The first semester is offered in Oslo, Norway, at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA). After a preliminary summer school in August, students follow two modules, that provide foundations in research methods and digital documents in the context of libraries.
The semester contains the following courses:
On the completion of this module, the student
On the completion of this module, the student
The subject is organised as a weekly series of lectures and seminars.
The student’s learning outcome will be assessed on the basis of an individually written assignment of approximately 10 pages. The assignment should be focused on either the choice and use of research methods or evaluation. The assessment of the written assingment is made by an internal and an external assessor.
The assignment is evaluated on a binary grade of Pass or Fail
Theory of Science – Foundations of Information Science
Research Methods
Learning outcome
On the completion of this module, the student
Skills attainment
On the completion of this module, the student
Structure
The subject is organised as a series of weekly seminars.
Required coursework
The students are required to write a comprehensive theme paper, either individually or in groups. If written individually, the theme paper should be about 15 pages long, if written in a group of 2-3 students, the paper should be about 20 pages.
Assessment
The required coursework must to be submitted and approved before the student can sit his/her exam. The student’s learning outcome will be assessed on the basis of an individual 6-hour written examination. The assessment of the written examination is made by an internal and an external examiner.
Grading
Students are awarded grades on a descending scale from A to E for pass and F for fail.
The Dill Master’s course will start with an introduction to the field of digital libraries during a two-week summer school.
11.00 Welcome! Opening of the Dill 5 summer school
Room P476 in P48 (Pilestredet 48)
13.30 Information from the International Office
15.00 Issuing of admission cards. Please bring your passport!
Room P35 – Pi239
9.00 – 15.00 Digital Libraries with Ragnar Nordlie
Room P48-S554
9.00 – 15.00 Digital Libraries with Ragnar Nordlie
Room P48-S554
9.00 – 15.00 Digital Libraries with Vittore Casarosa
Room P48-S554
9.00 – 15.00 XML workshop with Tor Arne Dahl: Introduction and well-formed documents
Room P48-S543
9.00 – 15.00 XML workshop with Tor Arne Dahl: DTDs and valid documents
Room P48-S543
9.00 – 15.00 XML workshop with Tor Arne Dahl: Making use of XML
Room P48-S543
9.00 -11.00 webDewey with Elise Conradi. Room P48-S554
13.00 -15.00 Visit to Cristin: Current Research Information System in Norway (http://www.cristin.no/english/).
9.00 – 15.00 My digitial Library with Ragnar Audunson
Room P48-S554
10.00 – 12.00 Visit to Store Norske leksikon – the digital rebirth of the encyclopedia
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to some of the major characteristics of academic writing and to offer you a place to work on the papers you will be writing for the classes you take while you are at OUC. The work we do in this course will revolve around the papers you are writing for your other courses, and there is no “extra” writing involved.
In so doing, we will focus on both general characteristics of academic English, but also on the specific features of the kind of writing that will be expected of you in the classes you will be taking at HiOA. Topics include assignment analysis (what kind of paper is this assignment asking me to write?), working with sources and avoiding plagiarism, finding an appropriate scope for your project, outlining, strategies for revision, writing introductions, and paragraph coherence.
Please note that this is not a course in English language or grammar, but a writing course. Our concerns will primarily be with global issues of aim, structure, argument, evidence, and use of sources. Of course, we will be concerned with language, but this is not a course in editing or proofreading. As an Erasmus Mundus student, you are expected to have a solid command of English when you come to HIOA.
Schedule
Session 1: Monday 12th September at 14.30 – 17.00. Room: P48 – S141
Session 2: Wednesday 14th September at 14.00 – 17.00 Room P48 – P476
Session 3: Tuesday 20th September at 9.00 – 11.00 Room P48 – P369
Session 4: Thursday 27th October at 10.00 – 13.00 Room P48 – P369
Session 5: Tuesday 1st November at 9.00 – 12.00 Room P48 – P469
Lecturer: Linda Altshul
Tuesday 13th September at 9.30 – 12.15 Room P48 – S554: Reference management: Zotero
Lecturer: Tor Arne Dahl
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