[R-sig-teaching] A second try...

[Retzer Joe]

DataCamp offers a free subscription to classes with appropriate academic credentials.
Best,
Joe

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> On Feb 20, 2018, at 8:40 PM, BRET R LARGET <bret.larget at wisc.edu> wrote:
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> Dear list,
> 
> I'm currently thinking about possible ways how to interactively teach R
> to psychology students. I'm working with R myself, but am currently
> employed as an e-learning specialist at my university
> 
> Doing some research I came across DataCamp, which could be a solution,
> if it wasn't a commercial vendor. Also using DataCamp Light would not be
> possible, because of the strict privacy policy of my institution.
> 
> My idea is to create some kind of interactive workshop, a combination of
> video lecture, additional text/instructions, and an interactive R
> console similar to Swirl. Currently the students can only view a video
> as sort of "tutorial", and then have to do some exercises using R or
> RStudio. My imagination goes a little further:
> 
>   * The students click on the video and start the tutorial. The lecturer
>     explains something, and the video stops at the first exercise.
>   * That's when the students have to do something using the interactive
>     R console. The enter some code and run it. Depending on the type of
>     exercise, they get feedback through the system in form of additional
>     text etc.
>   * All this is combined in one package, which is ideally fully usable
>     via Moodle.
> 
> Does anyone know if something like this is available as a free solution?
> Or how could such a thing be tackled technically?
> 
> I'm thankful for any clues.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>          Bjoern
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