Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach
Learning statistics can be challenging for many students, due to their inability to engage in statistical reasoning and application of techniques. This challenge becomes compounded in online learning contexts where students are spatially and temporally separated from the teacher. This paper describe...
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| description | Learning statistics can be challenging for many students, due to their inability to engage in statistical reasoning and application of techniques. This challenge becomes compounded in online learning contexts where students are spatially and temporally separated from the teacher. This paper describes and explains a case of theory-driven interventions designed to enhance the learning experiences of students enrolled in two similar business statistics units, one for undergraduate and the other for postgraduate programs. The paper based its claims primarily on the analysis of data from a student evaluation of teaching survey. This study affirmed the importance of a pedagogy-first approach. It argued that the interventions, which were effective in enhancing the student learning experience, were underpinned by a robust pedagogical analysis of the teaching and learning issues using both constructive alignment and transactional distance theory lenses.
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| spelling | doaj.art-cee1c64eb95e4d4b84234ef49c41f4f22024-03-02T16:48:20ZengAthabasca University PressInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning1492-38312024-03-0125110.19173/irrodl.v25i1.7285Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology ApproachBopelo Boitshwarelo0Maneka Jayasinghe1University of South AustraliaCharles Darwin UniversityLearning statistics can be challenging for many students, due to their inability to engage in statistical reasoning and application of techniques. This challenge becomes compounded in online learning contexts where students are spatially and temporally separated from the teacher. This paper describes and explains a case of theory-driven interventions designed to enhance the learning experiences of students enrolled in two similar business statistics units, one for undergraduate and the other for postgraduate programs. The paper based its claims primarily on the analysis of data from a student evaluation of teaching survey. This study affirmed the importance of a pedagogy-first approach. It argued that the interventions, which were effective in enhancing the student learning experience, were underpinned by a robust pedagogical analysis of the teaching and learning issues using both constructive alignment and transactional distance theory lenses. https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/7285constructive alignmentonline learningpedagogystatistics teachingtransactional distance |
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| title | Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach |
| title_full | Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach |
| title_short | Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach |
| title_sort | enhancing online teaching of business statistics a pedagogy before technology approach |
| topic | constructive alignment online learning pedagogy statistics teaching transactional distance |
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