Course Schedule Rural Landscapes 09
Seminar Pre-phase
Time frame: 22.04. - 05.05.09
Activities:
- Think about a case study you would like to work on during this seminar
- Localise your case study on the rural landscapes topic map
- Take part in the technical pre-meeting
Contact persons: Ellen Fetzer + seminar tutors
Technical pre-meeting: 22nd of April, 18 pm CET
- Introduction to VITERO
- Introduction to the seminar WIKI
Week 1: Introduction and Plenary 1
06.05.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
- Your local time? See Time Zone Conversion
Activities:
- Introduction to the seminar
- participants present themselves
- identification of groups
- organisation
Moderation: Ellen Fetzer
Working Phase 1: Case Study Identification
Time frame: 06.05. - 14.05.09
Student activities working phase 1:
- Case study identification
- Completing case study list on the WIKI
- Getting to know the WIKI
Week 3: Plenary 2, Focus North America
06.05.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
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Working Phase 2: Case Study Detailing
Time frame: 07.05. - 19.05.09
Student activities for this phase:
- Answer question one "Rationale - Why is this case study interesting?" before May 19
- Add a representative image to your case study before May 19 - this image will be the basis for the first working group online meeting
- Add first keywords to each chapter of your case study template before end of May (n.b.: these do not need to be complete / final texts - be iterative, otherwise your group remains without information!)
- Read the rationales of your group members before the first group meeting
Week 4: Plenary 3, Focus South America
20.05.09 /18 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room
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Working Phase 3: Cross cutting themes + Small Group Meeting
Time frame: 21.05. - 26.05.09
Student activities working phase 3:
- Case study cross cutting themes
- Small groups agree on a joint set cross cutting themes
20.05.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
- Plenary with working group discussions
Week 6: Plenary 4, Focus Africa
27.05.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
Working Phase 4: Preparation JoLA Symposium
28.05. - 09.06.2009
- Continue discussion on cross cutting themes
- preparation of JoLA Symposium
Week 7: Plenary 5, JoLA Symposium
10.06.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
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Working Phase 5: Case Study Comparison
Time frame: 11.06. - 23.06.09
Student activities working phase 4:
- Analysis of cross-cutting themes and case study completion
Week 9: Plenary 6, Focus East Asia
24.06.09 / 10 am CET / Virtual Team Room
Working Phase 6: Prepare synthesis
25.06.-07.07.2009
Week 10: Plenary 7, Focus Australasia
01.07.09 / 10 am CET / Virtual Team Room
Week 11: Plenary 8, Focus Middle East
08.07.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
Week 11: Detailing and Preparation of Presentations
Time frame: 08.07.- 15.07.09
Student activities working phase 5:
- Preparing Presentations
Week 12: Plenary 9, Focus Europe
15.07.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
Week 12: Finishing Reports
Time frame: 15.07.- 31.07.09
- Finishing presentations
- Finalising encyclopaedia entries on the LE:NOTRE web page