In the past several decades, higher education has witnessed exponential growth of online learning, as well as the need for it. New technology has dramatically transformed the way education is delivered compared to what takes place in the traditional classroom. It has enabled online delivery of course materials to students outside of face-to-face classroom in an asynchronous manner and provide students with self-paced flexibility at their convenience. Given the abstract nature of statistics content, effectiveness of the instructional strategies and course design in online statistics instruction has become particularly important to students’ learning success. In this qualitative study, the authors explored perceptions of the Educational Leadership doctoral students towards an online graduate level introductory statistic course in terms of whether the online course instructional strategies and course design helped them learn statistics. The authors assessed effectiveness of the instructional strategies and design of the online statistics course as well as students’ needs, so more effective instructional strategies could be used for online statistics teaching. Students identified the PowerPoint presentations with recorded lectures to be the most useful strategy. This strategy, along with live Q&A sessions, guided practice and activities, helped make the textbook information more real-world and connected the elements of statistics to application.

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教育领导力博士生对完全在线研究生统计学课程中教学策略和课程设计有效性的看法

在过去的几十年中，高等教育见证了在线学习的迅猛增长以及对在线学习的需求。与传统课堂相比，新技术极大地改变了教学方式。它可以异步方式在线向面对面教室之外的学生提供课程资料，并为学生提供方便的自定进度灵活性。鉴于统计内容的抽象性，在线统计教学中教学策略和课程设计的有效性对学生学习成功尤为重要。在这项定性研究中 作者通过在线课程的教学策略和课程设计是否有助于他们学习统计学，探索了教育领导力博士生对在线研究生水平的入门级统计课程的看法。作者评估了在线统计课程的教学策略和设计的有效性以及学生的需求，因此可以将更有效的教学策略用于在线统计教学。学生认为带有录制的讲座的PowerPoint演示文稿是最有用的策略。这种策略以及现场问答环节，指导性实践和活动，有助于使教科书信息更加真实，并将统计要素与应用程序联系起来。