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      Tecnológico de Monterrey

      Innovación Educativa

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Education Software and Technology, Innovation, Emerging Technologies, Solution Design, Entrepreneurship, Student-Centred Learning, Digital Transformation, Digital Content, Creativity

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      The University of Edinburgh

      Philosophy, Science and Religion: Religion and Science

      Skills you'll gain: Research, Cultural Diversity, Science and Research, Systems Thinking, Anthropology, Physics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Biology

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      Universiteit Leiden

      De-Mystifying Mindfulness

      Skills you'll gain: Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Mental Health, Social Justice, Psychology, Cultural Diversity, Environment and Resource Management, Critical Thinking, Trauma Care, Ethical Standards And Conduct

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      Google

      Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Multimodal Prompts, Generative AI Agents, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Ideation, Solution Design

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      Universidad de los Andes

      Liderazgo efectivo para el siglo XXI

      Skills you'll gain: Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness, Resilience, Personal Development, Storytelling, Experimentation, Team Management, Community Development, Social Skills, Leadership, Leadership Development, Persistence, Mindfulness, Adaptability, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Strategic Leadership, Complex Problem Solving, Empathy, Systems Thinking, Conflict Management

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      Packt

      Advanced AI Techniques and Behavior in Unity

      Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns

      Advanced Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Copenhagen Business School

      Strategic Management

      Skills you'll gain: Strategic Thinking, Business Strategy, Business Strategies, Strategic Decision-Making, Strategic Planning, Strategic Leadership, Business Transformation, Technology Strategies, Competitive Analysis, Global Marketing, Case Studies, Market Dynamics

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      Rice University

      An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)

      Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Application Development, Interactive Design, Graphical Tools, User Interface (UI), Animation and Game Design, Programming Principles, Computer Graphics, Python Programming, Game Design, Computer Programming

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      Mixed Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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      Simplilearn

      Generative AI in Deployment Training

      Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Generative AI, Application Deployment, CI/CD, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Continuous Deployment, Jenkins, Amazon Web Services, Terraform, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Technical Design, Docker (Software), Requirements Analysis, Software Architecture, Release Management, Scalability

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      UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

      Learning to Teach Online

      Skills you'll gain: Teaching, Learning Management Systems, Education Software and Technology, Planning, Technology Strategies, End User Training and Support, Technical Communication, Quality Assurance, Continuous Monitoring, Computer Literacy, Digital Transformation, Digital Communications

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      University of California San Diego

      Big Data

      Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Data Integration, Exploratory Data Analysis, Big Data, Graph Theory, Data Pipelines, Database Design, Data Modeling, Regression Analysis, Data Mining, Data Management, Applied Machine Learning, Data Presentation, Scalability, Data Processing, Statistical Analysis, NoSQL, Database Management Systems, MongoDB

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      Fractal Analytics

      Fractal Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Database Design, Data Manipulation, Data Presentation, Power BI, Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Human Centered Design, Storyboarding, SQL, Applied Machine Learning, Data Modeling, Machine Learning, Problem Solving, Python Programming

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      Beginner Ā· Professional Certificate Ā· 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular design thinking courses

    • Innovación Educativa:Ā Tecnológico de Monterrey
    • Philosophy, Science and Religion: Religion and Science:Ā The University of Edinburgh
    • De-Mystifying Mindfulness:Ā Universiteit Leiden
    • Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner:Ā Google
    • Liderazgo efectivo para el siglo XXI:Ā Universidad de los Andes
    • Advanced AI Techniques and Behavior in Unity:Ā Packt
    • Strategic Management:Ā Copenhagen Business School
    • An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1):Ā Rice University
    • Generative AI in Deployment Training:Ā Simplilearn
    • Learning to Teach Online:Ā UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

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