Open Educational Resources: CUHK OERs

An entrepreneur is someone who is always on the lookout for problems that can be turned into opportunities and finds creative ways to leverage limited resources to reach their goals. In this course, learners will be introduced to the fundamental concepts, theories, and frameworks of entrepreneurship and learn how to apply them within the context of the world's largest market: China. Through cases, articles, and experiential learning, learners will gain expertise in how to identify and evaluate opportunities; interpret, analyze, and build financial models to enable high-growth ventures; practice living life as an entrepreneurial leader; and create a new product or service for the Chinese market.

In the past few years, there has been a surge in the level of interest and activities in entrepreneurship. But, what is the essence of entrepreneurship? To provide an understanding of entrepreneurship and the process of creating a new venture, Entrepreneurship Essentials introduces you to the basic concepts, theories, and frameworks of entrepreneurship via coming across its various aspects including capturing opportunity, business plan, financing and team building.

This course is designed to help you, as a strategist of a foreign company, better understand how to develop your China strategy. Specifically, after studying China’s changing strategic landscape, you will focus on mastering three strategic issues: who – the major players in China, how – the entry modes, and where – the location strategy for your China business. This course is aimed to deliver updated knowledge and real experiences of developing China strategy.

Participants will know how Chinese entrepreneurs, consumers and employees think and act, and be able to generate consumer and business insights for doing business in China. Through the use of well-designed business cases, participants will be able to apply this knowledge when they start or manage a business organization in China. Participants will be able to identify business opportunities and challenges based on nuanced understanding of the socio-political, economic, cultural, and technological environments in China, and leverage on their consumer and business insights to develop and implement culturally informed strategic plans.

Participants will know how Chinese entrepreneurs, consumers and employees think and act, and be able to generate consumer and business insights for doing business in China. Through the use of well-designed business cases, participants will be able to apply this knowledge when they start or manage a business organization in China. Participants will be able to identify business opportunities and challenges based on nuanced understanding of the socio-political, economic, cultural, and technological environments in China, and leverage on their consumer and business insights to develop and implement culturally informed strategic plans.

This course is designed to help learners sell their products, goods and services to Chinese consumers. To achieve this goal, the course will use evidence-based research in psychology, economics, legal studies and marketing to help learners understand the historical, economic and legal contexts of doing business in China and the behavioral characteristics of Chinese consumers. The course will cover topics in Chinese and global marketing, Chinese consumers, institutional and cultural influence on consumer motivation and behaviors in Chinese markets, and brand management in China.

An introductory yet trenchant exploration of select Chinese classic texts that cover the domains of classical literature, history, philosophy, and fine arts.

本課程對象為對中國文化有興趣的同學。

課程目的為通過四個不同特色的主題，討論中國文化的四個主要面向。每個主題選取兩篇經典文本作為核心閱讀，並與延伸閱讀做互文探討，以新角度解讀經典文本的意義，展現中國文化的複雜性、多元性。文本難度與大學一年級國文程度相當。

This course will focus on the historical and cultural background, literary aesthetics, music, and performance of Kunqu, China’s classical opera. After viewing the lecture videos presented by scholars and renowned maestros in the field of Kunqu, students’ understanding and appreciation of Chinese performing arts, classical literature and traditional culture will be enhanced.

本課程以崑曲的歷史文化、文學、音樂、表演、美學為核心主題，透過學者與表演藝術家的解說示範，提昇學生對中國傳統文化、古典文學與表演藝術之鑑賞能力。

This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift from one mode of rationality to another. For each of these moments, cultural facts and artifacts—thought, literature, ritual—will be examined in relationship to changing social, political, and economic systems.

This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift from one mode of rationality to another. For each of these moments, cultural facts and artifacts—thought, literature, ritual—will be examined in relationship to changing social, political, and economic systems.

This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift from one mode of rationality to another. For each of these moments, cultural facts and artifacts—thought, literature, ritual—will be examined in relationship to changing social, political, and economic systems.

This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focus will be on the moments of paradigm shift from one mode of rationality to another. For each of these moments, cultural facts and artifacts—thought, literature, ritual—will be examined in relationship to changing social, political, and economic systems.

This course aims to enhance students’ knowledge of current and emerging legal and ethical issues most pertinent to the lives of older persons today, and their ability to propose and evaluate solutions to specific problems and challenges in this area.

"人道主义宪章与人道救援响应最低标准：环球计划的实践" 是全球首个以简体中文及普通话来介绍环球计划的慕课，当中结合了2018年最新版环球计划手册《人道主义宪章与人道救援响应最低标准》内容以及老师的亲身经验作教材。课程不仅具高认受性，同时内容丰富易明，能大大帮助灾害与人道救援的实践与提高其水平。

本科名為粵語研究導論，目的在於探索粵語的歷史、分佈、語音系統、句法系統、粵語和普通話之間的主要語法差異等等。完成此課程後，學生將對粵語語言學有更深入的了解，同時掌握基本的現代語言學理論、研究方法，並應用於粵語研究。

Learn the essentials of academic writing with 4 micro-modules: Plagiarism, paraphrasing, summarizing, and APA referencing.

