Session 12: Group discussion and note-taking on pedagogical artifacts

In your groups, take notes and feel free to add comments to the artifact on:

• How does this artifact potentially create space for critical thinking about word embedding models? Are there places where it could do this more effectively?
• How much opportunity for student experimentation and individual decision-making does the artifact include? What is the function of its design choices in this respect? (Does having everyone doing the same thing open up opportunities for peer trouble-shooting? Does allowing different approaches provide opportunities for comparative insights?)
• What could go wrong in this assignment? Where are the opportunities for confusion and how could you forestall those through good scaffolding?

When we return as a full group, we’ll discuss these questions:

• What are the most significant insights or questions that emerged from your discussions?
• Which of the sample assignments contained things you might seize like a magpie and stash away for future reference?
• Are there specific strategies for teaching (with) word embedding models that seem particularly natural for different types of courses: e.g. at the graduate or undergraduate level, in a literary or social-science context, in a shorter or longer/more intensive form?

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