1. 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

2. 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
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3. 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
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4. Personal experience in statistics education
Until 2002: Teaching statistics and econometrics for economists. Multimedia activities:
Multimedia CD „Descriptive Statistics“ ( ) DE
Participation in the public project „New Statistics“ 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) EN
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5. 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 DE
Virtual library: learning objects for desktops DE, EN, JP, ES
Statistics app: platform-independent learning objects EN
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. Learning objects for desktop application (Java applets)
jmittag/repository
Learning objects for desktop application (Java applets)
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9. Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 1: Dice experiment / discrete uniform distribution
DE-EN-JP
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10. 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
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11. Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 2:
The binomial
distribution
DE-EN-JP-ES
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12. Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 3: The standard normal distribution
DE-EN-JP-ES
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13. Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 4
(visualization of
official data):
Greenhouse
gas emissions
DE-EN
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14. Virtual library (Java applets)
Sample 5:
(visualization of
official data):
HIV infection
rates in the EU
DE-EN
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15. 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
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16. Platform-independent interactive learning objects for statistics education
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)
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17. Statistics app Sample 1: The binomial distribution
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18. Statistics app Sample 2: The t distribution / quantiles
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19. Year of Statistics 2013 (German website) t distribution
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20. Year of Statistics 2013 (German website) Binomial distribution
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21. 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)
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22. 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
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23. Interactive pdf version of the course / textbook: Excerpts
Hyperlink (to desktop application) + QR-Code (for smartphones / tablets / phablets)
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24. 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
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25. 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
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26. Contact address: joachim.mittag@fernuni-hagen.de
Web links:
Virtual repository (Java applets for statistics education:
Statistics App (platform-independent learning objects):
Slides of this presentation:
Contact address:
Thank you for your attention!
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