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This category primarily organizes professional development pathways curated from LinkedIn Learning. 

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Prompt Engineering: How to Talk to the AIs
Are you looking to learn more about prompt engineering, but not sure where to start? Join Xavier Amatriain, vice president of engineering and AI product strategy at LinkedIn, in this course designed to get you up to speed with one of the hottest topics in AI today. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with new engineering tips and tricks—as well as a variety of sample prompts and responses—to start talking to the AIs all on your own.
Generative AI vs. Traditional AI
Generative AI is a hot topic that's filled with a host of new legal, ethical, and technology issues. Generative AI's development may seem sudden, but it’s still built upon decades of concepts and practices from traditional predictive AI. In this course Doug Rose looks at the differences between traditional and generative AI. Traditional concepts like supervised and unsupervised deep learning networks have inspired newer generative AI concepts like self-supervised learning, foundation models, diffusion models, and generative adversarial networks. To understand where a technology is heading, it's important to know its story. These generative AI tools are a big leap, but they’re still just another chapter in the exciting story of artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines

Computer-enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) has been around since the 1950s, but recent hardware innovations have reinvigorated the field. New sensors help machines have more accurate sight, hear sounds, and understand location. Powerful processors can help computers make complex decisions, sort through possibilities, plan outcomes, and learn from mistakes. The possibilities are thrilling; the implications are vast.

This course will introduce you to some of the key concepts behind artificial intelligence, including the differences between "strong" and "weak" AI. You'll see how AI has created questions around what it means to be intelligent and how much trust we should put in machines. Instructor Doug Rose explains the different approaches to AI, including machine learning and deep learning, and the practical uses for new AI-enhanced technologies. Plus, learn how to integrate AI with other technology, such as big data, and avoid some common pitfalls associated with programming AI.

Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
Get up to speed with Microsoft Excel, the world's most popular spreadsheet program. Follow along with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage and analyze data with this powerful program. Learn how to enter and organize data, perform calculations with simple functions, and format the appearance of rows, columns, cells, and data. Plus, learn about accessibility features, how to work with multiple worksheets, build charts and PivotTables, sort and filter data, print in Excel, use Microsoft Copilot with Excel, and more.
How to Boost Your Productivity with AI Tools

Generative AI tools have made a big impact on business in a short period of time. Many people are using them to make their jobs easier and to help them produce even better work. But it can be hard to know where to begin. Join Dave Birss, innovator and AI expert, as he practically demonstrates how to collaborate with AI tools in the best way. He shares a framework to help you understand how you can incorporate AI into your everyday tasks. He also shares a number of useful prompts that can streamline tasks and help you achieve even better results.

This course was created by Dave Birss. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

Developing Self-Awareness
While a multitude of factors can go into the making of a successful person, nearly all individuals who achieve high levels of personal and professional success have a keen sense of self-awareness. In this course, learn how to become more self-aware in order to develop yourself personally and enhance career progression. Organizational psychologist Gemma Roberts helps you learn how to develop your self-awareness so that you can understand how others see you, and better align your actions with your intentions. She explains how to identify beliefs to enhance self-awareness, step outside of yourself to gain a different perspective, leverage a self-awareness action plan, and more.
Elearning Essentials: Instructional Design
Interested in taking your training program to the online space? In this course, join instructor Samantha Calamari as she steps through how to design engaging elearning content that connects with a diverse set of participants. To begin, Samantha helps you determine if elearning is the right approach for your training program. She then acquaints you with key instructional design methods and theories, explaining how to apply them in your design process. Next, she shows how to organize the learning experience and design content that effectively delivers information to learners. Discover how to approach tone and engagement, create an active learning environment, design assessments that enrich your learner's experience, and more.
2025 OSLD Professional Development Series

Description: 

OSLD is excited to launch the 2025 Professional Development Series for all staff. 

Over 57% of all staff participated in the  2024  Learning Needs Assessment, and reported wanting more learning opportunities to build skills and competencies.

You said, we heard you! Based on your input, the following sessions are offered on the last Wednesday of every month, from 9-10am EST.

We look forward to seeing you soon!