Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Public University • IL
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New Product Development - develop your own new product
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
New product development is essential for the survival of many companies in the Hi-Tec sector, as well as other sectors. The percentage of sales of successful business organizations tied to the successful Introduction of new products and services is high. However, the failure rate of new products development projects is also high and therefore there is a need for a methodology based on a well-designed process as well as tools and techniques to manage New Product Development (NPD) projects. Since most companies develop new products, it is important to you as a manager to be familiar and understand the basic concepts and terminology of NPD projects. This course will give you holistic view of the new product development arena and will help you gain specific knowledge in how to select, plan, monitor and control a new product development project, using the proper tools and techniques. Upon completion of this MOOC, you will: 1. have a clear view and understanding of the New Product Development (NPD) arena 2. be able to select the right product configuration based on value (Voice of the customer), cost, time to market and risks. 3. be able to develop a feasible plan for your own product. 4. be able to execute your plan in an uncertain dynamic environment using the right tools and techniques. As part of the course the learners are required to purchase a discounted license for the Product Team Builder Simulator (http://www.sandboxmodel.com/), which is used for training and assignment submission. Please notice the simulator can only be used with Internet Explorer from a Windows computer.
Traditional herbal medicine in supportive cancer care: From alternative to integrative
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
Please join us for an exciting and innovative journey, examining one of the most important and often overlooked aspects of the oncology setting: Traditional Herbal Medicine in Supportive Cancer Care. This course is presented with short lectures offering a wide range of issues related to the principles and practice of herbal medicine in cancer care. The course includes interviews with leading world experts from the field of Integrative Oncology, from the U.S. and Canada, as well as Europe, the Middle East, China and Japan. By the end of the course, you will: • Understand core concepts in Integrative Oncology, as they relate to the supportive/palliative cancer care setting • Acquire effective communication skills which will foster a better understanding of patients' views on herbal medicine, while providing guidance on the safe and effective use of these products • Be able to design, together with patients, caregivers and healthcare providers, a patient-tailored and cultural-sensitive integrative oncology treatment program, including the use of herbal medicine • Be acquainted with leading "players" who can share their experience in creating and implementing an integrative oncology program The course has been specially designed to provide information and guidance at a level appropriate for patients and non-medical participants, as well as medical professionals interested in receiving evidence-based guidance on the safety and effectiveness of herbal medicine in cancer care.
Action-Driven Business Plan: From the ‘Classroom’ to the World
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
"Action-Driven Business Plan: From the ‘Classroom’ to the World" is a capstone project, that requires you, our learner, to pull together all you will have learned in the three courses that comprise the "Startup Entrepreneurship" Specialization. This course is in fact the culmination of the process designed to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned on a real-world project of your choice. During the following six weeks you will gradually create, improve and refine your business plan, moving from one milestone to another. Each week will begin with a short note from Prof. Maital, explaining what the current phase is about and providing you with points to consider while working on the assignments. We encourage you to practice what you have learned using the self-assessment practice quizzes and brainstorm with your peers in the weekly forums. During the first week you will create a non-business plan as an initial step towards creating your business plan. In weeks two, three and five, you will be required to submit three assignments for peer evaluation, which will help you to prepare your final business plan. At the end of the course you will prepare and submit your completed business plan and an effective two-minute video describing your idea. Your business plan will include the following sections: The Need, the Product, Unique Features, The Market and Future Developments, a Gantt chart and a project budget.
