Recent fascinating developments of information and telecommunication technology have made vast amounts of data available to many millions throughout the world. This and the widespread increased use of conceptually and methodologically complex analytical procedures and tools require appropriate training of users. The paper therefore focuses on the question how the modern information and telecommunication technology could increase the quality and efficiency of statistical training at the workplace from learners' point of view. In this framework, general pedagogical issues and challenges of distance learning in a modern e-environment are addressed, and a model of a general technology-based course is proposed. Assessment of the present state of affairs is based on an extensive survey of technology-based statistical courses, and followed by an identification and discussion of future challenges in the field.
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education