Universität Wien

060071 KU Digital Competences (2025W)

Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 14.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 21.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 28.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 04.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 11.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 18.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 25.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 02.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 16.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 13.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 20.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
  • Tuesday 27.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will familiarize students with basic digital numismatic skills, including documentation, research, database creation and management, and data analysis and visualization.
Students will explore the available digital numismatic resources (for example NUMiD, MANTIS, and Nomisma) and learn to use them for research. We will learn the principles of Linked Open Data (LOD), the backbone of most modern digital humanities projects.
Students will learn to document and photograph coins and other archival material using readily available technology (digital SLRs and smartphone cameras) as well as methods of data visualization and statistical analysis using Excel (histograms; charts; basic statistics).
Once students are familiar with basic digital numismatic methods and the available resources, we will go "under the hood" to engage with the data structures that underlie these resources. Students will learn about the creation, use, and maintenance of databases for the purpose of research and publication by participating first-hand in the digitization of the Central Card File (the department’s collection of over 1 million file cards containing information on coins, primarily from auction catalogues). Students will document the cards and enter them into the database, providing valuable hands-on experience and allowing them to take part in an original, ongoing digital numismatics project.

Bitte besuchen Sie unsere allgemeine Vorbesprechung zum Semesterbeginn am Mittwoch, den 1.10.2025, um 16:30 Uhr im Hörsaal des Instituts für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 1190 Wien, um weitere Informationen zu unseren Lehrveranstaltungen und Studienangeboten zu erhalten.

Assessment and permitted materials

Class participation, individual projects, group-work projects, digitization of the Central Card File.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Class participation (20%), individual assignment (20%), group-work project written component (20%), group-work project presentation (20%), participation in Central Card File digitization project (20%)

Examination topics

-Digital research skills (using online databases, collections, and other digital resources)
-Digital coin documentation
-Database creation, management, and use
-Data visualization and statistical analysis

Reading list

TBD; any readings will be available on the class Google Drive

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 25.08.2025 12:05