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Learning and Development
Discover a centralized space created just for Illinois Extension staff to support your growth, well-being, and career success.
Explore Personal Development through monthly wellness and career-focused workshops in the Personal Development Series, and connect with peers in the Education Advancement Community—an interactive platform for sharing experiences, accessing resources, and supporting one another’s learning journey.
Discover Professional Development opportunities tailored to your role within Extension. This section will feature skill-building workshops, trainings, and other learning experiences drawn from across the University of Illinois System and trusted external partners. It’s your go-to place for discovering new ways to strengthen your expertise, expand your knowledge, and stay connected to emerging trends and tools in your field.
These learning and development opportunities are key to advancing workforce excellence, one of Illinois Extension’s Signature Initiatives. By equipping and empowering staff with relevant skills, resources, and recognition, we strengthen our collective capacity for collaboration, innovation, inclusivity, and leadership—ensuring our workforce is prepared to meet evolving needs and drive lasting impact.
Whether you're focusing on personal growth, professional skills, or both—this is your space to grow, connect, and succeed.
Learning and Development
Take advantage of the many learning and development resources available to you as a UI employee. Whether you're interested in earning a degree using the employee tuition waiver, building new skills through online courses, or exploring leadership and career advancement programs, there’s something here to support your growth. Your journey is unique—these tools are here to help you shape it.
LinkedIn Learning Online Training Library®
The University of Illinois has contracted with LinkedIn to provide members of the University of Illinois with access to over 1,200 online courses provided by LinkedIn Learning. Access is available today to all students, faculty and staff and titles are broken down into manageable segments to accommodate busy schedules. These video based tutorials are taught by industry experts and available 24/7 for convenient, self-paced learning.
What is LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning offers over a thousand video tutorials on leading software topics including Adobe products, Apple products, Microsoft products, Drupal, video editing, audio editing, operating systems and much more. Many titles are 7 or 8 hours of detailed information broken down into easy to manage 5 - 15 minute segments. You can always come back in at a later date to pick up where you left off. These video based tutorials are taught by industry experts and available 24/7 for convenient, self-paced learning.
Illinois on Coursera
Technology has expanded access to higher education delivery and through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), Illinois brings course content to eager minds from every corner of the globe.
Illinois on Coursera gives Illinois students, staff, and faculty free access to more than 170 non-credit online courses and Specializations. Created by Illinois faculty, Illinois' Coursera courses provide opportunities to advance your career, explore your interests, or expand your skill set. With Illinois on Coursera you can take any course you want, whenever you want, the way you want. Complete the course and receive an Illinois/Coursera course completion certificate to post on resumes and LinkedIn ©.
1. Unlock Illinois on Coursera
2. Click the “Join for Free” icon. Choose "Login with University of Illinois (UIUC)".
3. Enter your Illinois netid and password or link with your existing account.
4. Select the course that interests you, then click "Start" or "Enroll".
5. Return to your course of interest and click "Go To Course".
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