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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.