Greg Blackburn
Effectiveness of eLearning in statistics: Pictures and stories
IMC Information Multimedia Communication (Germany)
study investigates 1 effectiveness using elearningembedded stories pictures order improve learning outcomes students 2 universities adopt innovative approaches creation problembased learning pbl resources embed educational technology teaching domainspecific content statistical literacy widely documented difficult subject students master current didactic approaches statistics commonly arouse student attentiveness enthusiasm new educational theories related contextualism learning studentrelevant experiences technologies establish encouraging options improve educational relevance author suggests contextualizing theories embedded elearning systems eliminate barriers learning serve valuable technique encourages students learn using scenarios relevant authors examine empirical data students learning interpretation topic studied data instrumental determining broader context learning including affective dimensions student interpretations based proposed approach transdisciplinary application possible