The document discusses the impact of MOOCs on education and research at the University of Southampton, highlighting 118,531 sign-ups and significant international learner participation. It details the integration of PhD student research, content creation, and community building through various MOOC initiatives, with a focus on real-time feedback to enhance course quality. The initiatives aim to bridge traditional face-to-face education with online learning, fostering collaboration between academia and industry.

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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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