Two projects for enhancing provision of statistics support
Alun Owen
Mathematics Education Centre
TWO PROJECTS
• statstutor
• Statistics support for distance learners or students studying off-campus using Elluminate (briefly!)
statstutor AIMS
• Online resource for statistics
• Enhance drop-in support and consultancy appointments
• Potential to provide alternative to drop-in support or consultancy if not available
• For undergraduates and postgraduates
• Make use of existing resources
statstutor CONTENTS
• Topic-based resources
• using STEPS Glossary as a basis
• Case studies
• using RSS CSE materials as a basis
mathcentre
http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php
mathtutor
http://www.mathtutor.ac.uk
STEPS GLOSSARY
http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossary
RSS CSE CASE STUDIES
RSS CSE CASE STUDIES
RSS CSE CASE STUDIES
From Minitab
LIVESCRIBE
http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/index.html
HELP!
Want to get involved?
STATISTICS SUPPORT USING ELLUMINATE
• Elluminate is a virtual environment for teaching and learning
www.elluminate.com/products/live
• Open University adopted this as their main on-line learning tool (Tim Lowe et al MSOR 2009)
• sigma CETL trialling this to provide a Statistics Advisory Service to distance learners and those studying off-campus
STATISTICS SUPPORT USING ELLUMINATE
• Used for one to one help
• Ensures statistics consultancy appointments available to all students
• Sessions longer to begin with due to set-up
• Can share applications such as SPSS, Minitab
• So far experience has been very positive
• This service to become a core part of the statistics support provision at Loughborough University
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