Sharleen Forbes|John Harraway
From face-to-face teaching of official statistics to e-learning for the Sustainable Development Goals
University of Otago
teach users official statistics many government advisors lack adequate mathematical statistical skills authors part different teams developed national certificate official statistics comprising four modules taught facetoface competencybased assessment included workplace project three free downloadable web apps official statistics hosted international statistical literacy project website also supplied draft content united nations institute training research unitar elearning course understanding data statistics better effective sdg decision making comprised five selfteaching modules key common elements progression country specific paperbased course international elearning course targeted united nations sustainable development goals included establishing cooperative teams including information technology course design experts demathematising statistical content favour conceptual understanding using visual tools dynamic interactive graphics interpret data recreating little material possible use freely available internet tools challenges overcome make content internationally applicable international audience keep material uptodate relevant provide appropriate formative andor summative assessment