Construcción de un diccionario didáctico digital para la mejora del aprendizaje del latín y estudio preliminar de su extensión a otras lenguas

Los objetivos de este proyecto son la creación de una versión digital, disponible en línea y en abierto, de un diccionario basado en un modelo inédito lexicográfico y cognitivo y el estudio preliminar de su generalización a otras lenguas. La eficacia didáctica del modelo de diccionario ha sido probada en este curso académico experimentalmente para la enseñanza presencial del latín utilizando una versión en papel. La idea es construir una versión digital para que el alumno pueda utilizarlo tanto para el trabajo en el aula como para el trabajo personal y estudiar si es viable su aplicación general al estudio de otras lenguas, especialmente de las lenguas modernas. El diccionario en formato digital proporcionaría, frente al papel, tres ventajas significativas: (1) aumentar su accesibilidad lo que facilitaría su uso en cualquier momento y lugar, (2) ayudar al alumno con dificultades a nivelarse puesto que podría usarlo para repetir los ejercicios de aprendizaje tantas veces como lo necesite, y, (3), servir de base para llevar a cabo acciones educativas basadas en la autoformación en línea que faciliten y fomenten el aprendizaje del latín en particular y de otras lenguas si el resultado del estudio preliminar es positivo respecto a su generalización

An e-learning proposal to disseminate the "Romancero": "A walk to discover the Romancero"

Un paseo para conocer al romancero es un curso virtual abierto y en línea que pretende ser un recurso accesible para un público no especializado en romancero que sienta interés por la cultura tradicional. Este proyecto quiere, por un lado, solventar la carencia de un curso de estas características y, al mismo tiempo, quiere aprovechar la oportunidad de contribuir a la divulgación de este género de literatura oral. Para la consecución de estos objetivos, en primer lugar, se han analizado los aciertos y los errores observados tanto en casos concretos de didáctica del romancero como en los distintos modelos que se han seguido en la enseñanza de la literatura. También se tiene en cuenta el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, en concreto las plataformas e-learning en la enseñanza de la literatura, puesto que este trabajo se implementa en la plataforma Moodle. La propuesta, basada en una estrategia didáctica auto-formativa, se ha desarrollado aplicando la metodología de diseño instruccional ADDIE. La calidad del curso resultante se ha comprobado con la herramienta de calidad Open ECBCheck, siendo esta completamente positiva.A walk through the romancero is an open online virtual course that wants to be an accessible resource for not specialized audience that is interested in popular culture. This project wants to solve the lack of a virtual course of these characteristics and, at the same time, it wants to take advantage of the opportunity to dissemination of this genre of oral literature. To achieve these goals, first we have analyzed the successes and the errors observed both in specific cases of didactics of the romancero and in the different models that have been followed in the teaching of literature. It also takes account the use of Information and Communications Technologies, specifically e-learning platforms in the teaching of literature, since this work is implemented in the Moodle platform. The proposal, based on a self-formative didactic strategic, has been developed applying ADDIE instructional design methodology. The quality of the results has been checked with the Open ECBCheck tool and it has been completely positive.Fac. de FilologíaTRUEunpu

Evaluation of a new didactic method and dictionary for initial second language learning. Application to Latin and German