التقانة والمستشعرات النانوية - الجزء الاول
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
هو مساق للمهتمين في التعرف على أدوات الاستشعار الحديثة التي تستعين بتقانة النانو (وهي التقانة التي تبحث في المجال بين واحد إلى مئة نانوميتر، أي في أجزاء من المليار من المتر) لفرز ومراقبة الأحداث المختلفة في حياتنا الشخصية أو العملية. في أطار هذا المساق، سنكتشف معا عالم النانو المذهل الذي يتعامل مع الوحدات الأساسية في بناء المادة. وبهذا سوف نمهد الطريق لتطبيقات إبداعية لانهائية تطبق في كل جزء من حياتنا اليومية، بدءا من تشخيصات وعلاجات (في الجسم الحي أو خارجه) للأمراض، وثم نستمر في تقانة مراقبة جودة المنتوجات وما يختص بالبيئة، وننهي في تقانة مراقبة القضايا الأمنية. سنتعلم في هذا السعي كيف نصَنع هذه الأدوات الجديدة، وكيف نميزها، وكيف نتحكم بها، وكيف ندمجها في التطبيقات المختلفة. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ وصف المساق تقانة ومستشعرات النانو هو مجال يحوي اختصاصات عديدة ومتداخلة ويجمع بين الكيمياء/البيوكيمياء، الفيزياء، البيولوجيا، علم المواد، هندسة الإلكترونيات وغيرها. سيعرض المساق الحالي بعض مبادئ التقانة ومواد النانو الاساسيّة ودورها الهام في اجهزة و خواص الاستشعار. في هذا المساق سيتم نقاش معلومات شيقة من تخصصات متعددة في مجال العلوم والهندسة في المستوى النانوي, مستهدفا فهم الاختلافات الفيزيائية الأساسية لمستشعرات النانو. عند إنهاء هذا المساق، يكون قد تعلم الطالب تصنيع، تمييز ومعالجة مواد النانو ومستشعرات النانو، وكيفية تسخيرها لبناء تطبيقات جديدة. وأيضا سيطبق الطالب معرفته في تقانة ومستشعرات النانو ضمن مشروع حسب اهتمامه الشخصي. اهداف المساق هدف المساق الرئيسي هو تطوير التفكير النقدي, الابداعي والمبتكر. ان المساق يشجع العمل ضمن فريق ذو افراد من مجالات وحضارات مختلفة, لبناء "مخازن أفكار" عالمية لابتكار افكار جديدة. سوف يطلب منكم خلال المساق ان تقوموا بالتفكير بطريقة مبدعة, غير اعتيادية وان تقترحوا افكار جديدة. يستهدف هذا المساق تشجيع المعرفة بالمواضيع التالية: 1) أهمية المواد النانوية في تطبيقات الاستشعار. 2) الأساليب المستخدمة في تحديد خصائص المستشعرات النانوية· 3) الأساليب المستخدمة لتكييف مواد النانو بهدف استعمالها في تطبيقات استشعار خاصة. 4) جسيمات النانو الفلزية والشبه موصلة. 5) أنابيب النانو وأسلاك النانو العضوية وغير العضو...
Innovation Career Lessons from a Master
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
This course, which is Part Three in the series of Startup Entrepreneurship specialization, offers Life Lessons from a Master Innovator, with proven achievements. During this course you will listen to conversations and interviews with Mr. David (Dadi) Perlmutter, who until recently was Executive VP of Intel corporate. Dadi will talk about 10 life lessons, based on his 34 years as a rebel innovator and entrepreneur. We will share with you the following lessons: Love and Knowledge are infinite: grow and share; Learn from Failures and Successes; Nothing Moves without a Vision; Have a Differentiated Market Transforming Strategy; Dare to Take Action; Fight Resistance; It is All About the Ecosystem; Build a Team; Keep it Simple and Work Hard. By the end of the course the learner will: Know how to lead a process of innovation and implement ideas through all its phases from discovery to delivery in your own field of choice. Know how to apply creativity to generate creative ideas in a wide range of strategic management issues. Know how to solve problems in general, with a high degree of innovative creative thinking, to widen the range of possible choices Identify new and unfamiliar challenges and needs, reflect on them from a creative point of view (zoom in), decide on the action they require (zoom out) and generate a novel and useful solution Transform ideas into real value-creating products, services and processes. Be able to analyze both success and failure and draw conclusions from both, for improving future innovative efforts. Be able to identify and create key features of innovative products and services and in doing so, generate strategically differentiated innovations that are unique Be able to present your ideas persuasively and overcome resistance. * Know how to simplify a complex product and make it user friendly. Course assignments will include participation in two discussion groups and four assignments. In each assignment you...
Medical Cannabis for Pain Control
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
Cannabis is a group of flowering plants that has been long used for industrial, recreational and medical purposes. When relating to its medical use, the terms "Medical Cannabis" or "Medical marijuana" has become prevalent. In this course we will use the term "Medical Cannabis". Nowadays, Medical Cannabis involves multiple medical disciplines such as neuroscience, pain, pharmacology, oncology, psychiatry and more. Moreover, it has cultural, agricultural and social, legal and political implications. This course will give you a solid ground to understand the whole picture. By completing this course, you will gain a broad understanding and knowledge base related to medical use of cannabis for pain control. You will be exposed to a wide range of topics such as historical use of cannabis in ancient times, botanic aspects of the plants, and potential benefits and risks associated with its medical use to both individuals and society.
