Essays about: "digital humaniora"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 31 essays containing the words digital humaniora.

  1. 6. Digital games in grades 4-6

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Timothy Fryk; [2022]
    Keywords : Digital games; digital game-based teaching; English language teaching; middle school; compulsory school; attitudes;

    Abstract : Digital games are a common interest today and research has shown that digital games affect English vocabulary building in a positive way. This study aims to examine the attitudes of teachers in grade four to six towards the use of digital games for vocabulary building in the classroom and how they are used to do that. READ MORE

  3. 7. The digital teacher : a study of Swedish primary school teachers’ habits and motives for using English motion media as an asset in their EFL teaching.

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Sofia Hedström; [2022]
    Keywords : EFL; motion media; digital teaching; primary teaching; language teaching;

    Abstract : Digital media has found its natural place in schools all around the world. Especially for its capacity to vary the teaching and to increase students' motivation. This small-scale national study aimed to investigate if and how Swedish primary school teachers use digital tools in form of motion media in their EFL teaching. READ MORE

  4. 8. News article segmentation using multimodal input : Using Mask R-CNN and sentence transformers

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Gustav Henning; [2022]
    Keywords : Historical newspapers; Image segmentation; Multimodal learning; Deep learning; Digital humanities; Mask R-CNN; Historiska tidningar; Bildsegmentering; Multimodal inlärning; Djupinlärning; Digital humaniora; Mask R-CNN;

    Abstract : In this century and the last, serious efforts have been made to digitize the content housed by libraries across the world. In order to open up these volumes to content-based information retrieval, independent elements such as headlines, body text, bylines, images and captions ideally need to be connected semantically as article-level units. READ MORE

  5. 9. Attitudes Toward Homosexuality : A Quantitative Study of Evaluative Adjectives in Digital Newspaper Articles

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Jonna Sköld; [2022]
    Keywords : Adjectives; evaluative adjectives; heteronormativity; hegemonic values; masculinity; gender studies; heterosexuality; homosexuality;

    Abstract : In this study, societal attitudes toward sexual minorities are investigated through analyzing journalists’ use of evaluative adjectives in newspaper articles regarding famous homosexual couples compared to famous heterosexual couples. In this study, differences in attitudes between male and female journalists are also investigated. READ MORE

  6. 10. Using Digital Games for Language Development in Lower Grades : A study of English primary teachers’ attitudes to digital games in English language learning

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Alae Saed Beshir; [2022]
    Keywords : English language teaching; English language learning; digital game-based learning; digital games; primary teachers;

    Abstract : In a digitalized world, learners from the 21st century prefer game-like lessons instead of traditional methods that are preferred by teachers according to previous studies. Creating a fun and engaging environment in the classroom is not an easy task for the teachers. READ MORE