Engaging students through social learning
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This document discusses how the University of Southampton is using MOOCs and social learning to innovate curriculum and engage students. It highlights the university's flexible degree programs and involvement in the FutureLearn MOOC platform. MOOCs are seen as catalysts for changing teaching practices by adding social elements and flipping classrooms. Learning analytics from massive student cohorts in MOOCs allow new approaches to feedback, assessment and personalization. MOOCs are also used to showcase research and recruit students to existing programs.
Engaging students through social learning
- 1. Engaging students through social learning: inspiring curriculum innovation in HE Lisa Harris Web Science Institute @lisaharris
- 2. Flexible learning • UK leader in flexible degrees where students can shape their own experiences • Students have the option to take modules outside their area of study • First UK university to offer Major/Minor degrees • Students can access many learning resources on the move • Founding member of the FutureLearn Consortium and member of FutureLearn’s MOOCs
- 3. How the Web is Changing the World and the World is changing the Web. Connect with us on our: Website Blog YouTube Twitter Web Science Institute
- 4. The Web is the largest information system ever constructed; a social and technical phenomenon that is transforming our world in innovative and unexpected ways. A deep understanding of the Web's technologies and social construction is enabling Southampton to develop new forms of economic, social, political, technological and cultural capital. The WSI is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team drawn from across the Faculties, led by Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt. Focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships Leverages staff and student expertise across the University Provides a platform for public, private and third sector collaboration Showcases unique and creative education Web Science Institute
- 6. The Plan • The evolving role of University education in the digital age • Massive open social learning • MOOCs as catalysts for innovation and change within proactive institutions. • Adding value to on-campus students • The MOOC Observatory – learning analytics
- 7. Early steps towards openness Gutenberg’s Printing Press Manutius - printed and bound books
- 8. Gutenberg: In the Beginning Was the Printer “And even today, in spite of the digital revolution, Gutenberg’s invention still dominates the way we organise our thoughts. Using our tablets and eReaders we use bookmarks, and when sending emails we select our font. “In a world of advanced IT we remain unashamedly, irrecoverably the children of Gutenberg.” (Neil MacGregor) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04k6sjj
- 9. Lessons from history: social context is key to openness It’s not just about technology. Openness is “…made possible because society comes to regard it as important” (Peter and Diemann, 2013) • The printing press and early books • 17th century coffee-houses provided books, networking, discussions, news, pre-published materials (“Penny Universities”) • The growth of the railways led to postal services and development of correspondence courses • Open University • iTunesU • MOOCs
- 11. Changing learner behaviour Rising expectations Ubiquitous ownership of smartphones and tablets ‘always on’ But it’s just about how to use the tools. Many studies have shown that students’ understanding of the digital world is superficial: “living in an increasingly digital society requires an appreciation of participation, social justice, personal safety, ethical behaviours and the management of identity and reputation in both online and offline spaces, as the boundaries between them become increasingly blurred” (Carey et al, 2009).
- 12. Innovating Pedagogy Report (Sharples et al, 2014) Identifys “massive open social learning” as the innovation most likely to impact upon education in the short term: • Network effects • Gamification • Discussions • Quizzes • Activities • Following key contributors • Peer review
- 13. MOOCs as catalysts for change George Siemens emphasises the growing importance of the “social” element of MOOCs: “And, what learners really need has diversified over the past several decades as the knowledge economy has expanded. Universities have not kept pace with learner needs and MOOCs have caused a much needed stir — a period of reflection and self-assessment. To date, higher education has largely failed to learn the lessons of participatory culture, distributed and fragmented value systems and networked learning.” (Siemens, 2014)
- 14. End of the lecture? The flipped MOOC / flipped classroom http://www.washington.edu/teaching/teaching-resources/engaging-students-in-learning/flipping-the-classroom/ via @hughdavis
- 15. Patterns for social learning • Social constructivist learning approach • Based on small on-the-fly groups • Students remain in those groups for that activity • Carousel Learning • Lots of ideas for patterns of social learning Slide by @hughdavis; Post University cartoon/Dave Blazek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0
- 16. An example social learning pattern Slide by @hughdavis
- 17. MOOCs? Massive Open Online Courses
