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Warwick Warwick Network Day – December 2013 Ken Punter, Deputy Head of Communications and Marketing Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science,

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1 MOOCs @ Warwick Warwick Network Day – December 2013 Ken Punter, Deputy Head of Communications and Marketing Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School Jess Whittlestone, Behavioural Science PhD, Warwick Business School Ray Irving, Director of eLearning, Warwick Business School

2 MOOCs at Warwick Three key drivers: –Improve the on-campus Teaching Experience –Expand the knowledge about Warwick (especially internationally) –Student Recruitment (particularly Post Graduate)

3 MOOCs at Warwick

4 MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses 4

5 A MOOC Open Access / Large Scale (150k +) Scheduled / Non-scheduled (cMOOCs / xMOOCs) Duration – 6-15 weeks Multimedia Homework / Activities Self-assessments (quizzes) Forums Final summative piece of work Certificate of completion/attainment 5

6 Courses (include…) The Ancient Greek Hero Human Health and Global Environmental Change Artificial Intelligence Introduction to Computer Science Introduction to Genetics and Evolution Principles of Economics for Scientists The Modern World: Global History Since 1760 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering Fundamentals of Human Nutrition 6

7 Main Players EdX Coursera FutureLearn 7

8 Futurelearn Ltd Warwick Open University (founder and funder - £5m) Birmingham Bristol Cardiff East Anglia Exeter King’s College London Lancaster Leeds Southampton St Andrews Launched in Autumn 2013 8 Bath Leicester Nottingham Queen’s Belfast Reading

9 The Mind is Flat Warwick’s first MOOC Behavioural Science Lead academic - Professor Nick Chater Online moderator – Jess Whittlestone Launched in November 2013 Learner numbers capped at 10,000 (achieved in 24 hours) Running again in March 2013 9

10 The Mind is Flat - Demo 10

11 The Mind is Flat – The Experience Professor Nick Chater Jess Whittlestone

12 Coursera Operations Management 87,000 Learners Signed Up 58,000 Users watched at least some of the videos 37,500 Users undertook at least one quiz 10,000 Users undertook at least one homework 7,000 Users took the final exam 7,000 Users active in the forums

13 Coursera Equine Nutrition 24,000 Learners Signed Up 19,000 Actively Participated 5,600 Completed the MOOC

14 Discussion What do MOOCs mean for Higher Education, for Warwick, and for You?


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