University College London’s Extended Learning Landscape
EMOOCs 2015 Experience Track
Matt Jenner // @mattjennerDistance Learning Facilitator, E-Learning Environments, UCL
UCL - London’s Global University
• Main site - Bloomsbury, London• 36,000 students• 16,000 undergraduate• 19,000 postgraduate
• 780 degrees / programmes of study• 200 undergraduate (BSc, BA)• 450 postgraduate taught (MSc, Ma)• 130 graduate research (Mphil, PhD etc)
• 11,000 staff (around 6,000 academic)• 11 Faculties
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Interesting things
happening!
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Reduces creating departmental course
catalogues
Contains search engine friendly
components (SEO)
Can contain a suite of courses
Advertise & promote a course
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catalogue
Clearly displays important information
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environment
#1Course
catalogue
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Open to (potentially) anyone – just email
and password
Light-touch – not a job application!
Or no payment at all :)
Credit/debit card – instant access
Pay by invoice – slower access…
Sell seats in bulk and/or offer discounts
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It’s Moodle!
‘MyeXtend course list and progress/duration
markers
Transfer from UCL Moodle
Mobile/tablet friendly design
Simple design – removed anything
unnecessary
Courses by payment Courses by delivery
Courses by learningCourses by audience
Charged Free Blended Online
Closed Open Self-paced Cohort
Distance learning
Blended learning CPD Executive
Education
Short course MOOCs
Learning objects /
OERs
Pre-enrolment
Communities Bespoke Alumni
Conference /
exhibitions /
showcasesResearch
dissemination
Widening participatio
n
Public engagemen
t
Taster courses
Recreational learning Open days
Distance learning
Blended learning CPD Executive
Education
Short course MOOCs
Learning objects /
OERs
Pre-enrolment
Communities Bespoke Alumni
Conference /
exhibitions /
showcasesResearch
dissemination
Widening participatio
n
Public engagemen
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Taster courses
Recreational learning Open days
Distance Learning
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Pre-enrolment
CPD
Recreational
Bespoke (for a client)
MOOCsTaster
Courses
Public engagement
Learning objects /
OERs
Executiveeducation
Communities (of practice or
proximity)
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Research disseminati
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Types of offering by ‘impact’ and audience type
UCL’s Extended Learning Landscape
Distance Learning
Fully onlineBlended
Face to face
Blended Learnin
g
Alumni
Pre-enrolment
CPD
Recreational
Bespoke (for a client)
Taster Courses
Public engagement
Learning objects /
OERs
Executiveeducation
Communities (of practice or
proximity)
Widening participationResearch
dissemination
Conferences / exhibitions / showcases
MOOCs
Types of offering by mode of delivery NOW
Distance Learning
Fully onlineBlended
Face to face
Blended Learnin
g
Learning objects /
OERs
MOOCs
Types of offering by mode of delivery SOON
Bespoke (for a client)
Pre-enrolment
Widening participation
CPD
Executiveeducation
Public engagement
Taster Courses Recreational
Communities (of practice or
proximity)
Research dissemination
Alumni
Conferences / exhibitions / showcases
Legal• Learner
status• Copyright /
IPR• Accreditatio
n
Financial• Business models• Income
generation• Who pays?
Quality• Design • Build• Review
Challenges
1. Reputation
1.1 Encourage engagement
1.2 Targeting alumni
1.3 Outreach
1.4 Marketing gains
1.5 Media coverage
1.6 Modern approach
2. Capacity
2.1 Inform diversification strategies
2.2 Create new capabilities
2.3 Educational research
2.4 Enriched online resources
2.5 Interdisciplinary courses
2.6 Student recruitment
3. Delivery
3.1 International collaboration
3.2 Widening participation
3.3 Beyond traditional markets
3.4 Pioneering platforms
3.5 New sources of revenue
3.6 Translation of resources
4. Service improvement
4.1 Encouraging open education
4.2 Effective service disaggregation
4.3 Creating meaning from analytics
4.4 Pedagogical experimentation
4.5 Expanded media capacity
4.6 Copyright skills/knowledge
5. Student outcomes
5.1 Digital literacies
5.2 International experience/globalisation
5.3 International communities
5.4 Mixing internal & external cohorts
5.5 Accreditation and [micro] credentialing
5.6 Cross/co-curricular opportunities
Meanwhile…
UCL’s Connected Curriculum - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/strategic_priorities/connected-curriculum
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