- 18. Futurelearn MOOC structure 18 Learning Unit 1 Learning Unit 2 Learning Unit 3 Learning Unit 4 Learning Unit 5 Learning Unit 6 Up to 10 Learning Unit 1 Learning Unit 2 Up to 3 Learning Unit n Weekly Learning Units: , 2- 6 hours study time Meaningful title, clear learning goals, end-of-unit assessment 1 2 3 Each with 2 or 3 self-contained Learning Blocks Learning Block Video Text Discuss Quiz Learning Blocks Sequence of elements (This is just one example) miniMOOCs have 2 or 3 Learning Units
- 19. In 12 months, 118,531 sign-ups to 12 runs of 7 MOOCs 42% of learners are from UK, 58% international 5 MOOCs already being used with UoS students Over 95% recommendation More information about existing Southampton MOOCs
- 20. 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 Web Science: PhD student input Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead
- 21. 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 Encouraging BBC documentary viewers to study more, first via second screening
- 22. Connect with us View the University of Southampton film search ‘we are connected’ #we are connected 10/02/15
- 23. Digital Marketing: “eating the dog food” • 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 Kate Dickens, University of Southampton FutureLearn Project Lead
- 24. MOOCs in campus-based learning External non-paying MOOCers MOOC activity Paying Students The Embedded MOOC Slide by @hughdavis
- 25. Berkeley Scratch Course Shows F2F and MOOC version of course http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs10/fa12
- 26. Articulated Degrees Slide by @hughdavis F2F Module SPOC at Stanford OU Module MOOC at Soton Capstone Project Degree Programme
- 27. Brand and recruitment materials Slide by @hughdavis
- 29. RECRUIT STUDENTS ONTO EXISTING COURSES Piloting some product features to enable recruitment of students to paid courses Course Sign up Page Step Pages: Week 1 and final week Register Interest Pages Paid online short courses Full university qualificatio n Short online courses run in-house on FutureLearn Credit-bearing under or post-graduate modules or full courses, run online or on campus
- 30. Big Data The massive cohorts give us new opportunities for experimenting in and understanding learning and assessment • Adaptive feedback • Adaptive learning paths • Adaptive Content • Gamification • Peer Review • Self Review Slide by @hughdavis; image Mike Wheatley http://siliconangle.com
- 31. 74 MOOC datasets FOR EACH OF OUR MOOC RUNS: ● Comments ● Enrolments ● Peer Review Assignments ● Peer Review Reviews ● Question Response (quizzes) ● Step Activity ● Total Figures 24 Survey datasets FOR EACH OF OUR MOOC RUNS: ● Entry Survey ● Exit Survey MOOC Runs Datasets 2 14 + 4 surveys 3 21 + 6 surveys 2 14 + 4 surveys 2 14 + 4 surveys 1 7 + 2 surveys 1 7 + 2 surveys
- 32. Twitter interactions for #FLdigital
- 33. References Barber, M., Donnelly, K. and Rizv, S. (2013) ‘An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead’. The Institute of Public Policy Research. http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/FINAL%20Embargoed%20 Avalanche%20Paper%20130306%20%281%29.pdf Carey, C., Harris, L.J., Smith, K. and Warren, L. (2009) Using Web 2.0 in education: privacy and integrity in the virtual campus. In, Network Ethics: The New Challenge in Business, ICT and Education; Track 3: Higher Education and Virtual Learning: Ethical Issues and Perspectives, Lisbon, Portugal, 23 - 25 Jun 2009. Peter, S. and Deimann, M. (2013) Open Praxis, vol. 5 issue 1, Jan – Mar pp. 1–8) Sharples, M., Adams, A., Ferguson, R., Gaved, M., McAndrew, P., Rienties, B., Weller, M., & Whitelock, D. (2014) Innovating Pedagogy 2014: Open University Innovation Report 3 Milton Keynes: The Open University. http://www.openuniversity.edu/sites/www.openuniversity.edu/files/The_Open_University _Innovating_Pedagogy_2014_0.pdf Siemens, G. (2014) ‘The attack on our higher education system — and why we should welcome it’. TED blog http://ideas.ted.com/2014/01/31/the-attack-on-our-higher- education-system-and-why-we-should-welcome-it/
Editor's Notes
- #29: In our Understanding Language MOOC, there was a step that received more than 10000 comments. Learners would post where they come from and that was reflected in this map. We can identify popular steps with our analytics tools.
- #32: The University of Southampton has run 7 MOOCs in topics such as Oceanography, Web Science, Roman Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, Digital Marketing, and Language Learning. Many of them have already run more than once. All of them are hosted in the Futurelearn MOOC Platform Through Futurelearn, each MOOC run automatically generates a set of datasets: A full comments log (similar to a twitter feed with anonymised user ID, comment ID, parent ID if it is a reply, timestamp, number of likes, and comment). Enrolment data: A dataset that records user enrolments and un-enrolments by date (user IDs anonymised) Peer Review assignments: A dataset that records learner assignments for being peer reviewed Peer Review Reviews: A dataset that records the reviews that learners make to their colleagues’ assignments Question Response: A dataset that records how well learners have done in the assessment quizzes (to be reminded that learner IDs are anonymised, but are unique and can be cross-analysed across different datasets) Step Activity: A dataset that records when a learner has first visited a “step” (a piece of content) and when they have completed it. Total figures of enrolments, comments, and types of learners (social, active, lurkers…), both weekly and over the whole MOOC term. Futurelearn also provides a voluntary survey completed by learners in which they share data, among other aspects about: Age Education level Aims, motivations, and expectations. Learners complete an entry survey and an exit survey.