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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Edgar Dörsam
Event type:
Lecture
Org-unit: Dept. 16 - Mechanical Engineering
Displayed in timetable as:
Einf Druck u Medien
Subject:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Digital Teaching:
This course will be held in the summer semester 2021 as digital teaching. Digital teaching will start at the TU Darmstadt in KW 15 (from 12.04.2021).
Digital teaching will take place on the days of the week and at the times specified in TUCaN. The room details for the individual dates in TUCaN, if available, represent the original presence planning and are to be ignored at present.
The TU Darmstadt uses the video conferencing system ZOOM for digital teaching. You can test the technical requirements here: https://zoom.us/test .
Requirements for participation in digital teaching:
- You have registered as a participant in TUCaN.
- You use your first name and surname when you register in ZOOM.
If the number of participants is manageable, you can make enquiries directly. Switch on the microphone and ask your question. After the question, please set the microphone to mute again. Disturbing or anonymous participants will be excluded from the current course.
The current presentation will be uploaded as a PDF file to moodle no later than the evening before the course. The course will be recorded by us. Our goal is to make the recording available to you. In case of technical problems with the transmission bandwidth of ZOOM (which is to be expected with many parallel lectures and other uses), you can have a look at the lecture again later.
If the corona crisis requires it, the oral exams will also be held via ZOOM.
Course Contents:
Today, communication between people preferably takes place digitally. Messages or information are quickly received and distributed via smartphones. The Internet has long since replaced the daily newspaper as an up-to-date and fast information medium. The change leads to many questions: What exactly is the "Internet"? How independent and credible is the information in the age of fake news? What role do journalists from daily newspapers or radio stations play in this? Will there still be printed daily newspapers and books in the future?
These questions will be addressed and discussed during the lecture. The term "media" is explained and classified. Various media (Internet, television, print media,...) are presented and the trends of media use and interaction between different media are discussed. Various printing technologies for print media are examined in more detail and the workflow for the production of print media is demonstrated. It also explains, almost incidentally, how an Internet connection works, why different television stations have a time delay, how radio stations finance themselves, what copyright protection students have for a thesis and what measures should be taken to protect their own privacy. The lecture offers orientation in the media world, takes up current topics and developments and provides facts for a challenging discussion.
The lecture slides and additional documents are provided on moodle. The purchase of a book is not necessary. No previous knowledge of printing technology is required.
Examination
The examination (approx. 35 minutes) is oral and starts with a lecture (5 minutes, max. 6 minutes) on a topic of your choice from the lecture content. The selection of the presentation topic does not have to be registered or approved in advance. Aids (PowerPoint, index cards,...) are not permitted, but demonstrators, models or sketches can be prepared and brought to the presentation. Afterwards, the examiner will ask questions about the presentation and its subject area for approx. 5 minutes. This is followed by an examination talk on two topics of the lecture (approx. 20 minutes). If required, further short questions from different subject areas can be asked.
The checks are individual appointments, i.e. only one person per appointment is examined. The examination dates can be arranged at any time in the winter semester or summer semester. However, they should be agreed with the secretariat at least 4 weeks in advance.
Target audience
The lecture is aimed at students in the Bachelor's programme of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Students from other faculties can participate, provided that the examination regulations provide for this possibility.
Literature:
The lecture slides and additional documents are provided on moodle. The purchase of a book is not necessary. No previous knowledge of printing technology is required.
Preconditions:
none
Expected Number of Participants:
20
Official Course Description:
Online Offerings:
moodle
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