Pedagogical Principles in the Online Teaching of NLP: A RetrospectionShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Teaching NLP: Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop / [ed] David Jurgens; Varada Kolhatkar; Lucy Li; Margot Mieskes; Ted Pedersen, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) , 2021, p. 1-12Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought online education to the forefront of pedagogical discussions. To make this increased interest sustainable in a post-pandemic era, online courses must be built on strong pedagogical foundations. With a long history of pedagogic research, there are many principles, frameworks, and models available to help teachers in doing so. These models cover different teaching perspectives, such as constructive alignment, feedback, and the learning environment. In this paper, we discuss how we designed and implemented our online Natural Language Processing (NLP) course following constructive alignment and adhering to the pedagogical principles of LTU. By examining our course and analyzing student evaluation forms, we show that we have met our goal and successfully delivered the course. Furthermore, we discuss the additional benefits resulting from the current mode of delivery, including the increased reusability of course content and increased potential for collaboration between universities. Lastly, we also discuss where we can and will further improve the current course design.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) , 2021. p. 1-12
Keywords [en]
NLP, Constructive Alignment, LTU’s Pedagogical Principles, Student Activation, Online Pedagogy, COVID19, Canvas, Blackboard, Zoom
National Category
Pedagogy
Research subject
Machine Learning
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86548DOI: 10.18653/v1/2021.teachingnlp-1.1Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85138700433OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-86548DiVA, id: diva2:1584157
Conference
Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 5th Workshop on Teaching NLP, Online, 10-11 June, 2021
Note
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-1-954085-36-7
2021-08-112021-08-112023-09-05Bibliographically approved