Lisa Harris

Our Digital Marketing MOOC Experience

Originally published on the Digichamps blog by Ashley Stout, Amanda Herron and Hannah Watts (MSc Students and MOOC Mentors) The final countdown to the University of Southampton's annual Digital Marketing MOOC is underway. As such, a few of this year's Mentors have shared their experiences from last year to help prepare the new cohort. Continue reading →

Futurelearn Inspiration Awards: a win for Simon Fogg

Simon Fogg, enthusiastic learner on our Web Science and Digital Marketing MOOCs, (and many other MOOCs too!) has won the "Inspiration on Futurelearn" category of the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards that were announced yesterday. Simon developed and still manages a GooglePlus community to support these MOOCs which now has 1,355 members. Continue reading →

Up Periscope! Supporting learning with live broadcasts

Student Digital Champions Tim O’Riordan and Hannah Watts were the brains behind what was probably the first video broadcast using Periscope to support an online course in the UK - a real time discussion between the FutureLearn Digital Marketing MOOC educators Lisa Harris and Chris Phethean. The MOOC asks learners to try out new social tools and think about how they may (or may not) work in a learning or a business context. Continue reading →

The Digital Marketing MOOC: two weeks to go…

Our Digital Marketing MOOC produced in partnership with FutureLearn is running for the second time from 19th October. The course runs for 3 weeks and is totally free to anyone with an internet connection. You can sign up for the course here. This year we are delighted to be part of the BBC’s “Make it Digital” campaign. This initiative brings together 8 free digital creativity courses, aimed at exploring such topics as coding, creative programming, marketing, animation and film. Continue reading →

My experience with the Digital Marketing MOOC

By Sylvian Jesudoss, Digital Marketing MSc student As a student of Digital Marketing at the University of Southampton, when Lisa Harris informed me that I could take an online course on basics of digital marketing, I was sceptical. But the first day of the course changed everything. Continue reading →

Well that was fun!

Today we tried out Google Hangouts for a live discussion. What could possibly go wrong? :-) https://twitter.com/UoSFLdigital/status/524946074545713152 But with seconds to spare, all was sorted... https://twitter. Continue reading →

Building a professional online profile

Ivan Melendez graduated from the University of Southampton in 2012 where he studied an MSc in Knowledge and Information Systems Management. Ivan is contributing his story to the Web Science MOOC of how social media skills helped him to get his dream job. He is also helping out as a Mentor on the Digital Marketing MOOC. Continue reading →

#FLDigital: just two weeks to go…

Participating in a ‘massive open online course’ may seem rather daunting at first. But it’s just an opportunity to learn in a different way. We can all benefit from sharing our stories with other people – and on this course we have individuals from a wide range of business and cultural backgrounds. Interacting with others, sharing experiences and building networks is the most important way that you will learn on (and beyond) this course. Continue reading →

Busy with MOOC preparations…

We are all looking forward to the start of the course! Here are a few shots of our MOOC filming in... Continue reading →

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Lisa Harris

I teach Digital Literacies and Digital Marketing at University of Southampton. Fascinated by the disruptive effect of technology on business and education. Open access only please. Carpe Diem.