Research Education

Should you find Moocs?

Laura Haapio-KirkResearch Assistant & Project Manager, Why We Post: The Anthropology of Social MediaMatt JennerDistance Education Advisor, Digital Education, University College London / UCL.

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Academic impact:

“The demonstrable contribution that excellent research makes to academic advances, across and within disciplines, including significant advances in understanding, methods, theory and application.”

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/innovation/impacts/

“Engaging the public with your research can improve the quality of research and its impact, raise your profile, and develop your skills. It also enables members of the public to act as informed citizens and can inspire the next generation of researchers.”

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/innovation/impacts/

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“As the importance of dissemination and impact becomes increasingly recognised, researchers are using ever more innovative methods - including websites, video, conferences, drama, and even exhibitions”

http://www.ethicsguidebook.ac.uk/Methods-of-dissemination-180

REF

Reach

Significance

Vitality

Sustainability

http://www.ref.ac.uk/panels/assessmentcriteriaandleveldefinitions/

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Doing awesome research?

Non-experts might

understand?

Or find interesting?

You have to teach it

anyway?

Make a Mooc?

Creating Why We Post: The Anthropology of Social Media from the ERC funded Global Social Media Impact Study

20162017

20182019

2020

2021

Research Proposal

Submission

Dissemination period

That Mooc is still running…

To do list: 2016: Verify a Mooc is a valid form of dissemination2016: Estimate the resources to build and the value as a part of the dissemination strategy2017: Research begins, start creating / collecting assets, later used in the Mooc2018: Research continues, ideas for what the Mooc actually contains start to form2019: Evidence gathering coming to a close, Mooc starts to emerge

Decision making process - http://creately.com/diagram-type/usage/decision-making-made-easy-creately Why We Post course - https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/anthropology-social-media CRAM tool - http://web.lkldev.ioe.ac.uk/cram/ Superheroes - http://www.crafthubs.com/superhero-silhouettes/11907 Calendar - https://dynamikspace.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/6-months-left-to-learn-to-sketch-with-the-dynamik-sketch-calendar-2012/Cash - http://www.123rf.com/stock-photo/sterling_money_cash.html

Moocs for research dissemination: toolkit components

Search ‘UCL CRAM tool’ or visit http://web.lkldev.ioe.ac.uk/cram/

Course Resource Appraisal Modeller (CRAM) Model teaching costs and learning benefits

Justification• Normal Mooc stuff:

• public engagement, • recruitment, • explore pedagogy, • income generation, • enhances reputation

• Plus: • making research outputs accessible / reusable, • exposure of research activity/profile, • potential for citizen science, • shifting away from traditional norms • I hear universities like larger research grants? • Could boost REF and TEF

UCL Digital Story Competition ‘Future of UCL’ winners Amy Wood and Alexander Dutton (screen grab) (2012)

RESEARCHERS TEACHING? OMG! D:

UCL Digital Story Competition ‘Future of UCL’ winners Amy Wood and Alexander Dutton (screen grab) (2012)

Pulling Mooc-worthy researchFrom whole load of research

You’re the claw

http://time.com/64905/missing-toddler-found-playing-with-stuffed-animals-inside-the-claw-machine-at-a-bowling-alley/

Recommendations1. Prospective? Take one Mooc (#1 advice)2. Get into the project early3. Prepare material release forms (get them signed)4. Know your audience early (who are you building for?)5. Draft high-level course outline early6. Remain aligned to university priorities (governance)7. Find required resources (people, time, media, £, etc.) 8. Plan 2-3 years of Mooc (maintenance, ownership)9. Take on only what the project can deliver10. Open all the things – OER is cool.

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