Course Objectives

Students will gain insight into the practical uses of information technology in teaching humanist subjects, including mediation, and with some practice, find and use information relevant to the subject in question.

Course Description

The course includes a general part and two specialisation parts. The general part of the course is required, but students may choose one of the two specialisation parts (either A+B or A+C).

1. General part

What information is available, and what information is not available in digital form? How do we know that information we find on the internet is complete and inclusive – how do we find reliable information? Literature searches and bibliography programme. Electronic reference works. Scanning texts and images. Subject didactics: using information technology in teaching situations and other kinds of mediation (museums etc.). Production of printed material, image processing, sound and music processing. Using internet-based learning materials in teaching situations.

2. Specialisation part in language and literature subjects

Orientation regarding home pages for scientific journals, bibliographies, and institutions. Quantitative and qualitative methodology in language research. Using ICT as a writing and translation tool. Electronic texts and their uses. ICT-based style analysis, developing and using of concordances, hypertext.

3. Specialisation part in historical and cultural subjects

Orientation regarding homepages for scientific journals, bibliographies and institutions. Digital source and knowledge of archives. Registration and organisation of historical data. Using digital sources. Importing data into one’s own programmes. Quantitative methodology. Gothic script on the internet. Using internet-based learning material in teaching situations.

Learning Methods

3 - 6 hours of lectures per week and exercises in the computer lab.

Assessment Methods

Required and optional coursework and oral examination.

Students must receive passing marks in both the mid-term examination and the final examination.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean