Minutes April 27, 2010
UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!
Round of missing Introductions
In the beginning the new participants were asked to also localise themselves on the World map and to introduce themselves by
- name,
- home town / country,
- study level
- intention for participating in this online seminar.
Seminar Process
After the introduction, Heike pointed out the schedule of this session referring to the seminar structure and process.
Introduction into Concept Mapping
First, Heike explained what is meant by the term concept map and showed an example. Furthermore, she pointed out advantages and use of concept maps and gave reference to two useful programs:
Moreover, she explained the task for this session as a practise and the following session from mid May on as a compulsory small group work (Minute Exercise).
Further information on this subject can be found here: Concept Map
Seminar Lecture: Landscape Character / Education, Research methods and Approaches
The divided lecture session started with a supplement to last week's session with regard to Landscape character (assessment) by Diedrich Bruns, Kassel University, dealing with
- Indicators of National Identity, Example: Slovenia
- Landscape Character Areas, Example: England
- CQC Joint Character Area profiles, Example: England
- Indicators of landscape character
- Indicator-Mix, Example: MEETNET
The lecture session was continued with Education, research methods and approaches by Sandra Bödding, Kassel Universiy, illustrating
- Comparison of two research areas: Hamburg - Wilhelmsburg and Bad Soden / Taunus
- Research aims
- Traditional landscape assessment methods
- Empirical social research
- Research results for both areas
- Conclusions
- Outlook
The slides are downloadable from the password-protected Moodle webpage from the link below, the password has been given to the seminar participants per e-mail.
Diedrich Bruns / Sandra Bödding: Landscape Character / Education, Research methods and Approaches
These are the participants' contributions:
Reminder: Land8Lounge, Seminar WIKI + Resources (Reading Exercise)
In the following, Heike reminded the participants to sign up in Land8Lounge and the seminar WIKI.
Lecture Recording
Please follow this link for listening to the seminar recording:
- [moodle link Recording April 27, 2010]