Seminar on socio-educational communications research
[COMU2603]
[30h] 5 credits
Teacher(s): Pierre Fastrez, Daniel Peraya
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
Main themes
The themes will depend partly on the kinds of media that it is planned to use (e.g. educational programmes, new technology, distance learning, and museums and exhibitions), and partly on matters specifically relating to learning.
Examples of themes include learning through images, the relationship between text and para-text in learning, collaborative learning, and new technology.
Content and teaching methods
The seminar is mainly dedicated to the acquisition of methodological abilities in the field of educational media research. Consequently, it focuses on varying themes and fields from one year to another, depending on the evolution of trends in research as well as on the commitment and the honors theses projects of the students.
Methods
o Analysis and collective discussion of texts and experiences related to the seminar themes (introduced by groups of students);
o Lectures given by specialists (if opportunities of hosting lectures by visiting professors arise);
o Supervised research work (per group and per project).
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Each group works on a research project on one of the seminar themes. The project is evaluated based on the coherence between its hypotheses, its methods and its conclusions.
Material
Course reader consisting in papers selected based on the seminar's themes.