Learning at Home

LinkedIn Learning

Use LinkedIn Learning to learn something new or develop an existing skill. Online courses range from five minutes to several hours and cover a variety of topics focused on technical and workplace skills. Visit LinkedIn Learning (or download the app) and log in using your DU email address to access thousands of online courses.

For a tutorial on how to use LinkedIn Learning, log in using your DU email address, and then check out How to Use LinkedIn Learning.

Find the topics you want using search tools, explore learning paths, play and pause training videos, use transcripts and exercise files, and customize your online learning experience.

• Mobile Device Login Instructions

  First, download the LinkedIn Learning app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. When you open the app:

  1. Choose "Sign In with Your Organization Portal"
  2. Enter "du.edu" as your organization's domain
  3. Choose "Sign In with Your Organization Portal"
  4. Use your DU email address and PioneerWeb password to log in

Can Students Access LinkedIn Learning?

The University's license to LinkedIn Learning does not include students. Check with the local public library to see if a subscription is included with your library card.

LinkedIn Learning Playlists

The People Development Team has curated playlists of recommended courses by topic and role for employees, supervisors, and leaders to further develop their individual competencies. We also recommend searching for course titles to follow courses by topic area.

Playlists by Role

• For Individual Development
• For Supervisor Development
• For Leadership Development

Playlists by Topic

• Microsoft Office Skills
  • PowerPoint and Presentation Skills
  • Master Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel Skills
  • Access Database Skills
• Working and Managing in A Remote Environment
  • Managing in a Remote Environment
  • Working in a Remote Environment (for all employees)
  • Support your Mental Health During Challenging Times
  • Become a Successful Remote Worker
• Time Management
  • Time Management: Working from Home
  • Effective Time Management
  • Becoming Indistractable

Books

Expand the categories below for a curated list of books selected to help advance your professional development at DU.

• Professional Development
  • Ask for It by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
  • Rising Strong by Brene Brown
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  • Range by David Epstein
  • Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
  • Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
• Leadership
  • Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
  • The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown
  • Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• Diversity & Inclusion
  • Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
  • The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
  • Uncensored by Zachary R. Wood
  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
• Organizational Development
  • Changing on the Job by Jennifer Garvey Berger
  • Small Giants by Bo Burlingham
  • The Five Languages of Appreciation by Gary Chapman and Paul White
  • The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
  • An Everyone Culture by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey
  • The Heart of Higher Education by Parker Palmer
• Service Excellence
  • Be Our Guest by The Disney Institute
  • The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and Life by John Miller

TED Talks and YouTube

Expand the categories below for a list of professional and personal development videos from YouTube, selected to enhance your growth at DU.

• Motivation and Motivating Employees
  • Daniel Pink: What Really Motivates Workers
  • 10 Ways To Motivate Employees
  • RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
  • The Psychology of Self-Motivation | Scott Geller | TEDxVirginiaTech
• Leadership
  • Drew Dudley: Everyday Leadership - TED Talks
• Conflict Resolution
  • TEDxHampshireCollege - Jim Ferrell - Resolving the Heart of Conflict
  • Thomas Kilmann Explained - one of the most used conflict styles assessment in the world.
  • How to Manage Cross-Cultural Conflict - Dr. Linda Wagener
  • Conflict Negotiation - William Ury
• Wellness
  • Lissa Rankin: The shocking truth about your health
  • Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness
  • Shawn Achor: The Happiness Advantage
• Feedback: Giving and Receiving
  • Giving Feedback - 3 Funny Examples of Giving Employee Feedback - Shari Harley
  • 10 Common Mistakes in Giving Feedback - Center for Creative Leadership
  • S.B.I. Feedback Tool - Situation/ Behavior/ Impact - the method that the Center for Creative Leadership teaches to all of the leaders
  • SBI Feedback Model - An overview
• Emotional Intelligence
  • Daniel Goleman Introduces Emotional Intelligence
  • Daniel Goleman Explains Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Intelligence - A short animation
  • TEDxClaremontColleges: A Conversation with Dr. Love about the chemicals behind emotions
  • Emotional Intelligence: How Good Leaders become Great - Dr. Mitchel Adler
• Inclusive Excellence
  • Inclusion Starts with I - explores the importance of a positive, inclusive work environment.
  • Fridays@Noon with Dr. Thomas Walker - who talks frankly about why inclusive excellence matters.
  • Franklin Tuitt, Ed.D on Inclusive Excellence
  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
• Public Speaking
  • Dananjaya Hettiarachchi World Champion of Public Speaking 2014 - Toastmasters International
  • Speech that Made Obama President - 2004
  • Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are.
  • It’s all about the Opening with Shari Harley
• Groups and Teams
  • The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni
  • Patrick Lencioni: The Four Traits of Healthy Teams
  • High-Performance Teams with John Spence
• Personal Growth
  • The Secret of Happy People - Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations - Shawn Achor, Part 1
  • The Art of Stillness
  • The Power of Vulnerability - Brene Brown
  • What Makes A Good Life with Robert Waldinger
  • Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
  • Why We Do What We Do with Tony Robbins
  • Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
  • Stephen Hawking: Questioning the universe
• Change Management
  • Who moved my Cheese? The Movie by Dr. Spencer Johnson
  • Jason Clarke - Embracing Change
  • Explaining Kotter's 8 Step Change Model
  • How to Lead Change Management - DeAnne Aguirre
  • John Kotter - The Heart of Change -
  • Taking Charge of Change
  • Change and Transition - \ William Bridges Change and Transition model
  • Matthew Kelly: "People Love Change, They Just Don't Like Transition"
• Customer Service
  • Seinfeld Customer Service Example - The Soup Nazi
  • Richard Branson Reveals His Customer Service Secrets
  • 4 Ways to Elevate the Customer’s Experience
  • Bill Capodagli on The Disney Way

