The >eR-Biostat initiative: making R based education materials accessible for all

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What is all about ?

 

One of the main problems in high education at both under graduate and master levels in developing countries is the lack of high quality teaching materials for courses in education programs. The >eR-Biostat initiative is focused on education programs (at both undergraduate  and master levels) in (Bio)statistics and for non-statisticians and aims to develop a new E-learning system for courses at different education levels.

 

Our approach

 

We believe that accessibility to free high quality education materials is crucial to ensure a high standard in education. We offer an “open sources”, mostly R based, education materials in (Bio)statistics. Everybody (teachers and students) can download and use the courses from free.

 

Why a R based new E-learning system ?

 

The >eR-Biostat initiative introduces a new, mostly R based, learning system, in which the students in the local universities in developing countries are be able to follow courses in different learning format, including e-courses taken online and a combination between e-courses and local lectures given by local staff members. For most of the courses, R software and packages are used as the main data analysis tool for all examples and illustrations. The >eR-Biostat initiative provides a free, accessible and a "ready to use in class" tool for capacity building in (bio)statistics for local universities in developing countries with current low or near zero capacity in these topics.  The >eR-Biostat initiative is aimed to bring the R community members for the development of high education courses in the same way it is currently done in software development.