Using international data in teaching and learning

Susan Noble

ESDS International, Mimas,

University of Manchester

» ESDS International

» The resources: › Countries and Citizens: Linking International Macro and Micro

Data. › UN Millennium Development Goals E-learning materials. › Teaching Tools.

» Looking ahead

» Benefits

Overview

» National data service» Serve all UK universities» Provide access to Socio-

Economic data» http://esds.ac.uk/international/

ESDS International

ESDS International

Data example

Supporting the user

» A need to ‘upskill’ students

» ESRC National Strategy in Quantitative Methods

» Teaching and Learning

Statistical Literacy

» Countries and Citizens: Linking International Macro and Micro Data

» UN Millennium Development Goals E-learning materials

» Teaching Tools

www.esds.ac.uk/international/

resources/learning.asp

Teaching and Learning resources

Countries and Citizens

UN MDG E-learning materials

E-Tutorials

Teaching Tools

Getting Started

Sample course plans

Hear from real lecturers

» Exposing students to how economics data looks in its raw state

» Skills directly applicable to the workplace

Benefits

Photo by: Ohm17, Creative Commons, Flickr

» Giving teachers an opportunity to flexibly develop learning activities

» Solid basis of skills for students’ future research

» Opportunity to develop a portfolio of realistic projects

Benefits

Photo by: ucentralarkansas, Creative Commons, Flickr

Summary

» Usage over last year*:

› Countries and Citizens: Unique page views: 15,928› UNMDGs: Unique page views: 3,294› Teaching Tools: Unique page views: 2,325 (from 28 Oct 2010)

» *figures from 01/08/2010 – 31/07/2011

» Looking ahead

» Russell, C., Noble, S., Carter, J., Currier, J., Wiseman, R. (2011). Real World, Real Stories: Teaching Quantitative Methods with Real Life Data. Presented at EDULEARN Conference. July 2011, Barcelona.

» » Carter, J., Noble, S., Russell, A., Swanson, E. (2011). Developing

Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data: Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources used in Research and Teaching International Journal of Research & Method in Education, Taylor & Francis.

» Noble, S., Russell, C., Wiseman, R. (2010). Mind the Gap: Global Data Sharing. Pending - IASSIST Quarterly (2010: Fall ).

Publications

Thank you

ESDS Internationalhttp://www.esds.ac.uk/international

Mimashttp://www.mimas.ac.uk

Contact: susan.noble@manchester.ac.uk