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    Institut Mines-Télécom

    Intelligence Digitale pour le bien commun

    Skills you'll gain: Safety and Security, Data Security, Emerging Technologies, Digital Communications, Cybersecurity, Media and Communications, Communication, Innovation, Creativity, Digital Transformation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Digital Content, Technology Strategies, Information Privacy, Competitive Intelligence, Strategic Leadership

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    7 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Untersuchen und Erstellen von Daten für Unternehmen

    Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data Presentation, Microsoft Excel, Sampling (Statistics), Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Influencing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Scrimba

    Command Line (CLI) Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Linux Commands, Computer Literacy, Windows PowerShell, File Systems, File Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free
    Free
    J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Données au service de la santé de la population

    Skills you'll gain: Health Policy, Data Presentation, Data Quality, Data Literacy, Public Health, Health Equity, Health Care, Policy Development, Data Strategy, Health Disparities, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Policy Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Visualization Software

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    Unreal para Principiantes: Crea videojuegos

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, Game Design, Computer Literacy, Virtual Environment, 3D Assets

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    O.P. Jindal Global University

    MBA Business Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Operations Management, Design Thinking, Data Visualization, Active Listening, Business Ethics, Sampling (Statistics), Working Capital, Database Management, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Project Estimation, Financial Statements, Marketing Management, Business Analytics, Financial Accounting, Predictive Analytics, Human Resources Management and Planning, Big Data, Regression Analysis, Pivot Tables And Charts

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • U

    University of Leeds

    Master of Science in Data Science (Statistics)

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Data Storytelling, Statistical Machine Learning, Data Presentation, Regression Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Methods, Statistical Visualization, Data Literacy, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Network Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Linear Algebra, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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    University of London

    International Foundation Programme for Computer Science (IFP)

    Skills you'll gain: Relational Databases, Databases, Descriptive Statistics, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Simulations, Statistical Inference, Data Literacy, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Probability Distribution, SQL, Tableau Software, Data Storytelling, Algebra, Computational Logic, Calculus, Trigonometry, Logical Reasoning

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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    Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

    Reading and Comprehension of Text in English Module 2

    Skills you'll gain: Vocabulary, English Language, Grammar, Graphing, Writing, Language Learning

    3.8
    Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Increase Reading Comprehension with Actively Learn

    Skills you'll gain: Teaching, Student Support and Services, Data Collection, Instructional Strategies, Education Software and Technology, Student Engagement, Classroom Management, Interactive Learning, Curriculum Planning, Social Studies

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    142 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of California, Irvine

    Writing Skills for University Success

    Skills you'll gain: Writing, Research, Grammar, Editing, Organizational Skills, Ethical Standards And Conduct

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    67 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Commonwealth Education Trust

    Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest

    Skills you'll gain: Editing, Proofreading, Storytelling, Writing, Grammar, Content Creation, Peer Review, Digital Publishing, Creativity, Vocabulary

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    1.3K reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular literacy courses

  • Intelligence Digitale pour le bien commun: Institut Mines-Télécom
  • Untersuchen und Erstellen von Daten für Unternehmen: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Command Line (CLI) Basics: Scrimba
  • Données au service de la santé de la population: Johns Hopkins University
  • Unreal para Principiantes: Crea videojuegos: Coursera Project Network
  • MBA Business Analytics: O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Master of Science in Data Science (Statistics): University of Leeds
  • International Foundation Programme for Computer Science (IFP): University of London
  • Reading and Comprehension of Text in English Module 2: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
  • Increase Reading Comprehension with Actively Learn: Coursera Project Network

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