Social Media Courses

Visual Media for Effective Healthcare Communication

Enhance your ability to connect with an audience using visual presentation. Gain tools and strategies to communicate more effectively via the media, with guidance from leading Stanford Medicine faculty.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Quantitative Social Science Methods

1 rating

First course for incoming Harvard Government Department PhD students; also taken by students in other departments, and students elsewhere through the Harvard Extension School. Instructor: Gary King.

• YouTube
• 19 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Getting Your Voice into Popular Media - Strategies for Faculty

1 rating

Learn strategies from leading editors and faculty to effectively communicate your ideas through op-eds, articles, and radio appearances in popular media outlets.

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

Open vs. Closed: Media, Government and Social Organization in the Information Age

1 rating

Exploring the divide between open and closed systems in government, media, and society, emphasizing accountability, transparency, and the impact of digital technologies on information flow and power structures.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

IT Fundamentals for Business Professionals: Cybersecurity and social implications

20 ratings

Working with Information Technology (IT) without the necessary background? Learn about cybersecurity, careers, and social implications of IT

• edX
• 3 weeks, 3-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Careers in Media Technology

3 ratings

Gain insider knowledge of the media technology industry, exploring roles in UX, program management, software engineering, and product management at leading companies.

• Kadenze
• 30 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Does the Left Have a Future? - 2017-2018 Dean's Lecture in Social Sciences

Historian Michael Kazin explores the current crisis of the left in Europe and the US, analyzing its causes and potential paths forward for both radical and liberal factions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Social Justice and the New Food Activism

Explores the evolution of food activism, from market-based alternatives to critiques of organic farming, community food security, and corporate involvement, highlighting limitations and new directions in the movement.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cancer Survivorship Care: Supporting Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Wellbeing

2 ratings

Explore holistic care for cancer survivors, focusing on emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing alongside physical healing.

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

Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys

8 ratings

Learn to design effective questionnaires for social surveys, covering response processes, question types, measurement techniques, and evaluation methods to improve data quality and reduce bias.

• Coursera
• 17 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Mobile, Social, and Fashion - Three Stories from Data-Driven Design

1 rating

How to leverage data to build better design tools and scaffold the design process? How can one understand how to use designs to leverage preferred outcomes?

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

AI Is Human, Not Artificial - Reframing Intelligence Through Social Modeling and Symbiosis

1 rating

Explore how AI reflects human intelligence through social modeling and symbiosis, challenging views of artificial intelligence as alien with insights on consciousness and evolution.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Social Impact Strategy: Tools for Entrepreneurs and Innovators

5 ratings

This course offers an introduction to social impact strategy and social entrepreneurship, including key concepts, an overview of the field, and tools to get started as a changemaker.

• Coursera
• 7 hours 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Pediatric Grand Rounds (RECORDING) Improving Accuracy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Young Children

Enhancing diagnostic accuracy and treatment strategies for acute otitis media in young children through evidence-based approaches and recent clinical trials.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Medcast Episode 8: COVID-19 Mini-series - Social Determinants of Health

Explore social determinants of health's impact on COVID-19, focusing on higher incidence among people of color and strategies to overcome healthcare bias and racism.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course