Multimedia and elearning for statistics education and official statistics

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Multimedia and e-learning for statistics
education and official statistics

• Multimedia e utilizacao de internet no ensino de
  estatistica e aplicacao da estatistica oficial
• UFSC, 11 de Julho de 2006
  
• Hans-Joachim Mittag
  Eurostat (Luxembourg) /
  University of Hagen (Germany)
• joachim.mittag_at_cec.eu.int

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Multimedia and e-learning for
statistics education and official
statistics

• 1. Multimedia for statistics education
• 1.1 Improving the quality of teaching / learning
  (media mix)
• 1.2 Examples from statistics education
• Applications for official statistics
• 2.1 Interactive data presentation /
  interactive publications
• 2.2 Statistical training
• 3. Outlook

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1. Multimedia and e-learning for statistics
education
Media mix (blended learning)
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1. Multimedia and e-learning for statistics
education

• Example 1 from statistics education
• Multimedia course Descriptive statistics
  and exploratory data
  analysis (in German)

• Funded by the German State of NRW
• In use at universities (mainly for self-study
• purposes) and secondary schools
• Excerpts in Spanish (University of Neuquén)
• Version 5 (2004) inclusion of selected Eurostat
  data

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1. Multimedia and e-learning for statistics
education

• Example 1 from statistics education (cont.)
  
• Multimedia course Descriptive statistics
• and exploratory data analysis (in German)

• Introductory e-course with sound (optional)
• Learning objects (accessible at the second
  layer)
• animated theory, examples, interactive
  experiments, ...)
• Excerpts ? CD-ROM
• www.fernuni-hagen.de/e-statistik
  

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1. Multimedia and e-learning for statistics
education

• Example 2 from statistics education
• Multimedia environment New Statistics (in DE,
  partly in EN)

• Funded by the German State
• In use at more than 10 universities
• Modular structure, interdisciplinary approach

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1. Multimedia and e-learning for statistics
education
Example 2 from statistics education (cont.)
Multimedia environment New Statistics (in DE,
partly in EN) All learning modules based on 4
types of learning objects

Statistical Lab ad-hoc analyses of
user-defined data sets
Interactive experiments (Java) trying out
statistical methods
Animations (Flash) explanation of
statistical theory
Case studies Real life problems / data
sets from different sciences
Excerpts www.neuestatistik.de

www.fernuni-hagen.de/newstatistics
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2. Applications for official statistics
Transfer Educational world? Official
statistics (same pillars,
different content)

Statistical Lab ad-hoc analysis of data sets
from official statistics
Java applets Visualisation of data from official
statistics
Animations explanation of theory
applied in official statistics
Case studies (examples) sampling in practice /
use of indicators for policy-making
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2. Applications for official statistics

• Dynamic presentation of data sets
• Online on the Web site of statistical offices
• Unemployment rates for the EU, the US and
  Japan (EN)
• Gross earnings in Europe (EN)
• Offline
• dynamic PowerPoint presentations (press
  conferences) or on CD-ROMs complementing printed
  publications
• Example Capital-city regions in Europe (EN,
  FR, DE)
• Eurostat Yearbook on
  Regions 2003

http//forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/wages/info/dat
a/index.htm
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2 . Applications for official statistics

• Interactive publications
• Online incorporation of user-controlled
  visualisation tools into Web publications
• (? added value compared to traditional pdf-type
  online publications)
• Example Eurostat publication Gross earnings in
  Europe

http//forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/wages/info/dat
a/interactive.htm
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2 . Applications for official statistics

• Statistical training for employees of
  statistical offices

• Eurostat New modern training framework needed
• Blended learning approach (inclusion of
  e-learning)
• Unsolved questions (Eurostat / European
  statistical offices)
• Distribution of responsabilities
• Didactical approach / architecture / media mix
• Who designs / develops learning contents
• (cooperation with universities?)
• Technical maintenance

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3 . Outlook

• Virtual librairies containing elements for
• interactive visualisation of methods and data
  sharing between different content providers
  (educational institutions, statistical
  offices, ...)

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3 . Outlook

Educational world - official statistics
Unexploited potential of cooperation
(exchange and re-use of
self-contained e-components) Development of
eye-catchers for the citizen various technical
platforms (Java, SVG etc) Universities
provision of know-how for online training for
employees of statistical offices (?
e-learning) Statistical offices provision of
relevant real-life data for statistics education
(? statistical literacy)
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Web links

• Multimedia project Descriptive statistics
• http//www.fernuni-hagen.de/e-statistics
• Multimedia project New Statistics
• http//www.fernuni-hagen.de/newstatisti
  cs
• http//www.neuestatistik.de
• Virtual library with interactive elements
  (Eurostat data)
• http//forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/wages/info/da
  ta/index.htm
• Interactive publications (based on
  Eurostat data)
• http//forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/wages/info/dat
  a/interactive.htm

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Statistics must no longer be regarded as a
discipline which is difficult to access and as
dry as dust.Interactive learning environments
may contribute to disseminate this message.

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• Comentários, críticas, perguntas e idéias
• joachim.mittag_at_cec.eu.int
• Muito obrigado!