LinkedIn Learning at SUNY Geneseo
LinkedIn Learning is an online training library providing high-quality instructional videos on software, creative, and business skills by industry experts. Geneseo students, faculty, and staff have free access to over 24,000 courses. New courses are added weekly.
What you can do with LinkedIn Learning
Manage information in your personal profile
Keep track of your course history and recent activity
Bookmark your favorite courses, tutorials, and specific points within movies
Earn certificates of course completion
Access from your own devices
Create playlists
Getting Started with LinkedIn Learning
Learn anywhere at anytime. LinkedIn Learning courses can be accessed 24/7 on any desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device (iOS and Android).
Tap into LinkedIn Learning’s web-based tutorials to zero in on just the information needed to solve problems, perform specific tasks or quickly update skills.
Create and share playlists or browse curated playlists compiled by LinkedIn Learning experts.
Learning
Take tutorials to help with coursework
Learn techniques for your projects
Build technical skills to enhance your resume
Teaching & Pedagogy Tips
Assign tutorials for projects or coursework
Incorporate LinkedIn Learning in your syllabi
Provide tutorials to supplement a course
Align video content with a project you have assigned in class (e.g. if students are creating a multimedia project, they may need to watch videos using Photoshop or iMovie to complete the project)
Have students answer specific questions about the content in the video (e.g. there can be a set of guiding questions they can go through as they watch to help them understand the material better)
Have students ask questions or share notes about the content in the videos - take it a bit further and use tools such as the built-in note-taking tool for online discussions that can be shared with the whole class
Have students create a quick guide to using the tool they learned about in the video, to share with other students
Assign students sections to take notes on and share with the class, such as "most helpful tips."
Discussion forum: Post a reflection or an area for students to troubleshoot each other's questions.
Don't quiz students on the videos. Students may already know the technology and the LinkedIn Learning video tutorial shouldn't be mandatory unless it is used for a necessary (and authentic) task.
LinkedIn Learning tutorials should be viewed as self-help, point-of-need tools rather than a part of the curriculum, unless it is a basic computer science course, or in a scenario where the video would be essential to student learning.
Professional Development
Develop employee performance objectives that include LinkedIn Learning courses
Access work-related learning opportunities to enhance performance and career development
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