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Taking a Passion for Statistics to the MOOC World

Taking a Passion for Statistics to the MOOC World. Trinity College, Institute on Teaching and Technology May 14, 2013. The challenge…. NS&B. Sociology. Economics. Psychology. Mathematics. Government. College/Social Science. Yet another challenge…. The goal …. EVERYONE.

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Taking a Passion for Statistics to the MOOC World

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  1. Taking a Passion for Statistics to the MOOC World Trinity College, Institute on Teaching and Technology May 14, 2013

  2. The challenge…. NS&B Sociology Economics Psychology Mathematics Government College/Social Science

  3. Yet another challenge….

  4. The goal …. EVERYONE

  5. Project-based approach Faculty Public Access Community

  6. 4000+ weeks 1-6

  7. The MOOC experience taught me how to … Bring learning from the inside out Create new dynamics for encouraging engagement Make connections within a community of learners and teachers

  8. Bringing learning from the inside out…

  9. Blogs…(e.g. http://spintocoursera.tumblr.com/)

  10. Creating new dynamics to encourage engagement FORUM POST: I need some help with moderation:I am trying to determine if gender is a moderator in the association between family type and depression. The output of my chi-square is not what I expect to see. because it is showing me first values when MALE=. and said all data is missing; and my value labels are not appearing.Thank you very much. libname mydata "/courses/u_coursera.org1/i_1006328/c_5333" access=readonly; DATA new; set mydata.addhealth_pds; /* Recode as missing data the unusable data*/ IF H1GI4 = 6 THEN H1GI4=.; IF H1GI4 = 8 THEN H1GI4=.; IF H1SU1 = 6 THEN H1SU1=.; IF H1SU1 = 8 THEN H1SU1=.; IF H1SU1 = 9 THEN H1SU1=.; PROCsort; by AID; PROCsort; by MALE; PROCFREQ; TABLES H1SU1*H1GI4 DEPRESS*H1GI4 SAD*H1GI4 WORTHLIV*H1GI4/CHISQ; BY MALE;/*DEPRESS SAD WORTHLIV*/

  11. Making connections with a community of learners and teachers

  12. A more positive contribution to MOOC discourse… It isn’t on-line vs. in-person or technology vs. people, it will be about integrating technology with the best in people, in ways that allow us to do more, more collaboratively and better. This new realm will not kill what we value in the liberal arts. It will enhance it in ways that are extraordinarily and as yet, unimaginable.

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