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HTW Berlin
Fachbereich 4
Internationaler Studiengang
Medieninformatik (Master)
Didaktics of Media
Corona Winter Term 2023/24


Didaktics of Media


General information

Welcome to the Web Technology focus of the Master's program in International Media and Computing!

And since this is probably another Corona semester, it will continue to be a bit of a wild ride. My schedules are usually tentative anyway, but this will quite likely be another crazy semester. We will be starting in presence and seeing how it goes.

Please make sure that you keep up with the Moodle room and this public syllabus and schedule (which are also linked in Moodle).

Since eLearning, edutainment, OERs and MOOCs (whatever they are, we will learn about them) are such a large part of learning media that are produced today, we will be looking at various aspects of web-based instruction. We will also be looking at the difference between emergency remote teaching (that is what has happened these past five semesters) and proper distance education.

This course is very different from courses you have taken in your Bachelor's program. I don't stand up and tell you what to think, we don't just read a book together and discuss it. Here we will be investigating various topics in the area of didaktics (I will explain my spelling the first week) and you will be called on to experience eLearning yourself, to look for information, and to discuss your results in class. I want to prepare you for your Master's Thesis, which will be much more of an individual research thesis than your Bachelor's thesis was.

The class meets every Monday afternoon from 13:00 to 15:30, starting October 9, 2023. It is a 3 SWS / 5 LP course. We will have a short break somewhere in the middle. We have C 576 reserved.

We will be using a collaboration room in Moodle for parts of this course. You can use your HTW account to log in, if you are registered for this course in LSF you should already be able to access the room.

Grades

The following activities will contribute to your grade

The exam will be taken in Moodle. Moodle will choose a selection of questions for the exam. Every student will have a different exam, so it will not help to sit next to each other and peek at your neighbor! The exam will be taken online on February 5, 2024, 13:00-14:00, with a discussion afterwards and then the presentation of your projects.

The number of points earned will result in a final grade according to the grading scale. You will note that the points listed above add up to 103 points. 95 are sufficient for a 1,0 in this course.

Taking eLearning units

I have a list of potential e-learning units available, you are encouraged to find additional units on any topics that interest you. This can include video-based, audio-based, or any sort of online instructional unit. The unit should represent approximately 90 minutes of learning.

You need to fill out a special form found in Moodle with your report (in addition to what you note in your learning diary, which will perhaps be more detailed) and upload it to Moodle by the evening before the class, and present it to the class (approx. 5 minutes) during one of our sessions. We will discuss the experiences that you had using the units. You are to choose at least four of the presentations and give your fellow student feedback on the presentation and report. You get one point for each feedback you give your peers up to 4 and 0-4 points assigned by me.

Communication

I am generally only available by email (but tend to answer at all hours of the day or night). You can reach me at weberwu@htw-berlin.de – and do not hesitate to do so if you have a personal question.

There is a forum in Moodle called "Official news" – this is for announcements to the entire group and I force everyone to be subscribed to this. There is also a forum "Questions and Discussions" – please address questions (and answers!) about this course to this forum only, as we have people from different semesters taking the course.

My social bookmarking is done on Pinboard, there are various tags there that you may find useful. I am @WiseWoman@fediscience.org on Mastodon, occasionally I post eLearning links there.

 

 

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