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Digital literacy of socially excluded adolescents
DOBIÁŠ, Václav
With the advent of digital technology into our lives, the fact that the socially weakest stratum of society is lagging behind in digital literacy is becoming increasingly apparent. This problem is referred to as the second form of the digital divide. Since it has not yet been sufficiently examined, we carried out qualitative research using the grounded theory method, aimed at identifying the causes leading to this second form of the digital divide and defining the development model for this inequality. The collection of data was conducted by means of students solving tasks focused on digital literacy. In the course of this process, the computer screen was recorded and the entire investigator-student communication was captured on an audio track. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the students and their teachers. On the basis of analysis of the data, we created a theory of learning to handle an unknown software program. The process of learning exposes the student to various problems. The strategy used by each student to address these is chosen by the person depending on their previous knowledge of and experience with similar situations, particularly with similar software. The effectiveness of the applied strategy is overseen by the student's metacognitive control mechanisms. On the basis of the results obtained, the student's learning may (or may not) occur that improves the person's knowledge and skills, thus influencing how he/she addresses similar problems in the future. We see the benefits of our theory in describing a process of independent learning in the specific world of digital technologies. This can make the theory highly beneficial for teaching informatics. On the basis of this theory we described differences between socially excluded students and the majority in learning how to handle unknown programs. On the basis of our research, we believe in the long term that the difference in speed of lifelong learning in the field of handling digital technologies is the root cause of the emergence of the digital divide. During data analysis we identified a total of eight factors influencing the speed of lifelong learning in this sector; half of these also directly affect the level of digital literacy through the ability to solve problems. The resulting theory describes the lifelong process of the emergence of the digital divide. We see the main gain of our work in the identification of the process of emergence of the digital divide.
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Učitelé a mediální výchova
TRNKOVÁ, Denisa
This thesis deals with the issue of media education and teachers who teach the class. The first part of the thesis is devoted to a theoretical definition of the cross-curricular theme of media education, its historical development and the gradual establishment of the topic in Czech curriculum and the subsequent introduction into schools in the form of a cross-sectional topic that concerns grammar schools and not only them. Attention is paid to textbooks, publications and Internet links and courses available to teachers. Part of the attention is devoted to the latest research on this topic. The research part of the thesis presents the results of my qualitative research, which outlines patterns of approaches, opinions and attitudes of media education teachers at selected grammar schools in South Bohemia. The thesis deals with the question of who are the teachers, who teach media education, whether they are already prepared for this topic from the university, or whether they had to educate themselves and what are their most frequent approvals. Only recent university graduates, unlike their older colleagues, have had the opportunity to become acquainted with media education in their higher education. Their older colleagues did not have it so easy and had to deal with this task and topic during their teaching. There are different views on media education among young and senior teachers. As a rule, every young teacher is enthusiastic and positively perceives the importance of media education.
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The political dimension of social exclusion of elderly people as a result of the digital divide
Chmelíková, Tereza ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the phenomenon of the digital divide and its influence on the quality of life of seniors. The digital divide - a product of the modern information society - is one of the major factors influencing the social exclusion of elderly people. The theoretical part of theses introduces the concept of active aging as a way of successful solving problems associated with the population ageing, as well as a prevention of the exclusion of seniors from both society and participation in public affairs. The author mainly focuses on the issue of how are seniors in the Czech Republic at risk of exclusion as a result of digital exclusion. In the practical part, the present level of digital literacy of Czech seniors is explored. Following qualitative research - semi-structured interviews with experts - aims to find out whether the digital divide represents a social problem for the elderly people in the Czech Republic that contributes to their inequal position among the society, or even causes their exclusion from the participation in governance, and consequently, reduces the quality of their lives.
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Interaction design with regards to the end user
Macura, David ; Walek, Agata (referee) ; Sedláček, Pavel (advisor)
Tato práce je zaměřena na uživatelská rozhraní, postupy spojené s jejich návrhem a vývojem a interakci mezi počítači a uživateli. Jejím cílem je kodifikovat a prozkoumat nejvýznamnější z těchto postupů a jejich vliv na výsledné produkty, dále popsat teoretickou stránku procesu návrhu a přístup designerů a uživatelů k designu a interakci. V části zaměřené na uživatelská rozhraní má práce za cíl prozkoumat a porovnat vybrané přístupy k tvorbě rozhraní a zmínit nejdůležitější vlivy na požadavky týkající se vývoje rozhraní pro aplikace.
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Conditions for the development of digital literacy of preschool children
Fenclová, Karolína ; Fialová, Irena (advisor) ; Novák, Jaroslav (referee)
TITLE: Conditions for the development of digital literacy of preschool children AUTHOR: Karolína Fenclová DEPARTMENT: Department of information technology and education SUPERVISOR: Ing. Irena Fialová, CSc. ABSTRACT This thesis analysis possibilities and directions of the development of digital literacy by preschool children. It describes the ways of creation and the construction of children's information-technology competencies in preparation for the first grade of elementary school. The theoretical part defines some basic terms such as digital literacy, ICT literacy and others, it describes specifics of development of the child's preschool and shows the possibilities of using of digital technology in nursery school. The practical part of the thesis investigates how information technologies are incorporated into the education of children in nursery school; it investigates development of information-technology competencies of children of preschool age by work on computer and by interview of children and of their parents. On the basis of the discovered facts are showed ways for the development of the information-technological competencies of preschool children. KEYWORDS digital literacy, ICT literacy, information-technological competencies, information and communication technologies, preschool age, preschool...
