300449 SE Literature seminar on biodiversity and ecosystems (2023W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 07.09.2023 14:00 to Th 21.09.2023 18:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 15.10.2023 18:00
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
- Christian Griebler
- Federico Baltar Gonzalez
- Maria Filipa Baltazar de Lima de Sousa
- Monika Bright
- Silvia Bulgheresi
- Stefan Dullinger
- Konrad Fiedler
- Karl Hülber
- Hubert Keckeis
- Andreas Richter
- Wolfgang Wanek
- Wolfram Weckwerth
- Stefanie Wienkoop
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Preparatory meeting 4th of Oct 2022, 14:30h seminar room 3.1, UBB, 3rd floor. First seminar is on 16th of Oct. 2023.
Monday
09.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
16.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
23.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
30.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
06.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
13.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
20.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
27.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
04.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
11.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
08.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
15.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
22.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Monday
29.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
1. Students are guided by their chosen topic lecturer. They can ask for help and advice.
2. Each student gets one topic-related review paper and must search for at least two more original articles. Information from the 3 papers in total is presented in the seminar. Presentations shall be 20-25min. In addition, a hand-out page is sent to all participants one day before the seminar.
3. Beginning of the seminar presence of students (attendance list) is checked. One absence is tolerated.
4. The presentation is then discussed with the audience in terms of its scientific content (like with conference talks). All students participate in the discussion. Quiet and passive students will be actively asked by the lecturer to comment.
5. There will be also an anonymous feedback to each speaker related to the presentation style. There will be a form (provided by the lecturer) with about 10 questions (was it clear, messy, number of figures, slides, speed of talking, ...). The audience will fill them during/right after each presentation. At the end forms are collected and provided to the speakers.
6. As a home work, students prepare a summary page containing of (1) a mini summary (5 sentences), and in addition (2) the answers to questions that were not sufficiently addressed in the discussion, plus (3) some future research avenues.
7. The grade is generated as follows: The student gets a grade for (1) Literature search, (2) Hand-out, (3) Presentation, (4) Discussion, (5) Summary page. Finally, the 5 grades are summed up and divided by 5 to result in the final mark.
2. Each student gets one topic-related review paper and must search for at least two more original articles. Information from the 3 papers in total is presented in the seminar. Presentations shall be 20-25min. In addition, a hand-out page is sent to all participants one day before the seminar.
3. Beginning of the seminar presence of students (attendance list) is checked. One absence is tolerated.
4. The presentation is then discussed with the audience in terms of its scientific content (like with conference talks). All students participate in the discussion. Quiet and passive students will be actively asked by the lecturer to comment.
5. There will be also an anonymous feedback to each speaker related to the presentation style. There will be a form (provided by the lecturer) with about 10 questions (was it clear, messy, number of figures, slides, speed of talking, ...). The audience will fill them during/right after each presentation. At the end forms are collected and provided to the speakers.
6. As a home work, students prepare a summary page containing of (1) a mini summary (5 sentences), and in addition (2) the answers to questions that were not sufficiently addressed in the discussion, plus (3) some future research avenues.
7. The grade is generated as follows: The student gets a grade for (1) Literature search, (2) Hand-out, (3) Presentation, (4) Discussion, (5) Summary page. Finally, the 5 grades are summed up and divided by 5 to result in the final mark.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Following the ductus of the chosen manuscripts, students deal with the methodological aspects of the paper, explain field and laboratory techniques and interprete the data and hypothesis testing. Furthermore, the participants practice the handling of "scientific English" and train presentation and discussion skills.
Examination topics
(1) Literature search,
(2) Hand-out,
(3) Presentation,
(4) Discussion,
(5) Summary page.
(2) Hand-out,
(3) Presentation,
(4) Discussion,
(5) Summary page.
Reading list
Will be provided at the start of the seminar.
Association in the course directory
MEC-3
Last modified: Mo 02.10.2023 19:28
The course topics will be visible on moodle from beginning of October 2023 on.
After choosing a topic in the preparatory meeting (4th of Oct), you get in contact with the respective lecturer who will guide you in the next steps. In fact, based on the topic and the one review paper provided, students are asked to search at least 2 more original papers and prepare a hand-out and a well structured presentation. Each seminar will consist of 2 presentations (20-25 minutes each) followed by a discussion.