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Statistics Study Skills: The Student Cognition Toolbox — Open & Free

The Student Cognition Toolbox (SCT) is a short course companion (or “sidecar”) introducing and providing direct practice in study strategies that are informed by learning science research. In this version of the SCT, material from introductory statistics is used to illustrate the application of the study strategies. This version gives examples and recommendations specifically for

Using your OLI Payment Code for Elementary Statistics at GSU

Accessing your Elementary Statistics materials Follow the link in your Elementary Statistics class in iCollege that takes you to your OLI Statistics courseware. You will be prompted to confirm your name and email, as well as your intention to access this particular OLI course. When you're prompted for payment, enter the OLI Payment

By |2020-08-20T10:54:30-04:00January 10th, 2019|

Probability & Statistics — Open & Free

Introductory-level course teaches students the basic concepts of statistics and the logic of statistical reasoning. Designed for students with no prior knowledge in statistics, its only prerequisite is basic algebra. Includes a classical treatment of probability. Learn about Open & Free OLI courses by visiting the “Open & Free features” tab below.

Probability & Statistics

Introductory-level course teaches students the basic concepts of statistics and the logic of statistical reasoning. Designed for students with no prior knowledge in statistics, its only prerequisite is basic algebra. Includes a classical treatment of probability.

Helping Community College Math Instructors Teach Statistics Effectively

In the fall newsletter of The Statistics Teacher Network, published by the American Statistical Association, Matt Teachout writes about attempting to solve the challenges faced by community colleges as they transition their curricula for STEM students from calculus preparation to statistics classes. Teachout, a math teacher and statistics coordinator at College of the Canyons, advocates

By |2019-02-15T17:13:49-05:00November 12th, 2016|All posts, Uncategorized|

OLI Statistics Change log

QA November 17th Checkpoints Pooling of checkpoint questions completed, added new checkpoint in probability, along with additional questions created for all checkpoint pools. Shuffling all distractors in checkpoint questions when it does not cause cognitive overload. Check all that apply questions partial-credit scoring model implemented, see scoring model: Partial-Credit Scoring Model Activities on pages Measures

By |2015-11-17T16:39:46-05:00November 17th, 2015|

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis — Open & Free

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: A Campbell Collaboration Online Course provides an overview of the steps involved in conducting a systematic (scientific) review of results of multiple quantitative studies. These steps include: problem formulation, searching for relevant literature, screening potentially eligible studies, coding and critically appraising studies, synthesizing results across studies using meta-analysis, reporting and disseminating

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: A Campbell Collaboration Online Course

FREE TO PILOT Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: A Campbell Collaboration Online Course provides an overview of the steps involved in conducting a systematic (scientific) review of results of multiple quantitative studies. These steps include: problem formulation, searching for relevant literature, screening potentially eligible studies, coding and critically appraising studies, synthesizing results across studies using meta-analysis,

By |2024-02-16T16:21:21-05:00October 11th, 2022|, |

CCSS Project Team

Principle Investigators Norman Bier: Executive Director - Simon Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Norman Bier directs the Open Learning Initiative (OLI) and is the Executive Director of the Simon Initiative. In this dual role, he leads a 14-member research, technology, and learning engineering team, and investigates open educational resources, learning engineering, and

By |2022-12-21T15:24:12-05:00October 5th, 2022|

The Student Cognition Toolbox: Empowering Students to Become Better Learners

Please join us for a Simon Initiative event on Thursday, October 29, when Catherine Overson and Victor Benassi of University of New Hampshire's Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning will present a webinar on the latest edition of the Student Cognition Toolbox (SCT). Students enter college with a variety of past experiences and beliefs about

By |2020-10-29T11:41:17-04:00October 29th, 2020|

Using your OLI Payment Code for OLI materials at UC Davis

Accessing your OLI course materials OLI materials are used at UC Davis for General Chemistry and for Elementary Statistics. The instructions are the same for all classes that use OLI materials and provide you with an OLI Payment Code. In your class in UC Davis Canvas, follow the link that takes you

By |2023-09-13T11:03:47-04:00August 25th, 2020|

All Courses

All OLI Courses We have a dozens of courses on a wide variety of subjects designed for higher education. There are three types of courses: Drop-In Content - Smaller modules that can be used as supplemental content or on their own. Modular Courses - Full semester courses designed to be adapted as needed.

