English Courses

Design Thinking - Training Yourself to Be More Creative

Design Thinking is a dynamic approach to problem solving, problem finding, and creating value. Learn how you can learn to creatively solve problems and use prototyping and iteration for rapid learning and improvement in this seminar.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Killing Ideas to Make Innovation Work

Learn why systematically killing ideas—not collecting them—is central to innovation, using prototypes, employee participation, and leadership.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Audio Research: Transformers for Applications in Audio, Speech and Music

A research seminar on using Transformer architectures for raw audio synthesis, large-scale audio understanding, and discrete latent representations.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Transformers in Language: The Development of GPT Models Including GPT-3

Trace the evolution from n-gram and recurrent models to GPT-3 and Codex, including few-shot learning, image generation, and code generation.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Computational Design of Compliant, Dynamical Robots - Cynthia Sung

Explore computational methods for designing compliant robots, using topology optimization, geometry-tuned mechanics, origami structures, and iterative actuation design for dynamic tasks.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Accessible Virtual Reality for People with Limited Mobility

Research on designing virtual reality systems and interactions that accommodate people with limited mobility, including device barriers, alternative inputs, and accessible virtual hand manipulation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Designing Assistive Technologies for Agency

Designing audio interfaces that give blind users meaningful choices—and agency—in video games and pedestrian navigation.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Considerations for Collaborative Robotics - Monroe Kennedy III

Explores how robots can model human teammates, interpret intent, and collaborate on complex tasks through assistive systems and wearables.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Distributed Perception and Learning Between Robots and the Cloud

Examines learning-based robot-cloud offloading and sensory sampling that improve perception while limiting network and compute costs.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Creating Interfaces with Rich Physical Properties Through Digital Fabrication

Explore how digital fabrication embeds sensors, displays, and actuators into soft, stretchable materials to create new interfaces, including interactive skin and tactile on-body interaction.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

A Practical Guide to Living Ethically

Explore ethical decision-making through real-world examples, from workplace conflicts to major scandals, offering practical insights for navigating moral dilemmas in professional and personal life.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - How Behavior Spreads

Explores why beneficial behaviors and innovations spread differently from diseases through social-network diffusion research and experiments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Mind Your State for Your State of Mind

Explores how state, transactions, and identity semantics evolve as applications move from shared processes to scalable microservices.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

How to Build a Product II - Aaron Levie, Co-Founder of Box - Stanford Startup School

Aaron Levie, Box co-founder, gives a second talk on how to build a product.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Build a Product I - Michael Seibel, Steve Huffman, Emmett Shear - Stanford CS183F

Reddit and Twitch founders discuss how they built their products in an interview with Michael Seibel.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video