Nanotechnology and Nanosensors, Part1
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
Nanotechnology and nanosensors are broad, interdisciplinary areas that encompass (bio)chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, electrical engineering and more. The present course will provide a survey on some of the fundamental principles behind nanotechnology and nanomaterials and their vital role in novel sensing properties and applications. The course will discuss interesting interdisciplinary scientific and engineering knowledge at the nanoscale to understand fundamental physical differences at the nanosensors. By the end of the course, students will understand the fabrication, characterization, and manipulation of nanomaterials, nanosensors, and how they can be exploited for new applications. Also, students will apply their knowledge of nanotechnology and nanosensors to a topic of personal interest in this course. ---------------- COURSE OBJECTIVES The course main objective is to enhance critical, creative, and innovative thinking. The course encourages multicultural group work, constructing international 'thinking tanks' for the creation of new ideas. Throughout the course, you will be asked to reflect upon your learning, think "out of the box", and suggest creative ideas. The course is set to encourage the understanding of: 1. The importance of nanoscale materials for sensing applications. 2. Approaches used for characterizing sensors based nanomaterials. 3. Approaches used for tailoring nanomaterials for a specific sensing application. 4. Metallic and semiconductor nanoparticles. 5. Organic and inorganic nanotubes and nanowires. 6. Optical, mechanical and chemical sensors based on nanomaterials. 7. Hybrid nanomaterial-based sensors. ---------------- We recommend that you read the following supplementary reading materials: -Jiří Janata, Principles of Chemical Sensors, Springer, 2d Edition (1989). -Roger George Jackson, Novel Sensors and Sensing, CRC Press (2004). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Teaching Team About Professor Haick Hossam Pr...
From Idea to Startup
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
How do you implement ideas? This course provides practical proven tools for transforming an idea into a product or service that creates value for others. As students acquire these tools, they learn how to tell bad ideas from good, how to build a winning strategy, how to shape a unique value proposition, prepare a business plan, compare their innovation to existing solutions, build flexibility into their plan and determine when best to quit. As a vital part of the course students conduct on-site interviews with entrepreneurs who have launched startups, and are eager to share their valuable insights with them. Upon completing this course successfully, graduates will be able to: 1. Transform ideas into real products, services and processes, by validating the idea, testing it, and turning it into a growing, profitable and sustainable business. 2. Identify the major steps and requirements in order to estimate the potential of an innovative idea as the basis of an innovative project. 3. Reach creative solutions via an iteration of a virtually endless stream of world-changing ideas and strategies, integrating feedback, and learning from failures along the way. 4. Apply the 10 entrepreneurial tools in creating a business plan for a new innovative venture. 5. Apply methods and strategies learned from interviews with startup entrepreneurs and innovators. 6. Communicate and sell innovative ideas successfully.
Nanotechnology and Nanosensors, Part 2
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
Learn about novel sensing tools that make use of nanotechnology to screen, detect and monitor various events in personal or professional life. Together, we will lay the groundwork for infinite innovative applications, starting from diagnosis and treatments of diseases, continuing with quality control of goods and environmental aspects, and ending with monitoring security issues. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Nanotechnology and nanosensors are broad, interdisciplinary areas that encompass (bio)chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, electrical engineering and more. The present course will provide a survey on some of the fundamental principles behind nanotechnology and nanomaterials and their vital role in novel sensing properties and applications. The course will discuss interesting interdisciplinary scientific and engineering knowledge at the nanoscale to understand fundamental physical differences at the nanosensors. By the end of the two parts of the course, students will understand the fabrication, characterization, and manipulation of nanomaterials, nanosensors, and how they can be exploited for new applications. Also, students will apply their knowledge of nanotechnology and nanosensors to a topic of personal interest in this course. - - - - - - -- -- -- - - - - COURSE OBJECTIVES The course main objective is to enhance critical, creative, and innovative thinking. The course encourages multicultural group work, constructing international 'thinking tanks' for the creation of new ideas. Throughout the course, you will be asked to reflect upon your learning, think "out of the box", and suggest creative ideas. The two parts of the course are set to encourage the understanding of: 1. The importance of nanoscale materials for sensing applications. 2. Approaches used for characterizing sensors based nanomaterials. 3. Approaches used for tailoring nanomaterials for a specific sensing application. 4. Metallic and semiconductor nanoparticle...
