MITs Communication Requirement Imperial Horizons and IExplore Talking

MIT’s Communication Requirement, Imperial Horizons and I-Explore Talking Teaching Wednesday 12 December 2018 Dr Michael Weatherburn Field Leader: Humanities and Social Sciences

Enrolment and completion over time 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 Year 1 2500 2444 2548 2533 Years 3+ 2239 2000 1500 Completers (still enrolled at end of course) 1994 1483 1000 500 0 2012 -13 2013 -14 Year 2 2014 -15 2015 -16 2016 -17 2017 -18

Imperial Horizons 2012 -2018 Enrolment Numbers 2017 -18 2016 -17 2015 -16 2014 -15 2013 -14 2012 -13 0 Business & Professional Skills Global Challenges Languages SCS 2012 -13 500 617 177 796 377 10002013 -14 1500 673 213 1132 605 2014 -152500 2000 489 220 1811 870 2015 -16 3000 3500 2016 -17 4000 519 569 303 2261 2414 1258 1260 2017 -18 4500 5000 429 246 2582 1317

MIT-Imperial visit: 21 -27 February 2018 Follow up to Dr Roberto Trotta 2017 visit 13 interviews with faculty 1 meeting with 9 students

Interviews Lori Peter Diana Chris Andreas Breslow Dourmashkin Henderson Kaiser Karatsolis Ehsan Masood Melanie Parker Janet Ed Rankin Schiappa Rosalind Marilyn Williams Wilson Kathleen Mac. Arthur Jo. Anne Yates

MIT Communications Requirement Formulated 1997, approved 2000, implemented 2001+ Four mandatory communication modules in four years: -Two in the major (CI-M) -Two communication intensive (CI-H)

Skills addressed during 2018 MIT visit Persuasiveness Multi-disciplinary working Target audience focus Storytelling

Themes addressed in MIT ‘AI Fairness’ course Employment Housing Credit

Outputs from MIT 2018 trip 1. ‘Understanding Our Digital World’ pilot course. 2. Develop narrative of humanities at Imperial College, 1947 -date 3. Integrate skills into existing learning and teaching 4. Cf. AE visit to MIT (November 2018)

Horizons HSS pilots and developments, 2018 -19+ - ‘Understanding Our Digital World’ pilot course - Digital learning tools – existing, and under development between CLCC Digital Learning Hub -Educational research and publications: humanities and social sciences learning for STEM students; data mining -Horizons Bespoke: Business Ethics (Chemical Engineering). Science Communication (Earth Science and Engineering; Medical Biosciences)

Future CLCC projects and outputs 1. Engagement with Imperial Horizons alumni 2. Digital learning enhancements: quizzes, light screen video (Digital Learning Hub), Captivate tutorials 3. Celebration of 70 th anniversary of the Imperial Touchstone programme (2020) 4. Current Chemistry research student project on students’ attitudes to MIT Communication Requirement

MIT’s Communication Requirement, Imperial Horizons and I-Explore Talking Teaching Wednesday 12 December 2018 Dr Michael Weatherburn Field Leader: Humanities and Social Sciences

Current WRAP projects 1. How to assess effectiveness of new models 2. Assessment methods presently in flux. 3. Machine learning on Freshman Essay Evaluation 4. MITx courses – analysis of texts. 5. New referencing tools