Free Short Online Microskill Courses in Generative AI and SQL @ Institute of Applied Technology

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Lacerta on 11/01/2024 - 16:43 iat.nsw.edu.au (1747 clicks)
Last edited 11/01/2024 - 16:47 by 1 other user

A follow up to scrimshaw's excellent post from July
Free Short Courses in Construction, Data Analytics, AI / Machine Learning, Cybersecurity & Cloud Computing @ TAFE NSW

The "microskill" courses are fully discounted (free).

There are two new free microskills available:
Generative AI and its Business Applications
Introduction to SQL

Plus the free information technology microskills from last year are available again:
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Introduction to Cloud Computing
Introduction to Cyber Security
Introduction to Data Analytics
Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Information from the previous post:

• The free courses are entirely online and there are no face-to-face components
• Anyone can enrol, even if you are overseas or not in NSW.
• You don't need provide any documentation to enrol (e.g photo card, drivers license or citizenship certificates)
• It doesn't ask for your payment info.
• You can enrol in all of them, if you like.

More information available at https://www.tafensw.edu.au/iat

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  Aureus on 11/01/2024 - 17:21

  +6

  No free .edu email address with these courses. :(

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    plastererJazz on 11/01/2024 - 18:01

    so no concession opal card or apple store discount then?

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    tommypickles on 11/01/2024 - 21:24

    any TAFE (or other) courses that do create an .edu email that you're aware of

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      Aureus on 11/01/2024 - 21:32

      +1

      Think just UTAS, but too much work for me.
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/788663

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  freedomofspeech on 11/01/2024 - 17:24

  do you need to pass an exam?

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    Lacerta on 11/01/2024 - 18:13

    +2

    No exams, just a few multiple choice questions scattered through the content.

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  daredevilboy on 11/01/2024 - 17:25

  +13

  Do they have any value ?
  Certs, edumail, anything ?

  Looking at the topics covered it's less than basic and takes 3 hours to fully finish. Very surprised anyone would pay 150 bucks for that.

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    Telios on 11/01/2024 - 20:15

    +4

    Rarely.

    Just another thing some sales idiot will throw into their LinkedIn profile so they can apply for "architect" or "analyst" roles.

    Will they ever build anything useful or do engineering? Almost certainly no.

    Building your own environment or lab or own projects will dwarf anything you'll learn in these.

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      daredevilboy on 11/01/2024 - 22:12

      Thanks Telios

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  plastererJazz on 11/01/2024 - 17:59

  +9

  a random guy from Youtube might do a better job than this TBH or these two

  https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/generative-ai-for-everyo…

  https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/db3f4859-cd30-444…

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    yewman on 05/02/2024 - 11:28

    I'm doing a deeplearning.ai course about LLMs now. Learning content is free but you do need to pay to access labs and assessments.

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  Nshell7 on 11/01/2024 - 18:50

  Looks like no certificate for completing “microskill” series courses

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  Ozjoey on 11/01/2024 - 20:08

  OP 👍

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  amsaini15 on 12/01/2024 - 07:18

  Thanks OP

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  joshash on 12/01/2024 - 08:09

  +5

  This course is trash

  "Which of the following SQL constructs is specifically used for improving query performance by creating a pre-defined query result that can be accessed and manipulated like a table? "
  (Expected answer = View)

  This is wrong - views don't improve performance unless they're materialised (which they almost never are).

  This course is similar to a mandatory fire training course you do in the first week of a job.

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    ColtNoir on 07/02/2024 - 11:41

    Materialisation from an analytical perspective isn't common but using views in an integration into another system is far more common, so the answer isn't wrong.

    It's an intro course you can't expect to have all the nuance there, they don't want to scare people off by bombarding them with info.

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      joshash on 12/02/2024 - 21:50

      -1

      It's 100% wrong and not just a little bit wrong - but totally, fundamentally, wrong.

      It's wrong on so many levels.
      First, views don't improve performance.
      Second, views don't create a 'pre-defined query result' - they are executed in-line.

      They want money for this?

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        ColtNoir on 12/02/2024 - 23:17

        Do you think if you keep saying ‘wrong’ you'll feel better about your point?

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          joshash on 14/02/2024 - 00:49

          @ColtNoir: I think you might be right..

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  Noob Noob on 12/01/2024 - 11:57

  Agreed.
  Better off learning yourself through the internet than taking these kinds of courses.

  Only reason to do these courses is if you need to pad out your resume.