It’s been a while, and I’ve put zero effort into learning stats via OER since my last post. This is really a result of too many work projects, conference season, and my kids staying up later with the arrival of longer summer days.  In other words, typical constraints that the average self-directed adult learner faces in trying to fit any lifelong learning project into their life.  However, some of the projects on my plate for September are going to require a more than introductory understanding of quantitative methods, so the extrinsic motivation factor might actually start kicking in.

Recently I came across a new resource that I think will be fabulous in my continued effort to learn basic stats for research purposes.  Being the research methodology junkie that I am, I began following Methodspace on Twitter, which lead me to this resource.  I’ve signed up for the LEMMA course, and it seems to have everything I’m going to need, including the pretest and quizzes that I was looking for. Plus it’s specifically targeted for a researcher audience, so I’m going to give it a go, and see how successful I am.

On a related note, I’m presenting at the OpenEducation 2009 conference in Vancouver, and was thrilled to see on the program Barbara Illowsky, one of the authors of the  Connexions open textbook that I have found very useful, Collaborative Statistics,  (and a commenter on this blog).  It won’t be a session that I’ll miss, and I think it would be a treat to meet her in person.