In this lesson, join a campus conversation with Camila Güiza-Chavez, Director of Impact and Mission at Havenly, a social enterprise supporting refugee and immigrant women. The discussion delves into how Havenly measures success and impact, moving beyond simple job placement to focus on building community power and agency among the women they serve.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Understand the distinction between traditional workforce development metrics and building community power in social entrepreneurship.
• Learn how Havenly measures its broader mission of fostering agency and self-confidence among immigrant and refugee women.
• Explore qualitative and quantitative methods for assessing social impact, including conversational evaluations and relational observation.
• Recognize the importance of empowering program participants to guide organizational strategy and advocate for systemic change.
• Identify diverse ways to communicate multidimensional impact to various stakeholders, balancing traditional metrics with indicators of deep societal transformation.

📚 About the Course
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create real change? You don't have to start your own organization to make a difference in the world. Everyone can learn the social entrepreneurship mindset and skillset to build social impact. In this course, you will immerse yourself in a social or environmental challenge you want to tackle. You'll start by researching your topic of choice, talking to people, and ideating a potential solution that you can contribute. Then, you'll build a business model around that solution, understanding concepts like measuring social change, ensuring financial viability, funding and pitching.

This course is a safe space to experiment and explore. You'll be guided by a ten stage framework to help structure your journey. Along the way, you'll hear from social entrepreneurs around the world through case studies and campus conversations. These include Yale alumni, members of the New Haven community, and global changemakers. Everyone is welcome to join this course! You can apply your lived, learned, or professional experience to discover how you're going to make a difference.

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Milton (ENGL 220)

Books Eleven and Twelve of Paradise Lost and their radical departure from the poem's previous style are discussed. The transformation of Milton's famously sonorous verse into a more didactic mode is closely documented, and the poem's increasing emphasis on visual instruction is underscored in a study of the Archangel Michael's lesson on the history of the post-fallen world. Considerable time is devoted to both a consideration of Milton's late politics and Book Eleven's depiction of the destruction of paradise.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction: The Last Two Books of "Paradise Lost"
09:00 - Chapter 2. Recap of the Treatise on Licensing
20:03 - Chapter 3. "Paradise Lost" Book XI: A Vision of Michael's History Lesson
38:16 - Chapter 4. "Paradise Lost" Book XII: A Narration of Michael's History Lesson

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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Are you considering launching a new healthcare venture? In this lesson, we delve into the essential steps for setting up a successful medical software business. We'll explore how to identify critical problems and target paying customers, understand the complex landscape of stakeholders, and navigate crucial regulatory requirements, emphasizing a human-centered design approach to avoid common startup pitfalls.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Identify the foundational questions for starting a healthcare venture: what problem to solve and for whom.
• Understand the process of finding and validating your first paying customer.
• Learn to conduct stakeholder mapping to identify key influencers and decision-makers.
• Apply human-centered design principles (design thinking) to healthcare product development.
• Recognize the importance of regulatory compliance and assembling a supportive team for entrepreneurial success.

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Ever wondered how machines learn to interpret complex data like medical images? In this lesson, Prof. Nicha Dvornek provides a comprehensive introduction to deep learning, a powerful subfield of machine learning inspired by the human brain. We'll explore the foundational concepts of neural networks, understand how different layers like convolutional and recurrent networks process information, and discover their transformative applications across healthcare, from image analysis to genetic data processing.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Define deep learning as a subfield of machine learning and its neural network foundation.
• Explain the basic computational model of a neuron and how multiple layers form a neural network.
• Understand the purpose and function of various deep learning layers, including convolutional filters, LSTM, dropout, and pooling.
• Identify common neural network architectures, such as the U-Net, and their applications in medical image analysis.
• Discuss the diverse applications of deep learning in healthcare and name popular deep learning toolkits.

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Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205)

In this lecture, Professor Kagan describes the events that lead up the Peloponnesian War. He argues that the rise of Athenian power and the concomitant challenge to Spartan dominance pointed to potential conflict. However, Professor Kagan also points out that there were many people who did not want war and that therefore war was not inevitable. The Thirty Years Peace was negotiated, and Professor Kagan finally argues that its clause for arbitration was the key clause that could have prevented war.