التقانة والمستشعرات النانوية - الجزء الثاني
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
هو مساق للمهتمين في التعرف على أدوات الاستشعار الحديثة التي تستعين بتقانة النانو (وهي التقانة التي تبحث في المجال بين واحد إلى مئة نانوميتر، أي في أجزاء من المليار من المتر) لفرز ومراقبة الأحداث المختلفة في حياتنا الشخصية أو العملية. في أطار هذا المساق، سنكتشف معا عالم النانو المذهل الذي يتعامل مع الوحدات الأساسية في بناء المادة. وبهذا سوف نمهد الطريق لتطبيقات إبداعية لانهائية تطبق في كل جزء من حياتنا اليومية، بدءا من تشخيصات وعلاجات (في الجسم الحي أو خارجه) للأمراض، وثم نستمر في تقانة مراقبة جودة المنتوجات وما يختص بالبيئة، وننهي في تقانة مراقبة القضايا الأمنية. سنتعلم في هذا السعي كيف نصَنع هذه الأدوات الجديدة، وكيف نميزها، وكيف نتحكم بها، وكيف ندمجها في التطبيقات المختلفة. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ وصف المساق تقانة ومستشعرات النانو هو مجال يحوي اختصاصات عديدة ومتداخلة ويجمع بين الكيمياء/البيوكيمياء، الفيزياء، البيولوجيا، علم المواد، هندسة الإلكترونيات وغيرها. سيعرض المساق الحالي بعض مبادئ التقانة ومواد النانو الاساسيّة ودورها الهام في اجهزة و خواص الاستشعار. في هذا المساق سيتم نقاش معلومات شيقة من تخصصات متعددة في مجال العلوم والهندسة في المستوى النانوي, مستهدفا فهم الاختلافات الفيزيائية الأساسية لمستشعرات النانو. عند إنهاء هذا المساق، يكون قد تعلم الطالب تصنيع، تمييز ومعالجة مواد النانو ومستشعرات النانو، وكيفية تسخيرها لبناء تطبيقات جديدة. وأيضا سيطبق الطالب معرفته في تقانة ومستشعرات النانو ضمن مشروع حسب اهتمامه الشخصي. اهداف المساق هدف المساق الرئيسي هو تطوير التفكير النقدي, الابداعي والمبتكر. ان المساق يشجع العمل ضمن فريق ذو افراد من مجالات وحضارات مختلفة, لبناء "مخازن أفكار" عالمية لابتكار افكار جديدة. سوف يطلب منكم خلال المساق ان تقوموا بالتفكير بطريقة مبدعة, غير اعتيادية وان تقترحوا افكار جديدة. يستهدف هذا المساق تشجيع المعرفة بالمواضيع التالية: 1) أهمية المواد النانوية في تطبيقات الاستشعار. 2) الأساليب المستخدمة في تحديد خصائص المستشعرات النانوية· 3) الأساليب المستخدمة لتكييف مواد النانو بهدف استعمالها في تطبيقات استشعار خاصة. 4) جسيمات النانو الفلزية والشبه موصلة. 5) أنابيب النانو وأسلاك النانو العضوية وغير العضو...
Cracking the Creativity Code: Discovering Ideas
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (via Coursera)
Skill at discovering new ideas, and delivering them, may be one of the most important practical job skills, in today’s and tomorrow’s job market. Creativity is an acquired skill, one that improves with practice. This course aims to empower individuals who believe they have lost their innate creativity, because they, their employers or teachers prefer the three R's: replication, repetition and rote, to innovation. We show how to re-ignite rusty creative powers. During this course, you will learn proven tools, frameworks and concepts useful for discovery– generating an endless stream of new ideas implementing at least some of those ideas with skill and persistence, based on books and articles written by the instructors. In the first part of the course, you will learn a proven structured method for generating and implementing world-changing ideas known as ‘Zoom in, Zoom out, Zoom in’ that makes creativity more accessible to everyone. In the following weeks, you will learn practical proven tools useful for delivering ideas by employing the basic principles of business and management. You will practice the method, use it to tackle challenging real-world needs and produce a 2-3 minutes video presenting your idea. Course Learning Outcomes On successfully completing this four-week course, you will be able to: Manage a process to generate an unending stream of creative ideas Lead a process of innovation and implement ideas through all phases from discovery to delivery. Apply creativity to a wide range of strategic management issues. Solve problems with a high degree of innovation, creative thinking and risk taking. Use and apply proven structured method for generating and implementing world-changing ideas known as ‘Zoom in, Zoom out, Zoom in’. Develop and implement an innovation in your own practice. Identify new and unfamiliar challenges and reflect on these challenges from a creative point of view, action they require and service they provide. Demons...