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

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.

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