Video transcript: Online learning at Leeds

Video transcript for ‘Online learning with Leeds’, embedded on the Online Courses homepage.  

(The Marjorie and Arnold Ziff building on the University of Leeds campus is shown, with the text ‘online learning’ imposed on the building. Dr Margaret Korosec, Dean of Online and Digital Education, is shown walking towards the building, carrying a laptop. 

She is shown walking into the Great Hall, and through the Brotherton Library, then entering a recording studio and sitting on a chair in front of a camera.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: Online learning offers a flexible opportunity to achieve a degree at the University of Leeds. It's about part-time engagement balancing your own work life. 

It's about progressing your career, and it becomes a very dynamic space to learn. 

(Dr Margaret Korosec is shown entering the Helix learning hub.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec:  Our academic community inform everything. 

(Dr Jonathan Muir, Programme Lead for Sustainable Business Leadership, is shown in the Helix building. He sits on a chair in front of the virtual reality omnideck facility.) 

Dr Jonathan Muir: We're involved with the design, the development and the delivery of our modules. So when students are studying, they are getting that research-intensive expertise. 

(Dr Margaret Korosec is shown sitting in the recording studio.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: We also have our industry partners and industry boards those inform the curriculum. 

(Dr Graham Murphy,  Programme Lead for Data Science Statistics, takes a seat in Helix, where Dr Muir was previously sitting.) 

Dr Graham Murphy: So that students are experiencing the same kinds of project challenges that is out there in the real world. 

(Online students are shown taking part in video calls on their laptops. A tutor is shown entering a room with recording equipment, before Dr Margaret Korosec appears on screen.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: How do you learn online? It's a mix of theory, practical application, independent learning. 

(Dr Graham Murphy appears on screen.) 

Dr Graham Murphy: The University has a wealth of online resources to support our students. 

(Dr Margaret Korosec appears on screen.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: Academically and from a student success perspective. 

(A tutor is shown hosting a webinar, using a computer and recording equipment.) 

Dr Graham Murphy: Live webinars every week. 

(Dr Jonathan Muir appears on screen.) 

Dr Jonathan Muir: Readings, videos, podcasts, formative tasks, case studies. 

(The screen shows Dr Margaret Korosec being filmed in a studio.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: Live engagement is also recorded so there's an opportunity to return to it. 

(Dr Graham Murphy appears on screen.) 

Dr Graham Murphy: We have online discussion forums where you can talk to your peers. You can talk to your tutors. 

(Dr Jonathan Muir appears on screen.) 

Dr Jonathan Muir: The online community is truly global. 

(The screen shows the faces of different students, and an online student taking part in a video call with nine people shown on her computer screen). 

Dr Margaret Korosec: We have early career individuals. 

Dr Jonathan Muir: Others who are already at a good level but want to get to that next level. 

Dr Margaret Korosec: Those at the end of their career looking for a shift in what they want to do next. 

(Dr Jonathan Muir appears on screen.) 

Dr Jonathan Muir: Not only is there a sharing of work related experience, they also share experiences from their own countries and from their own cultures. 

(Dr Graham Murphy appears on screen.) 

Dr Graham Murphy: It's a really active and engaging learning environment. 

(The screen shows the University of Leeds campus and the Parkinson Building. Dr Margret Korosec is shown in the recording studio.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: There's something about the cohorts themselves. You only need to come to graduation, where our online learners have the opportunity to come onto campus and they're meeting each other for the first time.  

(The screen shows students in graduation robes with their friends and family, smiling and taking pictures outside the Great Hall on campus. Dr Margaret Korosec appears on screen.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: And, you know, the dynamic there is so tangible, the community that they have the bond that they have. 

(Dr Graham Murphy appears on screen). 

Dr Graham Murphy: That's a happy event, it's the end of your time with us in one way, but it's only the start of your time as a Leeds alumni. 

(Students are shown working on laptops and taking part in video calls. Dr Jonathan Muir appears on screen.) 

Dr Jonathan Muir: We provide a really high quality learning experience. 

(Dr Graham Murphy is shown taking part in a video call.) 

Dr Graham Murphy: We're really looking at trying to blend practice and theoretical understanding. So that they're in a really good position to then progress their career and move to the next level. 

(The screen shows tutors working in a recording studeo. Dr Margret Korosec appears on screen.) 

Dr Margaret Korosec: If you're considering applying to an online degree at the University of Leeds, you will engage directly with an academic community at the forefront of research to encourage you, to support you and to achieve the success and ambition that you have for yourself. 

(Dr Margaret Korosec gets up from her chair and walks off-screen. The video ends showing the empty chair with the University of Leeds logo and the words ‘online learning’ on screen.)