Internet of Things Business Impact (Udemy.com)

This is a business course about the Internet of Things, not a technical one. Professor Markus Weinberger spent years running the Bosch IoT Lab at the University of St. Gallen and ETH Zürich, and now teaches IoT at Aalen University in Germany. The 6.4 hours cover the IoT value stack, smart products and high resolution data, behavioral economics, business model patterns, and a long block on revenue models. It is aimed at people in strategy or innovation roles who want a framework for deciding where IoT fits in a company.

Reviewers are mostly happy. Of 7,430 ratings, 3,560 are five stars and 2,926 are four, and the course carries a Highest Rated badge. Students call it well designed and informative, and one reviewer said the hedonic perspective on interacting with people was new to them. The complaints are milder. About 775 people gave three stars, and the one low review in our sample says it felt like a boring university lecture. The syllabus backs up the academic feel: 12 quizzes and 15 articles, but no coding exercises or assignments.

As a way to pick up the vocabulary and a few frameworks, it is a light commitment at 6.4 hours. The biggest section is IoT revenue models at 94 minutes, followed by 56 minutes on smart operations. The last update was March 2024, so some examples may feel dated. Our listing files it under Arduino, but nothing in the syllabus touches hardware or code. Take it if you are a non-technical manager who wants structure for IoT ideas. Skip it if you want to build devices.