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Information Technology, Communication, and Pedagogy
Deborah Nolan
University of California, Berkeley, California, US
As datasets grow in size and dimension we need new statistical methods to handle them,
and alternatively as computers gain in speed and memory we develop methodologies
that are increasingly computationally intensive. It is a challenge for our teaching to
keep pace with these changes, but these changes give us the opportunity to teach
statistics in a more exciting and compelling manner. In addition, computing tools
offer creative means for conveying research ideas as well as basic statistical concepts.
In this talk we offer ideas for how to author multi-layered dynamic documents
for communicating ideas to a wide range of audiences. We also present examples for how to
incorporate computing into the statistics curriculum, use cutting-edge applications
as entry points into core material, and put computing on equal footing with mathematics
in the teaching of statistics.
(This work is joint with Duncan Temple Lang at the University of California, Davis.)
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