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      University of Virginia

      Digital Product Management

      Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, User Story, Product Management, Agile Software Development, Continuous Delivery, New Product Development, Agile Methodology, Product Lifecycle Management, Scrum (Software Development), Product Development, Agile Product Development, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Product Improvement, Software Development Methodologies, Product Roadmaps, User Experience Design, A/B Testing, Analytics, Design Thinking

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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Minnesota

      Creative Problem Solving

      Skills you'll gain: Creative Thinking, Cognitive flexibility, Creative Problem-Solving, Brainstorming, Curiosity, Problem Solving, Personal Development, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Motivational Skills, Planning

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Glasgow

      Computational Thinking with JavaScript

      Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, JSON, Javascript, Application Deployment, Data Processing, Web Applications, Animations, Software Development Tools, Programming Principles, Web Development, Data Structures, Code Review, Event-Driven Programming, Program Development, Front-End Web Development, Web Development Tools, Application Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Software Development, Computer Science

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google

      Project Execution: Running the Project

      Skills you'll gain: Project Closure, Project Management Life Cycle, Project Controls, Project Management, Project Performance, Quality Management, Team Leadership, Project Documentation, Sprint Retrospectives, Continuous Improvement Process, Risk Management, Quality Assurance and Control, Stakeholder Communications, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Strategic Thinking

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Politecnico di Milano

      Platform Thinking: designing a Platform

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, New Product Development, Strategic Thinking, Systems Thinking, Business Strategies, Product Lifecycle Management, Growth Strategies, Business Modeling, Business Transformation

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Stanford University

      Introduction to Statistics

      Skills you'll gain: Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Science, Regression Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Probability, Probability Distribution

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      4.2K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google

      Google Prompting Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Prompt Engineering, Data Presentation, Graphing, ChatGPT, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, AI Personalization, Spreadsheet Software, Concision, Artificial Intelligence, Ideation, Report Writing, Business Correspondence, Complex Problem Solving, Document Management, Solution Design, Critical Thinking, Human Centered Design, Machine Learning

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      1.7K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      DeepLearning.AI

      Sequence Models

      Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Modeling, Tensorflow, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Applied Machine Learning, Text Mining

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, UI Components, Software Design, Computational Thinking, Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), User Interface (UI), Java, Java Programming, Debugging, Programming Principles, Web Development, Software Development Tools, Algorithms, Program Development, Computer Programming, Software Engineering, Data Analysis, Javascript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google

      Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World

      Skills you'll gain: Project Management, Sprint Retrospectives, Project Management Life Cycle, Milestones (Project Management), Stakeholder Management, Project Planning, Goal Setting, Quality Management, Project Scoping, Stakeholder Communications, Project Estimation, Timelines, Project Documentation, Interviewing Skills, Requirements Analysis, Generative AI Agents, Problem Solving

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      12K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Amazon Web Services

      AWS Cloud Technology Consultant

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Software Development Life Cycle, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Operational Excellence, CI/CD, AWS CloudFormation, Software Architecture, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Scripting, Amazon DynamoDB, Professional Networking, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Extract, Transform, Load, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Network Troubleshooting, Cloud Management, Data Management, Problem Solving, Teamwork

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      4.8
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      DeepLearning.AI

      Natural Language Processing

      Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Markov Model, Supervised Learning, Large Language Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Text Mining, Artificial Neural Networks, Dimensionality Reduction, Deep Learning, Regression Analysis, Feature Engineering, Algorithms, Bayesian Statistics, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Machine Learning Algorithms, Keras (Neural Network Library), Tensorflow, Artificial Intelligence, Data Processing

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

    • Digital Product Management: University of Virginia
    • Creative Problem Solving: University of Minnesota
    • Computational Thinking with JavaScript: University of Glasgow
    • Project Execution: Running the Project: Google
    • Platform Thinking: designing a Platform: Politecnico di Milano
    • Introduction to Statistics: Stanford University
    • Google Prompting Essentials: Google
    • Sequence Models: DeepLearning.AI
    • Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals: Duke University
    • Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World: Google

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