Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

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% recommendation22/10/2014

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

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 feedback22/10/2014

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

Promoting our field school & building an international community:The Archaeology of Portus blog

22/10/2014

Portus: fostering online community

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

Encouraging BBC documentary viewers to study more, first via second screening

22/10/2014

Portus: bridging research & education

Use MOOCs as a way in to open access research publications and research data

MOOCs learning from

Citizen Science approaches to

support new research

communities

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

CIP, UG, PGT and PGR students filmed and facilitating

22/10/2014

Portus: enriching F2F for our students

Course being used at UG and PGT level in

2014/15

F2F students keen on community membership

bridging F2F and MOOC communities

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

Pushing the boundaries of social media engagement: Storify Active learning highlights limitations of traditional F2F approach PhD students integrate education with their researchCollaborative cross faculty and industry projects are highlighted & progressed

22/10/2014

Digital Marketing: eating the dogfood

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

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

22/10/2014

DRP: global outreach & ROI

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

Showcasing our research:The Exploring our Oceans MOOC blog

22/10/2014

Oceans: successful outreach

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

Raising profiles:Shipwrecks Twitter account

22/10/2014

Shipwrecks: raising profiles

Outreach Exposure of the centre and its

members Impact Recruitment Playing with new ideas for

teaching and learning – an e-resource

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

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

Understanding language: taster for MA

Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead

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