WiLS is excited to announce we have entered into a partnership with LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com which allows for a heavily discounted offering of their site wide solution! This offering is designed to cover all faculty, staff and students for a three-year span for participating campuses. Join your other WiLS colleagues and get a 30% discount by opting in during the May 1 – June 29th 2018 opt-in period. The contract start date for this partnership is slated for July 16th but we need enough schools to opt-in to make the offering viable. Whether you’re an existing client of LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com or new to the program, you’ll receive discount pricing with this package. All orders will go directly through LinkedIn. Their contact is Kyle Obot (kobot@linkedin.com).
To learn more about this resource and the offer please attend an informational webinar on May 15th, 2018 at noon. Webinar Attendee Link
LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com provides on-demand training on skills, such as leadership, business skills, technology and creative skills. LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com boasts one of the largest content libraries available with over 6,500 courses comprised of hundreds of thousands of videos. With LinkedIn’s data and Microsoft’s backing, LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com also has the fastest growing library and launches 35-40 new courses a week. This ensures they are able to keep up with the demanding technology changes as they happen. All of the courses are produced in-house and taught by industry experts, ensuring a consistent high-quality feel. Courses are transcribed and can be easily sifted through to narrow down to the exact content you need, ensuring just-in-time learning is available.
Key facts about the agreement:
- Opt-in Period: A 30% discount off of current LinkedIn Learning site license list price will be available to Consortium Members during a 60-day opt-in period from May 1, 2018 through June 29, 2018.
- In order for WiLS to leverage this agreement, we must commit to a spend threshold. We are optimistic that the terms of agreement will enable more WiLS members to take advantage and bring us to that goal.
- Current Lynda.com customers are eligible to participate (see your rep for details and eligibility criteria).
Key benefits of Lynda.com:
- Prepare your students for lifelong, skill-based learning while allowing them to explore various interests.
- Keep faculty, staff and students current on the latest technology and productivity tools.
- Upskill your campus and close job-related skills gaps for internal staff members and students entering the workforce.
- Deliver cost-effective, uniform training on a global scale.
- Grant best in class tools to various departments such as career services, IT help desks, technology change teams and project management teams.
Solution Highlights:
- World-class content: 6,500+ digital courses taught by industry experts.
- Data-driven curation: Relevant course recommendations to each consumer, based on unique data from LinkedIn.com.
- Convenience: In-depth and bite-sized courses that can be viewed anytime, on any device, online or offline.
- Easily integrate with a learning management system (LMS)
- Provide single sign-on (SSO) authentication (for select identity providers)
If you have any questions, or to receive a price quote, please contact Kyle Obot (kobot@linkedin.com)