University of Houston Courses

The Bilingual Brain

10 ratings

Explore the brain bases of bilingualism: examine research on age of first learning, proficiency, and cognitive control across monolingual and dual-language studies.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling

5 ratings

Create a digital story for your classroom: choose a topic, write a script and storyboard, record narration in Audacity, and assemble it in WeVideo.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Math behind Moneyball

98 ratings at Coursera

Learn how probability, math, and statistics can be used to help baseball, football and basketball teams improve, player and lineup selection as well as in game strategy.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

American Deaf Culture

395 ratings at Coursera

Deafness as a culture, not a disability: examine audism, Deaf core values, language acquisition and ASL, and U.S. laws shaping deaf education.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

A Brief History of Human Spaceflight

438 ratings at Coursera

Trace human spaceflight from early musings and ancient Chinese rocketry through the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, Soviet firsts, Mir, and spaceflight disasters.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 Tools

190 ratings at Coursera

Integrate Web 2.0 tools such as Edmodo, Twitter, Voicethread, and Skype into K-16 teaching, designing communication, collaboration, and creativity activities plus a mini action research project.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Value-Based Care

319 ratings at Coursera

Learn how value-based care works across the U.S. healthcare system: population health, reimbursement models, process management, organizational competencies, and quality improvement, closing with a capstone project.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 7 courses

Value-Based Care: Introduction to Value-Based Care and the U.S. Healthcare System

189 ratings at Coursera

Trace how Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, TRICARE, and the VHA emerged and are funded, then use national quality measures to plan value improvements in a healthcare organization.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Value-Based Care: Population Health

61 ratings at Coursera

Learn population health management: behavioral and social determinants, chronic disease, aging, access barriers, and the Population Health Pyramid, then build a community health assessment and improvement plan.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Value-Based Care: Reimbursement Models

48 ratings at Coursera

Compare fee-for-service with value-based payment models: explore HCP-LAN alternative payment categories, coding for chronic conditions, risk adjustment, quality scores, and patient satisfaction measures in U.S. healthcare.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Value-Based Care: Managing Processes to Improve Outcomes

46 ratings at Coursera

Manage the office processes behind value-based practice: patient-centered medical home, panel management, quality metrics, registries and analytics, and coordination around social determinants of health.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Value-Based Care: Quality Improvement in Organizations

36 ratings at Coursera

Move a provider organization from volume to value: implement continuous quality improvement plans, build high-performing care teams, and lead change through adaptive, collaborative leadership.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Preparing for the AP Physics 1 Exam

36 ratings at Coursera

This course is designed for high school students preparing to take the AP* Physics 1 Exam. * AP Physics 1 is a registered trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Value-Based Care: Organizational Competencies

24 ratings at Coursera

Examine the Accountable Care Atlas and HCP-LAN frameworks, apply value-based care competencies across three healthcare organization types, and outline talking points on transition challenges and strategies.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Value-Based Care: Capstone Project

13 ratings at Coursera

Assemble six value-based care course projects into a cohesive portfolio, share it with a colleague reviewer for feedback, and document your learning.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course