552.251 (19S) Specialised Topics in Linguistics: Digital Literacies in Mobile-Assisted Language Learning'

Sommersemester 2019

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First course session
29.03.2019 09:00 - 14:00 N.0.27 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Specialised Topics in Linguistics: Digital Literacies in Mobile-Assisted Language Learning'
Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 3.0
Registrations 5 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 29.03.2019
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Intended learning outcomes

Current mobile and virtual reality (VR) applications are the latest link in a chain of learning technologies that are designed to trigger self-directed and holistic learning experiences. The easy-to-use and visually engaging learning environments provide contextualized input by simultaneously reducing and extending human action and experience (Eisenlauer 2014). Though there is scientific consensus that mobile/VR technologies can be effective in acquiring new skills and knowledge (Domingo and Bradley 2017), the underlying multimodal meaning making practices remain widely unexplored. Existing studies commonly focus on basic operational skills in VR technologies or examine at a more general level the acceptance of virtual reality learning environments (Hsiu-Mei Huang, Shu-Sheng Liaw & Chung-Min Lai 2016). 

In the course of this seminar we will explore key tenets in the concept of digital and multimodal literacies and discusses their applicability to mobile/VR enhanced learning environments. The integration of insights from multimodal theory with findings from digital learning helps to identify a set of novel and digital media-specific textual practices. A classroom project on VR content creation shall serve to asses the ways how digital and multimodal literacies can be nurtured, encouraged and reinforced in language learning contexts. Over the course of the seminar, students will gain insights into how the development of mobile/VR learning environments is leaving the specialized and exclusive domain of software engineers and becomes more and more a textual practice that integrates and enhances skills and competencies associated with preceding writing technologies. 

REFERENCES


Eisenlauer, Volker (2014). Multimodality in Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, in Kalz, M., Bayyurt, Y. & M. Specht (eds.). Mobile as Mainstream - Towards FutureChallenges in Mobile Learning. Heidelberg: Springer. 328-338

Domingo, Jelia R., and Elizabeth Gates Bradley. “Education Student Perceptions of Virtual Reality as a Learning Tool.” Journal of Educational Technology Systems, vol. 46, no. 3, 2017, pp. 329–342.

Hsiu-Mei Huang, Shu-Sheng Liaw & Chung-Min Lai (2016) Exploring learner acceptance of the use of virtual reality in medical education: a case study of desktop and projection-based display systems, Interactive Learning Environments, 24:1, 3-19.


 

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Lernergebnisse

Nach erfolgreicher Absolvierung der Lehrveranstaltung können Studierende

  • das Konzept ‚digital Literacy‘ anhand von spezifischen syntaktischen, semantischen und pragmatischen Kompetenzen beschreiben und auf Kontexte des digital gestützten Fremdspracherwerbs beziehen
  • Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den Konzepten ‚digital literacy‘ und ‚computational literacy‘ (coding) benennen.
  • Schlüsselbegriffe des lexiko-grammatikalischen Ansatzes im Spracherwerb definieren und sie in fachlichen Diskursen verwenden.
  • Virtual Reality Inhalte für den Erwerb des Englischen entwerfen und diese (unter Anleitung) für eine Sprachlern App programmieren.

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Referat und Erstellung einer schriftlichen Arbeit

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Linguistics (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: Aufbaustudium Linguistics
        • 4.5 Specialized Topics in Linguistics ( 0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          • 552.251 Specialised Topics in Linguistics: Digital Literacies in Mobile-Assisted Language Learning' (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 4. Semester empfohlen

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