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Neil Mosley

23 Nov, 9 tweets, 2 min read

Back in the first part of the year there was a lot of talk about UK universities partnering with Online Programme Managers (OPM’s) partly sparked by this article palatinate.org.uk/exclusive-univ… and the subsequent fallout. Much was lost in the noise...and misconceptions 1/

so far I’ve noticed 2 x UK universities partner with OPMs including a Russell Group (although I may have missed some). Really, I think these kinds of partnership are about a desire to reach a demographic of students who may not opt for the campus experience....2/

e.g. working professionals. In spite of everything there still seems great appetite for the on-campus experience. With university numbers set to grow - the question is whether the pandemic experience will fuel a greater desire for those who would’ve usually adopted to...3/

...study on-campus to do so online. I struggle to see droves of undergraduates choosing to study online in a way that represents a paradigm shift..but predictions are exactly that. For me the big question is will more universities seek to diversify their portfolios...4/

...and develop online courses, microcredentials and programmes geared up for those not likely to come study on-campus or who want a flexible mode of study around work and life...that’s going to be interesting to see play out....5/

...and it comes down to the question who is university for? And who should they be trying to reach in terms of providing education? There is and will be a demand for learning amongst people unlikely to go to university in the traditional sense. Online or blended learning..6/

offers the opportunity to meet that demand....and as such universities have opportunities to broaden what they do...if too few choose to do so...will we see those few that are actively growing their online operations become dominant in the UK in a way some of the large US.../7

online universities are? It will be interesting to observe but just like the number of words spilled didn’t lead to a mass number of OPM partnerships, they might not lead to a fundamental paradigm shift to online education in universities...8/

Online education and programmes are still a means of education for providers to engage in strategically, for good reasons and require a different kind of setup and support to do extremely well, as many have found out 1st hand this year....end/

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There’s always been opportunities for UK universities to meet the demand for learning beyond the narrow demographic of school leavers that tends to characterise who university is for. 1/

The opportunities are still there, particularly given the need for upskilling and growing international demand for education. 2/

Through online learning and a range of offerings of different shapes (microcredentials et al) and sizes there’s potential for universities to seriously serve a much greater proportion of people who need education. 3/

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Video is often the go-to for online teaching sometimes pretty unthinkingly as it’s the most obvious transposition of traditional in-person teaching...but don’t overlook text! 1/

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Sure, you can pause, rewind, adjust speed etc but it’s fundamentally different to text. 3/

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Earlier in the year a distinction was made labelling the rapid pivot as emergency remote teaching, thus distinguishing from online education pre-COVID...1/

..I’m not convinced that we’ve moved much beyond emergency remote teaching, despite many universities talking about how they’ll be offering high-quality blended/online education in the new academic year....2/

..In real terms the amount of time faculty would’ve had to prepare online education between lockdown and now is pretty minimal and if you throw in time spent planning for some in-person teaching which is likely to be disrupted then it will be nothing like approaching...3/

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Neil Mosley

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THREAD: Communication with the students you’re teaching will be so critical during this academic year. Here’s a few things to think about - it’s not too late!

1/ Communicate regularly ideally have set times/days i.e. Mon & Fri - so students hear from you regularly and there’s some predictable rhythm to it.

2/ Make the LMS announcements page or equivalent the landing page for your course area, when combined with the above it’ll be one of the most dynamic components of your area and a genuine place of your presence and communication

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Those of us who advocated for and were involved in what was a relatively niche world of online education in HE pre-COVID-19 also have to acknowledge that the quality of a proportion of it....1/

wasn’t far off the simple uploading of lecture videos to an LMS, teaching via Zoom et al and sharing of documents digitally...2/

Essentially the kinds of approaches that now many are quite rightly warning against as not bearing the hallmarks of quality online learning...3/

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There’s no magic formula for blended and hybrid learning and how you design the melding of physical and digital but yesterday I gave a talk and highlight 3 principles / considerations..1/

1 - Authentic and real world learning - ask what experiences and activities conducted in-person most strongly contribute towards authentic & real world learning...2/

2. Importance of student & faculty relationship - what role might the physical play in helping to foster these relationships that play a part in student motivation, engagement and commitment....3/

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