Our session at #iliadlaunch - the launch of Institute for Learning, Innovation and Development at University of Southampton, 3rd November.
Kate Dickens, Graeme Earl, Lisa Harris and Olja Rastic-Dulborough
Disrupting our education and research through MOOCs
1. Disrupting our
Education and
Research through
MOOCs
In 12 months, 118,531 sign-ups
to 12 runs of 7 MOOCs
42% of learners are from UK,
58% international
3 MOOCs already being used
with UoS students
Over 95% recommendation
22/10/2014
Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
2. Web Science: PhD student input
Showcasing research:
13 PhD students created content
2 PhD students conducted research
with learners
Over 50% of current MSc cohort
had already done MOOC
Quality control:
• Real time changes to content in
response to learner feedback
22/10/2014
Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
3. Portus: fostering online community
Promoting our field school & building an international community:
The Archaeology of Portus blog
22/10/2014
Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
4. Portus: bridging research & education
Encouraging BBC documentary viewers to study
more, first via second screening
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Use MOOCs as a way in to open access research
Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
publications and research data
MOOCs
learning from
Citizen Science
approaches to
support new
research
communities
5. Portus: enriching F2F for our students
CIP, UG, PGT and PGR students filmed and
facilitating
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Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
Course being used at
UG and PGT level in
2014/15
F2F students keen on community
membership
bridging F2F and MOOC communities
6. Digital Marketing: eating the dogfood
Pushing the boundaries of social media
engagement: Storify
Active learning highlights limitations of
traditional F2F approach
PhD students integrate education with
their research
Collaborative cross faculty and industry
projects are highlighted & progressed
22/10/2014
Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
7. DRP: global outreach & ROI
Global outreach
ROI
Current use in UoS
with plans for an pilot internal MOOC
to be delivered on the FutureLearn
Platform
Potential for Citizen Research with
U3A
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Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
8. Oceans: successful outreach
Showcasing our research:
The Exploring our Oceans MOOC blog
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Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
9. Shipwrecks: raising profiles
Raising profiles:
Shipwrecks Twitter account
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Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
Outreach
Exposure of the centre and its
members
Impact
Recruitment
Playing with new ideas for
teaching and learning – an e-resource
10. Understanding language: taster for MA
First UoS MOOC developed in partnership.
First course to include specific ‘call to action’ to learners to sign-up to the MA
Over 80% non-UK learners signed up so
far … (20,483 in total)
22/10/2014
Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead
11. Disruption via MOOCs: a summary
• Two way street – research
informs education, education
informs research
• Opportunity to *add value* to
our F2F courses, not just provide
more bodies
• “Skunkworks” to trial new
educational and research
methods
• Bridging the gap between staff
and students, academia and
industry
• Real time quality control – closing
the feedback loop
22/10/2014
Kate Dickens, University of Southampton
FutureLearn Project Lead