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!

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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