Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
OpenScience and Citizen Inquiry
1. OpenScience
A new Perspective on Distance Education and Inquiry Learning
Mike Sharples
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University
2. The Open University
• Largest university in the UK
• 250,000 students
• 1,100 academic staff
• 7,000 Associate Lecturers
(tutors)
• Modern distance learning
Milton Keynes
3. Open Education
• “The Open University's
mission is to be open to
people, places, methods
and ideas”
• 44% of undergraduates
start without university
entrance qualifications
• 12,000 students with
disabilities
• 20,000 students outside
the UK
34. Smartphone investigations
• Am I a better driver than my parents, or my partner?
– Accelerometer and compass to measure how „smooth‟ is my
driving (10 samples/second)
• Is noise stressful?
– Log ambient noise for a day, and record when I feel
stressed (1 sample/minute)
• Is this room suitable for my baby at night?
– Temperature and humidity (12 samples/hour)
And share data with many other people