Employment of new technical platforms for interactively visualizing statistical methods and statistical data Mirco Guenster, Hans-Joachim Mittag, Benjamin Wallenborn University of Hagen, Germany Working Unit “Statistics and Quantitative Methods“ Macao, China, 24 August 2013

Employment of new technical platforms for interactively visualizing statistical methods and statistical data University of Hagen - media mix for teaching statistics Interactive learning objects for desktops Platform-independent interactive learning objects Illustration of the media mix and outlook | FernUniversität in Hagen

4 Faculties (percentage of students): 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 | FernUniversität in Hagen

Implementation of a media mix Interactive pdf version 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 Face-to-face teaching / seminars Online tutoring (Moodle) Platform-independent interactive learning objects | FernUniversität in Hagen

Employment of new technical platforms for interactively visualizing statistical methods and statistical data University of Hagen - media mix for teaching statistics Interactive learning objects for desktops Platform-independent interactive learning objects Illustration of the media mix and outlook | FernUniversität in Hagen

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

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

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

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

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

Virtual library (Java applets) Sample 4: (visualization of official data): HIV infection rates in the EU DE-EN Sample 5: Greenhouse gas emissionos (see handout) | FernUniversität in Hagen

Employment of new technical platforms for interactively visualizing statistical methods and statistical data University of Hagen - media mix for teaching statistics Interactive learning objects for desktops Platform-independent interactive learning objects Illustration of the media mix and outlook | FernUniversität in Hagen

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, …) Responsive web design (HTML5, CSS3; JavaScript, mobile frameworks) | FernUniversität in Hagen

Statistics app Sample 1: The binomial distribution | FernUniversität in Hagen

Statistics app Sample 2: The t distribution / quantiles | FernUniversität in Hagen

Year of Statistics 2013 (German website) | FernUniversität in Hagen

Comparison: Java applets – Statistics app Advantages Disadvantages Virtual repository (Java applets) Minimal amount of text (translation easy) Self-explaining use Java does not operate on smartphones / tablets Since January 2013: Security warnings occur Statistics App (HTML5, CSS 3, JavaScript) Platform-independence; responsive web design; enhanced media mix via QR codes Didactical limitations for smartphones due to small display size Programming difficult (competing web browsers) | FernUniversität in Hagen

Employment of new technical platforms for interactively visualizing statistical methods and statistical data University of Hagen - media mix for teaching statistics Interactive learning objects for desktops Platform-independent interactive learning objects Illustration of the media mix and outlook | FernUniversität in Hagen

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

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 selected data sets from official statistics Visualization of statistical methods (until now: only inferential 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 | FernUniversität in Hagen

感謝諸位的時間 Web links: Contact address: Thank you for your attention! Virtual repository containing Java applets for statistics education: http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/jmittag/repository Statistics App: http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/jmittag/statistikApp/index.htm Slides of this presentation: http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/jmittag/macao_slides Contact address: joachim.mittag@fernuni-hagen.de Thank you for your attention! 感謝諸位的時間 | FernUniversität in Hagen