816.111 (22W) Practice: Knowledge, Culture, Digitisation
Overview
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- Lecturer
- Course title german Übung: Wissen, Kultur, Digitalisierung
- Type Practical class (continuous assessment course )
- Course model Attendance-based course
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 4.0
- Registrations 2 (20 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- possible language(s) of the assessment German , English
- Course begins on 06.10.2022
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to connect some of the more theoretically and conceptually challenging issues discussed in the introductory course on "knowledge, culture, digitization" with their practical implications and manifestations observable in everyday life. Thorough individual on-line research, students will not only work on their research skills, but will also learn about similar-yet-different ways of approaching different topics in different discourses—in scholarly texts, newspaper articles, essays etc. Students will be able critically to assess recent impact of digitization on society and culture, and position recent/contemporary developments in a wider historical perspective.
Teaching methodology
Each class consists of a short introduction by the instructor, with occasional usage of video material, followed by a conversation about the journalistic or academic texts precirculated for each class/topic, where students' participation is expected.
Most of the assigned literature will be in English, with smaller part in German. The discussion in class will alternate between English and German. Students are encouraged to write papers in English, but can also submit them in German.
Course content
The course addresses "Knowledge, Culture, Digitization" from a practical perspective, looking into various case studies pertaining to topics including, but not limited to:
- Making oneself (in)visible: personal and professional on-line strategies
- "Data, knowledge, wisdom" in policing and health
- "Everything now": Collapsing time and space
- Digitization, reading, and thinking: Practical and epistemological implications
- New technologies, new forms of art
- New technologies, new forms of social organization
- "Producers" and "consumers," or who gets paid for what?
The course combines a historical perspective with the examination of contemporary phenomena and developments.
Academic texts discussing these issues are complemented by a selection of texts from newspapers and magazines, as well as documentaries.
Literature
The mandatory bibliography will be added in September 2022; students will be expected to do their own on-line research and identify further texts (e.g., from newspapers) relevant for specific topics.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Students will do on-line research on the topics discussed in class, and present their findings (creating their research "portfolio"). At the end of the class, they will choose one or more topics they researched and write a paper (up to 2500 words, in English or German) in which they will summarize/expand/contextualize/analyze their findings.
Examination topic(s)
Specific topics for papers, related to assigned literature/topics discussed in class, will be set in consultation with the instructor.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Participation in class = 30 percent of the final grade
Research portfolio = 35 percent of the final grade
Final paper = 35 percent of the final grade
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Master's degree programme Media, Communications & Culture
(SKZ: 841, Version: 20W.1)
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Subject: Interdisziplinäre Zugänge zu Medien und Kommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
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10.1 Dem Modul zugeordnete LVen anderer Fächer im Umfang von 12 ECTS-AP, wovon mind. eine LV ein Seminar ist. (
0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
- 816.111 Practice: Knowledge, Culture, Digitisation (2.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
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10.1 Dem Modul zugeordnete LVen anderer Fächer im Umfang von 12 ECTS-AP, wovon mind. eine LV ein Seminar ist. (
0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Interdisziplinäre Zugänge zu Medien und Kommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Adult Learning and Education and Vocational Education and Training
(SKZ: 847, Version: 20W.1)
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Subject: Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur
(Compulsory elective)
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b4.1 LV zu Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
- 816.111 Practice: Knowledge, Culture, Digitisation (2.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
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b4.1 LV zu Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Social Pedagogy and Social Inclusion
(SKZ: 846, Version: 20W.1)
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Subject: Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur
(Compulsory elective)
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b4.1 LV zu Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
- 816.111 Practice: Knowledge, Culture, Digitisation (2.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
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b4.1 LV zu Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Diversity Education in School and Society
(SKZ: 545, Version: 20W.1)
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Subject: Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur
(Compulsory elective)
-
b4.1 LV zu Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
- 816.111 Practice: Knowledge, Culture, Digitisation (2.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
-
b4.1 LV zu Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Digitalisierung und Alltagskultur
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Science, Technology & Society Studies
(SKZ: 906, Version: 16W.1)
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Subject: Kommunikation und Kulturen von Wissenschaft und Technik
(Compulsory elective)
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Übung aus Kommunikation und Kulturen von Wissenschaft und Technik (
0.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS)
- 816.111 Practice: Knowledge, Culture, Digitisation (2.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Übung aus Kommunikation und Kulturen von Wissenschaft und Technik (
0.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Kommunikation und Kulturen von Wissenschaft und Technik
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Science, Technology & Society Studies
(SKZ: 906, Version: 19W.1)
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Subject: Wissen, Kultur, Digitalisierung
(Compulsory elective)
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5.3 Übung: Wissen, Kultur, Digitalisierung (
0.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS)
- 816.111 Practice: Knowledge, Culture, Digitisation (2.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
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5.3 Übung: Wissen, Kultur, Digitalisierung (
0.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Wissen, Kultur, Digitalisierung
(Compulsory elective)