3 Free Online AI Courses To Learn In 2024

Upskilling in AI is empowering project management professionals with essential skills, from prompt engineering to data management. Forbes highlights three free online AI courses to support this growth.

Did you know that although 91% of project management professionals agree that artificial intelligence is critical to their work, only 21% of this number are actually leveraging generative AI within their roles?

That’s what the Project Management Institute (PMI)’s CEO, Pierre Le Manh revealed in a recent interview for this story.

His conclusion? There appears to be a significant gap between awareness of the need for AI in the workplace, at least as relates to project management, and the ongoing professional development of PM professionals within this field, which would greatly enhance their work, productivity, and project success if put into practice.

If you’re seeking to gain the upper hand in your career and become more AI-aware in your workplace, here are some free AI courses that are 100% online, which you should consider studying this year to kickstart your professional development journey with AI.

1. Generative AI Overview For Project Managers

This general overview provided by PMI is a foundational course that covers all the basics as relates to understanding what AI is, how it works, and how it can be integrated into your role, specifically within project management which is seeing job demand skyrocket to as high as 25 million for the next few years.

This is course is very quick to start and easy to complete if you have some spare time to set aside in one evening, and it also provides helpful pointers on AI tools tailored for project management needs as well.

2. Data Landscape of Generative AI for Project Managers

We all know that AI implementation is nothing without data. To use artificial intelligence effectively within an organization, you need to understand how to feed it with data so that it works for you. This particular course is also free, but only to those who are existing PMI members as part of their e-learning library. Otherwise, it is still quite accessible, with the website currently listing it as $19 for access.[…]