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
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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
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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
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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
• Virtual library: learning objects for desktops
www.fernuni-hagen.de/jmittag/repository
DE
DE, EN, JP, ES
• Statistics app: platform-independent learning objects
http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/jmittag/statistikApp/index.htm
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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)
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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
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http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/
jmittag/repository
Learning objects for desktop application (Java applets)
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Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 1: Dice experiment / discrete uniform distribution
DE-EN-JP
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Sample 1, cont. (already in use at the Open University of Japan)
Dice experiment / discrete uniform distribution
DE-EN-JP
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Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 2:
The binomial
distribution
DE-EN-JP-ES
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Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 3:
The standard normal distribution
DE-EN-JP-ES
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Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 4
(visualization of
official data):
Greenhouse
gas emissions
DE-EN
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Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 5:
(visualization of
official data):
HIV infection
rates in the EU
DE-EN
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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
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Platform-independent interactive learning
objects for statistics education
http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/
jmittag/statistikApp/index.htm
Redesigning
the interactive
experiments
for smartphones
and tablets
Goal:
Learning objects
operating on any
technical platform
(iOS, Android, …)
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Responsive web design (HTML5, CSS3;
JavaScript, mobile frameworks)
Statistics app
Sample 1: The binomial distribution
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Statistics app
Sample 2:
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The t distribution / quantiles
Year of Statistics 2013
(German website)
t distribution
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Year of Statistics 2013
(German website)
Binomial
distribution
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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
Platform-independence;
responsive web design;
enhanced media mix
via QR codes
Programming difficult
(Java applets)
Statistics
App
(HTML5, CSS
3, JavaScript)
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Disadvantages
(competing web browsers)
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
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Interactive pdf version of the
course / textbook: Excerpts
Hyperlink (to desktop application) + QR-Code (for smartphones / tablets / phablets)
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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
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State of development (virtual repository / Statistics app)
Interactive learning objects
for desktops (Java)
Platform-independent learning
objects (HTML5 / CSS3, JavaScript)
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: ePub3 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
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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/statistikApp/index.htm
Slides of this presentation:
http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/jmittag/LT_slides
Contact address:
[email protected]
Thank you for your attention!
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