The Internet of Things for Sustainability Micro-credential

​What this course offers and how you will benefit

Learn how the Internet of Things and big data can be used to future proof the resilience of businesses, environments and communities. As our world becomes more connected through smart devices and a multitude of connectivity networks, develop the knowledge to use new and emerging disruptive technologies to apply solutions that benefit society, the planet and future generations.

This innovative Level 8 NZQA accredited (15 Credits) micro-credential will engage you in the sustainability challenges our planet faces and assist you to develop proactive strategies that use the Internet of Things (IoT) as solutions to a sustainable future.

Explore the fundamentals of IoT and their integration with other disruptive technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and 5G. Develop understanding of current and future potential capabilities to deliver economies of scale and wide reaching impact. Learn how to develop and apply IoT solutions to address core sustainability challenges in a real world context, through critical review of real use cases and strategic application to your own area of expertise.

"Defining, understanding and measuring impact is now core to many existing and start-up business models. The Internet of Things for Sustainability Micro-credential brings to life how impact can be defined, understood and most importantly, measured using the lenses of Technology (via the Internet of Things) and Sustainability. The course is thought-provoking and challenges current approaches by introducing how technology, people, data, governance all align to drive new impact-driven sustainability outcomes and opportunities". Kriv Naicker, Industry Advisor, MD Synaptec NZ and Chair – NZ IoT Alliance

• Sound understanding of IoT fundamentals and their potential to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are relevant to your context
• Awareness of indigenous values in relation to data sovereignty and the ability to apply these practically to your context
• Develop a sustainability framework for strategic decision-making that considers impact across environmental, societal, cultural and economic factors
• Gain valuable transferable skills in critical and systems

We're on a mission to make education exactly what you need for the real-world challenges you want to solve. We do it differently so you can make a sustainable, impactful change on the world. Forget the old school. Join the new youniversity.

WHO WE ARE

What is academyEX?

We provide innovative learning programmes that build relevant skills and capabilities to match the requirements of our constantly changing world. Across our faculties & programmes we redefine learning and professional development so you can step into the future with confidence and an ability to create impactful futures.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

Learn today, apply tomorrow. With us, expect to get skills, knowledge and connections that you can use now, and to help guide your decisions for the future. With a context not content approach, you apply your practice, your environment or your challenges to your learning. We’re all for flexibility and our stackable learning approach delivers. If you’ve got a master’s degree in sight, with academyEX you can create your pathway there. Pick from a number of micro-credentials and postgraduate certificates to tailor your knowledge and skills in specialised areas and top it off with a real-world project to gain a master’s degree that recognises your capabilities, your expertise and delivers outcomes you can use. academyEX (including faculties The Mind Lab, Tech Futures Lab and Earth Futures Lab) is a Tertiary Education Organisation registered by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to deliver qualifications approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provision of the Education and Training Act 2000. Based on our NZQA External Evaluation and Review (EER) we have been classified as a Category 1 Education Organisation. This means that NZQA are highly confident in our educational performance and self-assessment capability.