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Coursera Introduces New Gen AI Skills Training and Credentials

By Rhea Kelly
08/05/24

Learning platform Coursera is expanding its Generative AI Academy training portfolio with an offering for teams. Adding to the program's GenAI for Everyone and GenAI for Executives programs, GenAI for Teams is designed to "equip teams to apply gen AI skills and best practices in a way that is unique to their business functions," according to a company blog post.

GenAI for Teams provides a catalog of hundreds of courses curated to help teams "unlock innovation and productivity across critical functions," the company explained. Topic areas include:

Gen AI for Software and Product Teams, including courses such as "Generative AI for Software Developers" by IBM, "Developing with GitHub Copilot and VS Code" by Microsoft, and "Responsible AI for Developers" by Google Cloud;
Gen AI for Data Teams, including courses such as "Generative AI for Data Scientists" by IBM, "GenAI in Data Analytics" by Meta, and "Practical Steps for Building Fair AI Algorithms" by Fred Hutch Cancer Center; and
Gen AI for Marketing Teams, including courses such as "GenAI for Social Media Marketing" by Meta, "Content Marketing Using Generative AI" by the University of Virginia Darden, and "Generative AI for the Resilient Pricer" by Dartmouth College.

In addition, Coursera has introduced seven new generative AI courses, specializations, and certificates to help learners develop their gen AI skills:

Generative AI for Software Development Skills Certificate from DeepLearning.AI;
Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder, which can count toward credit for the university's online Master of Science in Computer Science degree;
Generative AI in Marketing Specialization from UVA Darden;
Programming with Generative AI course from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati;
Responsible Generative AI Specialization from the University of Michigan;
Change Management for Generative AI course from Vanderbilt University; and
Generative AI for Kids, Parents, and Teachers course from Vanderbilt.

Finally, eight of Coursera's entry-level Professional Certificates have been updated with generative AI-related content, including projects, readings, and videos:

Data Analyst from IBM;
Data Engineering from IBM;
Data Science from IBM;
Full Stack Software Developer from IBM;
Cybersecurity Analyst from Microsoft ;
Power BI Data Analyst from Microsoft;
Marketing Analytics from Meta; and
Social Media Marketing from Meta.

For more information, visit the Coursera blog.

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Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology, THE Journal, and Spaces4Learning. She can be reached at [email protected].

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