Seminars

Reflection seminars, prosamm14 There are eight mandatory reflection seminars in the course. See the detailed schedule for the entire list. The instructions for each seminar will be placed in the sub-menu to "Seminars" one week before the deadline for posting the reflection document. In the reflection seminars you will meet in groups of about a dozen students and a computer science teacher (mentor). Half of the students are studying their first year of the Master's program and half of the students are studying their second year.

Before each seminar, you need to do the following:

* Read the instructions for the seminar.
* Read the material that you are asked to read about the topic for the seminar. There may also be some videos to view.
* Write a reflection document, answering and reflecting on the questions of the seminar. The document should be about 700 words. You may also be asked to fill in a questionnaire or similar things.
* Put the document on your Google Drive and make it readable och commentable by others.
* Put the URL to the Google document in a text file in your group's seminar directory.
* Read the reflection documents of the other group members and write at least one comment in each document.
After these preparations you should go to the seminar and actively discuss the topic.

Scoring One of the intended learning outcomes of the course is that you should plan and carry out assignments within stipulated time. Therefore it is very important that you submit the reflection documents and comment on the other documents on time.

At each reflection seminar you can accumulate points as follows:¶


* 1 point for timely and correctly submitted reflection document,2
* 1 points for commenting theon all other reflection documents,
* 1 point for a well done reflection document (which is submitted on time),
* 1 point for active participation in the seminar,

* -21 points if the written reflection is not submitted within one week after the seminar (but it must be submitted sooner or later),
* -21 points if you have not participated in the seminar and have not submitted a written reflection on others' reflections (at least two pages) within one week after the seminar (those not participating must submit it sooner or later).
At most, one can get 54 points and a minimum of -4 points.On examination the side (to the left) describes the reporting area of the seminar data results should be interpreted.2 points.¶

What if you can not come to the seminar?¶ If you know in advance that you absolutely can not do with the scheduled timemanage to attend the seminar, you should timely contact the course instrucadministartive course coordinator who will then try to find a time with a different group. If you can not, you mustthis is not possible, you have to submit a two-page reflection on the others' reflections instead. If you mail it to your Mmentor within one week of the seminar, you will get no points deduction. Otherwise, you get a score of -2.1. ¶

You should still filesubmit your written reflection in time to get the points associated with it.and comment on the other documents.¶

What happens if you do not submit your written reflection document on time?¶ The course is based on everyone submitting their reflection texdicumewnts in time. If you do not, then you have the option to filesubmit it up to a week after the seminar. If you leave it even later to get a score of -21. Sooner or later, you must submit it to be finished withpass the course. ¶

How about if you study abroad?¶ If you are on exchange studies, performstudying abroad for a period, you should carry out the reflection seminars remotely. Then you get the chance to share your experiences of the exchange studies towith the rest of the group. ¶

Pay attention to when it' is time for submissions of written reflection documents of the course (a few weeks in each period). Prior to submission, read the instructions on the web, read, reflect and write, but rather to. In addition to the ordinary reflect ion the courses at KTH as youyou should reflect overn the exchange studies and judgment courses you read abroad, if possible in the context of the topic of the seminar. You should write a little more than usual (750-about 900 words), but on the other hand, you do not need to attend the reflection seminar. You will of course still read whatand comment on the other teamgroup members wrote in their reflections. The mento' reflection documents. Your menteor the result on submission of both the column for the written reflection and column for seminar participationwill report in Rapp as if you had attended the seminar.