1. Lessons Learned from Science, Society, Survival: Lessons Learned from AMC’s The Walking Dead MOOC Melissa Loble, Sr. Director, Canvas Network mloble@instructure.com courses@canvas.netcourses@canvas.net | canvas.netcanvas.net

2. Visit our course catalog: canvas.net Why did you enroll in Science, Society, Survival: Lessons learned from AMC’s The Walking Dead? (n=6171)

3. Have you ever taken a MOOC before? (n=6171) Visit our course catalog: canvas.net What are your goals for taking this course?

4. Participants reported agreed or strongly agreed that they gained a greater appreciation for the role of these topics in society. Visit our course catalog: canvas.net

5. Respondents reported that they learned something about a topic they would not have otherwise studied. Visit our course catalog: canvas.net Participants were able to understand a majority of the course topics and found the course material was appropriately challenging.

6. Respondents looked forward to new episodes of The Walking Dead even more knowing a new course topic would be released each week. This response is a strong endorsement for the blend of entertainment and learning offered by this MOOC. Visit our course catalog: canvas.net 66% strongly agreed or agreed

7. Key takeaways 1.Survey results seem to encourage blending entertainment with learning to increase learning opportunities for more people. 2.Multi-discipline instruction may be the right approach for a general (non-academic) audience. 3.Responses suggest that with this interdisciplinary “edutainment” format, participants learn things about topics that normally would not have been of interest to them.