNX (Humanities)

Offers openly licensed college textbooks.

Keywords:: Linguistics Literature World history Communication History English language
Resource Type:: e-book

Courseware

Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics

This course explores the relationship between ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics. We investigate how ideas of definition, reason, argument and proof, rationality / irrationality, number, quality and quantity, truth, and even the idea of an idea were shaped by the interplay of philosophic and mathematical inquiry. The course examines how discovery of the incommensurability of magnitudes challenged the Greek presumption that the cosmos is fully understandable. Students explore the influence of mathematics on ancient Greek ethical theories. We read such authors as: Euclid, Plato, Aristotle, Nicomachus, Theon of Smyrna, Bacon, Descartes, Dedekind, and Newton.

Subjects:: Philosophy and Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords:: Philosophy Ancient Mathematics -- Philosophy
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Japan and East Asian Security

This course explores Japan's role in world orders, past, present, and future. It focuses on Japanese conceptions of security; rearmament debates; the relationship of domestic politics to foreign policy; the impact of Japanese technological and economic transformation at home and abroad; alternative trade and security regimes; Japan's response to 9/11; and relations with Asian neighbors, Russia, and the alliance with the United States.

Subjects:: Area Studies and Political Science
Keywords:: Diplomatic relations Japan Politics government National security East Asia
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Adjective Clauses

This is an open course in adjective clauses of English grammar. It starts with a lesson on the basics of adjectives and then moves to a lesson on the basics of clauses. Then we put those things together and learn about adjective clauses. Finally, we learn how to reduce an adjective clause to make an adjective phrase. If you already understand adjectives and clauses, you can skip those topics, but they also may be useful to review before starting the more difficult material.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: English language -- Grammar
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Adverb Clauses

This is an open course in adverb clauses of English grammar. It starts with a lesson on the basics of adverbs and then moves to a lesson on the basics of clauses. Then we put those things together and learn about adverb clauses. Finally, we learn how to reduce an adverb clause to make an adverb phrase. If you already understand adverbs and clauses, you can skip those topics, but they also may be useful to review before starting the more difficult material. Each lesson has a short video lecture from a teacher and several practice exercises.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: English language -- Grammar
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Introduction to Business English

This course is designed to improve your international Business English communication skills to further advance your career or succeed in one of UCI Extension's Accelerated Certificate Programs. Learn more about doing business in the U.S. as well as internationally. Students will study business concepts, business English, and enhance cross-cultural communications skills for business and professional settings.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: English language -- Business English
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language

This course is designed to provide new teachers or people interested in becoming teachers with some inspiration for the profession. It is not meant to be an indepth, comprehensive analysis of TEFL but rather an introduction to a few fundamental areas of teaching English. This course will cover 4 topics: Theories of Language Acquisition, Teaching Pronunciation, Teaching Grammar, and Teaching Young Learners.

Subjects:: English Language and Foreign Language Learning
Keywords:: English language -- Study teaching -- Foreign speakers
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Noun Clauses

This is an open course in noun clauses of English grammar. It starts with a lesson on the basics of nouns and then moves to a lesson on the basics of clauses. Then we put those things together and learn about noun clauses. Finally, we learn how to reduce a noun clause. If you already understand nouns and clauses, you can skip those topics, but they also may be useful to review before starting the more difficult material.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: English language -- Noun English language -- Grammar
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Writing Academic Essays

This is an open course on writing academic essays in English. It starts with a lesson on the the different types of essays. Then you'll learn how to write introduction paragraphs, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraphs.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study teaching (Higher) Academic writing
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Education 151: Language and Literacy

This course is designed to help students understand the aspects of linguistic principles and processes that underlie oral and written language proficiency, and how this knowledge is relevant K-12 instruction. Emphasis is on a thorough, research-based understanding of phonology, morphology, orthography, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics. Students learn ways to use this information to support literacy and oral language development for elementary and secondary school students. Issues of linguistic diversity and second language learning are addressed.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Linguistics English language -- Study teaching Literacy
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Classics 170A: Religion & Law in Ancient Greece

In this course we will study ancient Greek religion from Bronze Age to Hellenistic times by investigating relevant literary accounts and the archaeology of the sacred space. The special themes will be festivals and rituals, gender and religion. We will study ancient religion from an anthropological perspective analyzing ritual tradition in its socio-cultural context. The second half of the course will focus on the relation between religion and law, and the regulations that codify religious practice.

