Reinforce Concepts With Free LinkedIn Learning Videos Featuring Industry Experts

AUTHOR

Briana Randall, Career & Internship Center, UW Seattle

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ABSTRACT

LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand video learning platform with 16,000 courses taught by industry experts on a range of topics relevant to UW students. More than 2,000 students across the UW campuses viewed over 3,000 hours of content during fall quarter, which was driven in part by faculty recommending or requiring LiL content. An integration with Canvas allows faculty to embed a specific LiL video link through Assignments and then track student viewing directly in Gradebook.

UW faculty from diverse disciplines such as philosophy, business, global health and engineering have successfully used LiL content to augment student learning. Some recommend videos to bring students to a minimum understanding before covering a topic in class, others suggest LiL videos as supplemental learning on difficult concepts and others assign content using the Canvas integration.

Students learn best when concepts are reinforced from different perspectives, shown through different modalities, or linked to real-life situations, and LiL checks all the boxes. Subsequently, faculty report that students enjoy LiL, benefit from it and often go on to watch additional LiL videos on their own, which will help them in both their coursework and career.

This session will 1) describe UW instructors’ experience with LinkedIn Learning, including successes, lessons learned and student feedback and 2) demonstrate how to find videos that directly relate to course topics (such as data visualization, programming, statistics, Excel, graphic design, and more) and videos that augment student success in areas such as writing, presenting and teamwork. Instructors from all disciplines are encouraged to explore LinkedIn Learning as a way to reinforce course content.

SUMMARY

RESEARCH QUESTION

How can UW faculty use LinkedIn Learning to reinforce classroom learning?

RESEARCH METHODS / SCHOLARLY BASIS

Students learn best when concepts are reinforced from different perspectives, shown through different modalities, or linked to real-life situations, and LinkedIn Learning checks all the boxes. Subsequently, faculty report that students enjoy LinkedIn Learning, benefit from it and often go on to watch additional LinkedIn Learning videos on their own, which will help them in both their coursework and career.

RESULTS

LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand video learning platform with 16,000 courses taught by industry experts on a range of topics relevant to UW students. More than 2,000 students across the UW campuses viewed over 3,000 hours of content during fall quarter, which was driven in part by faculty recommending or requiring LiL content. An integration with Canvas allows faculty to embed a specific LiL video link through Assignments and then track student viewing directly in Gradebook.

APPLICATION

UW faculty from diverse disciplines such as philosophy, business, global health and engineering have successfully used LiL content to augment student learning. Some recommend videos to bring students to a minimum understanding before covering a topic in class, others suggest LiL videos as supplemental learning on difficult concepts and others assign content using the Canvas integration. This session will 1) describe UW instructors’ experience with LinkedIn Learning, including successes, lessons learned and student feedback and 2) demonstrate how to find videos that directly relate to course topics (such as data visualization, programming, statistics, Excel, graphic design, and more) and videos that augment student success in areas such as writing, presenting and teamwork. Instructors from all disciplines are encouraged to explore LinkedIn Learning as a way to reinforce course content.