Podcasts 

• Future of Work – A weekly show where Jacob has in-depth discussions with senior executives and business leaders around the world on the future of work.
• Higher ed (NPR) – In their lively and entertaining weekly discussion of issues related to higher education, KUT's Jennifer Stayton and Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger explore the topics of higher education, lifelong learning, and exercising the brain.
• Interruptions – Welcome to a new take on workplace learning and professional development. In this opinion-based podcast, we routinely grapple with the big questions that we all think about but too often hesitate to ask.
• Lead to Win – Weekly leadership lessons for lasting success.
• Re:Learning – The Chronicle of Higher Education's Re:Learning podcast, you'll meet the renegade teachers, ed-tech entrepreneurs, longtime educators, and others shaping the future of college.
• Safe for Work (Wondery) – Life at work can be funny, challenging, ridiculous, and — yes, even satisfying. Here at Safe For Work, we're all about helping you find balance and happiness in your career.
• School of Greatness – School of Greatness podcast has grown rapidly to be one of the top-ranked Business and Self-Development podcasts in iTunes.
• Student Affairs Spectacular – The weekly podcast giving you a front row seat to the greatest student affairs show on earth! On the show, hosts Tom Krieglstein & Dustin Ramsdell interview noteworthy individuals to talk about top issues in student affairs and higher education. So sit back, relax, & enjoy the fun!
• Women at Work (Harvard Business Review) – Conversations about the workplace, and women's place in it.
• Code Switch (NPR) – What's Code Switch? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for!

Distance-Based Team Learning with Zoom

Host distance-based meetings with your team to focus on learning and professional development. Discuss online courses, books, articles, documentaries, TED Talks, podcasts, or topics that your team can learn about together. Taking time to learn together builds trust, creativity, cohesion, and can be done from anywhere. Consider choosing or assigning one of these resources and writing a summary or discussing the book via Zoom.

For more information about Zoom, please visit DU IT's Zoom Information page.

Independent Learning Projects

Learn on your own with a variety of independent learning projects.

Gain Technical Skills

• Using LinkedIn Learning, online guides, and other technical guides, learn a technical skill that with help improve workflow, work processes, or employee effectiveness and efficiency (e.g. Excel, Microsoft Word, Office 365).
• There are many free programs that can help with advertising and marketing:
  • Canva
  • Biteable
  • Piktochart
• Explore some of the many free options for online learning courses in a variety of fields, including engineering, programming, computer science, health and medicine, business, and many more.

Create a Self-Directed Learning Plan

Develop a project, plan, or learning objective that would be valuable to your work. Use these steps as a guide to take action and start learning!

Certifications

LinkedIn Learning Certification Playlists

LinkedIn Learning offers online courses that can help you prepare for various professional certifications. Check out some of these playlists to learn about, prepare for, or earn continuing education credits for these popular certifications.

• HR Professionals: PHR and SHRM
• IT Professionals: CompTIA
• IT Professionals: CASP
• Business Analysts: CBAP
• Project Managers: Lean Six Sigma
• Project Managers: CAMP, PMP, PMI, and SCRUM

Additional Certification Resources

• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR)
• Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP)
• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)
• CompTIA
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)