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Media education and digital literacy of blind high school students
Fraiová, Anna ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lucie (referee)
The paper addresses issues of media education in blind high-school students, especially in the topical context of digital media. The theoretical part devotes to problems of education of visually impaired persons. Next, concern the subsumption of media education as a cross- sectional subject into Czech primary and high-schools education. This part is also concerned with specific digital media and extensive opportunities of its utilization for visually impaired persons. In the experimental part of the paper, discrete components of digital literacy of sightless high-school students are analysed. The method of focused (semi-structured) interviews was selected. Interviews were executed with ten visually impaired high-school students and subsequently analysed with the help of qualitative content analysis. The aim of the paper is to give a notice on dependence of blind people to digital media and its specifics and, in this conjunction, emphasise the importance of media education.
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Testing of computer literacy
Procházka, Karel ; Očenášek, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kánská, Eva (referee)
The theme of this work is called "Testing of computer literacy". It is focused
on testing the issue of computer literacy and more specifically in the field of office suites Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access, version 2013. Testing is related
to the students of high schools, but created practical tasks can be further used for staff
in an operating company. The theoretical part describes computer literacy. It describes
the way how the computer literacy can be obtained, what is needed in the testing
and which methods are being examined. Great attention is also given to the topic of how information technology affects society and which programs the government of the Czech Republic applies to this area. The practical part deals with creating practical examples
and appreciation of prices when buying certificates. As the outcome of this thesis
are created practical examples which include working with documents, data, tables, images and the associated testing of students which evaluates their skills. A part of the testing
is a test, which verifies the required knowledge in the field of office packages, hardware, software and digital literacy.
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The process of establishment of an ECDL test center at the example of the HTH system, Inc.
Boyarintseva, Evgeniya ; Topolová, Ivana (advisor) ; Kubálková, Markéta (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with describing a process of establishment of an ECDL test center. It concentrates on the process of accreditation of a new ECDL test center in general, than on accredition process specialized for the enterprise HTH system, Inc. which is a real candidate now. After that there is described a marketing research which was made for better understanding of the preferences of potential clients of an ECDL test center. On basis of this research there were assumed target groups of ECDL test centers and was drafted a marketing campaign for HTH system, Inc.
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Developing qualification in informatics using hybrid learning
Šedivá, Zuzana ; Pour, Jan (advisor) ; Basl, Josef (referee) ; Nový, Ivan (referee) ; Carda, Antonín (referee)
Dissertation focuses on issues of ICT skills in relation to the development of hybrid forms of teaching (education), its potential application in developing skills, education and practice. The work focuses mainly on methodological issues and approaches to capacity, information and communication technologies to effectively deploy and use in improving skills of future and current workforce. The main goal of the thesis is based on the results of surveys and analysis of statistical data suggest methodological solutions for qualifying projects respecting the development of the newly defined needs of computer science, or other qualification, taking account of new technologies in ICT. The analytical part is devoted to a comprehensive view on the issue of education in computer science. The classification of roles and professions in computer science is defined, the knowledge domain and analytical conclusions followed with the application of job classification and specified uses. Concepts in project management qualification are analyzed and unified. Surveys of the current situation in the management skills of ICT professionals in the world and the CR are also presented and analyzed. There are identified trends in improving the management skills of projects in connection with the development and promotion of ICT technologies and tools. The application part is devoted to methodological design solutions and builds upon the results of the analysis. There are the major components of the methodology defined and the qualifying phase of the project at the conceptual level designed. The following are classified ICT tools supporting the educational processes in the project management skills. The final part of the doctoral thesis is focused on the evaluation of proposals processed and experience of implementing new approaches and technologies in education in computer science. This section summarizes and evaluates the results of the surveys carried out consecutively evaluated experiences are associated with implementations of qualifying projects using ICT technologies.
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Information literacy in Czech republic
Matouš, Vladimír ; Střížová, Vlasta (advisor) ; Pavlík, Petr (referee)
Thesis deal with information literacy as a new phenomenon in education. In the first part define what information is about and how communication proceed. In the next part of the text follow this thesis information and disinformation problems, define what are new media and what are thein specificity. In the next part follow this thesis information literacy, define its single components and their substantiality, deal with its contributions, which result from achievement as for single person as for society as whole. Further is the substanciality of separated parts of information literacy, divided into three levels of information literacy, which answer to three levels of education. Consequently is this achivement analysed and compared with defined levels of information literacy. On the basis of this comparation the recommendations which may lead to improvement of achiving information literacy are defined.
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