La idea de este proyecto es aplicar y evaluar la eficacia didáctica de un método innovador para el aprendizaje inicial de lenguas que hace uso de dos diccionarios didáctico digitales uno para latín (http://repositorios.fdi.ucm.es/DiccionarioDidacticoLatin/), y otro para alemán (http://repositorios.fdi.ucm.es/DiccionarioDidacticoAleman/). Estos diccionarios son también novedosos en su organización y contenido lexicográfico y fueron creados en el marco del anterior Proyecto Innova-Docentia 269-2016_17. Tanto el método como los diccionarios están basados en el concepto lingüístico-cognitivo de marcos y valencias. El problema que se aborda es la desmotivación inicial del alumno que encuentra dificultades en el aprendizaje de una nueva lengua, entre otros factores, por la falta de conocimientos lingüísticos suficientes en los que apoyarse. Esta situación se produce, fundamentalmente, en la enseñanza secundaria y en los inicios de los estudios superiores y, en muchos casos, como se ha constatado en la experiencia docente, desemboca en el abandono del aprendizaje en su etapa inicial.The idea of this project is to apply and evaluate the didactic effectiveness of an innovative method for the initial learning of languages that makes use of two digital didactic dictionaries, one for Latin (http://repositorios.fdi.ucm.es/DiccionarioDidacticoLatin/) and another for German (http://repositorios.fdi.ucm.es/DiccionarioDidacticoAleman/). These dictionaries are also novel in their organization and lexicographic content and were created in the framework of the previous Innova-Docentia Project 269-2016_17. Both the method and the dictionaries are based on the linguistic-cognitive concept of frames and valences. The problem addressed is the initial lack of motivation of the student who encounters difficulties in learning a new language, among other factors, due to the lack of sufficient linguistic knowledge on which to rely. This situation occurs, fundamentally, in secondary education and at the beginning of higher education and, in many cases, as it has been observed in the teaching experience and i leads to the withdrawal of learning in its initial stage.Universidad Complutense de MadridFac. de FilologíaFALSEsubmitte

Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin

Rainfall is the key factor to understand soil erosion processes, mechanisms, and rates. Most research was conducted to determine rainfall characteristics and their relationship with soil erosion (erosivity) but there is little information about how atmospheric patterns control soil losses, and this is important to enable sustainable environmental planning and risk prevention. We investigated the temporal and spatial variability of the relationships of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield with atmospheric patterns (weather types, WTs) in the western Mediterranean basin. For this purpose, we analyzed a large database of rainfall events collected between 1985 and 2015 in 46 experimental plots and catchments with the aim to: (i) evaluate seasonal differences in the contribution of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield produced by the WTs; and (ii) to analyze the seasonal efficiency of the different WTs (relation frequency and magnitude) related to rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield. The results indicate two different temporal patterns: the first weather type exhibits (during the cold period: autumn and winter) westerly flows that produce the highest rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield values throughout the territory; the second weather type exhibits easterly flows that predominate during the warm period (spring and summer) and it is located on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula. However, the cyclonic situations present high frequency throughout the whole year with a large influence extended around the western Mediterranean basin. Contrary, the anticyclonic situations, despite of its high frequency, do not contribute significantly to the total rainfall, runoff, and sediment (showing the lowest efficiency) because of atmospheric stability that currently characterize this atmospheric pattern. Our approach helps to better understand the relationship of WTs on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff and sediment yield with a regional scale based on the large dataset and number of soil erosion experimental stations.Spanish Government (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MINECO) and FEDER Projects: CGL2014 52135-C3-3-R, ESP2017-89463-C3-3-R, CGL2014-59946-R, CGL2015-65569-R, CGL2015-64284-C2-2-R, CGL2015-64284-C2-1-R, CGL2016-78075-P, GL2008-02879/BTE, LEDDRA 243857, RECARE-FP7, CGL2017-83866-C3-1-R, and PCIN-2017-061/AEI. Dhais Peña-Angulo received a “Juan de la Cierva” postdoctoral contract (FJCI-2017-33652 Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MEC). Ana Lucia acknowledge the "Brigitte-Schlieben-Lange-Programm". The “Geoenvironmental Processes and Global Change” (E02_17R) was financed by the Aragón Government and the European Social Fund. José Andrés López-Tarazón acknowledges the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Department of the Economy and Knowledge of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia for supporting the Consolidated Research Group 2014 SGR 645 (RIUS- Fluvial Dynamics Research Group). Artemi Cerdà thank the funding of the OCDE TAD/CRP JA00088807. José Martínez-Fernandez acknowledges the project Unidad de Excelencia CLU-2018-04 co-funded by FEDER and Castilla y León Government. Ane Zabaleta is supported by the Hydro-Environmental Processes consolidated research group (IT1029-16, Basque Government). This paper has the benefit of the Lab and Field Data Pool created within the framework of the COST action CONNECTEUR (ES1306)

Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin

Este artículo contiene 16 páginas, 6 figuras, 2 tablas.Soil degradation by water is a serious environmental problem worldwide, with specific climatic factors being the major causes. We investigated the relationships between synoptic atmospheric patterns (i.e. weather types, WTs) and runoff, erosion and sediment yield throughout the Mediterranean basin by analyzing a large database of natural rainfall events at 68 research sites in 9 countries. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to identify spatial relationships of the different WTs including three hydro-sedimentary variables: rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield (SY, used to refer to both soil erosion measured at plot scale and sediment yield registered at catchment scale). The results indicated 4 spatial classes of rainfall and runoff: (a) northern sites dependent on North (N) and North West (NW) flows; (b) eastern sites dependent on E and NE flows; (c) southern sites dependent on S and SE flows; and, finally, (d) western sites dependent on W and SW flows. Conversely, three spatial classes are identified for SY characterized by: (a) N and NE flows in northern sites (b) E flows in eastern sites, and (c) Wand SW flows in western sites. Most of the rainfall, runoff and SY occurred during a small number of daily events, and just a few WTs accounted for large percentages of the total. Our results confirm that characterization by WT improves understanding of the general conditions under which runoff and SY occur, and provides useful information for understanding the spatial variability of runoff, and SY throughout the Mediterranean basin. The approach used here could be useful to aid of the design of regional water management and soil conservation measures.This research was supported by projects funded by the MINECOFEDER: CGL2014-52135-C3-3-R, CGL2014-59946-R, CGL2015-65569- R, CGL2015-64284-C2-2-R, and PCIN-2017-061/AEI. When this manuscript was first submitted Estela Nadal-Romero and Damià Vericat received a “Ramón y Cajal” postdoctoral contract (RYC-2013-14371 and RYC‐2010‐06264, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MEC). Damià Vericat is now a Serra Húnter Fellow at the University of Lleida. María Fernández-Raga received a “José Castillejo” postdoctoral grant (Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports). Carla Ferreira was supported by a post-doctoral research grant from the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (SFRH/ BPD/120093/2016). Mariano Moreno-de las Heras received a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract (IJCI-2015-26463) from the MEC. José Andrés López-Tarazón received a Vicenç Mut postdoctoral fellowship from the Autonomous Balearic Government (CAIB PD/038/2016). José Andrés López-Tarazón and Ramon Batalla also acknowledge the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Department of the Economy and Knowledge of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia for supporting the Consolidated Research Group 2014 SGR 645 (RIUSFluvial Dynamics Research Group), and the CERCA Programme. This paper has benefited from the Lab and Field Data Pool created within the framework of the COST action CONNECTEUR (ES1306).Peer reviewe

Analysis of the spatial variability of the relationships between rainfall, runoff, erosion and sediment yield and synoptic atmospheric patterns around the Mediterranean basin

Trabajo presentado en TERRAenVISION Environmental Issues Today: Scientific Solutions for Societal Issues, celebrado en Barcelona (España) del 27 de enero al 2 de febrero de 2018This contribution results from international collaborative efforts of different research groups around the Mediterranean basin focusing on soil conservation and water management. We will present the most complete database of runoff and soil erosion information and analyze the records from 68 locations, including more than 22458 detail events between 1985-2015. Soil conservation and water planning are two of the most challenging problems around the Mediterranean basin due to climate conditions and human activity. We believe that future advances on understanding soil degradation by water should be developed under global approaches. In this contribution, we will present an analysis of atmospheric conditions, expressed by weather types and the resulted rainfall, runoff, and erosion and sediment yield around the Mediterranean basin. The weather types compile daily information about the different air masses responsible for rainfall, runoff and eventually erosion and sediment yield, and their analyses let us know the synchrony of the response at different sites around the Mediterranean basin. The analyses of the global dataset display different spatial patterns for rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield, related to different atmospheric patterns. This research will be a valuable tool for understanding the evolution of these environmental variables, and therefore it will allow future planning to design regional water management and soil conservation measuresPeer reviewe