NMTS Meeting 15

Course requirements

Work load

Note: 1 credit corresponds to 30 hours.

• L2/L5:
  • 4 credits (120h)
  • Teilnahmenachweis and short term paper (8-10 pages).

• L3:
  • 4 credits (120h)
  • Leistungsnachweis
  • optional: long term paper (15-18 pages) for additional 4 credits

• Magister:
  • written task (same as for L3)

Tasks

The participants will work in small groups to:

• contribute wikipages to the LRS wiki,
• produce a podcast (audio and, possibly, with slides)
• exercises and/or teaching material for an interactive whiteboard,
• exercises for the wiki and/or some other online exercise tool.

Teilnahmenachweis, short term paper, Leistungsnachweis

In addition to the material produced by the groups, each participant will write an assessment which provides the theoretical background of the semantic theory and provides comments on why the particular material produced is useful for a learner.

Each participant has to write such a short paper. So, if you worked in a group divide up the number of e-learning objects that you have created so that each one of you will talk about one aspect of the team’s effort.

Structure of the short paper:

1. Cover sheet
2. Introduction: A short introduction what your topic is and why it is potentially difficult to understand for students.
3. Describe your e-learning objects: Which objects did you create? Why did you chose the particular form? Which problems did you encounter? How is your e-learning object to be used? (in the case of files for the interactive whiteboard, for example, explain how the slides work (interactive tasks, hidden solutions etc).
4. Critical comparison to traditional teaching/textbook: Name some differences. Is there a surplus value by using New Media?
5. References (if you have any)
6. Declaration of scientific practice
7. Permission to using your e-learning objects (for your podcasts and pictures)

This short paper should be about 3-4 pages long. Together with the material that you have created for the wiki etc, it satisfies the length requirements from the Studienordnung.

Long term paper

A long term paper will typically consist in providing an additional set of exercises and a critical assessment thereof. Alternatively a purely theoretical term paper is equally possible.

Term papers

Your assessed performance consists of:

1. the wiki page of your group with pointers to all wikipages that were produced by your group
2. additional files (podcast, notebook files, ...) that you did not upload yet.
3. for each group member: a short term paper.
4. for each group: a filled in and signed form that grants me and my colleagues the right to use and modify your material in the wiki.
   a) declaration for podcasts: download the form
   b) declaration for pictures: download the form

Check list for your learning objects:

1. content check: with Sabrina and/or Manfred Sailer
2. language check: with Veronika
3. technical check: with Suzanne

Note: We will check your contributions after the submission of your term paper anyways. If there are problems, we cannot include your material into the regular part of the wiki (which will also have a negative effect on your grade).

General comments

Transcription (in the glossary and elsewhere)

Provide a phonological transcription. This means:

1. use the slashes as brackets: /.../
2. your transcription may ignore predictable details.
3. (this is also the way it is done in wikipedia)

Your wikipage

Make sure everything is in the right place on the page and everything is there! I will only assess material that can be reached from your group page.

Glossary

The glossary will be an essential part of the overall wiki, so don't forget your glossary entries (even though we did them very early on in the course).