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Making Statistics Read-ble and Vizi-ble

Making Statistics Read-ble and Vizi-ble. Rebecca Pierce & Robin Rufatto Ball State University eCOTS May 2012. Pilot Study Program. Why? Reduce costs Alternative way to access course materials Liberal Arts Math Course Major statistics component Taught primarily by mathematicians

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Making Statistics Read-ble and Vizi-ble

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  1. Making Statistics Read-ble and Vizi-ble Rebecca Pierce & Robin Rufatto Ball State University eCOTS May 2012

  2. Pilot Study Program • Why? • Reduce costs • Alternative way to access course materials • Liberal Arts Math Course • Major statistics component • Taught primarily by mathematicians • Two innovations • Courseload • ViziSwap

  3. CourseloadStudent Benefits • Up to a 70% reduction in the cost of textbooks • Materials accessible through any web-based device • Laptops • iPads • Android devices • Smartphones

  4. CourseloadInstructor Benefits • Flexible design • Highlighting • Embedding notes • Sharing annotations • Digital platform makes it easier • Aggregate content from multiple sources • Take better advantage of interactive content • Offers insight into how students are interacting with the materials

  5. ViziSwap • An interactive digital tool used to introduce students to basic statistical • Vocabulary • Processes • Intended for use with any liberal arts mathematics or statistics textbook

  6. Example Lesson

  7. Developing ViziSwap • Determined the objectives which could be taught effectively using a digital, interactive format • Created a short video lecture and step-by-step demonstration of examples • Provided opportunity for students to apply the concepts with immediate feedback • Provided an assignment to be submitted digitally to the instructor for grading after appropriate interactive practice

  8. Appropriate Use & Benefits • Assign a lesson or a portion of a lesson for students to complete outside of class • Students access segments of the lesson that are most useful to them • More time will be available for discussing topics in greater depth and for solving more complex problems using the skills learned from ViziSwap • When used with online classes, students have a central location where they can look for explanations and demonstrations

  9. Availability • Courseload • Currently in use at Indiana University • http://www.courseload.com/ • ViziSwap • Beta testing underway • Scheduled for release Fall 2012 • Contact Us at • rpierce@bsu.edu • rrrufatto@bsu.edu

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