00:00 - Chapter 1. The Importance of the Peloponnesian War and Its Continuing Value
09:25 - Chapter 2. The Origins of the War
23:37 - Chapter 3. Athens Faces a Critical Decision
30:31 - Chapter 4. Multiple Battles
45:16 - Chapter 5. Reversal of Fortune
56:17 - Chapter 6. The Four Months Truce and Subsequent Thirty Years Peace

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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In this lesson, we delve into the critical role of randomization in clinical trials and software validation. Discover how assigning participants by chance eliminates hidden biases and prevents misleading results, as famously illustrated by Simpson's paradox. We'll explore why proper randomization is the gold standard for demonstrating effective interventions in medical and technological studies.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Understand the fundamental concept of randomization in scientific studies.
• Recognize why randomization is crucial for eliminating hidden biases in drug trials and software validation.
• Learn about Simpson's paradox and how it demonstrates the dangers of failing to randomize.
• Apply the principles of randomization to ensure robust and reliable results in medical software development.

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Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205)

In this lecture, Professor Kagan traces the development of Athens. He argues that Athens, like other poleis, undergoes political and social turmoil due to the rise of the hoplite farmer. This unrest is first seen in the attempted coup d'état of Cylon and the Law of Draco. Professor Kagan also points out that in response to these developments, Solon was made sole archon of Athens to establish peace in a time of unrest. It should also be noted that Solon established laws that were moderate in nature. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Solon was only partially successful. Eventually, a tyranny is established in Athens by Peisistratus, but Peisistratus, according to Professor Kagan, was a special type of tyrant, one that not only upheld the new laws of Solon, but was also interested in the welfare of Athens.

00:00 - Chapter 1. The Code of Draco; Athenian Colonies
09:13 - Chapter 2. Crises and the Rise of Athens and Solon as Sole Archon
20:25 - Chapter 3. Choosing Solon
25:49 - Chapter 4. Solon's Economic and Social Measures
37:21 - Chapter 5. Solon's Political Measures
47:22 - Chapter 6. Dissatisfaction and Years of Anarchy
52:48 - Chapter 7. Peisistratus, the Very Special Tyrant

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205)

In this lecture, Professor Kagan examines in detail the development, growing pains, and emergence of Athenian democracy. He argues that the tyranny under the Peisistratids led to the development of the idea of self-government among the Athenians, which Cleisthenes used to develop Athens in a more democratic direction. One of the ways Cleisthenes was able to accomplish this was to diminish the power of the aristocracy by reordering and restructuring the tribes and giving greater power to the assembly. Finally, Professor Kagan says a word on the Athenian practice of ostracism as a political tool to protect a fledgling democracy.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Consequences of Tyranny to Greek Life
12:31 - Chapter 2. Cleisthenes's Coup d'État
23:20 - Chapter 3. Establishing a New Constitution
38:52 - Chapter 4. Key Democratic Elements
01:04:00 - Chapter 5. Ostracism as a Constitutional Device

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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Milton (ENGL 220)

This lecture examines the role and meanings of the word vocation in Milton's life-long meditation on (and concern for) what it means to be chosen by God. Milton's profound anxiety in the years following his graduation from Cambridge regarding his poetic career and, more specifically, his status as a Christian poet selected by God for greatness is outlined. The topic is traced through Milton's polemical treatise The Reason of Church Government, the poem "Ad Patrem," and the author's correspondence. Particular emphasis is placed on Milton's interpretations of the parable of the talents and the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Substantial context on the nature of election and salvation is supplied from the writings of John Calvin and Max Weber.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Milton's Poems as an Autobiography
20:47 - Chapter 2. Milton: A Man Inspired by his Father
32:28 - Chapter 3. Milton's Dilemma: Two Parables

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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In this lesson, we shift from technical aspects to the crucial business side of launching medical software into the real world. Discover the fundamental forces driving the rapid expansion of digital medicine, including patient empowerment, innovative digital therapeutics, continuous data from biomarkers, substantial venture capital funding, and supportive government regulations. This session provides a vital overview of the ecosystem propelling digital health forward.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Identify the primary value drivers propelling the digital medicine field forward
• Understand the shift towards patient empowerment and its role in healthcare transformation
• Recognize examples of successful digital therapeutics and their impact on patient care
• Explain how digital biomarkers and continuous patient data are revolutionizing medical understanding
• Discuss the influence of venture capital funding and government regulation (FDA) on digital health innovation

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