JSM 2004 - Toronto

Abstract #301842

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Activity Number: 185
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #301842
Title: Distance Education: How is it Working?
Author(s): Joan Weinstein*+ and Carl Lee*+ and Robert Goldman*+
Companies: Harvard University Extension School and Central Michigan University and Simmons College
Address: 51 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, Dept. of Mathematics, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48859, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA, 02115,
Keywords: statistics education ; distance education ; assessment
Abstract:

Many colleges and universities are jumping on the Distance Education bandwagon, using a variety of methods to "deliver" courses to the students. The presenters will each address a set of questions to describe how their distance statistics courses are structured, including a discussion of how the course is presented to the students, how assessment is managed, and how the instructor communicates individually with the students. In addition, each presenter will evaluate the experience, describing how students have responded, any unforeseen problems that were encountered, and any significant difference in the success of distance students vs. traditional students. Finally, each will draw conclusions about the success of the experience for them, and for their students.

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