UPSKILLS Teaching and Learning Content
This is a collection of modular teaching and learning content created in the UPSKILLS project ( UPgrading the SKIlls of Linguistics and Language Students) and downloaded from the Moodle platform in .mbz format. The learning content can be reused and adapted by curriculum designers, lecturers, and instructors of courses in linguistics and language-related subjects. Different blocks or individual units within a block can be combined to create new learning paths at the BA and MA levels. Some of the learning content is also suitable for the PhD level. Students can also use the content for self-study, considering this is not a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).
Before downloading the files, it is recommended to:
- use the project URL to read the descriptions of each learning block on the UPSKILLS project website
- use the demo link to preview the learning content on the Moodle platform and decide which learning blocks you would like to download.
Each learning block in Moodle contains several units on different topics, including presentations, learning activities, assignments, and a final student project. Furthermore, we have included a short guide explaining how the materials are organised, and how they can be used and cited.
Please note that the .mbz files can be used exclusively on Moodle systems, version 3.8+. The material can be directly imported in MBZ format without changes. If help is required, please consult the Moodle User Guide > Course Restore: https://docs.moodle.org/402/en/Course_restore.
The "Processing Texts and Corpora" and "Introduction to Language Data: Standards and Repositories" contain interactive presentations and quizzes created in H5p, which means that the H5p plugin should be available in your Moodle instance to be able to view and reuse the content (both in code and as a plugin), tiles formats, stashes and badges. The badges are given as a separate downloadable file.
Nevertheless, the H5P content can be downloaded directly from the UPSKILLS Moodle platform and reused outside Moodle. H5P is richer HTML5, which has become famous for creating interactive learning objects (e.g. presentations, videos, gamified learning activities). It is a free and open format, which can be used as a plugin in Learning Management Systems, such as Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, OpenEdX, etc., and Content Management Systems, such as WordPress, Drupal, and Canvas. See the H5P administrators' guides for more information:https://help.h5p.com/hc/en-us/sections/7556764070429-Guides.
All UPSKILLS learning content is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 International license. This means you can copy and share it with others in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes. However, it is required that you give appropriate credit to the source, include the license link, and indicate whether any changes were made to the original content.
To learn more about the UPSKILLS project, please visit the project website and the following guides:
1. Research-Based Teaching: Guidelines and Best Practices
2. Integrating Research Infrastructures into Teaching (this guide is especially relevant if you are interested in reusing the learning content created by CLARIN, namely Introduction to Language Data: Standards and Repositories)
3. Integrating Industry-Based Research into Teaching
Finally, all project deliverables are accessible in the UPSKILLS Community on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/communities/upskills/?page=1&size=20.