LinkedIn Learning Case Studies

Stuart Porteous shares how the Leeds Business School are effectively using LinkedIn Learning resources to support students working towards their Microsoft Office Exam (MOS).

Anthony Warde shares how the library digital learning advisors use LinkedIn Learning to enhance students’ assessments by curating targeted collections and learning paths.  This approach helps students develop essential digital skills effectively.

Dr Alice Owen, a Professor of Business, Sustainability, and Stakeholder Engagement, began using LinkedIn Learning in 2020/21 to enhance the MSc Sustainability and Consultancy programme. This initiative aimed to provide students with practical skills like CV preparation, effective presenting, and report writing, which are valuable across the University. 

• Functionality covered: courses and mapping service
• Themes covered: skills development for Masters students

Tamora Shemwood, the School Academic Lead for Inclusive Practice and Digital Education at the School of Dentistry, uses LinkedIn Learning to support accessibility and inclusion projects through pathways and collections. She highlights the benefits for different target groups and how the reporting functionality helped track learners’ progress. 

• Functionality covered: learning paths, collections, groups, reporting, email notifications
• Themes covered: accessibility and inclusivity in student education

Dr Tony Bromley, Academic Development Consultant for OD&PL, uses LinkedIn Learning to support the development of postgraduate researchers by creating personalized, AI-powered learning experiences. He combines his own content with LinkedIn Learning resources to form a single, cohesive learning path, which is central to his dynamic development approach to career growth. 

• Functionality covered: uploading custom content, learning paths, connecting your LinkedIn profile, recommended learning, platform navigation
• Themes covered: development for postgraduate researchers and creating a personalised experience

Tracy Rothery, Learning and Development Consultant for the IT Modernisation Programme, uses LinkedIn Learning to create five learning pathways for the IT Core Curriculum. These pathways, which combine external and LinkedIn Learning content, run alongside instructor-led sessions to offer a blended learning and development approach.

• Functionality covered: learning paths, adding external content to learning paths, learning journey
• Themes covered: creating a learning pathway for colleagues in IT