Getting the Most out of LinkedIn Learning

MTPC and Library are jointly offering LinkedIn Learning to all HKUST staff and students. Have you got your account yet?

LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform that helps you discover and develop new skills. Simply sign up for a personal account to enjoy unlimited access to over 16,000 expert-led course videos covering business, creative, and technology topics.

Most courses are broken into bite-sized chunks and they can be watched on your devices anytime, anywhere. Once you finish a course, LinkedIn Learning will issue you a certificate of completion. You can add it to your LinkedIn profile to share your accomplishment with your network and to showcase the new skills that you have attained!

User Feedback

Recently, HKUST LinkedIn Learners were invited to fill out an online survey about their learning experience on the platform. The feedback was very positive: 

• 87% agreed that LinkedIn Learning is user-friendly.
• 84% agreed that it provides effective tools to reach their learning objectives.
• 91% said it is helpful for self-pace online learning.

In addition, respondents also gave positive comments towards this learning platform:

What do HKUST users think of LinkedIn Learning? Selected comments from the feedback survey.

Popular Courses

In the feedback survey, users were also asked what topics they are currently taking or have taken. The word cloud below is generated from their responses.  

Word cloud of topics that HKUST members have learned on LinkedIn Learning, as collected from the feedback survey.

We handpicked a number of professional videos and learning paths for researchers and scholars. These courses will boost up your statistical and data literacy skills:

• Academic Research Foundations: Quantitative

Screen capture of the online course on LinkedIn Learning

• Data Wrangling in R
• SPSS Statistics Essential Training
• Tableau Essential Training
• Become a Data Scientist

Sign-Up

LinkedIn Learning account is offered on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested, sign up here. More details are available at https://cmz.hkust.edu.hk/linkedin-learning-hkust.  

– By Celia Cheung, Library

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