Learn impromptu speaking and job interviewing skills.

An online platform that introduces the language and etiquette rules for
professional business meetings based on specific workplace scenarios

「觸『境』生情」的由來：虛擬實境（VR）技術無中生有，能讓學生從課室裡瞬間轉移到文學作品描寫的地方。前人說觸景可以生情，今天觸「境」也可生情。

賽馬會「觸境生情」虛擬實境中國語文教學計劃由香港賽馬會慈善信託基金捐助，香港中文大學（中大）學習科學與科技中心主辦，中大香港文學研究中心、聖公會聖馬利亞堂莫慶堯中學協辦，並獲中大圖書館支持。

This is an online course on fundamental sports-related musculoskeletal anatomy which provides students with a basic understanding of the musculoskeletal structure and function of different body regions. Topics include an overview of the musculoskeletal system, spine, upper limb, and lower limb.

This is a course on fundamental sports-related musculoskeletal anatomy which provides students with a basic understanding of the musculoskeletal structure and function of different body regions. Topics include an overview of the musculoskeletal system, spine, upper limb, and lower limb.

This course aims to serve as an education platform on Chinese medicine (CM) for the general public. Our primary goal is to empower healthcare choices by promoting awareness and practical application on CM diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, as well as regulation on CM services and herbal products using international examples.

This course, Everyday Chinese Medicine II offered by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, aims to show to the public, as well as the healthcare professionals about the basic principles of Chinese medicine. Our primary goal is to empower healthcare choices by promoting awareness and practical application on Chinese medicine diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and to facilitate interprofessional education between Chinese and conventional clinicians.

Planning and launching health intervention in rural area can be completely different from in urban settings. CCOUC has rich experience in teaching health-related students about carrying health interventions in rural area. This online course offered by CCOUC composes of micro-modules that are preparatory lectures for anyone who is planning to launch health intervention or perform similar works in rural settings. Upon completion of the course, students are expected to: - Understand the basic knowledge and relevant theories of health promotion - Acquire the skills for planning & launching health interventions in rural areas - Understand the essential process of pre-trip preparation before a rural field trip

中国是全球人口最多的国家，根据第六次全国人口普查的结果，我国总人口接近14亿，其中农村人口占全国总人口约41.5%。鉴于城市和农村地区的经济及公共卫生发展并不平衡，缩窄城乡差距、改善农村地区居民的生活和健康状况，一直都是中国社会发展的重要课题。本课程中，我们将分享团队多年来的实践经验，以及对农村健康及备灾问题的理解与思考，希望藉此鼓励更多学生及志愿者更有系统地参与农村健康及备灾教育和推广活动，为推动农村卫生和备灾发展贡献自己的力量。 本课程旨在帮助学生及从事相关工作的人员掌握及提升公共卫生基础知识及实践技巧。同时，提高健康和备灾知识传播的准确性和可及程度。我们也希望能为农村项目组织者提供更加全面的背景知识、专业理论及项目管理基础。

