Online & Special Programs

American Deaf Culture

This is a six-week course providing a historical overview of the American Deaf community and its evolving culture. Theoretical frameworks from sociology are explored. Deafness as a culture and not a disability is explained as participants are guided into the world of Deaf culture.

The Bilingual Brain

This course explores the brain bases of bilingualism by discussing literature relevant to differences in age of initial learning, proficiency, and control in the nonverbal, single language and dual-language literature. Participants will learn about the latest research related to how humans learn one or two languages and other cognitive skills.

Math Behind Moneyball

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.

Powerful Tools For Teaching And Learning: Web 2.0 Tools

Learn about innovative Web 2.0 tools in K-12 instruction how to effectively integrate these technologies into classroom practices and to create engaging student activities.

Powerful Tools for Teaching And Learning: Digital Storytelling

Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling introduces educators to digital storytelling and explores ways to use digital stories to enhance students' learning experiences. Learn from University of Houston experts in educational technology and alongside students from all over the world.

Preparing for AP Physics 1 Exam

This course is designed for high school students preparing to take the AP Physics 1 Exam.

A Brief History of Human Spaceflight

This course provides a view of the history of spaceflight, from early writings telling of human's fascination of space through the early Russian and American space stations. Developed as an interesting and entertaining slice of space history that is accessible to anyone with an interest in human spaceflight.

Value-Based Care Specialization

Learn About Value-Based Care. Explore the power of effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients that leads to a partnership focused on quality care. Through six courses and a capstone project, you will develop an understanding of your individual responsibility to lead a culture of collaboration in the workplace focused on value-based care. The content-focused courses listed below can be completed individually.

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

  Through a historical lens, explore the creation of Medicare and Medicaid and the evolution of commercial insurance, TRICARE, the Veterans Health Administration, and more.

• Value-Based Care: Managing Processes to Improve Outcomes

  Obtain an introduction to critical office-based processes that a value-based practice must manage in the drive towards improved patient outcomes.

• Value-Based Care: Organizational Competencies

  Gain an introduction to the changes an organization will need to make to succeed in value-based care and payment.

• Value-Based Care: Population Health

  Gain an overview of population health management, beginning with a high-level review of four critical areas: addressing behavioral and social determinants of health, the prevalence of chronic disease, attributes of an aging population, and key barriers of access to health care.

• Value-Based Care: Quality Improvement in Organizations

  Explore ways that provider organizations can successfully move from volume to value through implementing Quality Improvement plans and Continuous Quality Improvement.

• Value-Based Care: Reimbursement Models

  Build high-level knowledge of the current medical coding and payment mechanisms of most U.S. healthcare services, referred to as fee-for-service.