How Online Learning Can Be Fun: The Effects of Fun Online Learning Activities in Statistics

• In Event: Frameworks in Ed Tech

Abstract

We developed a design framework for fun online learning experiences and applied these activities to an introductory statistics course at a U.S public university in order to investigate the effectiveness of this design framework on learners’ attitudes toward statistics, learning outcomes, and the learning environment. Data were collected from pre-and post-surveys, final test scores, and interviews. The results indicated that designed fun online learning experiences have a significant impact on learners’ cognitive competence and learning outcomes. Learners also felt that they enjoyed the interactions with their professor and classmates in the safe online learning environment provided. These findings suggest that this design framework could be a useful guideline for those designing fun online learning activities.

Authors

• Jeeyoung Chun, University of Kentucky
  Presenting Author

• Jungmin Lee, University of Kentucky
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jaeyun Han, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Non-Presenting Author