poster presentation from 2013 coursera partner's conference: creating a sense of place in moocs

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Crea%ng a sense of place in UVa MOOCs to enhance alumni engagement Kris%n Palmer, Director of Online Learning Programs, University of Virginia kris%[email protected] @kpatwork March 2013 Alumni Survey: 7000+ alumni par%cipated as part of Strategic Planning process 60% of respondents believe UVa students would benefit from flexible, technologydriven delivery of class content UVa serves the needs of the Commonwealth of Virginia (90%,) Virginians (84%,) the higher educa%on community (81%,) and the general popula%on (71%) 63% expressed interest an online alumnionly course Strong interest (70%) in par%cipa%ng in a one%me online lecture by a UVa faculty Over 50% of respondents expressed a likelihood of partnering with UVa to explore common interests and passions, and suppor%ng crossdisciplinary studies that address na%onal and/or global issues (55%,) collabora%ve research that addresses na%onal and/or global issues (52%,) and Access UVa and college affordability (50%) Why? Experiment with online learning and impact to residen%al experience Alumni interest for intellectual engagement Create an authen%c view into the University and the Faculty UVa is a UNESCO world heritage site, unique spaces such as Edgar Allan Poe dorm room What’s next? During planning discuss use of place, separate site introduc%on lectures Development of an app to serve UVa open educa%onal resources Residen%al students, subject librarians, community partners and alumni role in MOOCs Gathering feedback from alumni and partnering with UVa clubs Here is a series of screen shots in chronological order, no%ce the move toward authen%c professor, authen%c view of UVa grounds: Being authen%c to the professor: Mitch does a 3 minute medita%ve moment at the beginning of every class. Would that work online? Daffodils. The first sign of spring for a cold climate. Bamboo breathing during class – dim ligh%ng, relaxa%on, dozing off… Even on grounds, Clemen%ne the dog is always with Mitch. Moving away from black background, our school colors are orange and blue. The personality of the professor comes through, and it goes viral in the forums.. Clemen%ne went swimming, rolled around, then kissed Mitch. The forums went wild. This was filmed in the dorm room of Edgar Allan Poe at UVa. Maybe we went a bit overboard but this room is restricted access so it was extra fun. Does the soul live beyond the body? Lecture done in UVa cemetery. Familiar arches along the corridor of the Lawn. Bruce used a mixture of in class lectures, dialogs with authors on loca%on and screencast recordings of Skype interviews. This mixture of loca%ons and audience was popular. Recording during class requires releases from each student and guest. Being authen%c to the professor, Peter bikes to work. First filmed MOOC, do you see the logo? Voice of alumni in MOOC discussion forums For our most recent MOOC, the Age of Jefferson, we have short site introduc%on videos as separate lecture materials for each week. Alumni love it. Alumni Survey I confess I just love the %tle of this lecture. During the medita%ons we panned the camera to the landscape.

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Crea%ng  a  sense  of  place  in  UVa  MOOCs  to  enhance  alumni  engagement  Kris%n  Palmer,  Director  of  Online  Learning  Programs,  University  of  Virginia  kris%[email protected]    @kpatwork    

March  2013  Alumni  Survey:  •  7000+  alumni  par%cipated  as  part  of  Strategic  Planning  process  •  60%  of  respondents  believe  UVa  students  would  benefit  from  flexible,  technology-­‐driven  delivery  of  class  content  

•  UVa  serves  the  needs  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia  (90%,)  Virginians  (84%,)  the  higher  educa%on  community  (81%,)  and  the  general  popula%on  (71%)  

•  63%  expressed  interest  an  online  alumni-­‐only  course  •  Strong  interest  (70%)  in  par%cipa%ng  in  a  one-­‐%me  online  lecture  by  a  UVa  faculty    •  Over  50%  of  respondents  expressed  a  likelihood  of  partnering  with  UVa  to  explore  common  interests  and  passions,  and  suppor%ng  cross-­‐disciplinary  studies  that  address  na%onal  and/or  global  issues  (55%,)  collabora%ve  research  that  addresses  na%onal  and/or  global  issues  (52%,)  and  Access  UVa  and  college  affordability  (50%)  

Why?    •  Experiment  with  online  learning  and  impact  to  residen%al  experience  •  Alumni  interest  for  intellectual  engagement    •  Create  an  authen%c  view  into  the  University  and  the  Faculty    •  UVa  is  a  UNESCO  world  heritage  site,  unique  spaces  such  as  Edgar  Allan  Poe  dorm  room    What’s  next?  •  During  planning  discuss  use  of  place,  separate  site  introduc%on  lectures  •  Development  of  an  app  to  serve  UVa  open  educa%onal  resources  •  Residen%al  students,  subject  librarians,  community  partners  and  alumni  role  in  MOOCs  •  Gathering  feedback  from  alumni  and  partnering  with  UVa  clubs  

Here  is  a  series  of  screen  shots  in  chronological  order,  no%ce  the  move  toward  authen%c  professor,  authen%c  view  of  UVa  grounds:  

Being  authen%c  to  the  professor:  Mitch  does  a  3  minute  medita%ve  moment  at  the  beginning  of  every  class.    Would  that  work  online?  

Daffodils.    The  first  sign  of  spring  for  a  cold  climate.   Bamboo  breathing  during  class  –  dim  ligh%ng,  relaxa%on,  dozing  off…  

Even  on  grounds,  Clemen%ne  the  dog  is  always  with  Mitch.  

Moving  away  from  black  background,  our  school  colors  are  orange  and  blue.  

The  personality  of  the  professor  comes  through,  and  it  goes  viral  in  the  forums..  

Clemen%ne  went  swimming,    rolled  around,  then  kissed  Mitch.    The  forums  went  wild.    

This  was  filmed  in  the  dorm  room  of  Edgar  Allan  Poe  at  UVa.  Maybe  we  went  a  bit  overboard  but  this  room  is  restricted  access  so  it  was  extra  fun.  

Does  the  soul  live  beyond  the  body?    Lecture  done  in  UVa  cemetery.  

Familiar  arches  along  the  corridor  of  the  Lawn.  

Bruce  used  a  mixture  of  in  class  lectures,  dialogs  with  authors  on  loca%on  and  screencast  recordings  of  Skype  interviews.    This  mixture  of  loca%ons  and  audience  was  popular.   Recording  during  class  requires  releases  from  each  student  and  guest.   Being  authen%c  to  the  professor,  Peter  bikes  to  work.  

First  filmed  MOOC,  do  you  see  the  logo?  

Voice  of  alumni  in  MOOC  discussion  forums  

For  our  most  recent  MOOC,  the  Age  of  Jefferson,  we  have  short  site  introduc%on  videos  as  separate  lecture  materials  for  each  week.  Alumni  love  it.      

Alumni  Survey  

I  confess  I  just  love  the  %tle  of  this  lecture.    J  

During  the  medita%ons  we  panned  the  camera  to  the  landscape.