World of Edcraft: Teaching Stat 201 at the University of Tennessee Knoxville

Abstract

Statistics 201 is the introductory statistics class at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, taught through the Haslam College of Business, that services students from across the university. Over 1,200 students take it per semester, with backgrounds ranging from nursing to the sciences, as well as business majors. In this article, I describe my approach to teaching this course synchronously in an online format on YouTube via my home studio, and provide a summary of my setup, including all the hardware and software used.

Keywords: online teaching, distance learning, live streaming, MOOC, gamefication

JEL Classification: G11, G24, G31, G32, I10, I11, A23