By |2021-02-23T11:29:31-05:00March 13th, 2020|

Community-Sourced Data Driven Open Adaptive Courseware Project

Community-Sourced Data Driven Open Adaptive Courseware “Community Sourced, Data-Driven Improvements to Open, Adaptive Courseware” will improve outcomes for STEM learners in targeted courses by deploying and improving open, adaptive courseware. Funded as part of the California Learning Lab effort, this project partners with faculty from Santa Ana College, CSU Fullerton, and UC

By |2023-12-15T18:04:17-05:00January 3rd, 2020|

Statistical Reasoning — Open & Free

Introductory-level course teaches students the basic concepts of statistics and the logic of statistical reasoning. Designed for students with no prior knowledge in statistics, its only prerequisite is basic algebra. Learn about Open & Free OLI courses by visiting the “Open & Free features” tab below.

Causal and Statistical Reasoning — Open & Free

An introduction to causal and statistical reasoning, this course is meant for students interested in critical thinking skills for daily life, students who will take a few statistics courses in service of a related field of study, and/or students interested in the foundations of quantitative causal models: called Bayes Networks. Learn about Open & Free

OLI System Requirements

OLI System Requirements Please read this page carefully. It will help you ensure your device meets the minimum requirements for displaying and interacting with your OLI course. For further assistance, please email OLI Help. Devices that meet these requirements can display the vast majority of OLI content, and your interactive exercises

By |2021-03-04T10:42:40-05:00March 27th, 2018|

Statistical Reasoning

Introductory-level course teaches students the basic concepts of statistics and the logic of statistical reasoning. Designed for students with no prior knowledge in statistics, its only prerequisite is basic algebra.

Causal and Statistical Reasoning

An introduction to causal and statistical reasoning, this course is meant for students interested in critical thinking skills for daily life, students who will take a few statistics courses in service of a related field of study, and/or students interested in the foundations of quantitative causal models: called Bayes Networks.

By |2024-02-16T16:21:34-05:00February 13th, 2018|, |

Educators

See OLI's existing courses you can use with your students. Per-student cost, payment options, bulk pricing, bookstore availability. Want to discuss delivering your course via OLI? How about an entire program? Connect with OLI to discuss learning-research opportunities. See OLI's existing courses you can use with

By |2019-04-09T16:49:07-04:00September 26th, 2017|

The Simon Initiative

What is The Simon Initiative? The initiative’s goal is to measurably improve student learning outcomes by putting research findings into practical use in instruction. Named for the late Nobel and Turing Award laureate and CMU Professor Herbert A. Simon, The Simon Initiative harnesses a cross-disciplinary learning engineering ecosystem that has

By |2022-10-27T12:01:57-04:00September 26th, 2017|

Strategies to Overcome TEL Barriers

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Simon Initiative is working to better understand and develop strategies to overcome the roadblocks to using technology-enhanced learning (TEL) resources. Why? TEL has the potential to dramatically improve education. For example: According to a recent Rand Corp. study, high school algebra students of all backgrounds

By |2016-05-02T13:34:49-04:00May 2nd, 2016|

3 Ways Higher Ed is Making Learning More Personal

The success of OLI's work with UC Davis in supporting biology students was highlighted by Director Daniel Greenstein on the Gates Foundation's Impatient Optimists blog: For many of today’s college students, courses can feel too large, too slow, or too fast—like they’re designed for somebody else. Where they are conducted through large lecture classes, they can

By |2019-02-15T17:13:50-05:00November 18th, 2014|All posts, Uncategorized|

OLI at Georgetown

An update from Theresa Schlafly, Writer/Editor and Project Manager at the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) Schlafly describes how she and her colleague, Yong Lee, helped professor Parina Patel create more consistency between lab sections and more integration between the lecture and lab portions of her statistics course. They attended an

By |2019-02-15T17:13:51-05:00October 30th, 2012|All posts, Uncategorized|

Course Features

Enacting Learning Our courses proactively engage students to put new knowledge into practice and to assess their own progress. Activities and assessments embedded throughout the content help to ensure that students understand concepts rather than only memorize facts. Features for Students In addition to high-quality text, our courses also include practice activities, self-assessments, and graded

By |2012-08-23T14:19:52-04:00August 23rd, 2012|

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OLI Website:
New look and
New student registration process

OLI’s website has undergone a refresh, and so has the student registration process. Watch the video to see how easily students can register with a Course Key.

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