Abstract
StatsCasts: Annotated screencasts to support the teaching of statistics
2012 Learning & Teaching Week Program, p.14
Learning & Teaching Week, 2012 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 20-Aug-2012–24-Aug-2012)
2012
Abstract
USC, like many Australian universities, has many students with weak quantitative (statistical and mathematical) skills entering university. In addition, many USC students are accepted from non-traditional, nonacademic backgrounds. These students need access to additional, more flexible structures that are not yet in place to support these skills. In an effort to provide students with the flexibility to receive statistical explanations whenever they like and from wherever they are, Dr Peter Dunn of USC and the mathematics and statistics learning centres at Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) and the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) are producing StatsCasts: short, screen video recordings of statistical problem solving with narration. With StatsCasts, students can watch targeted screencasts that connect new concepts with material they already understand. The StatsCasts cover the topics that students usually struggle with. The StatsCasts were created to give students the flexibility to watch an expert explain how to approach and then solve a problem, whilst having the ability to pause the recording when needed. Screencasts produced in the companion MathsCasts project have been evaluated as useful for learning, by students and by staff. StatsCasts will be similarly evaluated. Furthermore, StatsCasts and MathsCasts will form part of an integrated Maths and StatsCasts Online Tutor portal (MaSCOT), in development by the authors and others. StatsCasts are an open educational resource under the Creative Commons licence, are peer-reviewed to ensure quality, are available for free; and are short. While other similar resources are available to students, these videos do not offer all the above features. In addition, targeted, short StatsCasts produced by the project team, are of direct relevance to USC students. The USC contribution toward StatsCasts is funded by an OLTGP.
Details
- Title
- StatsCasts: Annotated screencasts to support the teaching of statistics
- Authors
- Peter K Dunn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringB Loch (Author) - Swinburne University of Technology
- Publication details
- 2012 Learning & Teaching Week Program, p.14
- Conference details
- Learning & Teaching Week, 2012 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 20-Aug-2012–24-Aug-2012)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2012
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 The Author. Reproduced with the permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448724602621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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