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Table 1 MOOC Module Overview and Activity Review

From: The contribution of a MOOC to community discussions around death and dying

Activities

N Activity Views

N Activity Completions

% Activity Completions

Introduction Module

 Introduce yourself! [Comment]

1520

680

76.0%

 3 Words to describe feelings about death [Submission]

2737

653

73.0%

 How did you find us? [Comment]

723

661

73.9%

 MOOC experience and motivations [Private Survey]

724

640

71.5%

Module 1: How we engage with death and dying

 Reflection on ‘No Laughing Matter’ [Comment]

1221

537

60.0%

 Find a Joke for ‘No Laughing Matter’ [Submission]

1912

425

47.5%

 Words are not enough - Euphemisms [Submission]

2021

505

56.4%

 Reflection on ‘How do people engage with death and dying?’ [Comment]

901

440

49.2%

 Design your own roadside memorial/eulogy/headstone [Submission]

1710

395

44.1%

Module 2: Representations of death

 Historical death bed paintings [Comment]

1067

396

44.2%

 Two films depicting death [Submission]

1549

357

39.9%

 Death in TV Dramas and Documentaries [Comment]

636

344

38.4%

 Death and dying in other mediums [Comment]

684

337

37.7%

Module 3: If death is the Problem… is medicine the answer?

 The best way to go [Submission]

1318

308

34.4%

 Reflections on “Being Mortal” [Comment]

816

296

33.1%

 Prolonging Life Prolonging Death Live Chat [Comment]

2022

306

34.2%

Module 4: Digital Dying

 My Digital Selection [Comment]

743

286

32.0%

 Create a Deathwise Communication [Submission]

2227

320

35.8%

Final Reflections Module

 3 words describing death Revisited [Submission]

815

227

25.4%

 Before I die I want to…. [Comment]

351

228

25.5%

 A final Challenge: If I was health minister [Submission]

804

217

24.2%

 Reflection Questions [Private Survey]

485

155

17.3%

 Spreading the word? [Comment]

328

170

19.0%

 Light-bulb moments [Comment]

297

172

19.2%

  1. Note. The square brackets [] indicate the way in which participants were able to respond to the module, i.e. via comment, submission or private survey