LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform that offers a wide range of courses and tutorials. It is an excellent resource for professionals in any field who want to improve their skills or learn something new. If you’ve used it, you know the platform is user-friendly and offers a personalized learning experience. In this blog, we will point out a few of the newest key highlights of LinkedIn Learning.
Key feature highlights
- Learning groups-create learning groups with team members.
- Live instructor office hours– live instructor office hours where authors cover specific topics.
- Bite-sized nano tips–short videos for skills that can be applied immediately.
- GitHub partnership-practice and code with authors.
Key product highlights
- Role Guides-focus on specific skills and set learning goals.
- Skill evaluations-discover areas where you are proficient or need to build skills.
- Career goal setting-set your career and learning goals and get recommendations.
- GitHub Codespaces-software development courses includes 60 hours of free practice time each month.
Key content highlights
- Native languages-change subtitles to listen to one of the 24 languages to best fit your needs.
- Certifications-for a wide range of professional and technical certificates now available.
- AI and generative AI courses-20+ new generative AI courses.
- New courses-such as advanced technical and certification preparation courses, leadership skills, In-demand skills, and more courses added to the library.
Watch as Ms. Elma Clarke, principal customer success manager at LinkedIn Learning, walks us through all the key feature, product, and content highlights in more detail during her presentation at the Staff Development Day, sponsored by Texas State University’s Human Resources office in May. (Visit the web page dedicated to the Human Resources’s Staff Development Day 2023 to view recordings of all presentations, access presentation slides, and browse photos.)
LinkedIn Learning is an excellent platform for anyone who wants to improve their skills or learn something new professionally and personally. The platform has something for everyone, whether you are looking to gain workplace skills, or searching for resources to boost your well-being, suit your hobbies, or for other special interests, LinkedIn Learning offers a wide range of courses and tutorials, and the new features make it even more valuable.
If you haven’t tried LinkedIn Learning yet, now is the time to start.
Rebecca Ormsby is a graduate student and a communications specialist in the IT Marketing and Communications office.
