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Study UK: a Guide for Education Agents and Counsellors

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What is a MOOC

Massive Open On line Learning,

FutureLearn platform

High quality free courses

Elementary level and has no eligibility criteria.

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Why ?

FutureLearn MOOCs are responsive – i.e. they can be accessed from mobile devices.

MOOCs are perceived by learners as an online event, which is what distinguishes them from self-access courses.

The British Council has a number of MOOCs and uses them to bring value to the UK

The MOOC provides an entry level of learning to allow potential new education agents, advisors and counsellors to familiarise themselves with the UK education system.

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Course Structure

British Council MOOCs are ‘broad and shallow’ with about 9-12 hours of work per course or less

The course length is anything between 2-6 weeks.

Each course runs at least 3 times.

The focus is on social learning and on mainly learner-to-learner engagement – learners discussing the course content with each other.

The learners create the content, mainly with their comments but also by uploading photos and audio and taking part in live events.

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Pedagogy

FutureLearn’s model is based on ‘social learning’ pedagogy.

Input and comment model. Learners are given some input and asked to react and respond to it in the comments.

Input is video, reading and audio.

English only (therefore minimum intermediate level (B1 on the CEFR).

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July 2017, beta test version, over 3000 learners

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Demographics

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Engagement

“Thank you Helen, Nishika, Sireen, British Council and all the participants. I really enjoyed this week's lectures. The thing is that the organisers as well as educators did a lot of efforts to establish and run the course. It is always easy to criticise, but the course and the discussions were professionally organised.Thanks a lot once again from Uzbekistan”

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Course Content

Why Study in the UK?

Sending students to the UK. What do you need to know?

The UK experience

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Content includes

• Students talking about their experiences

• Institutions showcasing their sectors and the UK offer

• Information about Specialist application procedures

• Counsellor and agent input

• Downloadable tools

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The MOOC

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/study-uk-education-advisors/1/todo/12529

Week1What do UK Institutions offer - Kate Walkerhttps://www.futurelearn.com/courses/study-uk-education-advisors/1/steps/204089

Week2Satisfied Customers- Fahmidahttps://www.futurelearn.com/courses/study-uk-education-advisors/1/steps/180357What do Institutions want from Agents, Advisors and counsellors- Andrew Mandeburghttps://www.futurelearn.com/courses/study-uk-education-advisors/1/steps/180354

Week3Embrace it all, https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/study-uk-education-advisors/1/steps/215445Students outcomeshttps://www.futurelearn.com/courses/study-uk-education-advisors/1/steps/180365

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How to find the course

Create a FutureLearn Account https://www.futurelearn.com

Search for Study UK and sign up to the course

StudyUK: a Guide for Education Agents and Counsellors