2014/07/01 by Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Anna Helga Jónsdóttir, Jonsdottir, Anna Helga +3
Computer Science · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Innovations in Educational Methods #Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods #Open Education and E-Learning #Other Statistics (stat.OT) #cs.CY #stat.OT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1407.0308
Presented at Edulearn 2013, Barcelona
arxiv created 2014/07/01 · openalex publication_date 2014/07/01 · arxiv updated 2014/07/02 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A learning environment, the tutor-web (http://tutor-web.net), has been developed and used for educational research. The system is accessible and free to use for anyone having access to the Web. It is based on open source software and the teaching material is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The system has been used for computer-assisted education in statistics and mathematics. It offers a unique way to structure and link together teaching material and includes interactive quizzes with the primary purpose of increasing learning rather than mere evaluation. The system was used in a course on basic statistics in the University of Iceland, spring 2013. A randomized trial was conducted to investigate the difference in learning between students doing regular homework and students using the system. The difference between the groups was not found to be significant.