Keywords:: Law Greek Religions Greece
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

左傳選讀

本學期課程主題：子產卒仲尼出涕 ─ 讀《左傳》識子產。以《左傳》為主，間或引《論語》、《荀子》、《韓非子》、《呂氏春秋》等論子產治鄭。

Subjects:: Chinese Literature
Keywords:: Chinese literature Zuo zhuan (Zuoqiu Ming) Chinese classics
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

韻文學專題

本課程以研討中國文學史上居於主流地位的「韻文學」，即：唐詩、宋詞、元曲、戲曲以及說唱文學為主要內容。本課程藉由對歌謠、近體詩、說唱文學、古典戲劇的逐一解析，探討歷代韻文學的發展脈絡，讓學生進而能從事專題研究。

Subjects:: Chinese Literature
Keywords:: Chinese poetry Chinese literature Qu (Chinese literature) Ci (Chinese poetry)
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

先秦儒家哲學

本課程將依序探討《論語》、《孟子》、《荀子》、《易傳》、《中庸》、《大學》六部經典，就原文澄清其主要哲學概念，並設定判準來重構先秦儒家哲學的體系。

Subjects:: Chinese Studies
Keywords:: Philosophy Chinese Philosophy Confucian
Resource Type:: Courseware

MOOC

Design Theory

Explore key concepts in the new field of design theory. Gain fundamental knowledge of what design is and its relation to culture, economics, and the arts.

Keywords:: Design Design -- Social aspects Design -- Philosophy
Resource Type:: MOOC

e-book

Bloomsbury Open Access

Open access ebooks from Bloomsbury Collections

Keywords:: Social sciences Management Design Geography Business Linguistics Humanities Economics
Resource Type:: e-book

Others

IBUS330 E-Portfolio

IBUS 330 is a three-credit, upper-division core course for the BSBA degree and a prerequisite for all advanced International Business courses. In addition to providing an introduction to the field it also includes a major emphasis on culture. As a part of a multi-year process of continual development and improvement, the current course redesign of the writing component specifically addresses a major problem and criticism of online courses; namely the lack of any significant writing component in the curriculum. The continual development of writing and several enhancements to address the other major problems/criticisms of online mega courses is addressed in this report.

Subjects:: Management and English language
Keywords:: Business education
Resource Type:: Others

e-book

Essential of Linguistics

The book brings together Open Access content from around the web and enhances it with dynamic video lectures about the core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), supplemented with discussion of psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic findings.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Linguistics
Resource Type:: e-book

Others

Gateway to Chinese

A website built by University of Texas at Austin provides resources to learn Mandarin, including resources on pronunciation, vocabulary, listening, grammar and reading.

Subjects:: Foreign Language Learning
Keywords:: Chinese language -- Dialects Marin dialects
Resource Type:: Others

e-book

Media, Society, Culture and You

Media, Society, Culture, and You is an approachable introductory Mass Communication text that covers major mass communication terms and concepts including "digital culture." It discusses various media platforms and how they are evolving as Information and Communication Technologies change.

Subjects:: Communication
Keywords:: Communication Mass media Mass media culture
Resource Type:: e-book

Courseware

Modern Revolutions

In this course, we study some of the most important political revolutions that took place between the 17th century and today. We explore the causes of each revolution, analyze the ideologies that inspired the revolutionaries, examine revolutionary uses of violence, and consider how historical revolutions still shape contemporary politics. Close and critical readings of historical sources are critical to this process.

Subjects:: History
Keywords:: Political science Revolutions
Resource Type:: Courseware

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