NMTS Course Overview
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Contact
Manfred Sailer E-mail: sailer@em.uni-frankfurt.de WWW: [http://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~sailer user.uni-frankfurt.de/~�sailer Office: IG 3.214 Office hour: Tuesday, 2–3 pm Telephone: 069 - 798 32534 (McKenzie
Course description
The teaching of formal semantics is especially apt for integrating New Media because its content is relatively abstract, therefore visualization and concrete examples can help make it more accessible. We will develop material for an Interactive Whiteboard as well as e-learning material. This will be integrated into a wiki that accompanies a new textbook in semantics, which is used in the semantics introductions in the IEAS. The e-learning material will include wiki-pages, podcasts, and interactive online exercises.
The class meetings will alternate between a) sessions in which we introduce tools and methods for using New Media in teaching semantics and b) sessions in which we discuss the content to be represented.
This class is particularly suited for students with an interest in new media, but also for those who would like to learn more about semantics.
Schedule of the course
This is a tentative outline of the course. It will be updated as we move on in the semester.
- October 16, 2012: Introduction; wiki 1
- October 23, 2012: wiki 2; semantics 1
- October 30, 2012: semantics 2
- November 6, 2012: iwb 1
- November 13, 2012: semantics 3
- November 20, 2012: iwb 2
- November 27, 2012: semantics 4
- December 4, 2012: podcast 1
- December 11, 2012: semantics 5
- December 18, 2012: podcast 2
- January 15, 2013: exercises 1
- January 22, 2013: semantics 6
- January 29, 2013: exercises 2
- February 5, 2013: practice
- February 12, 2013: Summary, evaluation, and term papers
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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 and short term paper
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.
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.
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.