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Understanding Dementia MOOC Data

Understanding Dementia MOOC is a 7-week (formerly 9-week) course offered by the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania. The course builds upon the latest in international research on dementia, drawing upon the expertise of neuroscientists, clinicians, dementia care professionals, family carers and people with dementia.

  Start date End Date Duration Enrolled Participated Completed Completed as a % of enrolled Completed as a % of participated Countries represented Internationals as % of enrolled International as % of participated International as % of completed
July 2013 29 July 2013 28 October 2013 11 weeks (incl. 2 x 1-week breaks within) 8914 4976 3381 38 68 64 12 12 12
March 2014 31 March 2014 30 June 2014 11 weeks (incl. 2-week catch up at end) 15329 7822 5684 37 73 93 28 24 23
October 2014 13 October 2014 30 January 2015 16 weeks (incl. 7-week catch up at end) 23377 11241 7907 34 70 124 42 32 34
August 2015 17 August 2015 1 December 2015

15 weeks (incl. 6-week catch up at end)

22983 13941 10266 45 74

147

37 33 32

August 2016

28 August 2016 5 December 2016

(14 weeks)

20032

11808

8492

42 72 119 33 28 27
July 2017 25 July 2017 28 October 2017 13 weeks and 5 days 28976  

12063

42

73

133 34   28

Definitions

  • Participated. A participant who completes an assessment item in the first unit.
  • Completer. A participant who completes the last assessment item.

Course Features

  • Personalised Certificate of Completion with unique identifier provided.
  • Technical and pedagogical support provided by Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre/University of Tasmania staff.
  • Platform provider is Desire2Learn.