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 Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education Interactive learning objects for desktops Platform-independent interactive learning objects Illustration of the media mix 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

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 EN | FernUniversität in Hagen

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/statistikApp/index.htm EN | 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

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education 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): Greenhouse gas emissions DE-EN | FernUniversität in Hagen

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

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education Interactive learning objects for desktops Platform-independent interactive learning objects Illustration of the media mix 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) t distribution | FernUniversität in Hagen

Year of Statistics 2013 (German website) Binomial distribution | 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

Interactive learning objects for statistics education – experiences and new developments Short info: University of Hagen / personal experience in statistics education Interactive learning objects for desktops Platform-independent interactive learning objects Illustration of the media mix 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

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

Contact address: joachim.mittag@fernuni-hagen.de 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: joachim.mittag@fernuni-hagen.de Thank you for your attention! Dėkoju už dėmesį ! | FernUniversität in Hagen