National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Online Training: http://www.training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.aspx
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Alabama
https://cdp.dhs.gov/training/resident/
Emergency Management
Learn the concepts, principles and practice of Emergency Management through real-world case studies.
https://www.open2study.com/courses/emergency-management
Introduction to Drinking Water Treatment
Learn about urban water services, focusing on conventional technologies for drinking water treatment.
This course focuses on conventional technologies for drinking water treatment. Unit processes, involved in the treatment chain, are discussed as well as the physical, chemical and biological processes involved. The emphasis is on the effect of treatment on water quality and the dimensions of the unit processes in the treatment chain.
https://www.edx.org/course/delftx/delftx-ctb3365dwx-introduction-drinking-2111#.U7sOkbFHRe4
Introduction to the Treatment of Urban Sewage
Learn about urban water services, focusing on basic sewage treatment technologies.
This course will focus on basic technologies for the treatment of urban sewage. Unit processes involved in the treatment chain will be described as well as the physical, chemical and biological processes involved. There will be an emphasis on water quality and the functionality of each unit process within the treatment chain.
https://www.edx.org/course/delftx/delftx-ctb3365stx-introduction-treatment-2116#.U7sOxLFHRe4
Natural Disasters
This course examines the science behind different types of natural disasters and our ability or inability to control and predict such events. No region on Earth is immune from natural disasters. As we gain scientific understanding into the causes and nature of such phenomena, we become better able to mitigate the effects of disasters.
https://www.edx.org/course/mcgillx/mcgillx-atoc185x-natural-disasters-1589#.U7sO37FHRe4
Next Generation Infrastructures – Part 2
The potential role and impact of smart grids, eco-cities, flexible infrastructures. We are becoming increasingly dependent on a secure, uninterrupted and affordable supply of energy, water, transport, telecommunication and information services. However, outdated or inadequate infrastructure—and the resulting congestion, power outages, and lack of access to safe water and roads—is a global concern.
https://www.edx.org/course/delftx/delftx-ngi102x-next-generation-2161#.U7sPMLFHRe4
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Examine the dangers and varieties of terrorism and assess effective counterterrorist responses. Terrorism has gone from a persistent yet marginal security concern to one of the most important security problems of our day: indeed, there are few countries that do not suffer from some form of terrorism.
https://www.edx.org/course/georgetownx/georgetownx-guix-501-01x-terrorism-1373#.U7sPdrFHRe4
Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy and the Press: An Introduction
In this course, students analyze some of the hardest national security challenges the United States will face in the decade ahead.
https://www.edx.org/course/harvardx/harvardx-hks211-1x-central-challenges-1087#.U7sPm7FHRe4
Behavioral Economics in Action
Learn to use principles and methods of behavioral economics to change behaviors, improve welfare and make better products and policy.
United States Health Policy
Learn the essentials of U.S. health care policy from some of the nation’s top experts. Many Americans complain that they do not understand the U.S. health reform law called the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare). They are right, and the main reason is because most Americans do not understand the basics of the U.S. health care system and U.S. health policy. Featuring some of the nation’s foremost teachers and thought leaders, this course provides students with a basic and thorough understanding of the U.S. health care system focusing on access, quality of care, and costs.
https://www.edx.org/course/harvardx/harvardx-ph210x-united-states-health-1407#.U7sQFrFHRe4
Project Management for Business Professionals – Shaping Tomorrow
This course provides an introduction to the concepts, techniques, and principles of project management. Primary emphasis will be on learning the project management process outlined in the Project Management Institute’s PMBOK Guide (Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide). Agile, extreme, and other variations of project management will be discussed and their key features related to the PMBOK Guide.
https://www.canvas.net/courses/project-management-for-business-professionals-3
Talk the Talk: How to Give a Great Presentation
This free six-week course introduces the mechanics of effective, persuasive oral presentations, by giving you the opportunity to analyse examples and then create your own. Using resources such as TED Talk videos, you will see how experts deliver professional talks and famous speeches, observe what works, and identify how language connects ideas and keeps a listener engaged.
https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2120/futurelearn-talk-the-talk-how-to-give-a-great-presentation
Water in a Thirsty World
In this course you will take the journey of water – how it began, and its availability today in light of global warming and urbanization.
https://www.class-central.com/mooc/1476/open2study-water-in-a-thirsty-world
Globalization and You
Particular attention is paid to the ways market-led macro-economic reforms associated with globalization (such as free trade agreements and privatization initiatives) have come together with much more micro innovations in how personal behavior is organized by market forces (rethinking education as a personal investment practice, for example, or outsourcing dating to for-profit companies).
https://www.class-central.com/mooc/920/coursera-globalization-and-you
Microsoft PowerPoint Fundamentals
Give your next presentation visuals that can match the power of your words. This course is intended for people who have never before worked with PowerPoint. You will learn the very basic functions of one of the most popular presentation programs in business.
https://www.soundviewpro.com/online-courses/_/microsoft-powerpoint-2010-fundamentals
Web science: how the web is changing the world
Explore how the web has changed our world in the past 25 years and what might happen next.
