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Melissa Loble , Sr. Director, Canvas Network mloble@instructure

Lessons Learned from Science, Society, Survival: Lessons Learned from AMC ’ s The Walking Dead MOOC. Melissa Loble , Sr. Director, Canvas Network mloble@instructure.com courses@canvas.net | canvas.net.

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Melissa Loble , Sr. Director, Canvas Network mloble@instructure

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  1. Lessons Learned from Science, Society, Survival: Lessons Learned from AMC’s The Walking Dead MOOC Melissa Loble, Sr. Director, Canvas Network mloble@instructure.com courses@canvas.net| canvas.net

  2. Why did you enroll in Science, Society, Survival: Lessons learned from AMC’s The Walking Dead? (n=6171) Visit our course catalog: canvas.net

  3. Have you ever taken a MOOC before? (n=6171) What are your goals for taking this course? Visit our course catalog: canvas.net

  4. Participants reported agreed or strongly agreed that they gained a greater appreciation for the role of these topics in society. Visit our course catalog: canvas.net

  5. Respondents reported that they learned something about a topic they would not have otherwise studied. Participants were able to understand a majority of the course topics and found the course material was appropriately challenging. Visit our course catalog: canvas.net

  6. Respondents looked forward to new episodes of The Walking Deadeven more knowing a new course topic would be released each week. • This response is a strong endorsement for the blend of entertainment and learning offered by this MOOC. 66% strongly agreed or agreed Visit our course catalog: canvas.net

  7. Key takeaways • Survey results seem to encourage blending entertainment with learning to increase learning opportunities for more people. • Multi-discipline instruction may be the right approach for a general (non-academic) audience. • Responses suggest that with this interdisciplinary “edutainment” format, participants learn things about topics that normally would not have been of interest to them.

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