This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping caregivers to cope with carergiver stress. The government encourages ageing in place. Caregivers play an indispensable role in supporting older adults live at home. Apart from empowering caregivers, it is also important to relieve their caregiving stress. Taking this course will help you understand the caregiving journey, caregiving stress assessment and management, and the ways to promote caregiver engagement, enablement and empowerment.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with frailty and sarcopenia. Frailty and sarcopenia become increasingly prevalent with age, leading to a decline in quality of life and loss of independence among older adults. Fortunately, frailty and sarcopenia can be reversed through diet and exercise. Taking this course will help you understand the causes, assessments, nutritional and exercise interventions of frailty and sarcopenia.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with skin disorders and pressure injuries. Skin is the largest organ of our body which protecting us from damage. At old age, ageing skin and skin disorders may bring various degrees of impact to older adults. Taking this course will help you understand the normal ageing skin, common skin disorders, skin care tips, prevention and management of pressure injuries among older adults.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with incontinence. Taking this course will help you understand the continence issues in ageing, including the undesirable physical, psychosocial, and economic burdens on both older adults and caregivers. Incontinence assessment, nursing care considerations and practical tips in choosing incontinence products and assistive devices will be addressed.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with communication challenges. Taking this course will help you understand the vision, hearing and speech impairment among older adults. The related strategies in facilitating their daily lives and communication tips are discussed.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the “Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care” funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with bowel changes. Taking this course will help you understand the bowel changes in older adults, assessments and management of constipation; and non-pharmacological and pharmacological intervention in preventing treating constipation.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the “Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care” funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with mood issues. Taking this course will help you understand the common mood issues in older adults, various types of screening tests and assessments, and strategies in managing mood issues.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Dietary intake and nutritional status not only play a major role in the overall quality of health of older people, but also have an impact on their satisfaction with life. Healthy eating is not all about calorie counting and scouring food labels. Meals are also a time for connection, and good food is one of life’s basic pleasures, at any age. Let’s walk through the problems in eating that may be encountered as one age and learn about the basic tips on diet, and the healthy eating principles for older people.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Pain is a common complaint in the older people. As the number of individuals older than 65 years continues to rise, frailty and chronic diseases associated with pain will likely increase. Pain is “Anything the patient says it is”. All pain conditions are the same for all people. The importance of pain assessment and reassessment cannot be overemphasized. Even when pharmacologic therapies are considered important, non-pharmacologic options can serve as a helpful adjunct to decrease the dosage and duration of medication when it is used in older adults.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Did you know that falls are the number one cause of geriatric trauma? Are you aware that your own home could be a place full of hazards related to falls? Did you know that there are protective devices that alleviate the impact of fall injuries? Falls can happen to anyone. If you are a member of the general public and would like to know about the best possible tips on prevention of fall, or if you are a healthcare professional who would like to provide the best care for older people and family members in order to minimize the risks of fall, this course is for you.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Oral health means more than good teeth. It is a significant factor affecting older people’s quality of life, overall health and wellbeing. Suboptimal oral health may have profound effects beyond the oral cavity.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Older age is associated with increased sleep problems and shorter sleep duration, which suggests that sleep difficulties could particularly be relevant issues among older adults. Older people who have good nocturnal sleep quality can cope actively with the challenges of growing old.

This course is part of a MOOC series of the Jockey Club CADENZA e-tools for Elder Care funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Appreciating the world of the person with dementia is crucial to caregivers, whether formal or informal, in caring disturbed behavior of the person who is usually expressing their personal stress. In this course you will learn to understand and respond to the meaning of the behavior from his/her perspectives that may have disturbed you. Adopting a person-centred approach and upholding intrinsic capacity of the person with dementia, they should be receiving compassionate care despite they cannot communicate their feelings of anxiety or pain the way they used to. This course is open to anyone who show interest to this subject. It will lead you through the challenges and difficulties in caring issues through hearing stories from caregivers.

「賽馬會『正正得正』教育計劃」正向教育課程透過介紹有關正向教育的理論、技巧 ，以及如何在香港中小學實踐，令學員對正向教育有初步認識。課程有四個單元，包括5小時的影片觀看及20小時的閱讀和學習任務完成時間。完成所有單元及學習任務的學員將獲得由香港中文大學頒發的課程出席證書。

Bryophytes and ferns are members of the Kingdom Plantae and produce spores instead of seeds. These linages emerged before the appearance and divergence of seed plants. They show some adaptive features to the land life, though their sexual reproduction relies on the availability of free water in the environment.
Through this course, you will learn the key morphological features of these non-seed plants and their adaptive values by going through virtual labs, photo-sharing platform, videos and self-tests.

Analytical methods is the language of physics. We introduce the basics of this language to you so that you can have sufficient preparation for the introductory physics courses. The analytical skills are introduced with the use of vivid examples that are relevant to physics. To help you in overcoming the language barrier, the narration of the videos are avalible in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

在社會學、心理學、教育學、經濟學、管理學、市場學等研究領域的資料分析中，結構方程建模是當前最前沿的統計方法中應用最廣、研究最多的一個。它包含了方差分析、回歸分析、路徑分析和因數分析，彌補了傳統回歸分析和因數分析的不足，可以分析多因多果的聯繫、潛變數的關係，還可以處理多水準資料和縱向資料，是非常重要的多中繼資料分析工具。本課程系統地介紹結構方程模型和LISREL軟體的應用，內容包括：結構方程分析（包括驗證性因數分析）的基本概念、統計原理、在社會科學研究中的應用、常用模型及其LISREL程式、結果的解釋和模型評價。學員應具備基本的統計知識（如：標準差、t-檢驗、相關係數），理解回歸分析和因數分析的概念。 注：本課程配套教材為《結構方程模型及其應用》（以LISREL軟體為例）。

在社会学、心理学、教育学、经济学、管理学、市场学等研究领域的数据分析中，结构方程建模是当前最前沿的统计方法中应用最广、研究最多的一个。它包含了方差分析、回归分析、路径分析和因子分析，弥补了传统回归分析和因子分析的不足，可以分析多因多果的联系、潜变量的关系，还可以处理多水平数据和纵向数据，是非常重要的多元数据分析工具。本课程系统地介绍结构方程模型和LISREL软件的应用，内容包括：结构方程分析（包括验证性因子分析）的基本概念、统计原理、在社会科学研究中的应用、常用模型及其LISREL程序、结果的解释和模型评价。学员应具备基本的统计知识（如：标准差、t-检验、相关系数），理解回归分析和因子分析的概念。 注：本课程配套教材为《结构方程模型及其应用》（以LISREL软件为例）。

