Online Free Course in Economics 101 for Journalists

Description: This free online training webinar June 26-28 will demystify economics for business journalists. In just one hour on each of three days with her, you will get a grounding in how the overall economy works, plus specific insights into the employment and housing markets. And beyond the basics, you’ll see how to apply what you’ve learned to finding fresh story ideas on the economy in your local area.

Training Type: Instructor-Led Online

Target Audience: Journalists worldwide

Online Free Course in Digital Libraries, Repositories and Documents

Description: This course covers the processes relevant to the creation and management of digital libraries and repositories, including digital file formats, metadata management, database management and the preservation of digital information. The total curriculum consists of 40 lessons, ranging from approximately 20 to 45 minutes duration, grouped into eight units, for a total of about 24 hours of self-paced instruction.
Training Type: Self-Paced

Target Audience: It is targeted at broad range of users who are involved in the creation, management and dissemination of documents in an electronic environment. The group of potential users may include library managers, publication officers, communication specialists, archivists, information specialists, system managers, content developers and general management.

Online Free Course in How Reuters Journalists Use Social Media to Uncover Today’s Stories

Description: This free online training webinar by Reuters journalists aims to discuss how they use social media to identify story ideas, do research and monitor the marketplace. After the training you will be able to: 1) Learn how best to engage journalists using emerging technology; and 2) Understand the components of a great pitch; and 3) Get your questions answered by the panelists during an interactive Q&A session following the discussion. 

Training Type: Self-Paced 

Target Audience: Journalists worldwide

Online Free Course in Introduction to Medical Terminology

Description: This course aims to introduce the basic building blocks of medical terminology. It is divided into four topics, and each topic takes about 1 hour to complete. The topics introduce you to the basics you need to understand and use medical terminology, and examples are used to illustrate the concepts covered. There are activities and quizzes throughout the topics to help you reinforce your learning and to let you practice identifying, analysing and building medical terms. There is a word list in the useful resources section containing all the terms covered in this course that you can download and print. The list has spaces for you to add other useful medical terms that you encounter.
Training Type: Self-Paced,

Target Audience: anyone wanting to learn the basics of medical terminology, including medical and nursing students; students studying for professions allied to medicine; those interested in a career as a medical secretary or transcriptionist; students whose first language is not English who are interested in studying medicine in an English-speaking country; and anyone who is interested in understanding more about the language of medicine.

Online Free Course in Project Management

Description: The Project Management Course provides young people with both the skills and resources needed to effectively plan, monitor, evaluate and manage local projects. Participants learn how to conduct a needs assessment, create a baseline, manage resources and identify long-term desired outcomes.
Training Type: Instructor-Led Online

Target Audience: Open to all interested