MBIB4840 User studies and systems evaluation Course description

This course is about how people use information systems. The course provides a theoretical and practical introduction to how to study users' information searching, system interaction, and evaluation of information systems with users. Hence, the course strongly focuses on methods for user studies and systems evaluation to qualify for suitable test designs. Further, the course centres around the core concepts of information needs and relevance as the starting point for information searching and the measurement of satisfaction with retrieved information.

The course language is English.

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This course involves visiting libraries, archives, and/or museums linked to a chosen theme. The theme is selected with guidance from the course supervisor, and the visits are aligned with it. Students can pick themes related to various aspects, such as services, policies, collections, knowledge organization, universal design, leadership, marketing, dissemination practices, and current issues relevant to institutions. Visits may encompass libraries, archives, museums, or combinations of these. Additional information and cultural institutions can be included if pertinent to the theme. Visits typically involve meetings with relevant staff members and students' informal observations.

After completion of the course, the student will have acquired the following learning outcomes, defined as knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The student

Skills

The student

• is capable of communicating orally and in writing and freely using key language structures of Spanish and varied vocabulary in different social situations.
• is capable of planning and applying different work methods that promote exploration, curiosity and creativity in Spanish and in an interdisciplinary perspective.
• is capable of using midway evaluation as a means of motivating the pupils in their language learning.
• has pedagogical digital competence and is able to use digital tools related to language learning activities.

General competence

The student

• is capable of assessing his/her own teaching practice and interaction with others in professional practice.
• is capable of guiding the pupils in the development of learning and communication strategies.
• is capable of integrating the basic skills in the Spanish language subject.
• is capable of using scientific methods to further develop his/her own practice and actively contribute to the work on innovation processes at school.
• is capable of integrating the development of intercultural competence in the Spanish language subject.

Spanish 2 is a Blended Learning course with digital learning combined with three periods of campus training at OsloMet and two at the University of Valencia (Spain). Didactics and Literature of Spanish starts with a 1-3 days face-to-face training in Oslo, followed by online training, one week face-to face training in Valencia, and a final 1‒3 days’ face-to-face training in Oslo.

We will work from a communicative approach, giving priority to the acquisition of skills in the teaching of Spanish as a Second Language, and will employ a mixed methodology (classroom and online) through the creation of a virtual space in a networked platform. In this way, tasks and assessments will be carried out from different methodological approaches that students can subsequently apply in their daily teaching.

The following coursework requirements must be approved before the student can take the exam:

1. 80 % attendance and participation in lessons and debate forums suggested by the teacher.

2. Presentation of a digital portfolio that includes the following oral and written tasks

   1. Individual presentation of a classroom activity with the use of ICT for the defined target group (10 minutes)
   2. Individual elaboration of a book trailer of a literary text (3-4 minutes)
   3. Individual written assignment on an authentic text from the course curriculum of 1000 words
   4. Reflection note on own practice of teaching literature (350-500 words)
   5. Creation and elaboration of one audiovisual document to assess progress and skills.

The coursework requirements may be revised once if the first version is not approved. See point 8 in the programme description for more information about coursework requirements.

The final examination consists of two parts:

1. An individual online oral exam including the presentation of a lesson plan (30 minutes), counting 50 %.
2. An individual online written exam of 2 hours presenting the reflexion of the learning process (1000 words +/- 10 %), counting 50 %.

The exam is in Spanish.

New/postponed exam

The resit/rescheduled exam is organised in the same way as the ordinary exam. If a student fails one part of the exam, only this part (oral or written) has to be retaken.

All examination support material is permitted.

The examination is evaluated by both an internal and an external examiner. The external examiner grades a randomly selected sample, comprising approximately 25 percent of the exams. The grades assigned to this sample serve as a basis for the internal examiners who will assess the remaining exams.