Optimization is a common form of decision making, and is ubiquitous in our society. Its applications range from solving Sudoku puzzles to arranging seating in a wedding banquet. The same technology can schedule planes and their crews, coordinate the production of steel, and organize the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Good decisions in manpower and material resources management also allow corporations to improve profit by millions of dollars. Similar problems also underpin much of our daily lives and are part of determining daily delivery routes for packages, making school timetables, and delivering power to our homes. Despite their fundamental importance, all of these problems are a nightmare to solve using traditional undergraduate computer science methods.

This course is intended for students interested in tackling all facets of optimization applications. You will learn an entirely new way to think about solving these challenging problems by stating the problem in a state-of-the-art high level modeling language, and letting library constraint solving software do the rest. This will allow you to unlock the power of industrial solving technologies, which have been perfected over decades by hundreds of PhD researchers. With access to this advanced technology, problems that are considered inconceivable to solve before will suddenly become easy.

优化问题是一种常见的决策问题，它在我们的社会中很常见。它的应用可以从数独问题的解决涵盖到婚礼的座次安排。同样的技术可以用于航班与机组成员的安排，钢铁生产的调节，和钢铁从矿区到港口的调度问题。在生产中，人力资源与生产材料的合理决策可以使企业获得成千上万的利润提升。类似的问题也存在于我们的日常生活中，它们包括决定包裹的运输路径，调整学校课程时间，和传输能源到千家万户。尽管这些问题很基础，不过以一般本科教育的知识来解决这些问题都会十分困难。

这个课程是设计给所有对优化问题应用的各个方面感兴趣的同学。你将学习到一种全新的方法来思考如何解决这些有挑战性的问题。这种方法只需用先进的高级建模语言把问题在表述清楚，然后让约束求解器完成剩下的工作。它可以让你接触到业界问题求解的技术，而这在过去几十年中有上百个博士研究者不断将其完善优化。通过利用这种前沿的科技，在过去看起来不可思议的问题突然间变得易如反掌。

This course is intended for students who have completed Basic Modelling for Discrete Optimization. In this course you will learn much more about solving challenging discrete optimization problems by stating the problem in a state-of-the-art high level modeling language, and letting library constraint solving software do the rest. This course will focus on debugging and improving models, encapsulating parts of models in predicates, and tackling advanced scheduling and packing problems. As you master this advanced technology, you will be able to tackle problems that were inconceivable to solve previously.

这个课程是设计给已完成离散优化建模基础篇的同学。你将学习到更多关于如何使用先进的高级建模语言表述清楚具有挑战性的离散优化问题，并让约束求解器完成其余工作。本课程将重点介绍模型调试与改良，如何把一个复杂的约束定义封装到一个谓词里面，及如何着手各种复杂的项目调度和打包问题。当你掌握这种先进的技术，你将能够解决以前难以想象的问题。

This course is intended for students who have completed Advanced Modelling for Discrete Optimization. In this course, you will extend your understanding of how to solve challenging discrete optimization problems by learning more about the solving technologies that are used to solve them, and how a high-level model (written in MiniZinc) is transformed into a form that is executable by these underlying solvers. By better understanding the actual solving technology, you will both improve your modeling capabilities, and be able to choose the most appropriate solving technology to use.

The lectures of this course are based on the first 11 chapters of Prof. Raymond Yeung’s textbook entitled Information Theory and Network Coding (Springer 2008). This book and its predecessor, A First Course in Information Theory (Kluwer 2002, essentially the first edition of the 2008 book), have been adopted by over 60 universities around the world as either a textbook or reference text.

This course aims at introducing students to the fundamental concepts and methods in linear algebra, which are key to many fields of engineering. Topics include systems of linear equations, Gauss elimination, matrix factorization, matrices and their operations, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, vector space, the Gram-Schmidt process, and linear transformation. Since this is the ELITE version of the course, additional topics such as intro to finite fields, real analysis, optimization, and numerical linear algebra will also be covered.

Learning Objectives
To understand the concepts and operations of various data structures and their applications
To understand the concept of abstract data types
To have basic knowledge of algorithms and complexity of algorithms

The objective of this course is to give you an understanding of how statistics operates in business and commerce. The statistics knowledge learned in this course will enable you to apply the fundamental statistical techniques in a wide variety of circumstances and perhaps more importantly, to assess the legitimacy and significance of the many and varied reports that you will come across during your future career. This course deals with the fundamentals of statistical methods, including descriptive statistics, sampling distribution, and survey errors.