Interactive learning objects for statistics education experiences and

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments Hans-Joachim Mittag University of Hagen, Germany Working Unit “Statistics and Quantitative Methods“ Vilnius / Klaipeda, Lithuania, August 2013

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments 1. Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education 2. Interactive learning objects for desktops 3. Platform-independent interactive learning objects 4. Illustration of the media mix 5. Outlook 2 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

University of Hagen: • Only German State University specialized in distance teaching • About 85, 000 students enrolled in summer 2013 4 Faculties (percentage of students): 12 % 35 % 37 % 16 % Faculty of Law Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science 3 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Personal experience in statistics education Until 2002: Teaching statistics and econometrics for economists. Multimedia activities: • Multimedia CD „Descriptive Statistics“ (2001 -2013) www. fernuni -hagen. de/e-statistik DE • Participation in the public project „New Statistics“ http: //www. fernuni-hagen. de/neuestatistik DE My part: Design and implementation of interactive experiments 2002 – 2006: National expert in Eurostat and co-operation with National Statistical Offices (FI, MT, LT) • www. fernuni-hagen. de/statliteracy 4 | Fern. Universität in Hagen EN

Personal experience in statistics education (cont. ) 2007 - today: Teaching statistics at the Faculty for Cultural and Social Sciences. Multimedia activities: • Interactive statistics course / e-book with Springer www. fernuni-hagen. de/jmittag/33209/Kurs. pdf DE • Virtual library: learning objects for desktops www. fernuni-hagen. de/jmittag/repository DE, EN, JP, ES • Statistics app: platform-independent learning objects http: //www. fernuni-hagen. de/jmittag/statistik. App/index. htm 5 | Fern. Universität in Hagen EN

Blended learning model for distance teaching of statistics Implementation of a media mix Printed material (course / textbook) Interactive pdf version Interactive learning objects for desktops Online tutoring Platform-independent interactive learning objects Face-to-face teaching / seminars (Moodle) 6 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments 1. Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education 2. Interactive learning objects for desktops 3. Platform-independent interactive learning objects 4. Illustration of the media mix and outlook 7 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

http: //www. fernuni-hagen. de/ jmittag/repository Learning objects for desktop application (Java applets) 8 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Virtual library (Java applets) Sample 1: Dice experiment / discrete uniform distribution DE-EN-JP 9 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Sample 1, cont. (already in use at the Open University of Japan) Dice experiment / discrete uniform distribution DE-EN-JP 10 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Virtual library (Java applets) Sample 2: The binomial distribution DE-EN-JP-ES 11 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Virtual library (Java applets) Sample 3: The standard normal distribution DE-EN-JP-ES 12 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Virtual library (Java applets) Sample 4 (visualization of official data): Greenhouse gas emissions DE-EN 13 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Virtual library (Java applets) Sample 5: (visualization of official data): HIV infection rates in the EU DE-EN 14 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments 1. Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education 2. Interactive learning objects for desktops 3. Platform-independent interactive learning objects 4. Illustration of the media mix 5. Outlook 15 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Platform-independent interactive learning objects for statistics education http: //www. fernuni-hagen. de/ jmittag/statistik. App/index. htm Redesigning the interactive experiments for smartphones and tablets Goal: Learning objects operating on any technical platform (i. OS, Android, …) 16 | Fern. Universität in Hagen Responsive web design (HTML 5, CSS 3; Java. Script, mobile frameworks)

Statistics app Sample 1: 17 | Fern. Universität in Hagen The binomial distribution

Statistics app Sample 2: 18 | Fern. Universität in Hagen The t distribution / quantiles

Year of Statistics 2013 (German website) t distribution 19 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Year of Statistics 2013 (German website) Binomial distribution 20 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Comparison: Java applets – Statistics app Advantages Virtual repository Minimal amount of text (translation easy) Self-explaining use Java does not operate on smartphones / tablets Since January 2013: Security warnings occur Minimal amount of text (translation easy) Self-explaining use Didactical limitations for smartphones due to small display size (Java applets) Statistics App Disadvantages Programming difficult Platform-independence; (HTML 5, CSS 3, responsive web design; (competing web browsers) Java. Script) enhanced media mix via QR codes 21 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments 1. Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education 2. Interactive learning objects for desktops 3. Platform-independent interactive learning objects 4. Illustration of the media mix 5. Outlook 22 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Interactive pdf version of the course / textbook: Excerpts Hyperlink (to desktop application) + QR-Code (for smartphones / tablets / phablets) 23 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments 1. Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education 2. Interactive learning objects for desktops 3. Platform-independent interactive learning objects 4. Illustration of the media mix 5. Outlook 24 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

State of development (virtual repository / Statistics app) Interactive learning objects for desktops (Java) Platform-independent learning objects (HTML 5 / CSS 3, Java. Script) Visualization of statistical methods (descriptive and inferential statistics) Visualization of statistical methods (until now: only inferential statistics) Visualization of selected data sets from official statistics Under preparation: Data visualization Integration into e-books (next step: e. Pub 3 format) Integration into e-books and via QR codes into printed textbooks Next step: Download via app stores Availability in EN, partly in JP, DE, ES Availability in EN. Under preparation: JP 25 | Fern. Universität in Hagen

Web links: Virtual repository (Java applets for statistics education: http: //www. fernuni-hagen. de/jmittag/repository Statistics App (platform-independent learning objects): http: //www. fernuni-hagen. de/jmittag/statistik. App/index. htm Slides of this presentation: http: //www. fernuni-hagen. de/jmittag/LT_slides Contact address: joachim. mittag@fernuni-hagen. de Thank you for your attention! 26 | Fern. Universität in Hagen Dėkoju už dėmesį !